Due to the nature of the American market, the album has always sold long-term, so it is not surprising that "Bathing in the Morning Light" has done well this year, after all, the second, third, and fourth singles of this album have been running almost throughout the year, proclaiming the irreplaceable sense of glory to death with a mighty voice.

But "almost famous", which has been on the market for two years, is still driving incredible sales this year, which makes people have to applaud.

Although compared to the feat of "bathing in the morning light" easily breaking through 10 million sales, as the first cry of glory to death, the sales of "almost famous" did not show such a devastating posture, but this year it still handed over 2.21 million sales jù, and the cumulative sales volume reached 8.76 million with its head held high, which is a long way from the 10 million threshold, and it will be difficult to exceed this level, but even so, the sales certification of "almost famous" eight platinum still amazed the entire North American market.

The first album is eight platinum certified, and the second album is twelve platinum certified, so the momentum is enough to make Glory to Death comparable to Nirvana and Pearl Sauce, even compared to Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey in the 90s.

To put it simply, the current glory to death is the focus of attention, and every move will cause a chain reaction, which is no less powerful than Hugo's posture as an actor in Hollywood. The two albums sold a total of 7.54 million in the year, which is almost the same as the total sales of Michael Jackson's winning album "History" of 7.56 million, which is also a direct proof of the fact that Glory to Death reached the top in 1995.

The top four on this year's year-end album sales chart are Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey, Alanis Morissette and Glory to Death, followed by country diva Shania. Twain) created a sensational brand new album "The Woman Within Me (the. woman。 in。 After receiving a wave of positive reviews, the album sold 4.66 million copies of the album in one go, making it one of the top five on the year-end sales list.

Since then, Whitney Houston's soundtrack for the film "Stay Until You Wake Up" has sold 4.13 million copies in less than three months, allowing everyone to witness the unparalleled power of the diva singer. Although the box office of the movie "Stay Until You Wake Up" is very bad, and the global box office is only 83 million, even falling behind "before sunrise", the movie soundtrack sung by Whitney is still enthusiastically popular, which is the super popularity of the diva.

Indie rock band Mannheim. Steamroller) style is very alternative and avant-garde, their music genres include alternative rock, avant-garde electronic and neo-metal rock, etc., and even include alternative styles such as gospel and pure music, and the alternative rock album "Al's Christmas" (Christmas) released this time. in。 the。 aire)" continued their usual personality, which included electronic rock and Christmas carols, but interestingly, the album was not released during the Christmas season, but was released in September.

However, this "Al's Christmas" was recognized by the market, riding the wave of neo-metal rock, and won 3.74 million sales in one fell swoop, ranking seventh on the year-end list.

The final three spots in the top 10 went to the soundtrack of the "Pocahonta" film and the Bush album "Sixteen." stone)" and "Dangerous Games" movie soundtracks occupy each other, while Tim McGroll is added to the top 10. McGraw's album "As I Think (All. i。 want)", these eleven albums are all the works that have crossed the threshold of three million in the whole year.

Among them, the Bush band, which has sprung up, has attracted a lot of attention, they are a band from the United Kingdom but chose the United States to make their official debut, and the album "Sixteen Years Old Diamond" was released at the end of 1993. The Bush bands are the quintessential Nirvana impersonators, and their grunge is the epitome of the post-Nirvana era, which has a good base among fans, but is not worth mentioning in the eyes of professional film critics and veteran rock people - it is nothing more than a vulgar commercial copy, and many professionals believe that it is just real junk music produced by record companies to fill the demand for grunge in the music market.

Despite this, the band won applause among young people, and after more than a year of long preparation and foreshadowing, thanks to a lot of publicity on MTV, it finally ushered in a big explosion in 1995, and the album had four singles before and after reaching the top 100 of the Billboard singles chart.

Looking at the top 10 of the year-end album chart, four rock bands, Ilanise, Honor to Death, Mannheim Steamroller, and Bush, support half the sky, of which the first three are all representatives of neo-metal rock, and the last is in the name of grunge, which is a situation that was unimaginable in the past few years.

But now, relying on the foreshadowing of generations of rock musicians, it has finally reached its peak in the new metal rock led by glory to death.

Although there is no official event this year, whether it is the album chart or the single chart, you can feel the powerful influence of Glory to Death, in addition to Glory to Death, other rock forces have also begun to catch up, especially in the album market, the pattern of a hundred flowers has finally formed, this is the real advent of the rock era!

However, with the entry of new metal rock into the main music market, the situation has also begun to change, new metal rock is originally based on the original rock into hip-hop, rap, pop, electronic and other diversified elements, making rock more popular at the same time, while maintaining the unique spirit of rock bands, but more and more new metal rock just to cater to the market and change their style, making the arrangements simpler and rougher, the chords more and more coarse, and the decline in music quality is also very obvious.

Grunge imitation bands led by the Bush band emerged in an endless stream, the quality was originally uneven, and now it has been influenced by the new metal rock, and the Bush band and other imitation bands have also begun to integrate electronics, so that their music has gradually broken away from the category of pure grunge and pure new metal rock, and has become a kind of rock that is not like four different from rock, many people call it commercial rock, that is, a kind of saliva music.

It can be said that while rock is integrating into the mainstream market, it is also accepting the impact of uneven quality, and it will inevitably enter a new round of decline in the long run. In fact, this is true not only of rock, but of every kind of music, including country, pop, and rhythm and blues, which is at a peak and begins to undermine the purity of music, and perhaps the music sells better, but the quality of the music is even worse.

This is the case in the 21st century, where the quality of all genres has generally declined dramatically, all the way up to 2014, not to mention the revival of the pre-90s music event, and there is no sign of recovery.

Therefore, when the rock era is truly reawakened, this is only the first step, how to let rock and roll go down, avoid the vicious circle of prosperity and decline in the 70s, and let rock and roll maintain its vigorous vitality like other music genres, this is the goal of a long way to go.

What role Glory to Death will play on this road is really exciting, and perhaps the band's long-delayed third album can give some clues.

But no matter what, four of the top 10 spots on the year-end album chart belong to rock, which is a huge victory, and this is the most direct reaction of the market to the state of rock resurgence: everyone has opened their arms to give a warm welcome to the resurgence of rock!

In addition to the rock that occupies half the sky, the movie soundtrack occupies three seats, and the three works of "Stay Until You Wake Up", "Pocahonta", and "Dangerous Game" are not considered top-notch, which is completely different from the situation of last year's "The Lion King" movie soundtrack, the box office of "Stay Until You Wake Up" and "Dangerous Game" can even be said to be bad, and the word-of-mouth makes people disagree.

But the film's soundtrack showed such a strong appeal, with Whitney "Wake Up Till I Wake Up" and Curio in "Dangerous Games" also making it into the top 10 of the year-end singles chart, which shows that this combination of music and film was a huge hit in the 90s, and there are many excellent works - whether it is music or film scores, which is becoming increasingly rare in the 21st century, which is really a pity.

The remaining three spots in the top 10 belong to Michael's Pop, Maria's Rhythm Blues, Shania's Country – and of course, Eleventh-ranked Tim is also a country representative.

It's fair to say that the album charts are also showing the same trend as the singles charts, with rock, pop and rhythm and blues being the most popular genres in today's music market.

This was 1995, a year that seemed inferior to last year in every way, but it was a year that continued the many glories of the past few years, and in which the stars shone brightly, Tom Hanks and Jim Carrey topped the box office...... Michael's resurgence and rock 'n' roll...... Among them, Hugo is still a force to be reckoned with, and with his huge influence, he was officially crowned a superstar.

Since the Golden Raspberry Award in 1992, Hugo has brought countless surprises every year, so what's next? Can "Death Row Walk", "Seven Deadly Sins" and "Before Sunrise" be the perfect end to 1995? And where will the box office war between "The End of the World" and "Ace Correspondent" go? Is the third album of Glory to Death breaking the shackles or is Jiang Lang exhausted?

When the first rays of sunrise in 1996 came, people were suddenly excited, and the curtain of the new year kicked off from the grand selection of "Apocalyptic Doomsday" child actors, and the 20 million club frenzy at the end of last year continued mightily!