Before the release of Maria Carey's new album, no one could have expected the current situation. Maria was inseparable from the glory of the album released a year ago.

What's even more strange is that it's not that Maria's new album and new singles have performed poorly. On the contrary, both "daydreams" and "fantasy" have been praised unanimously. The picky music critics and the noisy ordinary listeners have all given Maria a praise for her. She needs sales, reputation, and topics...

But in this case, Maria and Glory fell into a hard battle until death. In addition, it made people sigh that Maria was so strong, but Glory was still not inferior to death. The more successful Maria's new album and new single, the more it contrasts the glory of Glory to death.

In the second week of October, the competition between "Fantasy" and "Apologize" entered a new white-hot stage. The sales of both singles fell by 200,000, but the former lost to the latter again. "Fantasy" won 180,000 sales, while "Apologies" swept 190,000 sales. The subsequent explosive power has reached a staggering level, causing all languages ​​to lose their color.

On the radio on-demand rate ranking, the "fantasy" that was enthusiastically sought after by the audience further rose, surpassing other competitors in one fell swoop, ranking behind Michael Jackson's "You Are Not Alone" and occupying the third place in the market share this week. It is worth mentioning that "You Are Not Alone" has been in the top three radio on-demand rankings for more than eight weeks. Michael's pace of returning to the music scene has become more and more stable, and history is deviating at a speed visible to the naked eye.

However, in the face of fierce competition among many singles, the on-demand rate of radio stations of "apologies" remained high. An incredible event occurred on Kiis, the most popular music station on the West Coast. The on-demand tracks with 237 consecutive calls were "apologies". It is almost impossible to have a situation in probability. Even young volcanoes are concentrated on on-demand in the same period, because there is a certain probability that the radio can answer the phone. Young volcanoes can control themselves, but cannot control others. So no song has created such a miracle before, including winning the "wonderwall" that countless people love.

But "apology" did it, which not only created a record that could not be surpassed, but also achieved a glory that belongs to glory to death.

This week's radio on-demand rate "apologize" once again to win 6% of its share. Although it has dropped slightly from last week, its momentum has always been strong, and it continues to beat the "fantasy" of "You Are Not Alone" and the third place.

There is no doubt that after achieving three consecutive championships, the "apology" completed a three-game kill against "fantasy". This could almost be said to be a three-week shock to the entire market, and it made Sony Records look green and couldn't even laugh. During the publicity period, there were reporters who didn't mention any pots. This time, Maria didn't give any face at all, so she turned around and walked away coldly, and even let her security guards use violence to stop the reporters who caught up. Although there was no physical conflict, the scene was very unpleasant.

For Maria, who made a strong attack on the new album, "fantasy" was strongly suppressed by "apology" while being well received. Moreover, in terms of topic, the reporters "do not know why" have been standing on the side of glory until death, always throwing pressure on Maria, and even willing to applaud "apology", which made Maria really frustrated.

It has to be said that timing is a very interesting thing. Everyone thinks that Maria chose an excellent time to release the latest single, and the sales curve of "Fantasy" also proves this view; but timing is not that simple. The fermentation effect of the Hugo incident and the evil taste of EDA Records burst out with amazing sparks. Coupled with the excellent quality of the song "Apology" itself, the situation is finally created.

In the second week of October, "Apology" killed "Fantasy" three times, and the two ranked first and second, while "Gangster Paradise", "You Are Not Alone", "Escape" and "Kiss of the Rose" still rank third to sixth. Only the two songs, fifth and sixth, changed positions, and there were no changes in the others.

As time goes by, the North American market has undergone subtle changes. Discussions about the uncrowned kings, discussions about media responsibilities, discussions about press freedom and personal ** have gradually become increasingly fierce. On August 5, the young volcano's resistance triggered this ideological frenzy and continued to spread. Countless scholars have begun to think about this issue seriously: under the influence of the market economy, the relationship between readers, media, news events or news figures has begun to be distorted. So how should the government and media institutions regulate so that the smooth progress of media responsibilities can be ensured, while catering to market needs without crossing the moral bottom line.

This is a very profound and serious social issue. Even in 2014, the relevant discussions continued, because this is a necessary path for social development and an inevitable result of the continuous evolution of society.

In this hot discussion, "apology" ushered in a volcanic explosion, not only limited to the young volcano's ridicule of journalists, but also given a deeper social meaning. Many professional music critics, professional literary scholars, and professional sociologists have all expressed that this song is the creator Hugo's resistance and satirical response to society. This is Hugo's silent protest against the entire social phenomenon after Hugo experienced his own Golden Globes incident, Michael's witch trial and other situations.

This is exactly in line with the social attributes of rock bands. Starting from hippie in the 1960s, experiencing punk and waveless waves in the 1970s, new waves and hedonism in the 1980s, and a brand new outbreak has emerged after entering the 1990s. Ring culture, pessimism, nihilism, youth autonomy, etc., all represent the rock band's reading and understanding of society, as well as their longing and resistance to the future society.

As the representative of new metal rock, Glory to Death is a typical example of rebellion against society. Their music itself is a kind of resistance to patterning, regularization, fixed and conceptualization. Now, after "kill. Heroes", "apology" has set off a wave of cultural innovation, and in an instant, the entire society's resistance to traditional media has been set off.

Faced with such a situation, Hugo was really amused and crying. The song "Apology" did not have so much profound meaning. It was just a little touch on Uma during the filming of "Pulp Novels". This is a song purely about love, without any additional meaning. Whether it is intention or completion, "Apology" is not Hugo's best creation. If you have to say it, the use of cello is a unique choice to create the world.

But the development of history is so interesting. Michael's clearance of grievances, the success of the "Missing Wall", the shooting of "Death Prisoner Walking", the choice of the Hundred Days Records... After this series of seemingly unconnected events were connected together, it made the current situation glorious and truly set off a craze of cultural innovation!

August 5th is a day worth remembering in history, and it's not just a saying.

Driven by this wave, "apology" showed terrifying absolute dominance. In the third week of October, sales reached a 270,000 figure, which even surpassed the record of the first week of single release, setting a new record for single sales, and at the same time pushed the single sales through the million mark and obtained platinum certification; in the fourth week of October, sales remained high, and the sales of 250,000 figure almost made professional sales statistics experts lose their language; in the first week of November, the single achieved 180,000 sales again, and at this time, the cumulative sales of singles had already passed 1.5 million levels, and it seems that two million was within reach...

As the fourth single of the album "Bathing in the Morning Light", and it has been six months since the release of "Miscellaneous Wall", almost no one is optimistic about the prospect of "apology", but the fact is that "apology" has achieved glory that even EDA Records did not expect. Unintentionally, it will bring shade to the willows.

In the face of absolute rule of "apology", although "fantasy" has achieved great results, its impact began to weaken with the advancement of time. After the strong impact of the first three weeks failed, facing the increasingly strong momentum of "apology", "fantasy" could not launch a powerful challenge at all, and the gap was wider and wider. It could only be witnessing the "apology" to create glory.

"Apology" has almost never encountered any challenges. The number of weeks of winning the championship has been accumulated, from three to four, then five, and then six, which can be said to be unstoppable and moving forward!

After "Apology" completed six consecutive championships on Maria's shoulders, facing the "Fantasy" six consecutive championships, Sony Records made a difficult decision. The second wave of "Daydream" single "one.sweet.day" which was originally scheduled to be released in four weeks will be released two weeks ahead of schedule.

"Sweet Day" is obviously another ambitious work of Maria's album. It is a collaboration between Maria and the boys band, the most powerful rhythm and blues boy group in the past two years. It can be said to be a strong collaboration between top singers. It attracted the attention of countless music critics when the album was released and received well.

Faced with the huge pressure of "apology", Sony Records had to admit that the failure of "fantasy" was relatively failure, and could only mobilize subsequent forces in advance to fight.

Before the official release of "Sweet Day", "Apology" continued its dominance. For seven consecutive weeks and eight consecutive weeks, "Apology" accumulated the number of singles to the number of "eight", which also made the four-week singles "Bath in the Morning Light" team up to win the championship for 42 weeks for Honor to Death! In other words, the Billboard singles rankings for more than three-quarters of the past year have been controlled by Honor to Death. Such a feat is unprecedented, and there is probably no one to come.

After the release of "Fantasy", it contributed eight consecutive games, and also became a direct witness of "apology" for eight consecutive games, and even became a foiler of "apology" absolute dominance. Standing on the shoulders of giants, tasting the taste of victory, and the successive game of "apology" has also become one of the important footnotes for the competition between glory and Maria until death!
Chapter completed!