Eight Hundred and Thirty-Seven High Coincidence

According to a calm and objective forecast, the One-Day King, Pharrell Williams, and Shakira are indeed on the same level, and the battle between the three singers is also the most eye-catching show in March.

However, no one expected that the one-day king who was the first to appear on the stage soared into the sky and appeared on the stage with a posture of making history. The balance was instantly broken, and things immediately became subtle. Then, Farrell and Shaki Is there still a chance? More importantly, what is the follow-up trajectory of the One Day King——

continuously rising? Fall off a cliff? Steady progress?

After all, anything is possible.

Like Adele, the sales in the first week were mediocre, but the subsequent sales have been soaring and continued for more than two years.

Like a one-way combination, they delivered astonishing sales figures in the first week, but fell off a cliff in the second week, and there was no such person.

Like Bruno, he performed well in the first week, and more importantly, the follow-up performance can still be stable and continuous.

In other words, the sales in the first week are just the beginning, but the follow-up sales may be a 100-meter sprint or a marathon. Everything needs to wait and see. Farrell and Shakira are not directly confronting the king for a day. The schedules are all staggered, which means they still have a chance.

What needs the most attention is, how will the follow-up performance of the "Nine" album be?

So, what are the factors?

Obviously, there are many factors that affect the market trend, but in the final analysis, music is still needed to speak.

The success of "21" is the best proof that there is no need to be too highbrow. Experimental avant-garde music may be the spring snow that no one cares about. But it is difficult to leave traces in two years, three years or even in the long river of history.

For reference, the comprehensive media review of "21" is 76 points-according to historical development, Adele's later released album "25" received 75 points in the comprehensive media review.

In fact, the scores of "21" and "25" are very close, but the different expectations of the albums have also led to a change in the foothold of media communication. For "21", it is "discovering treasures"; for "25", it is "The return of the superstar", naturally, people have higher expectations for the latter, and the effect of the same seventy-five points is "stand still", "repeat yourself", and "no progress".

It is precisely because of this,

To some extent, the stamina of "25" is not as good as that of "21".

His gaze returned to "Nine".

How will the professional media and senior fans evaluate the album "Nine"? Perhaps, people can get some inspiration from the album feedback information, see what the follow-up sales curve of this album is, and then suddenly find out——

History is always strikingly similar.

In 2002, Norah Jones released her first album "Fly Away". The little girl hummed lazy and fresh jazz tunes without attracting much attention, but then won the top four at the Grammy Awards the following year. The five phonograph trophies, including the comprehensive award, were a blockbuster.

Just a week after the awards ceremony ended, the previously unknown and unpopular "Flying Away" broke out an astonishing sales of 600,000 in a single single, and started her miraculous journey of counterattack and sweep all the way, Nora- Jones, the little girl, is also remembered in this way by countless listeners.

After a busy and tense year, in February 2004, Nora performed on the Grammy stage again and released her second studio album "Feels-Like-Home" , attracted much attention, and became the focus of heated discussions in the streets and alleys overnight.

Then...boom!

"Like Home" sold 1.02 million copies in its first week, making history at the time. - Spears, Whitney - Houston and other top superstars on a par.

In the end, "Like Home" sold nine million copies worldwide in 2004, and topped the Billboard album chart for six consecutive weeks in North America alone, continuing the success of Nora's debut album and winning another Grammy in the following year. Five nominations, including two Gramophone Trophies.

Does the story sound familiar?

From Grammy to Grammy, the debut work turned out, and then attracted global attention with the amazing performance of Grammy, the sales volume of the second album made history in the first week; Brought to the public eye, the second album explores a balance between country and pop.

Norah Jones, king for a day.

King for a day, Norah Jones.

There are indeed too many similarities between these two groups of singers, and the highly overlapping trajectories are amazing. From this perspective, it seems that the sales explosion of "Nine" is not so unexpected. After all, Nora has already completed such a The feat, the king for a day is standing on the shoulders of his predecessors to reproduce the feat.

Even so, every appearance of a miracle can be shocking, as is the case with Nora, and so is the king for a day. What's more, the weekly sales of 1.17 million in 2014 are even more magical and spectacular. The turbulent waves of the news media are naturally more turbulent.

but!

There is always a "but" in everything, but the reputation of "Like Home" was far inferior to that of "Flying Away", both professional music critics and ordinary listeners.

At that time, the comprehensive media evaluation of "Flying Away" was 82 points, while the public rating was 8.6.

Later, the comprehensive media rating of "Like Home" dropped to 74 points, and the public rating also dropped to 7.8 points.

Just from the point of view of scores, the gap seems to be small, far from being "Waterloo" or "encountering bad reviews", and it can even be said that both albums are above the standard line; The score dropped by 70 points, which is a fundamental gap of a whole level.

If you analyze it carefully, on the one hand, "Flying Away" is indeed very, very good. From awards to word-of-mouth, it has set a super high standard in all aspects. Naturally, people's expectations have reached a new height. "Like Home" has no continuation The breakthrough challenge of the jazz style has encountered more doubts, and the decline in word-of-mouth can be expected.

On the other hand, the quality of "Like Home" itself is indeed inferior to that of the previous work, and strict comments from the media to the public have also been fertilized. In addition, art appreciation is inherently a very subjective and very personal matter, emotional factors The interference further lowered the album's evaluation.

At that time, the scores of the media and the public even fell below 70 points. The opinions generally focused on the focus of "too popular", "exhausted talent", "no spirituality", etc., expressing their disappointment sharply. Condemnation, every aspect can feel the tremendous pressure on this "genius girl".

Later, after time accumulated and fermented, the ratings of the album "Like Home" gradually picked up. People were able to give evaluations more objectively and rationally, and the ratings gradually stabilized, and slowly returned to the current figures. The affirmation and praise she deserved.

However, the impact is visible to the naked eye, as is the case with Nora, and Adele is no exception.