Chapter 1719 1719 Sweep Across the Board

8.3 million sales in eight weeks is incredible enough! What's even more frightening is that before the end of 1996, there was still no sign of the "stormy wind" slowing down. The sales volume of 160,000 on a single Wednesday was still blindingly bright, which also means that the sales volume of 10 million was close at hand. , Glory to Death is about to complete the feat of all three albums exceeding the threshold of 10 million.

This is the best portrayal of the King of Glory to Death.

Now, what people need to discuss is, when will the streak of "stormy rain" end? Thirteen consecutive championships beyond "bath in the morning light"? Or can you challenge the 20th consecutive title of the "Bodyguard" soundtrack? Or take it a step further and touch the distant record in outer space that the 1962-1963 "West Side Story" soundtrack won the 54-week championship?

Obviously, after entering 1997, there will still be a lot of competition in the music market. As for the ending, that will be the answer that no one can know. Perhaps, "stormy" will continue to bring surprises, but that is the future. For now, "Storm" has the attitude of the ultimate showdown winner, directly crowned the year-end album sales champion in 1996, which is also the first year-end champion of a rock band since the 1990s!

It was followed by Celine Dion's new album, "Falling in Love," released in March, which sold 7.7 million copies for the year, an impressive record. If put in last year, this result would be enough to win the championship, but unfortunately, this year encountered the glory of death that achieved a full-scale outbreak. In the end, it was regrettable that he could only be the runner-up, and it also became the first year-end sales champion of glory to the death. Best witness.

Surprisingly, Maria's "Butterfly" and Oasis's "Stay in the Moment" were not able to follow the pace of glory to death and jointly dominate the year-end sales list. But in fact, this should also be expected, because the momentum of Glory to Death is too unbelievable, it is an anomaly, in fact, this troika has only been released for only eight weeks, and it is naturally difficult to be released in March.” Fall in Love" contest.

In the face of such a result, it can only be said that the momentum of the final showdown is too strong. Since the last week of October, the bombing has been indiscriminate. After two full months of bombing, almost everyone wants to join forces for "Butterfly" and "Stay in the Moment". The far-leading "Rainstorm" together dominated the year-end sales list, and the result...

As a result, "Butterfly" and "Stay in the Moment" also both entered the top ten at the end of the year, and entered the top five together.

Rapper 2Pac's second full-length album, "All. Eyez. On. Me," set off a sales spree after its February release, eventually reaching 7.23 million sales throughout the year, not only at the end of the year It peaked at number three on the list, and it also became the best-selling hip-hop album in music history. Officially announced that hip-hop has become an integral part of the mainstream market - which echoes the innovation of the album "Butterfly".

The fourth and fifth places on the year-end list are familiar faces. Maria's "Butterfly" sold 5.98 million copies at the end of the year. Unfortunately, it was not able to break through 6 million, but it still won five "Stay in the moment", which sold 1.9 million copies, leads the year-end list by half.

The gap of only 80,000 sales makes "Butterfly" and "Stay in the Moment" ranked fourth and fifth respectively. Such a scene is something that many people did not expect.

I didn't expect that after the 7 million sales of "Highly Watched", no album sales exceeded six platinum; The sales gap of "Rain" is so huge; I didn't expect that the ultimate showdown would achieve glory to death, and at the same time make Maria and the Oasis band become enemies of life and death; I didn't expect this ultimate showdown to witness the road to superstar glory to death, witness Witnessing Maria's feat of surpassing Whitney Houston and witnessing Oasis' huge victory in the North American market...

It was indeed an outcome that no one could have expected.

But no matter what, the Oasis Band struggled to the last moment, and it was not far behind Maria, which was already a huge surprise. Just as people were looking forward to seeing what "Rapid Storm" would look like going into 1997, people are now looking forward to where the showdown between Oasis and Maria will go next.

So... maybe the battle of the century isn't over yet? Or should it be said that the troika has now become a two-person turn?

Black hip-hop group Fugees' album "The. Score" took hip-hop to a whole new level this year. The album, released in January, ended the year with sales of 5.73 million, placing it at No. 1 on the chart. six. Together with 2Pac, we support hip-hop.

After that, Donnie Blyston's new album "Secrets", The Beatles' "Best Collection 3", Keith Sweet's new self-titled album, Leanne Remus ( Leann. Rimes)'s debut album "Blue (Blue)" has achieved more than four platinum sales, occupying the last four positions in the year-end top ten sales chart.

Obviously, this is a year of comprehensive innovation in the music market, and a group of newcomers have risen strongly and become the main theme of the market. Leann Remus is only thirteen years old, and the first test cry is stunning in the United States; Refugee, 2pac, and Downey are all second albums, ushering in the peak of their respective careers; Case, Oasis, Glory to Death They are all third albums. In the face of the turnaround, they seized their own opportunities. As for the future, the three albums will write different answers.

In other words, only the three singers, the Beatles, Maria, and Celine, can be regarded as veterans who have gone through battles. Other singers should be regarded as the beginning and rising stages of their careers. Such a top ten composition is undoubtedly very interesting; In addition, among the top ten, rock occupies three seats, namely Glory to Death, Oasis and the Beatles; hip-hop is occupied by refugees and 2Pac; rhythm and blues rely on Maria, Downie, Keyes Also won three seats; the final Celine is pop, and Li An is country, so the composition is even more interesting.

The new generation of hip-hop and rock is on the rise, country is still the favorite of Americans, and pop and rhythm and blues maintain the current dominance of the mainstream music market. This is consistent with the views of countless music critics: hidden behind the battle of the century is precisely the confrontation of the entire music market change.

The same antagonist is now topping the year-end singles sales charts, making it even more interesting.

In the battle of the century and the final showdown, the troika's singles burst with amazing energy, so it is not surprising that there are five positions in the top ten at the end of the year.

After the release of "Sail", it set off a sales frenzy, not only the explosive force can compete with "Young. Volcanoes", but also the staying power has an absolute advantage. This single easily achieved eight consecutive championships with the attitude of a ruler, and joined forces with "Rapid Storm" to firmly hold the number one of the Billboard album and singles double chart, and continued to break the previous "mysterious wall". (Wonderwall)" and "Sweet Day" to record consecutive championships, which will also be a major highlight of the new year.

From "Young Volcano"'s five-peat to "Voyage"'s eight-peat, within the last three months of 1996, the entire singles chart was swept up in glory to death.

In the end, "Voyage" broke the record of sales of 3 million within a year set by "The Wall" last year, and became the first song in music history to sell within a year with sales of 4.22 million. As far as breaking through 4 million singles, it is easy to take the first place in the year-end single sales chart. It is no longer necessary to say so brilliantly.

"Young Volcano" also did not give in, with a sales volume of 3.69 million, which also broke the record of "Lost Wall" last year, and was the runner-up on the year-end list!

The momentum of Glory to Death is already unmatched. It is completely a battle between oneself and oneself, creating a record by oneself, then breaking the previous record by oneself, writing a new record, and so on. 1996 year-end singles sales charts are the first and second place in the glory of death, which is the best proof.

Following the year-end movie box office champion and the year-end album sales champion, Hugo once again won the year-end single sales champion and runner-up - in fact last year, "The Wall" has won the year-end single sales champion. Going a step further, taking Hugo's sweeping momentum to the extreme.

No one can surpass, not even close.

The album "Rainstorm" not only produced two number one singles in one breath, but these two singles also swept the top two sales at the end of the year. This is also the first time in history, and it even makes people doubt that it will be in the future. Whether anyone can replicate this miracle - even to the point of being honored to death, is probably very difficult, after all, the battle of the century does not happen every year.

Following in the footsteps of "Sailing" and "Young Volcano" is "Sweetheart"! Rather than the "butterfly" one might expect. The single "Sweetheart" received a warm response after its release, and it was even more popular on the radio. The final sales of 3.09 million were not only the only three songs in 1996 that sold more than 300 One of the ten thousand singles, and successfully won the third place at the end of the year.

From this point of view, Maria still has the upper hand in the confrontation with the Oasis Band. But everyone has an account in their hearts: Oasis is playing away from home, and America's passion for British rock has been dormant for nearly 20 years. So, whoever sees the winner, the wiser sees wisdom - this is also Maria and the Oasis Band. The reason why the fans never give in: they have no way to catch up with the footsteps of glory to death, it is almost impossible to surpass the sky, they can only wrestle with those who are similar to their own strength.

This ultimate showdown is really exciting. There are not only the glorious sweep of thousands of troops, but also the bitter struggle between Maria and the Oasis Band. It is indeed worthy of the title of "Battle of the Century"!