Chapter 434： Year-end inventory

"2000 was for u2 and Linkin Park, 2001 was for Alicia Keys and Evan-Bell, and 2002 was for Amy-Nam and Evan-Bell." Rolling Stones in When summarizing last year's music scene, I used such an opening paragraph to describe the trend of music after entering the 21st century with the most concise vocabulary.

In 2002, countless things happened in the music world, the most notable ones were of course Amy Nam and Evan Bell.

In May, Amy Namum's album tracks were leaked and forced to release the album ahead of schedule, and the album's first-day sales hit an all-time high, announcing the gorgeous return of the ruffian hero: In July, Evan a Bell was caught in the whirlpool of slander incidents, which shocked the United States, but after that, he proved his strong presence with several singles: In October, the "Two" produced and recorded by Evan Bell was officially released, sweeping the momentum of the army It is impossible to ignore: Also in October, the commercialization of digital music was officially recognized, and the music market also completed an important step in the reorganization of the order in the Internet age: In November, the autobiographical film "Eight Miles" starring Amy Nham The premiere, which caused a huge response, in which Amy-Nam sang "Mí Lose Myself (e-

eef created a sensational miracle, although this song failed to shake "Tianguang"

However, on the rap hip-hop category rankings, it has been on the top of the champion throne, and it shocked the end of the year.

Throughout 2002, Amy-Nam and Evan-Bell are the two most dazzling names, no one can compare. Of course, sales of digital music are officially recognized, and the 2002

This year has become the most special year. Starting from this year, the year-end sales statistics are the result of the addition of digital music sales and physical album sales. At the same time, it is also foreseeable that in the past year and a half, Evan Bell's strength in the download charts will also be severely affected by the addition of giants such as Universal Music, EMI, Sony Records, Bertelsmann Music, etc. challenge.

In fact, since the commercialization of digital music was officially recognized in October, the challenge has begun. In the year-end singles list in 2002, the singles released after October have been added to the download list, so when the year-end sales statistics are calculated, the singles released in the last three months of 2002 almost occupied the entire sales list this year. list. From this aspect, we can also see the huge potential of digital music sales in terms of singles.

The song "Tianguang" that illuminated the whole 2002 also shone on the single sales chart of the year, and finally became the first year-end single champion after the official recognition of digital music commercialization with sales of 5.6 million. . Following last year's year-end single sales chart runner-up, this year Evan Bell went a step further, successfully occupying the number one position on the singles chart.

In fact, the strength of "Tianguang" was also praised by the media as the epitome of Evan-Bell in 2002. The ups and downs of the lyrics in this song are exactly the portrayal of Evan-Bell's development curve in the past year. The grandeur and momentum are a moving description of the current Evan Bell's momentum.

At the same time, "Tianguang", as the first single and double album double chart champion in the official commercialization of digital music, is also of epoch-making significance. Now, this song has won the year-end single sales championship, which can be said to be well-deserved. It is hailed as the epitome of the year in 2002.

It is worth mentioning that "Tianguang, is the only rock single that has won the year-end single champion in the past ten years.

On top of this list, "Mí Lose Myself", which was released in the soundtrack of the movie in November, took the runner-up position with sales of 5.2 million. Evangel and Amy Nam's "Tianguang" and "Mí Lose Myself", whether it is the former or the latter, are just as "Rolling Stone" said, and they are the focus of 2002.

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)'s single "The Image You Remember Me" took the third place with a score of 4.8 million. Ashati ()'s "Stupid (e

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end in four to six digits.

The seventh place was won by the song "Stubborn", which shocked 130,000 people at the "Track Rock Music Festival" with sales of 4.1 million: the eighth place was still dedicated to "Don't Leave" by Evan Bell. "The sales volume of 4 million should not be underestimated, and it is also evidence of the gun smoke left over in July. In the end, "You Got His Bad" by Usher and another track by Neely, "eemma", took the remaining two spots on the year-end singles top ten.

On the top 10 list, Evan-Bell has three spots, Nelly has two works, and Amy-Nami, who has sold more than 5 million, is this year's single achievement.

In addition, "Never Walk Alone," and "Better Than Hallelujah" have sold more than 3.5 million copies, ranking at No. 14 and No. 17 respectively on the year-end singles sales chart in 2002. Of course, if you add the 2.9 million sales of "Hello, Cold World", which was released after the Grammys, Evan Bell had six singles in 2002, and they all entered the top of the charts. Thirty, such a feat, it is staggering!

In terms of singles, it is indeed difficult to find a singer who can compete with Evan Bell in 2002. If you count "Never Walk Alone", add "Better than Hallelujah", "Don't Leave", " Stubborn" and "Sky Light" Evan-Bell "Two" has five number one singles on this album, which means that Evan-Bell stands in front of a historical record.

In the century since Billboard's inception, only Michael Jackson has had five number one singles on the same album, and now, more than a decade later, Evan Bell has tied that record again. At present, it seems that the quality of the album "Two" is superb, and it is very hopeful to break this record. What the media needs to do is to wait and see.

In addition to singles, the sales ranking of albums is relatively less affected by digital music downloads. After all, there are ten songs in an album. If you want to buy and download all digital music, it is better to directly buy an album for collection.

Therefore, most people still focus on physical records in the choice of albums.

In 2002, the final album sales charts, Evan Bell and Amy Namm once again became the leading role.

The brilliance of the album "Two" lasted from October to the arrival of 2003. The sales showed a strange upward curve. Before the end of 2002, it created 7.5 million copies in just three months. , in the competition with Amy Nam, once again had the last laugh and successfully won the sales champion of the year-end album chart. Last year's "One," this album won the fourth place at the end of the year, and this year it jumped to the top of the championship. After that, he was the first singer to win the year-end single and album double chart sales.

Amy Namie's smash hit album "The Amy Namie Show" ended up selling at 732 subs, narrowly losing out to Evan Bell. In fact, it is not accurate to use the word "lose", because Evan Bell and Amy Nam have no losers in this non-competitive competition. On the contrary, the two of them use their amazing musical talents to win the game. The music industry in 2002 was buzzing with excitement.

More importantly, in 2002, there were only two albums, "Two" and "The Amy Nam Show", which sold more than seven million albums. Whether it is sales or word of mouth, these two singers have shown amazing standards. So, there is no loser, both are victorious, it's just that Evan-Bell has a little more support in sales, and that's it.

Nelly's album "Utopia (eee, Enrique Iglesia's "Escape (ape, Avril Lavigne's album "Let go of Elvis" Elvis Presley Collection, "Eight Miles" soundtrack, Ashati's album "Ashati", Jay-z's "Blueprint 2: Gifts and Curses", Rolling Stones Best Collection and other eight albums, together with "Two", "Amy Yina" "Mum Show" together made up the top ten album sales charts in 2002.

Compared with the strength of the two albums of the champion and the runner-up The sales of "Utopia", which ranked third place, is one level worse. 900,000, failed to break through the threshold of 6 million, let alone touch the level of 7 million. From this comparison, it can also be seen that the reason why Rolling Stone called 2002 "the year of Evan Bell and Amy Nam" is actually justified.

Of course, aside from the two evildoers, there are still many things that can be deciphered on this list. For example, the appearance of two collections of Elvis Presley and The Rolling Stones shows that the classics are timeless, which in turn shows that the new albums released this year are not strong enough. For another example, the rise of two black hip-hop singers, Neely and Asati, is another symbol of music in 2002. In the past two years, rock and roll has become one of the labels of the annual music. This year, black hip-hop singers have taken classes. Seizing power has attracted a lot of attention.

Also, Avril Lavigne, a rookie who just debuted, was on the year-end album sales chart with a piece of "Let It Go". This rock girl also continued the trend of rock and roll revival in the American music market since the beginning of the 21st century. As for the hot sale of the soundtrack of the movie "Eight Miles", it is also a side portrayal of Amy-Nam's strength.

So, it makes sense for the media to call the 45th Grammy Awards "a collision between Evan Bell and Amy Nam". ! .