Chapter 730

The second week of December, billboard album number one, "Don Quixote"!

More than half a year ago, after careful consideration, Langley was finally moved by George strand's sincerity and agreed to record an album. Put aside commercial considerations, put aside pop orientation, return to the original heart, return to simplicity, return to simplicity, everything is about music, about art, create a return to pure album.

Just like Amy Winehouse's classic album "back to black", it shows her pain and struggle of falling into the dark again; To some extent, this album can be called "back to music". However, instead of giving up such a simple, crude and straightforward naming method, Langley chose the artistic and idealistic name of Don Quixote.

It can be said that the reason why Langley and George, including studio 11, nodded and agreed to Don Quixote is that everyone has reached a consensus. This is an album destined to be forgotten, ridiculed and excluded by the market. This is an album destined to lose money, fail and be silent.

It's not just the market. Even Grammy, George doesn't have any hope. Now Grammy has become more and more commercialized, the organizing committee's pursuit and persistence of art has been gradually submerged in the torrent of the era of fast food. Just as those senior professional fans ridicule, gaining Grammy is the recognition of popularity, but being ignored by Grammy is just the performance of personality and profession. This view is extreme and extreme, but it is also a true portrayal of reality.

But now, 13 weeks after the release of the album, "Don Quixote" has risen to the top of the billboard album list; Moreover, Grammy has also given six nominations, four of which are from comprehensive awards, which makes blue Lee the only singer to win four nominations for comprehensive awards this year.

It's a great irony. Just like the name of "Don Quixote", Don Quixote held up his spear against the giant windmill and dreamed that chivalry could rise again. Just when the whole world thought he was a madman and everyone dissuaded him from going crazy, the windmill in front of him turned into a giant and waited for the arrival of "Dragon Slayer".

Is this the progress of the times or the retrogression of the times? For George, for studio eleven, they'd rather believe that it's progress. In the fast food era, people finally begin to miss the classics of the golden age, people finally begin to miss the beauty of pure music, and people are finally awakened by the album Don Quixote.

This is not only Grammy's six nominations, but also the weekly champion of billboard. This is a return of dream, a historical evolution and a miniature of life!

Real music, after all, has only supporters; Real music will never die out; Real music, after all, has a soul; Real music, after all, is real.

George strand, old man in tears.

Of course, an important part of the reason why don quixote won the title is that in the recent off-season of the market, in order to catch up with the registration time of Grammy, September and October are the intensive release time of the album. After entering the holiday season in December, the market has cooled down.

This week, Michael Buble's Christmas album "Christmas" came in second, Nickelback's new album "here and now" came in third, Rihanna's "talk that talk" came in fourth and Drake's "be careful" came in fifth.

Except for the album "Christmas", which sold 80000 copies, all the other albums sold less than 50000 copies. It is in this context, "Don Quixote" in the right time, burst out of amazing energy, won the championship!

But in ten thousand steps, Don Quixote can win the championship, and the weekly sales volume has exceeded 120000. This is the Christmas of the whole independent music industry, and the whole people cheer!

Unfortunately, all the singles of Don Quixote's album haven't been sent to TV stations, and there are no music videos. As a direct result, the sales of the album have skyrocketed, but the streaming media data and radio on demand data have not improved much, which also restricts the further breakthrough of "no doubt".

In this week's billboard singles list, the last song of "crazy love" is still stuck in the second place. It continues to lag behind Rihanna's demon single "we found love". Unfortunately, it has not been able to go further with the help of the album's momentum. It can also be seen from the side that as a single, folk songs are still difficult to be widely accepted by the mainstream market - of course, the second consecutive week of runner up position, which has been an incredible achievement.

It's no exaggeration to say that Don Quixote is writing history.

It's not just that the album won the championship. In this case alone, Meng Fu's son's album "cave" won the championship as early as a month ago. Although folk songs have declined, the support of senior professional fans is still unswerving, and they are always able to achieve good results on the album list. As for the single list, which is the trend indicator and the commercial attribute of the market, Ballads are terrible.

But because this independent album only relies on the spread of word-of-mouth, as well as the influence of hot news, it has reached such a high level, which is absolutely incredible. Even if the billboard really announced the list, for the majority of independent musicians, still strongly doubt that this is not a dream? Or is there something wrong with the bulletin board statistics?

To this end, the official bulletin board issued a confirmation news: this week's album list and single list have been verified, everything is true.

It can be seen that behind this news announcement, even the bulletin board was scared. I didn't expect that "Don Quixote" could really work miracles. After they confirmed it again and again, they released the list. Such a feat, even more powerful than "crazy love" and "anti-cancer me" two works!

As a result, all fans began to revel, independent musicians, senior professional fans, folk fans, independent record companies... For a while, the Internet has become a sea of joy and celebration.

Maybe they don't like Don Quixote, maybe they're not interested in ballads, maybe they don't even know Langley hall. However, this is not important. The important thing is that independent music has once again entered the mainstream line of vision. Instead of compromising with the mainstream, it has solemnly declared its existence, its artistic persistence and pursuit. With professional, pure, persistent and sincere music, it has moved the market, written a miracle and left a brand!

Then, "Don Quixote" is their hero, the hero of every independent musician, the hero of every dream holder.

In fact, it's not just on the Internet, it's not just in Seattle and Los Angeles, it's in Manhattan in New York, it's in Pioneer Village, they're reveling, they're having parties, they're celebrating.

From a distance, lanli could see the bustling scene of people coming and going at the gate of the Pioneer Village. Everyone was holding a glass of beer, talking and laughing, and even some people could not help standing on the street and began to dance - such a scene has not been seen for a long time.

In Europe, after nightfall, people always like to gather in bars and share a little happy time. If the bar is full, people don't care. They come to the outdoor with their glasses, sit on the ground, or stand at will. A "good evening" can welcome people's friendly greetings. It's the same in Barcelona, and it's the same in Scotland.

Pioneer Village is a jazz bar. People prefer to sit in the bar. You can see the scene of gathering outside the bar once in a while, but it's really rare. Tonight, Langley saw you again for a long time.

The hustle and bustle of people is not crowded. They stand scattered and communicate in groups. In order to avoid blocking the main road, people even stand across the street and scatter. A glass of beer can find like-minded friends.

Lenley's a little unsure. First at the airport, then at the Lincoln Center. The recent circle of enthusiastic fans has really left a deep impression. The taboo of "once bitten by a snake for ten years, be afraid of the well rope" inevitably makes Langley hesitant. But realizing this, Lan Li himself was dumbfounded——

He always thinks that he is ready and vows to understand what it means to live in the spotlight, what it means to be exposed in front of the camera at every moment of life, and what it means to be surrounded by the attention of all people. But only after he has experienced it can he understand that the outsider is always the outsider, The scene inside the besieged city is different.

Gently spit out a breath, Lan Li finally stepped forward. He can choose to leave. This is the last night of his stay in New York. In the past three days, the intensive publicity itinerary is breathless. Not only the film promotion, but also the album promotion has been crammed in several times. The average sleep in three days is only two hours. Even during the shooting of "cancer fighting me", he has not been so tired.

There is no itinerary tonight. He can have a good sleep at home until he wakes up naturally, and then take the 11 a.m. plane. But he still wants to come to the Pioneer Village, visit Stanley, visit Neil, visit old friends, even if it's just a beer at the bar.

He missed these old friends.

So, he came. Since the steps have been here, there is no reason to go back.

As he approached, lanli saw the sign set up at the door of the bar, which was particularly eye-catching. "Celebrate Don Quixote's top billboard album champion. The first 1000 beers tonight are free! Every music lover is welcome to join us. "

The smile on the corner of the mouth rose.