In the third week of June 2012, North America ushered in a historic moment.

The two singles specially released by Lanley Hall for the Heather Cross Foundation, "Another Light" and "Say You Won't Give Up", with their powerful explosive power and unbelievably strong attitude, landed on the Billboard singles chart champion and runner-up, and their absolute dominance is eye-catching and even more amazing.

This is not only Lan Li's first Billboard single title, but also two singles to win the first and second place. As a singer, Lan Li's achievements have far exceeded imagination, which has also become another profile of his appeal in North America, reminiscent of Will Smith and Barbra Streisand at their peak.

This feat is of commemorative significance in the annals of history!

According to Billboard's official classification, "Another Light" is classified as rock, and "Say You Won't Give Up" is classified as folk. As a result, these two singles have also set their own records:

This is the first rock single to be airborne in the 21st century, and it is also the highest-ranked ballad single in the 21st century, and the two digital singles have also set new weekly sales, from iTunes to Spotify, not only in their own categories, but also in all records, and the powerful momentum is even daunting.

What's more, it's the first charity single in 15 years to top the Billboard Singles Chart.

Charity activities are always an important part of social life, and singers are also willing to sing songs that are appropriate to the occasion and contribute to related activities, especially after special major events, such as the "911 Incident", music can not only soothe people's hearts and unite the people, but also can raise funds through effective means to help within the scope of their ability.

Naturally, there are countless charity songs, many of which are star-studded, and everyone is free to participate in, but, at the end of the day, without enough publicity and charts, the singles sold well and the top of the charts were not as good as they could be.

The last time a charity single topped the Billboard singles chart was back in 1997.

Princess Diana died in a car accident, designer Fan Sizhe died in a tragic accident shortly after, and the loss of two close friends in the same year, Elton-John fell into depression and wrote the single "Candle-in-The-ind-1997", which was originally written in 1973 in honor of Marilyn Monroe, and was rewritten in 1997 to create a new version.

After its release, the single landed at the top of the Billboard Singles Chart and stayed there for 14 weeks, selling 33 million copies worldwide, making it the second-best-selling single in history.

In the fifteen years since then, all charity singles and commemorative singles have not been able to achieve such outstanding results on the list, until now, "Another Light" has been born, focusing all the attention and truly writing a strong stroke.

In the live broadcast of "Today's Show", "Another Light" touched countless people, and Lan Li's emotion and sincerity in the performance sparked a frenzy of discussion.

Countless YouTube accounts have uploaded videos, using this song as background music to tell the stories of those around them who are suffering from illness, and gradually formed a trend, spreading mightily, and the scene of all the audience taking out their mobile phones to light up the light during the live performance in Rockefeller Square was praised by many media as one of the top ten scenes of the year in 2012.

It was under this craze that "Another Light" successfully landed at the top of the Billboard singles chart.

In comparison, the "Today Show" live broadcast performance did not dedicate the performance of "Say You Won't Give Up", which lacked some topic rendering, but the attention of this single was not inferior.

Since the end of "One Man's Concert", the discussion about this song has been circulating on the Internet, but Lan Li has never responded, not even holding the pipa and half-covering his face, but completely without any news, as if it never existed, so careless, so careless, for Don Quixote, it can be called torment.

Without warning, "Say You Won't Give Up" made its debut and unveiled the mystery. For Don Quixote, it was simply a Christmas gift debut, not to mention, they deeply understood the special significance of this song to Heather, to Lan Li, and the bond on that concert, so compared to "another light", among the veteran Don Quixote, this song has a greater influence.

So, easily, "Say You Won't Give Up" created the best result of the first week of the folk single, and landed as the runner-up.

In the third week of June, "Another Light" and "Say You Won't Give Up" came out, beating Gotye's "Somebody-That-I-Used-To-Kno" and Carly-Rae-Jepsen's "Call-Me-Maybe" to take the top two spots.

Interestingly, "The Most Familiar Stranger" and "I'm Air" are both singles that have broken the glasses of countless people.

The former is an alternative indie rock song that was recorded in Gothier's parents' house, and half a year after its release, it was almost unpopular, and it unexpectedly entered the charts, and in just fifteen weeks, it burst onto the top of the Billboard singles chart, breaking the history of no indie rock being able to reach the top of the Billboard singles chart since the new century, and stayed on the top spot for seven weeks - this may sound familiar, it is completely a copy of "Cleopatra".

The latter is a simple modern pop song, and the singer is also a newcomer from the Canadian draft, and at the beginning of its release, it was instantly submerged in countless information on the Internet, but then the spoof viral video began to circulate on YouTube, but it really began to circulate widely, and it successfully entered the list half a year after its release, and after fifteen weeks on the list, it has climbed to the runner-up position.

Add to that "another light" and "say you won't give up," and this week's Billboard singles chart is nothing short of a carnival for niche indie artists.

But that's not the end of it.

"Another Light" stayed on the top of the championship for five weeks, "Say You Won't Give Up", "The Strangest Stranger" and "I Have Air" also firmly held the second to fourth places, and for five weeks, the positions after the fifth place were constantly changing, but the top four remained majestic, which can be called a great wonder this summer.

Everyone is discussing who can break the monopoly of these four singles, who will be the first to fall behind, and who can replace the champion of "Another Light", when the answer came out, people were stunned and surprised-

In the fourth week of July, the number one on the Billboard singles chart was "Empty Electric Me", and the discussion on social networks has spread all over the world, even surpassing "Another Light", becoming a new hot spot, and sales are rising, with the popularity index excellent, is threatening the "stranger I know" sales champion in the first half of the year.

"Another Light" slipped to second place, followed by Magic Red's "Payphone", then "The Stranger You Know", while "Say You Won't Give Up" slipped to fifth place.

In the era of digital audio sources, but also the era of social networks, quietly, online social media led by Facebook and YouTube is changing the composition of the music market, further impacting the billboard, such changes are becoming more and more clear, "another light" and "empty power me" are the most direct beneficiaries.

After that, "Electric" won five weeks in a row before being replaced by Flo-Rida's single "Histle".

As for "Another Light", after handing over the championship position, he stayed in second place for three weeks, and then continued to slide to fifth place, which finally stabilized his footing, and stayed in the top 10 for 18 weeks, and then continued to slide to the top 20 range, and the whole endurance was exceptionally good, which was eye-catching.

Compared with folk songs, the rock market is still barely preserved, which also makes the overall sales momentum of "Another Light" faintly surpass the two singles "The Beast" and "Firmly Believe", and even comparable to the history-making "Cleopatra", which is worth looking forward to in the year-end sales statistics.

It is no exaggeration to say that the current Blue Rite has occupied a place in the North American music market in the first half of 2012, as a singer.

At the same time, the "Say You Won't Give Up" score was a bit less impressive, and after dropping to fifth place, the single stayed in the top 10 for only six weeks, and then dropped directly outside the top 10, and the decline did not stop, lingering in the entire chart for 22 weeks before simply coming out of the chart.

"Another Light" is still in the top 20, but "Say You Won't Give Up" is already out of the list.

It can be said that this is the result of the difference in the promotional strategies of the two singles, but it can also be said that this is the objective status quo of rock and folk in the North American market.

In fact, "Say You Won't Give Up" is a song about love, and even if you strip away the meaning behind it, it's a catchy song. At the top of the UK's pop charts, the ballad single was a cult hit.

Twelve weeks after its release, "Say You Won't Give Up" successfully topped the championship and stayed in the championship position for nine weeks.

On the small side, you can still see the difference between the two markets of the United Kingdom and the United States, which can also be seen as the difference between the cultural heritage of Europe and the United States.

With the hit of "Today's Show" and the frenzy of sales of the two singles, the competition for the summer file has also entered a white heat.