Chapter 1720： Collect records

The highest box office record holder in North American film history, the highest box office record holder in global film history, the North American premiere box office, single-day box office, next-week box office, the fastest reaching 100 million, the fastest 200 million and a series of record holders, global movie history The first record holder with a salary of 20 million, the first actor under the age of 30 in Oscar history...

The record holder for the fastest album sales in the history of North American music, the record holder for the highest single sales in the history of North American music, the record holder for the highest single-week album and single sales in the history of North American music, and the first three albums in the history of North American music. Tens of millions of record holders...

The name "Hugo Lancaster" can be written in the front of all these records. At present, except for the history that takes time to settle, such as the "West Side Story" movie soundtrack billboard album chart for fifty consecutive weeks Winning records, such as the record of the Beatles’ 18 consecutive albums and 20 singles winning the Billboard Championship (as of 1996), such as the record of 104 million sales of the album "Thriller" ……Hugo or the name of Glory to Death can be seen in any other record list.

Although records can never represent the status of an artist in history, take the movie box office as an example. The box office in the 1990s needs to take into account inflation, movie ticket prices, people’s living standards and other factors, so it is bound to be the highest limit of the box office. The sales of music albums are constantly on the rise, and so are the sales of music albums. This has also made it difficult for the top superstars of the golden age to gain much advantage on such lists; but this series of records can clearly make people feel that, nine In the world cultural heritage of the ten's, Hugo has left his unique mark.

In the 1996 year-end singles sales charts, "Vailure ( and "Young Volcano (. teamed up to dominate, ranking first and second places. Such a momentum made the audience accustomed to Hugo's record-breaking posture. Can't help but exclaim again.

Although the gap between Mariah Carey’s "sweetheart" is huge, she still relies on strong support and ranks third on the year-end list, defeating the fourth-placed "Do you know what I mean?" Take a breath. The Oasis single "Do you know what I mean" lags behind the sales gap of 170,000, and unfortunately occupies the fourth place, making the Gallagher brothers really frustrated.

"How do you want/California love (.. u. want. it/. and "Life and Death ( by the Bone Party (. thugs-n-) occupy the fifth and sixth rap songs respectively. Fame, the scores of these two singles both exceeded 2.5 million, infinitely close to 3 million, easily leading the crowd.

The remaining four positions in the top ten are highly competitive. Strictly speaking, the gap from seventh to fifteenth is very small. The sales of all these singles have crossed the two million threshold. This is also the music market. One of the important signs of prosperity, hitting a new historical high.

In the end, Mary Blige’s "Won't Cry (.'.cry, Oasis’s "Walk with Me", Black Street’s "No Doubt (., Donnie-Bryston’s "Don’t Cry" "Breaking my heart (unbreak.my.heart successfully broke through and made it into the top ten of the year-end list.

Maria’s second song "Butterfly" was staggeringly ranked 11th, and failed to break into the top ten. Although this single swept an incredible sales volume of 1.69 million in the first week, it only gained 2.43 million sales in the end. Its stamina was far behind other competitors, and it was even more popular with Oasis. "Go with me" completed the overtake.

As a result, Oasis occupied two seats in the top ten, and Maria had only one; but "Sweetheart" ranked third, and the sales of the two singles of Oasis were lagging behind. So, which one will Oasis and Maria win? There is still no clear idea.

Of course, the true winner is glory to death, there is no doubt.

Under the strong drive of the ultimate showdown, the North American sales of the three albums of Glory To Death have reached new highs. The sales of "Almost Fame" in North America have reached 11.6 million, and the sales of "Bath in the Morning Light" are even higher. As many as over 17.2 million copies, coupled with the current cumulative sales of 8.3 million "storms", Glory to the death has already harvested more than 37 million copies in North America so far. Ranked among the most successful singers in history. What is even more frightening is that the global momentum of glory to death is also rising.

Just like the huge advantage that "Blurry Rain" achieved on the British pop music charts, this album also remained on the top spot with a strong advantage until the end of 1996, and set a new high in sales, surrendering 470. The sales of 130,000, which has surpassed the current record of 4.52 million in Oasis’ What’s this story) Morning Glory", and became the third-selling album in the history of British music—— It is second only to 5.86 million for the Queen's Collection and 5.04 million for the Beatles "Sergeant Pappor's Lonely Heart Club Band".

This result was unexpected by everyone, because "Blurry Rain" created this result in just eight weeks, not only surpassing Oasis, but also surpassing Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and Pinker. -Freud's "Dark Side of the Moon" and other masterpieces.

It is conceivable that as long as the "storm" can maintain such a momentum, the records of the Queen and the Beatles are bound to become the next goal. Perhaps, the history of British music will also change-or it is already on the journey of change. .

Relying on the outstanding performance of the British market, "Blurry Rain" swept 18.64 million sales worldwide, without any suspense reaching the top of the 1996 global album sales charts. With such outstanding results within eight weeks, people have even begun to speculate whether the final global sales volume of the "hurricane" will exceed 45 million.

Why is it 45 million?

On the current global album sales history list, Michael's "Thriller" is one of the best and is far ahead. The sales of 104 million copies can be confirmed as an unrepeatable miracle; and the runner-up on the list is Pinker- Freud's classic masterpiece "The Dark Side of the Moon", this album released in 1973 has currently achieved 45 million sales, which can be said to be less than 10,000 people per person.

At present, in the history of music, there are only eight albums that have sold over 40 million in the world, which can be counted with two hands.

The global sales of "Blurry Rain" approached 20 million within eight weeks. Although it is still not among the top 30 on the historical charts, such a strong appeal is enough to make people believe that this album finally The end point is definitely more than that. Even if you miss the challenge of "trembling", you still have the opportunity to hit the 40 million club.

This is a historic breakthrough for Glory to Death. It is important to know that there are four rock albums that have sold more than 40 million in the world, but all of them are from the golden age of the 70s. They are Pink- Freud's "Dark Side of the Moon" released in 1973, "Hell Bat (bat.out.of.hell released by Mitter Laufer in 1977, and "Back to the Darkness" released by the band in 1980. ., Flywood Mac Band (.) "Rumors ( in 1977.

Among the eight highest-selling albums in the world, rock occupies half of the world. What's more frightening is that even in 2014, the ranking has not been shaken. This data alone is enough to make people feel the tremendous influence of that era.

From these four albums, it can be clearly seen that the peak moment in 1977 has a far-reaching impact. Although "Back to the Dark" was released in 1980, its strong influence still follows the rock of the 70s. Brilliant waste heat. In other words, rock has been silent for more than ten years. From Guns and Roses to Nirvana, from Glory to Death to Oasis, the power of rock has only just recovered.

Want to reproduce the brilliance of rock and roll, this can even be said to be an idiotic dream goal. The "Blurry Rain" swept more than 18 million sales in eight weeks, vaguely making people feel the madness of 1977 again. And boiling, this is also the historical moment that was truly recorded in the annals of history in 1996: maybe, under the leadership of the glory to death, the rock faith will really regain its vitality; maybe, the "storm" may really earn 30 million , 40 million, and even 45 million sales, rewriting the history of music.

Just this is not an easy task, time will give the answer.

Corresponding to the "hurt and rain", Maria's "Butterfly" has achieved sales of 12 million copies worldwide, ranking second in the year-end global sales rankings, so that the sales volume of the year surpassed the previous "Music Box". And "Daydream" became Maria's most successful work so far, and the influence of this popular queen began to radiate to all parts of the world.

And the Oasis band did not show any weakness. Although they planted a big somersault in the British Isles, the sales of 3.2 million were pulled out of the glory to death, and compared to their own two previous albums. It's far from it. The album's reputation has finally become a stumbling block; but relying on its strong explosive power, the global sales volume of "Stay Now" is still as high as 9.8 million, successfully earning the third place on the year-end global list.

From 1995 to 1996, Hugo achieved a major explosion in both film and music, and completely changed the course of history. The future direction of film and music gradually deviated from the original track, and the future direction is no one. Can predict, including Hugo himself. And now, from 1996 to 1997, the pace of history is still advancing in great strides, and every day brings countless surprises, although for Hugo, the "Blurry Rain" World Tour is the top priority. Heavy, but in the United States, with the Golden Globes, Grammys, and Oscars approaching, there is a bloodbath here.