Chapter 373： digital music

On October 8, the Recording Industry Association of America (AA), the International Association of the Recording Industry, Billboard, and the world's five major record companies, Warner Music, EMI, Universal Music, Sony Music, and Bertelsmann Music held a press conference.

At the press conference gathered by the music industry giants, the Recording Industry Association of America officially announced the legal status of digital music, and recognized the feasibility of digital music commercialization, as well as the legal status of ITUNEA, a subsidiary of Apple.

Most importantly, the Recording Industry Association of America announced that the number of digital music downloads will be equal to the number of physical album sales. The certification also applies to the digital music field.

However, currently the RIAA and IFPI only recognize download numbers published by ITUNEA. In the future, if there are other organizations that have been certified for the commercialization of digital music, the certification will be made public at that time.

At the same time, the bulletin board also officially announced that the calculation method of the bulletin board ranking has changed, and the data of legal download of digital music will be added. Future rankings will be calculated based on the cumulative conversion of physical sales, radio on-demand rates and digital music downloads.

This press conference also means that the music industry around the world has officially entered the era of legalization, rationalization and commercialization of digital music and physical music. Experienced vinyl records, cassettes, 7

After that, the music market ushered in a new page again.

Subsequently, Andy Rosen, the representative of Apple's ITUNEA department, officially announced that ITUNEA has reached a cooperation agreement with five major record companies: Warner Music, EMI, Universal Music, Sony Music, and Bertelsmann Music. A list of more than 60 record labels will start on October 9, and ITUNEA will have more than 100 million songs available for legal digital download.

Most importantly, Andy Rosen announced that Apple has completed the development of the NPLAY digital rights management system, which can prevent users from copying and effectively track illegal download sources, and can also provide court direct evidence to prove digital music downloads. legal xìng.

This also marks that the copyright issue of digital music can be incorporated into the legal system and has been formally certified.

The launch of the digital copyright management system is the most important factor in the promotion of the commercialization of digital music.

In fact, over the past year or so, the commercialization of digital music has gradually become popular. This time only the official public certification of the legalization of digital music. Official organizations, including the Recording Industry Association of America, have also officially included digital music in their statistics, so October 8 has also been regarded as the beginning of a new era in the music market.

After "Tianguang" became the public legalization of digital music commercialization, ITUNEA officially released the first digital single, which opened a new page in history.

For the cover of "Sky Light", Evan Bell dedicates the wonders of nature to all listeners. Evan-Bell used a colorful brush to describe the gossip scene he saw during the road trip. The sky on the left was blood red, the sky on the right was blue as wash, and the pachinko road extended upwards and finally disappeared into the sky. Such a shocking picture, no one believes that this will actually be a scene that appears in reality.

But only Evan Bell and Blake Lively knew that they had seen the sight with their own eyes, and they had even left a photograph as a souvenir.

On the first day of the release of "Tianguang", ITUNEA and physical records achieved sales of 430,000, setting an unshakable milestone for the first page of the history of digital music commercialization. The cumulative sales volume in the first week was 1.02 million. Be without a doubt the first number one on the Billboard and ITUNEA singles charts for a new era of music!

The Recording Industry Association of America realizes that the legalization of digital music commercialization will make a qualitative leap in single sales! Unlike physical singles, which only have one song in them, but are expensive because of packaging and other costs, but now it is different, digital music singles only cost 99 cents, and you can buy them if you have a computer at home. The convenience of downloading and the favorable price all make ordinary listeners have an illusion that buying a single seems to be a good thing.

Therefore, compared with the previous era when the single-week sales of singles could exceed 300,000, it could be called a big sale. Now the single-week sales of singles will inevitably usher in a breakthrough of one million. Similarly, the cumulative sales of singles are 300. Gone are the days when 10,000 or 4 million can dominate the annual single sales chart, and it is estimated that single sales will increase significantly.

At the same time, "Don't Leave", "Stubborn" and "Stubborn" still stayed on the ranking list. After "Stubborn" gave up the championship, the sales of "Don't Leave" picked up and broke into the top five again. Evan Bell Once again, it has three positions in the top five of the singles sales charts at the same time.

Along with the title of "Tianguang...", Evan Bell also became the record holder for the fastest single with nine number one singles.

If this trend continues, it will not be far from the record of the Beatles' 20 No. 1 singles, which has been in the dust for ten years. The Beatles once created the miracle of 20 number one singles in six years from 1964 to 1970, and no one has been able to surpass it so far. And now, Evan Bell has created nine number one singles in two years, which can be called a miracle!

Under the momentum of "Tianguang...", "Sniper Phone Booth" rebounded strongly at the box office in the second week of October, regained the top spot in the North American box office chart, and the cumulative box office hit the 200 million threshold with an astonishing attitude. After the slander incident in July, Evan-Bell was reborn in the state of Nirvana, accumulating energy little by little, and when "Tianguang" came into the world, it all burst out, creating the first Evan-Bell since his debut. Incomparable light.

After "Tianguang" broke the one million threshold in its first week of sales history, it achieved another 670,000 sales in the second week, ranking first on the Billboard and ITUNEA singles charts.

Since then, no single single can shake the position of "Tianguang" in the singles chart, October, November, December, 2002 has completely passed "Tianguang"

Still holding the title of champion, and ushered in the rising sun in 2003 as a champion, becoming the first champion of the Billboard and Non-Single Charts in 2003!

In 2002 alone, "Tianguang" won the championship for eleven consecutive weeks, both in word of mouth and sales, and this trend has not faded in 2003. The power of "Sky Light" has indeed created a myth.

Currently, the longest-running No. 1 spot in Billboard singles chart history is Maria Ikai's single "Sweet mì Day", released in 1995.

DAY this song won the championship for 16 weeks! And the songs that tied for runner-up were the 14th week championship, and several singles have won this result.

Every time "Tianguang" wins the championship, it is moving towards this record!

In October 2002, because of the official popularization of digital music and the advent of "Tianguang", the concubine was very lively.

Released on October 9th, along with, in fact, Evan Bell's second album, "Under the Stunning Light", "Two" did steal a lot of attention, but the album It still maintains the high level of Evan Bell's last album, and it has undoubtedly become one of the classic albums of 2002.

As Evan Bell said back then, the name of the album was just a series of numbers, so his second album named "Two" continued the simple style of "One". On top of the pale yellow background of the album, in the lower left corner there is a boy with a headset listening to music. The boy is holding the headset with his right hand, closing his eyes and enjoying the music. The covered hair covers his forehead and eyes. Most of the time, only the curve of the nose bridge and the arc of the mouth can be seen, which is quiet, comfortable and enjoyable. It seems that this is the concept conveyed by the album "Two".

On the right side, the font of "two ( is still unrestrained and the name "Evan-Bell" is like a trademark, which is coded on the cover.

Turning over the back cover of "Two", the album's track list comes into view. As expected, ten songs make up this classic album.

"Sky Light (ENT was the title song when the album was released, and the flood of praise has pushed this song to the altar The momentum even surpassed the "Falling" that swept the situation last year. Three "top", "I want to cry tonight, ...," "Bad day", "Despite everything", "Remember,

"These five songs are new, and they are listed next. At the end, "Stubborn Little" beats Hallelujah..., "Don't Leave"

", "Never Walk Alone", the four singles that have already been released, ranked last, and constituted the complete ten tracks of this album.

Under the track, there are two small speakers, connected in series with black cables, extending all the way to the right. Obviously, this is the cable that connects the earphones of the boy listening to the song on the cover.

Whether it's Evan-Bell's previous reputation for quality, or the amazingness of "Tianguang" - Evan-Bell said with great certainty in the interview that the songs included in the album will never lower the level of this album. This also means that Evan Bell believes that the quality of other songs will not be too far behind "Sky Light", which makes everyone have infinite expectations for the album itself.

As expected, the word-of-mouth and sales of the album "Two", with the momentum that is not inferior to "Tianguang", cut the waves and became the most watched and worth listening album in 2002! ! .