Eight Hundred and Forty Second Par Superstar

In the second week of March, "Nine" topped Billboard's album chart without any suspense with a sales volume of 1.17 million, becoming the second champion album of One Day King.

Moreover, this time it is still the airborne champion! The overwhelming performance ushered in a burst of exclamation and cheers!

However, King for a Day is not the only singer releasing a new album this week, and besides them, there is a series of strong competitors:

Rapper ScHoolboy-Q, indie rocker Beck, rapper Kid-Cudi, country singer Dierks-Bentley, Latin singer Romeo Santos (Romeo-Santos), alternative rock band Clash (The-Fray) and so on and so forth.

All of the above-mentioned singers released their albums in the same week as the One Day King; moreover, their sales performance is all good, among them, the sales of School Boy Q and Baker have exceeded 100,000 copies, and the sales of other singers are all at 50,000 copies The above, and finally hand in hand with the One Day King to clean up the list.

On the billboard album list, except for the "Frozen" OST which was pulled down by the king for a day and slipped to the runner-up position, the seven positions in the top eight are all occupied by newly released albums, showing that a hundred flowers are blooming and a hundred schools of thought are contending. The gorgeous posture is really dazzling.

But it is precisely because of such an intense and anxious market competition that "Nine" still erupts with such amazing energy, that makes people feel the appeal of King One Day more and more. It seems... far more powerful than imagined. The grandeur is grander, maybe it's time to readjust your attitude.

In the third week of March, the expected "One Day King VS Pharrell-Williams" did not burst out with enough energy, and I have to say I was disappointed.

but!

Surprises can still be seen in disappointment, "Nine", the sales level of 500,000 broke out again in the second week after its release, revitalizing the market with its own efforts.

Five hundred thousand!

A full five hundred thousand!

Compared with the first week, sales have dropped by more than 60%, but such an achievement is definitely not a failure, but has reached the level of a superstar, which can be compared with Justin Timberlake.

Last year, "Perfect Vision" delivered 330,000 sales in the second week, a drop of more than two-thirds from the first week. In comparison, the performance of "Nine" was slightly better, which also means that It means that not only fanatical fans are contributing to the sales, passers-by should also buy a lot of albums.

Assuming that Farrell's "Girl" broke out with a sales volume of 300,000 as predicted, but "Nine"'s performance in the next week can still easily overwhelm the opponent; The performance crushed the "girl", and even the "second week VS first week" still has obvious advantages.

This is a complete victory!

Undisputed victory!

Although no one is talking about it now, because the result is obvious, but..."One Day Kings VS Pharrell-Williams 3.0", ended with a one-day Kings victory.

From last year to this year, Ronan and Farrell had two contests on the Billboard singles chart, and Farrell had the last laugh in all of them; but when they reached the top of the Billboard album chart, Ronan regained a victory.

Such a result is not surprising; what is really surprising is that no one thought that one day the king would win so easily, Farrell had no chance at all, and he was not even on the same level.

Such a situation also makes people dumbfounded, one upset after another, and people have to lament the changing situation, the wind direction of the market is like the mood of a child, who was still laughing one second, and crying the next second.

Naturally, the reporters would not let the two parties go, but it was even more difficult for them to make trouble this time.

In an interview, Ronan bluntly stated that he did not pay attention to these news, what he really paid attention to was Farrell's album, "I like this album, of course, I will not say that I love it fanatically , but without a doubt, I love Farrell's exploration of vintage style."

"So, you still have reservations about this album?" The reporter immediately caught Ronan's language problem and drilled into it.

Ronan laughed happily, "Yes, I have reservations about the album." He still refused to express perfunctory friendliness with public relations and social rhetoric.

The reporters were all excited, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, but Ronan no longer responded.

Afterwards, the reporters passed Ronan's words to Farrell as they were—this time they didn't interpret and distort them by themselves, and then they could see Farrell laughing heartily.

"Haha, I know, I'm going to sit down with Ronan and have a good discussion. He actually has reservations about my work? We need to talk about it." Although the content of the words seemed to be "threatening", Farrell But very happy.

The reporters also noticed that there was something in Farrell's words, so they tentatively asked, "Have you communicated with Ronan?"

"Of course. On a professional level, I tried to take his opinion and I gave him some advice as well, which we all found very interesting, but unfortunately, because of the busy schedule, our conversation could not go deep, and I have been We all look forward to sitting down with him and discussing it in depth.”

Farrell said frankly.

As a producer, Farrell does have his pride, but at the same time, he is also a producer who frequently cooperates with all kinds of people. He knows how to communicate, when to insist on himself and when to listen to opinions. Most importantly, He enjoys brainstorming discussions.

So Farrell loved talking to Ronan, it was fun, it was inspiring — he now understands why Justin Timberlake and Ronan are friends.

"Personally, I like the album 'Nine' very, very much, but I also have some opinions and told Ronan unreservedly." Farrell also added politely.

The reporters who were sharpening their knives and preparing to do a big job came back again, but they still failed to succeed in the challenge.

Of course, there are still a small number of media and fans insisting:

The duel is still not over.

In the music market in North America, both explosive power and staying power are judged. It would be foolish to judge the outcome only in a week or two. Next, we need to look at the stamina of the "girls".

But after all, these opinions are only a minority. From the word-of-mouth and popularity of "Girl", it can be seen that the stamina of this album may be difficult to counterattack, that is to say, the winner has already been divided.

In fact, it is true.

In the fourth week of March, the sales of "Girl" unexpectedly ushered in a decline, falling below the threshold of 70,000 in a straight line, and only 68,000 copies were sold in the next week. In the case of unsatisfactory sales in the first week , the decline in the next week is not optimistic, and the ranking on the billboard album list also slipped to sixth place.

Of course, the signboard of "Pharrell Williams" still has a certain appeal, and the staying power of the North American music market is indeed long and strong.

Although "Girl" lost its competitiveness early, it still sold 1.8 million copies worldwide by the end of the year, of which North American sales will cross the 1 million threshold.

Such a result is not considered excellent, it can only be said to be barely passing.