Chapter 1698: Double champion

If you look at the history of the U.S. Billboard, there are countless works that have dropped to the top of the album chart in the first week, and even many artists can drop to the top of the album chart in the first week of their first album release; but the first week of airborne singles is the top of the singles chart. But his works are few and far between.

The reason is the difference in the nature of albums and singles. Americans are used to buying albums. The first week was an explosion of album sales. After that, sales gradually showed a downward trend. Therefore, many albums can be airborne in the first week of the billboard champion; but singles But it’s different. People are more accustomed to hearing singles on the radio, then choosing their favorite singles and buying them one after another. Therefore, many singles are on the chart for several weeks, or even more than ten weeks, before they enter the top ten. This This is a very normal phenomenon, such as "Macarena", which became popular in the United States not long ago. This song only climbed to the top of the billboard singles chart after it was released 33 weeks later.

Therefore, there are so many albums of airborne champions, but as of 1996, there were only five singles of airborne champions. "A beautiful day (.day with glory to death, "You are not alone" by Michael Jackson, "Exhausted" by Whitney Houston, "Sweet day" with Mariah Carey and the boy man combination, glory to death "Young Volcano (..

Now, Glory to Death has increased the number of singles that made this history to "six". The outstanding performance of "Navigation (, catalyzed by the ultimate showdown, has won a enthusiastic response from the entire market, relying on the creation of a new historical record. Strong performance, parachuted to the championship in the fifth week of October 1996.

What's even more incredible is that among the current six airborne championship singles, glory to death has occupied a full three seats.

Facing the 1.93 million scores of "Voyage" in a single week, the record of 1.07 million in a single week of "Young Volcano" was completely crushed not long ago. At this moment, people's spirits are already numb—— No matter how many historical records appear, all this will not make people feel surprised, but even so, the "1.93 million" data still scared many people to hiccups.

Compared with the pace of "Voyage" to create history, Maria and Oasis also show no weakness. The single "Butterfly" also swept the sales of 1.69 million within a week, and also created an unparalleled history. The record, following the glory to death, airborne the runner-up on this week’s bulletin board singles chart; the last "Along with Me" broke out with 1.64 million sales figures, only a slight advantage. Di ranked third. This result is undoubtedly still a historical coordinate, writing the best performance of a foreign singer in the United States.

Compared to the huge difference in the album charts, the gap in the singles charts is clearly within reach. Even the gap between "Butterfly" and "Navigation" is not exaggerated to the point of unbelievable, and it still makes people believe this. It is a distance that can be overtaken. Not to mention that the difference in sales between "Butterfly" and "Walk with Me" is only less than 50,000 copies. From this aspect, we can also see the intensity of the ultimate duel, which is completely a hand-to-hand battle with a bayonet.

However, no matter how excellent the performance of "Butterfly" and "Along with Me", they still became a foil, witnessing the unstoppable sales driving force of "Navigation", and at the same time became the direct reference to the brilliant data of "Navigation" permanently engraved in the annals of history. witness.

It’s hard to imagine that after ten years, an average weekly sales of 200,000 will be able to successfully win the bulletin board singles chart, and any single can create "Navigation", "Butterfly", and "Walk with Me." "The miracle. In fact, although in Japan, there are so many singles that have sold more than one million in a single week, one will appear almost every once in a while; but in the United States, after 1996, it has never appeared again.

The brilliance created by the three singles "Navigation", "Butterfly" and "Walk with Me" can be seen from this.

Therefore, there is almost no doubt that the top three on the bulletin board singles chart this week, even if the radio on-demand rate in the first week of release cannot compete with other singles, the huge sales advantage is still enough to change the entire list.

With the "Voyage" ending the five consecutive championships of "Young Volcano (., the billboard singles list for the fifth week of October changed drastically, with "Voying", "Butterfly", and "Walking with Me". Ranked in the top three with huge advantages, and the "Young Volcano", who had won the championship for five consecutive weeks, retreated directly to fourth place.

This is not an unexpected result. Although "Young Volcano" has been completely suppressed by the strong momentum of the ultimate showdown in terms of sales, there is no room for breathing at all, but in the radio on-demand rate rankings, "Young Volcano" is still two percentage points The advantage leads strongly and continues his sweeping momentum.

In fact, thanks to the strong appeal of this week’s ultimate showdown, the sales of the three singles "Young Volcano", "Sweetheart" and "Do you know what I mean" have all rebounded, which will affect the troika. The force has increased to the maximum.

Among them, "Young Volcano" took advantage of the opportunity to win 180,000 sales. Coupled with the excellent performance of the radio on-demand rate, it still suppressed other competitors without breathing room. It can be said that if it is not for the ultimate showdown to choose to erupt at this time, the six consecutive championships of "Young Volcano" are at your fingertips, and even the seventh and eight consecutive championships are not without hope-considering the strong momentum of this single .

But the reality is like this, Glory to Death personally ended the "young volcano" consecutive championship momentum, and swept away two powerful competitors, becoming the final winner of the first week of the ultimate duel.

This courage to death, this courage, this casualness, is enough to be admirable!

More importantly, among the top five this week, glory to death has two seats. This not only proves once again the sweeping momentum of glory to death in North America, but also continues the outstanding performance since "almost fame". Going on; and considering that such results still occurred when the ultimate showdown attracted the focus of the entire market, the two singles both ranked among the top five, which is an important affirmation of glory to death by the entire music market.

People have expected the brilliant performance of glory to death, but few people dare to predict the mythical performance of glory to death today.

Behind the "Young Volcano", this week's fifth place is still the everlasting "Macarena". This Spanish song that has become popular in major nightclubs across the United States, if not for the battle of the century, the ultimate For the duel, I'm afraid that winning consecutive championships for more than ten weeks is not a big problem. At this time, even in the face of the strong performance of the ultimate showdown spike market, "Macarena" is still high, which can be seen from this.

Although Celine's single "Re-owned" hit the War of the Century head-on, and ended up breaking in advance, thanks to the good quality of the single, the follow-up development momentum is also very good, ranking sixth this week, although the ranking is There has been a decline, but the overall results are basically the same, and have not been destroyed by the momentum of the ultimate showdown. Achieving such results is already a huge affirmation of the "re-ownership" at an untimely time.

Maria’s "Sweetheart" slipped from sixth to seventh place last week. Although it fell one place, in fact, considering that the top three have changed, the "Sweetheart" is actually rising. In particular, the entire album of "Butterfly" has been highly praised by music critics, and considering Maria's status as a queen in North America, it is not surprising that the sales of "Sweetheart" rebounded.

However, it is obvious that Maria’s overall momentum is still not comparable to Glory To Death. "Young Volcano" ranked fourth, still leading all the singles released before last week; but "Sweetheart" was only ranked seventh, and ultimately lost. One chip.

As for the Oasis Band, there is even more lack of confidence. "Do you know what I mean?" Although the sales rebounded through the momentum of the ultimate showdown, and the magnitude was not small, it unfortunately fell out of the top ten in the end. Eleventh place this week. From eleventh to tenth, there is only one position difference, but the real effect is very different.

Among the top ten, Glory To Death and Maria both occupy two seats, but the Oasis Band, one of the troikas, has only one seat, and signs of falling behind are becoming more apparent. From the battle of the century to the ultimate showdown, there is almost no chance for the showdown between Oasis Band and Glory to Death, and all aspects are completely exploded.

In the fifth week of October, on the Billboard Singles Chart Donna Louise, Black Street (), Keith Sweet's singles occupy the remaining top ten The last three seats became the last members of this week's bulletin board rankings recorded in the annals of history.

Of course, there is no doubt that the troika of the ultimate showdown is the absolute protagonist of the fifth week of October, sweeping from the album chart to the singles chart, and everything else is reduced to a foil. But being able to occupy the top ten position in this historic week is also a supreme honor for singers, because in the quiet, they have also become one of the names recorded in the annals of history.

The final list of the North American Bulletin Board’s double charts has been finalized. After "Bath in the Morning Light", the double charts of albums and singles are once again won in the bag, and "Blurry Rain" and "Navigation" join hands to reach the top; Maria -Kelly relied on the "Butterfly" album and the same list of songs, both ranked second, proving her super popularity in North America; although the overall momentum of the Oasis band is not only slightly weaker, but "stay at this moment" and "Along with Me" not only ranks third in the double rankings, but also has a performance that other competitors can't match. The performance is still worthy of commendation.

Similar to the album's sweeping global momentum, not only the North American market, these three singles have also launched a battle on a global scale. As a battleground, the United Kingdom still attracts full attention. Not surprisingly, the history of British music has also changed with this ultimate showdown.