Chapter 222： new year

After Christmas, 2001 is not a few days left, and for Evan Bell, who has put all his energy into the corner of John La Roche, 2002 quietly came to his side. . It stands to reason that the new year has a new look, but Evan Bell did not have this feeling. It is still a shooting that constantly challenges the limit, and it is still an active learning of acting skills.

The two Bell brothers, who were in the swamps of Miami, focused on "adapting the script" and quietly ushered in the new year. But in New York, or in the United States, all the media are very lively, another year has passed, and the time for year-end summaries in all walks of life has come. The awards season, which starts in December, has begun to bring the entertainment industry into the The hottest season of the year.

In 2001, the American entertainment industry was full of major events. There were a lot of interesting events in the film and music industry, but also because of the September 11 incident that shocked the world, it became a little heavy.

In terms of movies, the release of the first part of the "Harry-bōte" series and the first film of "The Lord of the Rings" became the hottest topic in 2001.

"Harry-bōte and the Philosopher's Stone" was opened on November 16, and in just over a month, it created a box office of 317 million in North America, and won the top box office in North America in 2001. champion. This period is the Thanksgiving period that has always been ignored by Americans, and this time the success of "Harry-bōte" has also caught the attention of major film companies. In addition to the summer and Christmas periods, Thanksgiving after Halloween The festival is also a time of potential box office miracles.

The first part of "The Lord of the Rings", which was also adapted from the novel, chose the Christmas schedule. Although the release time was short, it was still not to be underestimated in terms of box office. The box office of 314 million was only 3 million behind the champion. , was the runner-up in the North American box office charts in 2001.

In addition, the movies of "Shrek", "Rush Hour", "Pearl Harbor", "Jurassic Park 3", "Beautiful Taobao Women's Wear Tmall Taobao Mall Taobao Women's Winter Jacket m Soul" They made great achievements one after another, making the 2001 movie box office charts in the United States star-studded.

It is worth mentioning that "Death Illusion" made $5 million at the box office, and it was amazing that it squeezed into the top 150 in the box office chart, and finally ranked 143rd. This result may seem like a mess to many people who don't know the situation, but those in the know will be amazed again and again: It's incredible!

The same is true, when summing up the 2001 film, the various media couldn't ignore "Death Illusion", not only because this created yet another classic ul film, and not only because the film was in the box office and dvd market Both of them showed amazing potential, not only because the audiences adored the film, and even made the film into the top 150 imdb films, but also because the film brought Richard Kelly and Evan Bell is two geniuses. There are geniuses every year, they are amazing, and they are still shining, only time will tell.

However, when Evan Bell was mentioned, the exclamations of the media were even more incessant. The small miracle of "Death Illusion" was one aspect, and more aspects were due to the boy's musical achievements, which illuminated the 2001 America's Music Market!

The biggest news in the American music market in 2001 was the emergence of the commercialization of digital music. If it was successfully implemented, it would have a huge impact on the traditional music market.

The total record sales in 2001 dropped by 80 million compared to the previous year. Excluding the impact of the September 11 incident, the Recording Industry Association of America blamed the rampant illegal downloads on the Internet and the commercialization of Apple's digital music.

But in fact, the German "Journal of Political Economy" published a set of survey data proving that digital music downloads - both illegal and legal, have almost no impact on album sales, which is very much in line with the perception of many companies and industry insiders. big difference.

The study, "The Impact of File Sharing on Record Sales: An Experimental Analysis," compared a large sample of music downloads with US music sales data to find a causal relationship between digital music downloads and physical record sales. By analyzing and comparing the five-month data from August to December 2001, the researchers estimate that the impact of digital music downloads on music sales is no more than 0.7%, which is almost negligible.

The study period included August when students were most active during the summer vacation, September when the global entertainment industry was low, and November and December when there were many holidays. As noted above, digital music downloads did not increase significantly. It has not brought too much negative impact on the sales of records, and this impact can almost be ignored.

At the same time, Warner Music, Apple, and independent musician Evan Bell announced their profits from the commercialization of digital music.

Apple has made a profit of $5 million in nine months through iune; Warner Music has made a profit of $4 million from the sale of digital audio, not including the revenue from online downloads. Physical sales revenue; and Evan Bell, five singles, one album, the profit on digital music alone reached $600,000, which caused an uproar in the music industry.

Although this series of numbers is not too many, in the eyes of large companies with tens of millions of dollars, it is a mosquito-sized benefit. But how much profit is not the point, but: actually profitable! The commercialization of digital music is actually profitable!

More importantly, because they took the lead in providing digital music downloads, the market share gap between Warner Music and Universal Music was shortened by two percentage points. It is undoubtedly a huge bad news, their 2001 results are not optimistic.

For a long time, everyone thinks that the commercialization of digital music is a loss-making business, and if Evan Bell did not sell his music on the iune, his performance on the bulletin board would definitely be even better. Many professionals feel that it is a pity. But the fact is that the commercialization of digital music has not only not been severely impacted by illegal downloads, but has gone through more than half a year step by step, and turned out to be profitable!

Add that to the German study, and the conclusion is clear: Illegal downloads have little impact on physical record sales, while digital music downloads have a relatively larger, but still acceptable, impact. So, it seems that the commercialization of digital music is not only the pros and cons that can be described as gods, but it is not an exaggeration to use the "future development trend" to express it.

After the year-end statistics are collected, there must be intense discussions and debates among people in the music industry. No one can predict the direction of the music market in 2002.

In the wave of digital music commercialization, Evan Bell has become a leading role model. In the past nine months on iune, Evan Bell's five singles have almost arranged nearly two-thirds of the singles. The daily download champion, and the "No. 1" on the album download list is even more unique, showing a strong dominance.

Of course, due to the huge influence of the Internet, Evan Bell's singles and albums are also very impressive in physical sales.

On the year-end single sales chart, the first single from the debut album of newcomer band Feue "Stop at this moment" won the final number one with two million sales.

This result is less than half of last year's single sales champion of 4 million. It is undeniable that the commercialization of digital music still plays a role in it, and the impact of the September 11 incident on the record market is also obvious.

The runner-up position on the year-end single sales chart is still occupied by newcomers. Evan Bell's single "Just a Dream" released on April 1 topped the pack with 1.9 million sales! "Dream" is also the only single among the top ten that did not win the Billboard championship. Its best score on the Billboard was only the runner-up, but with this lasting and stable sales, it was still in the end of 2001. achieved a dazzling position.

The third runner-up also came from a newcomer, Alicia Keys' "Fll'" sold 1.8 million sales, which is also not to be underestimated.

The top three sales of singles are all taken by newcomers, which is also the epitome of the phenomenon of newcomers in 2001.

Jenny Jackson and Train (n) saved face for the veteran singers, placing fourth and fifth respectively on the year-end singles sales charts. And the sixth place is occupied by the most shining name in 2001, "Tonight tonight comes from Evan Bell, with 1.6 million sales and another top ten place.

After that, Jennifer Lopez, Gwen Stephanie, Dido (d), and Destiny will fill the remaining four positions in the top ten sales rankings.

But this is only the top 10broad sea and sky" The physical sales volume of 1.43 million, won a twelfth position, only 100,000 less than the tenth place; "The last one hundred thousand The sales of 200,000 were squeezed into the top 30 and ranked 27th.

"Crazy World was released late, and the sales trend has been relatively flat, and there is no huge burst of energy, but the one million results still have a place in the top 100.

Evan Bell released five singles in 2001, all of which made it to the top 100 at the end of the year, with three in the top twenty and two in the top ten. Calling him the strongest newcomer in music is indeed an understatement.

If you look at the total, the five singles have created a sales figure of more than seven million, and this is only the part of the single, and does not include the cumulative downloads of more than six million on iune. In the music market in 2001, Evan Bell was indeed ups and downs, showing an unprecedented domineering momentum.

Astonishing sales, coupled with strong word-of-mouth, it's no surprise that Evan Bell has become one of the most talked-about nominees for the 44th Grammy Awards announced on January 4. .

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