Chapter 1007

In the third week of June 2012, North America ushered in a historic moment.

The two singles "another light" and "say you won't give up" specially released by Langley hall for the heather cross foundation, with their powerful explosive force and unimaginably strong posture, parachute the champion and runner up of the billboard single charts, and their absolute dominance is dazzling and even more amazing.

This is not only lanli's first billboard single champion, but also two singles. As a singer, Langley's achievements have gone far beyond imagination, which has become another profile of his appeal in North America. It reminds us of Will Smith and Barbara Streisand at their peak.

This feat is of historical significance!

According to the official bulletin board classification, "another ray of light" is classified as rock, "say you won't give up" is classified as folk. As a result, these two singles have created their own records

This is the first airborne champion rock single since the 21st century, and also the highest ranking folk song single since the 21st century; In addition, the weekly sales of the two digital singles also reached new highs. From iTunes to spotify, they not only broke the records of their own classification, but also completely refreshed all the records. The strong momentum even made people daunting.

What's more, it's the first charity single to win the billboard singles list in 15 years.

Charity activities have always been an important part of social life. Singers are also willing to sing songs for the occasion and contribute to relevant activities. Especially after special events, such as "September 11 incident", music can not only ease people's hearts and unite the people, but also raise funds through effective means, Help within our means.

Naturally, there are countless charity songs, many of which are full of stars, and everyone participates in them for free; But, in the final analysis, the lack of enough publicity and hit the list, single sales are not bad, the results on the list is not satisfactory.

The last time a charity single won the billboard singles list, it was as far back as 1997.

At that time, Princess Diana died in a car accident, and designer Versace also died in a tragic accident shortly after. In the same year, he lost two close friends. Elton John fell into depression for a time, and then created the single "candle in the wind-1997", This single was originally created by Elton in 1973 to commemorate Marilyn Monroe. After the lyrics were re written in 1997, a new version was created.

After the release of the single, it won the billboard singles list and stayed for 14 weeks, with a global sales of 33 million, the second highest in history.

In the next 15 years, all charity singles and commemorative singles failed to achieve such outstanding results on the list. Until now, the birth of "another light" has concentrated all the attention and really written a heavy color.

In the live performance of "today's show," another ray of light "moved countless people, and Lan Li's moving and sincerity in the performance triggered a frenzy of discussion.

Countless accounts have uploaded videos, with this song as the background music, to tell the stories of those suffering from diseases around them, gradually forming a trend and spreading in a mighty way; Moreover, when Rockefeller square performed live, all the audience took out their mobile phones to light up the scene, which was praised by many media as one of the top ten scenes of 2012.

It is in this boom, "another ray of light" successfully parachuted the billboard single ranking champion.

In contrast, there is no dedicated "say you will not give up" in the live performance of "Today Show", which lacks some topic rendering, but the attention of this single is not inferior.

Since the "one man's concert" ended, the discussion about this song has been circulating on the Internet. However, lanli never made a response, not even half covered his face with a pipa. Instead, he had no news at all, as if it had never existed. For don Quixotes, he was so careless and indifferent.

Without warning, "say you won't give up" appeared on the stage, unveiling the mystery. For don Quixotes, it's just a Christmas gift. What's more, they deeply understand the special significance of this song for Heather and Langley, as well as the fetters of that concert. Therefore, compared with "another light", this song has more influence among senior don Quixotes.

So, easily, "say you won't give up" created the best performance of the first week of the ballad single, parachuting runner up.

In the third week of June, "another light" and "say you won't give up" came out, beating gotye's list of "some body-that-i-used-to-know"; In addition, Carly Rae Jepsen's single "call me may", which is popular on the social network, has successfully occupied the top two places.

Interestingly, "the most familiar stranger" and "call me when you have time" are singles that break through the glasses of countless people.

The former is a different kind of indie rock, which was recorded in goutiye's parents' house. Half a year after its release, almost no one was interested in it, and it was unexpectedly included in the list. In a short period of 15 weeks, it suddenly emerged and won the championship, breaking the history of indie rock that no one can reach the billboard single list in the new century, And stayed on top of the championship for seven weeks - it sounds familiar, it's a complete replica of Cleopatra.

The latter is a simple modern pop song. The singer is also a newcomer from a Canadian talent show. At the beginning of its release, he was immediately submerged in countless information on the Internet. But later, spoof virus videos began to spread on the oil pipe, but they really began to spread widely. Six months after its release, he successfully entered the list, and 15 weeks after it entered the list, Has climbed to the runner up position.

If you add "another light" and "say you won't give up," this week's billboard singles list is a carnival for a small number of independent singers.

But this is not the end.

"Another light" stayed on the champion throne for five weeks, and "say you won't give up", "the most familiar stranger" and "call me when you are free" also firmly held the position from the second to the fourth place. For five weeks, the position after the fifth place was constantly changing, but the top four remained motionless, which can be called a spectacle of this summer.

Everyone is talking about who can break the monopoly of these four singles, who will be the first to fall behind, and who can replace the champion of "another light". When the answer comes out, people are both surprised and surprised——

In the fourth week of July, the champion of the billboard single list was "call me when you are free". The discussion of this single on the social network has expanded to the whole world, even surpassed "another light", and has become a new hot focus. The sales volume is rising rapidly, relying on the outstanding popularity index, Is threatening the "most familiar stranger" sales champion in the first half of the year.

"Another light" fell to the second place, followed by "payphone" of magic red, then "the most familiar stranger", and "say you won't give up" fell to the fifth place.

In the era of digital sound source and social network, the online social media, led by Facebook and tubing, is changing the composition of the music market and further impacting the billboard. Such changes are becoming more and more clear, and "another light" and "call me when you have time" are the most direct beneficiaries.

After that, "call me when you're free" won five consecutive weeks, which was replaced by Flo Rida's single "whistle".

As for "another light", after handing over the champion position, he stayed in the runner up for three weeks, and then continued to slide to the fifth place, which finally stabilized his pace. After staying in the top ten for 18 weeks, he continued to slide, and came to the top 20. The whole endurance ability was extremely excellent, which made people shine.

Compared with folk songs, the rock and roll market has barely survived, which makes the overall sales momentum of "another ray of light" faintly surpass that of "beast" and "no doubt". It is even comparable to "Cleopatra", which has created history. In the sales statistics at the end of the year, it is worth looking forward to.

It is no exaggeration to say that lanli has occupied a place in the North American music market in the first half of 2012 as a singer.

At the same time, the score of "say you won't give up" is relatively inferior. After falling to the fifth place, the single stayed in the top ten for only six weeks, and then directly dropped to more than ten, and the downward trend didn't stop. It only lingered in the whole list for 22 weeks, and then came out of the list.

"Another light" is still in the top 20, but "say you won't give up" has been out of the list.

It can be said that this is the result of the difference of the publicity strategies of the two singles; But it can also be said that this is the objective situation of rock and folk music in the North American market.

In fact, "say you won't give up" is a song about love. Even if the meaning behind it is stripped, it is also a catchy song. This ballad single is very popular on the UK pop charts.

Although its influence at the beginning was not as good as "another light", its explosive power far exceeded that of its rivals. Twelve weeks after its release, "say you won't give up" successfully won the championship, and stayed on the champion position for nine weeks. In the case of insufficient explosive power, it relied on the durability of long-term sales, The total sales volume is catching up with "another light".

From a small perspective, we can see the differences between the British and American markets; This can also be seen as the difference between European and American culture.

With the popularity of "Today Show" and the frenzy of sales of two singles, the competition for summer music has become white hot.