Chapter 183： skyrocket

Adam Roy gave this album an 8.1, better than the original. The single "Just a Dream" was rated slightly lower by 0.5 points, but this is always Adam-Roy's style, with an extremely strict style for numbers after the decimal point. But the 8:1 evaluation is also Adam Roy's highest score for the album in 2001, in line with what he said in the music review "This is the biggest discovery in 2001!" In terms of recommended stars, Adam Roy Yi also did not hesitate to give a five-star recommendation, further expressing his love for the album "One".

Stephanie Palmer and Adam Roy share the same admiration for "One," though they differ slightly in the details, but overall both rave about the album. Similarly, the two music critics' evaluations of the overall quality of "One" are almost the same. The quality of the first six songs of the album is higher than that of the last four songs. Luobei's childish nèn.

No matter how talented Gu Luobei is, he is still a rookie after all. It is the first time he is the producer of the album. The style and positioning of the songs have already demonstrated his ability, but the quality of the songs is inevitably uneven. One" is a big regret of this album.

But obviously, this is not a big problem. The so-called album has always been made up of two or three high-quality songs, with seven or eight relatively ordinary songs. Otherwise, every album will have a first hit, the talented creators will be too busy, and more importantly, the record companies will have no money to make. Record companies are more willing to spread a bunch of excellent songs into multiple albums and release two or three albums. As long as the title song and the follow-up title are good enough, sales will definitely not be a problem. Therefore, it is a very, very difficult thing for the album to be the first masterpiece.

Strictly speaking, as an 18-year-old boy, as a fledgling newcomer in the music industry, Gu Luobei is the producer of "One", and being able to produce such a high-quality album is enough to amaze the entire music industry. . So, both Stephanie Palmer and Adam Roy gave the album rare accolades. The same goes for most professionals.

In addition to "Rolling Stone" and "Rotation," many media also published music reviews for the album "One" for the first time.

The leading British music magazine "Magazine" seems to be very concerned about Gu Luobei. Since Oprah's talk show, including "Broad Ocean" and "The Last", they have published music reviews in a timely manner, and they are full of praise for Gu Luobei.

The first thing that bears the brunt of this is that Gu Luobei is British. Although the Bell family's six-year life in London has not been excavated for the time being, after all, Gu Luobei has only just risen, but the British nationality on the passport is enough to become one of the reasons for the attention of the British mainland. One: In addition, the quality of the music is the most fundamental reason. Obviously, the album "One" has also gained a lot of attention in England.

"The most outstanding independent musician since the beginning of the 21st century", this album started Bell's dazzling journey in the music industry. Without a doubt, Bell is the brightest newcomer since 2001, and this is one of the most released albums since 2001, both in the US and the UK. …,

"The one-sentence review of "Magazine..., there are obviously several sentences, and they are not stingy with words. This also makes the British Isles hear for the second time after the Oprah talk show at the end of April" Evan Bell "The name.

Another British music magazine "Face (e also focused its attention on Gu Luobei for the first time. "It's hard to imagine an amazing talent, such an album with such brilliant music and such a brilliant album, comes from a famous singer. The hand of an 18-year-old boy." The famous American independent music magazine urb, although not as famous as "Rotation", is also well-known among independent musicians for "The first song is brilliant!" Such a short sentence is the highest Apparently, urb is absolutely chasing after a leader-level newcomer like Gu Luobei among independent musicians.

"Billboard...," a one-sentence review in its magazine said "Bell strikes! The most anticipated album of 2001 is beyond imagination. "

"Entertainment Weekly" has always had a lot of news about Gu Luobei because of William-Wood's relationship, and now there is a vague "Bell's Bole" status in the American entertainment circle, and every time his remarks are also received A lot of attention, ... the shock of death is still circulating in the mouths of the audience. "One, the surprise has come quietly. Obviously, Bell can always break our imagination and use his amazing talent to bloom again and again. Light." There are naturally different voices in the compliments of the blockbusters, even the top singers are very rare in their praised albums, not to mention that Gu Luobei is only a newcomer.

"Mixer..., the comments are slightly neutral,... Tonight and tonight, whether it can be refreshed" is just a dream, the surprise in the hearts of the audience is not yet known, and whether the digital music business model will go into a dead end is also two things.

"One, although it is an album with a relatively high degree of completion, the excessive pursuit has obviously made Bell mí lose his praise." This strong and bold magazine did not hesitate to pour cold water, although they were not interested in "One" "The excellence of this album is not denied.

And a group of magazines headed by "The Sound of Music", the sound is picky with a lot of "good, good, good. About" One, the sound of praise for this album is almost as high as the Empire State Building, but unfortunately, few people really go to Listen to this album. Obviously, this album can only be regarded as a **** (), and there is absolutely no one who is so popular. "

No matter whether it is praised or criticized, "One" this album has been bombarded by the media on the first day of its release. It is a fact that cannot be ignored. On the first day of the album's release, 16 media outlets released music reviews for the album, and within three days this number grew to 35, and a week later, a full 46 media outlets posted reviews. This level of attention, independent of quality and word of mouth, was enough to make "One" the hottest album of the week.

Twenty-six five-star recommendations, ten four-star recommendations, six three-star recommendations, and four two-star recommendations. Forty-six media rated the album "One" with an astonishing 7.8 points. Although it didn't reach 8 points, this score can definitely be ranked among the albums released this year. top five.

The music industry's respect for the album "One" is evident.

At the same time, after the album was released, the first reaction of the market was also presented in the most direct digital way.

On the first day that the album "One" was launched on iTunes, it triggered a buying frenzy among singers. The sales volume of 70,000 created the highest album sales on the day since the launch of the iTunes digital music business model. Unlike singles, albums contain ten songs, so sales are naturally incomparable to singles. Moreover, for albums, listeners are still more accustomed to buying physical albums, and the digital sound source of the entire album has not yet fully opened up the market. . Even so, the cumulative sales in the first week of "One" still reached an astonishing 190,000 copies.

The boom in sales of digital audio sources is also reflected in physical sales. Since the album was released on Thursday, there were only four days in the first week, but it still achieved sales of 260,000 copies, allowing the album "One" to break into the top ten of the Billboard album chart in one fell swoop. And it hung high in the third place, which really shocked the American music scene.

With the spread of word of mouth, and Gu Luobei's promotion of "One" sales showed a gratifying upward curve. In the second week, it achieved sales of 280,000 copies and continued to hang at No. 3 on the Billboard album chart. In the third week, sales ushered in an explosion, with sales of 330,000 copies, successfully making "One" on the list. number one on the Billboard album chart.

Originally, Gu Luobei was scheduled to travel to the UK at the end of August, which is the second and third week of the album's release. Unfortunately, because of the latest progress in the preparations of Katherine Yigel's design studio, and the upcoming In September, Gu Luobei also had some scruples. After thinking about it, Gu Luobei decided to postpone the travel. Anyway, if Gu Luobei really wants to set off, he can carry a bag at any time and start it. Delaying the trip is not an unacceptable thing.

The result directly affected by this move is that the promotion schedule arranged by Warner Records finally came in handy. The increase in Gu Luobei's exposure in the media has accelerated the spread of "One" a lot, which also made Gu Luobei He won his first Billboard album chart championship trophy.

The fourth week of Tuesday, September 11, which shocked the world, and the "Death Illusion"

Like the film industry, the music industry has also been hit. But relatively speaking, although everyone has no intention to go to the cinema to watch a movie, they still listen to music to soothe their mood. Therefore, although the music industry is moving, it is slightly less than the film industry.

In this case, although the sales of the album "One" fell, the decline was not obvious The sales of 290,000 easily won the top spot on this week's Billboard album chart.

In the fifth week after that, "Monday" once again won the No. 1 spot for two consecutive weeks with 230,000 sales, and slipped to the runner-up position on the Billboard album chart in the sixth week.

The album "One" was released for a month, from August 24th to September 24th. During this period, it also experienced a global panic on September 11th, but the cumulative sales of the album within a month depended on The strength has reached 1.45 million. This report card is very outrageous, making Gu Luobei the best rookie of 2001 who can compete with Alicia and Keith in one fell swoop!

And the melancholy mood that has been lurking for more than two months, the cumulative sales of their debut album "Broad Ocean" is not even half of "One". Due to the lack of publicity, after achieving good results in April, it has plummeted, and now it has accumulated With only 550,000 sales, it can be said that it is a heaven and a land.

Of course, Gu Luobei wouldn't know the result of this comparison, because he didn't care at all. It's just that within the melancholy mood, Craig and Cook are well aware of this gap.

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