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"The Storm", "Life After Death", and "Hot" became the top three North American year-end album sales charts in 1997, and these are the only three albums to sell more than 6 million albums.
Even though they are the top three at the end of the year, and they only have albums with more than 6 million albums, the gap between them is huge. No one can stop the rise of rock and roll.
After these three albums, Garth Brooks, Wu Tang Clan, 2Pac, LeAnn Rhyme, Celine Dion, Hansen Band, and Puff Daddy occupied the top spots on the year-end list respectively. top ten.
Among them, Garth and LeAnn are country types, Wu-Tang, 2Pac, and Puff Daddy are representatives of hip-hop, Celine is pop, and Hansen is pop-rock. It can be seen that the momentum of rhythm and blues, which has flourished in the past two years, has gradually slowed down, while the combination of hip-hop and rock has risen strongly.
But in fact, there are not as many authentic rock seats in the top ten as imagined, mainly because the "Storm" is the only one. Although the rise of other rock bands is fierce, they have not been able to create more threats after all. strong list. But among the top 30, rock has occupied twelve seats, leading this year's rock market with an absolutely strong attitude.
The same situation was vividly reflected in the year-end singles charts, where rock singles accounted for half of the country!
Elton John's "Candle in the Wind / Goodbye, English Rose (Candle. In. Wind'97)", "Sail" by Glory to Death, "I'll Miss You" by P. Diddy ll. Be. Missing. You)" these three singles achieved sales of more than three million respectively, which ushered in a full-scale explosion in the music market in 1997. This is also the first time in history that there are three singles in one Sales within the year exceeded 3 million copies!
After that, Puff Daddy's "Unstoppable", which ended the 27-week streak of Glory to Death's singles, ranked first, with a great momentum.
"How. Do. I. Live" by LeAnn Rhyme, "Long. Long. Way. To. Go" by Glory to Death, "Waiting for the World to Change" by Glory to Death (Waiting. On. The. World. To. Change), Backstreet Boys' "Quit. Playing. Games", Robyn's "Show. Me. Love" ", and U2's "Discotheque" filled the rest of the top ten.
Among them, Glory to Death occupied three seats in one fell swoop and became the biggest winner. In addition to the nominations of Robin and U2, five of the top ten were occupied by rock. The most direct manifestation of the strong rise made people feel that the golden age of rock and roll is coming again.
However, to everyone's surprise, "Voyage" did not win this year's year-end single sales chart again. Champion" feat. Although "Voyage" has achieved sales of 3.87 million for the whole year, although it is not as good as last year's 4 million level, it is still enough for this single to be recorded in history.
The single that defeated "Voyage" and broke the suspense came from the famous Elton John. His single "Candle in the Wind/Goodbye, English Rose" successfully won the 1997 North American year-end singles chart. throne!
When you mention "Candle in the Wind/Goodbye, English Rose", you have to mention the single "Waiting for the World to Change".
In the second week of August, the fourth single "Waiting for the World to Change" in the "Storm" of Glory to Death was officially released. Without any publicity, step by step, it climbed in the third week of September. When it reached the championship position, it became the fourth champion single in the album, and also became the ninth champion single that was honored to death, and the results were very good.
But it's a pity that "Waiting for this world to change" only stayed on the championship for one week before slipping to the runner-up position. After that, it has been in the runner-up for nine consecutive weeks. It can be seen that this single has not had any Despite the publicity, it is still very popular, but it is a pity that it has always lacked a little explosive power and has not been able to stay in the championship position for more time.
And the single "Candle in the Wind/Goodbye, English Rose" that completely suppressed "Waiting for the World to Change"!
A year ago, "Young Volcanoes" first achieved sales of 1.07 million in a single week, shocking the entire North American market; Shockingly set a new benchmark, making everyone think that this is an impossible data to surpass. However, just a year later, Elton John achieved this feat!
"Candle in the Wind / Goodbye, English Rose" is Elton John's rewrite of his old work "Candle in the Wind" in 1973 to commemorate the unexpected death of Princess Diana. Created by Marilyn Monroe for many years. This time, because of the sudden death of Princess Diana, Elton re-adapted the lyrics and released it again.
Just like the death of Princess Diana shocked the world, "Candle in the Wind / Goodbye, English Rose" also shocked the world. This single sold 3.5 million crazy within a week of its release. Zhang—an incredible 3.5 million copies. This achievement not only broke the record created by "Voyage" last year, but also wrote a historical record that is almost unsurpassable.
This is indeed the case. In the next twenty years, no one has broken the single-week sales volume of "Candle in the Wind/Goodbye, English Rose". No one can break the weekly sales record—even getting close is extremely difficult, and the brilliance of the single is eternally frozen in this moment.
"Candle in the Wind/Goodbye, English Rose" not only created a single-week sales record, but also sprinted towards 10 million sales in less than two months, and finally succeeded in breaking through 10 million Tianzhu became the first and only single in a long music scene, with sales exceeding 10 million singles in a single year, and the final year-end sales of 11 million people can only look up. . This record is like the global sales of the album "Thriller" of 104 million. Even the courage to challenge cannot be bred.
"Waiting for the world to change" was suppressed by such a crushing sales leader and won the runner-up for ten consecutive weeks. In fact, the sales volume of this single at the end of the year was approaching two million, within less than four months. To achieve such a result, and with almost no publicity, can be said to be very good, let alone created under the pressure of "Candle in the Wind / Goodbye, English Rose".
It is precisely because of Elton John's outstanding performance that the sales of the single "Voyage" are close to 4 million, but it is a pity that it can only be the runner-up. ’ All suspense was killed in just a week of release.
But even so, the performance of Glory to Death is still very good. In addition to "Voyage", "The Long Road" won the sales of 2.49 million, and the final sales of "Waiting for the World to Change" was 100,000. 940,000 copies, although it cannot be compared with Elton, but in the case of almost no publicity, the album "Storm" has still achieved such excellent results in its second year of release, which is still enough to make the band Dominance.
Even more frightening is that Glory to Death dominated the global market for the second year in a row.
"Storm" strongly won the year-end album sales champion in 31 countries and regions including the UK. Although "Voyage" failed to win the year-end champion in the three major markets of the UK, the US, and Japan, it did occupy the top spot. In addition, the year-end single sales champions in 26 countries and regions continued the strength of Glory to Death for two consecutive years.
"Storm" swept over 1,100 sales in overseas markets, for the second year in a row it has sold over 10 million, and has successfully won the year-end global album title with a global sales of more than 21 million. The sales champion has brought the cumulative sales of this album to 39.66 million in one breath, and the sales of 40 million are already within reach.
Last year, "Storm" created an incredible sales record in just eight weeks of its release. At that time, people were discussing whether the final global sales of this album could exceed 40 million, and even sprint to the current runner-up in global sales history, "Month of the Month". The Dark Side" forty-five million.
Now, just one year later, "Gallery" has handed over the answer sheet, ranking among the top ten in the historical sales list with a figure of 39.66 million, and it is ranked ninth with a high profile!
There is no doubt that "Storm" will become the ninth album in history to sell more than 40 million, and the 45 million sales of "Dark Side of the Moon" is no longer an unattainable goal. . Perhaps, the 104 million sales volume of "Thriller" is unshakable, but "Storm" is very promising to become a work that surpasses 10,000 people.
Even though Die Glory has created countless records, people still have no way to imagine that this day has come. After seventeen years since the "Back to Darkness" album in 1980, people will really feel again. to the resurgence of the golden age of rock; and even though the golden age was upon us again, people still couldn't believe it was real.
This powerful influence is the truest portrayal of Glory to Death, and as the lead singer of the band, Hugo deserves the most credit. An important reason for the power of Hollywood and Wall Street.
No one knows what height Hugo will reach next, and no one knows where history will go. But what is certain is that the glory of 1997 has left a glittering stroke in the annals of history.