8.3 million sales in eight weeks, which is incredible enough! What's even more terrifying is that before the end of 1996, "Storm" still showed no signs of slowing down, and the sales of 160,000 in a single Wednesday were still blinding, which also means that 10 million sales are close at hand, and Glory to Death is about to complete the feat of all three albums exceeding the 10 million limit 'threshold'. , the latest chapter of the visit wèn:.

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Now, what people need to discuss is, when will the "Stormy" winning streak end? Thirteen consecutive crowns that surpassed "bathing in the morning light"? Or can you challenge the 20th consecutive title of the "Bodyguard" movie soundtrack? Or maybe take it a step further and touch the 54-week championship of the 1962-1963 "West Side Story" soundtrack, which is a distant record in outer space?

Obviously, after entering 1997, there will still be a battle in the music market, and as for the ending, it will be the answer that no one can know. Perhaps, the "Tempest" will continue to bring surprises, but that is the future. For now, "Storm" is the ultimate showdown winner, directly crowned the 1996 year-end album sales champion, which is also the first year-end champion of a rock band since the 90s!

This was followed by Celine Dion's new album "Falling in Love", which was released in March, and this album achieved 7.7 million sales throughout the year, which is very 'outstanding'. If it was placed last year, this result would have been enough to win the championship, but unfortunately, this year encountered the glory of achieving a full-scale explosion to death, and in the end it could only regrettably be the runner-up, and also became the best witness of the first year-end sales championship of glory to death.

Surprisingly, Maria's "Butterfly" and Oasis' "Stay Now" were not able to follow in the footsteps of glory to death and join forces to dominate the year-end sales charts. But in fact, this should also be expected, because the momentum of glory to death is too rebellious, it is an anomaly, in fact, this troika has only been released for eight weeks, and it is naturally difficult to compete with the "falling in love" released in March.

In the face of such a result, it can only be said that the momentum of the ultimate showdown is too strong, and after two months of indiscriminate bombing from the last week of October, almost everyone is "Butterfly" and "Stay Here" to join forces with the far ahead "Storm" to dominate the year-end sales list, and the result is ......

As a result, "Butterfly" and "Stay Here" also ranked in the top ten at the end of the year, and entered the top five hand in hand. [Fast update, refreshing website pages, few ads, I like this kind of website the most, be sure to praise]

Rapper 2pac's second full-length album "All the Eyes. eyez。 on。 After its release in February, it set off a sales frenzy, eventually achieving 7.23 million sales for the year, not only ranking third on the year-end charts, but also becoming the best-selling hip-hop album in music history. It officially declared hip-hop an integral part of the mainstream market – echoing the evolution of the album "Butterfly".

The fourth and fifth places on the next year-end list are familiar faces, Maria's "butterfly" year-end sales of 5.98 million copies, unfortunately failed to break through 6 million, but still defeated the "stay at the moment" that achieved 5.9 million sales, and led the year-end list by half a position.

With a gap of only 80,000 sales, "Butterfly" and "Stay Here" ranked fourth and fifth respectively, and such a scene was not expected by many people.

didn't expect that after the 7 million sales of "Much-anticipated", no album sales exceeded six platinum; I didn't expect the Oasis band to be able to fight Maria until the last moment, and the gap was so small; I didn't expect the gap between the sales of these two albums and "Storm" to be so huge; Unexpectedly, the ultimate duel achieved glory to death, and at the same time, Maria and the Oasis Band became enemies of life and death; Unexpectedly, this ultimate showdown witnessed the road to superstardom from glory to death, witnessed Maria's feat surpassing Whitney Houston, and witnessed the great victory of Oasis in the North American market......

It was indeed an outcome that no one could have predicted.

But no matter what, the Oasis band fought until the last moment, and it was already a huge surprise that they did not lag behind Mary Asia. Just as people were looking forward to what "Tempest" would do in 1997, people are now looking forward to where the showdown between Oasis and Maria will go next.

So...... Maybe the battle of the century isn't over yet? Or should I say that the troika has now become a two-person turn?

The black hip-hop group Fugees' album "The. score) took this year's hip-hop genre to new heights, with the January album selling 5.73 million year-end sales, placing it at No. 6 on the list. Working with 2pac to support hip-hop.

After that, Donnie Breston's new album "Secrets", The Beatles' "'Fine' Anthology 3", Keith Sweet's new self-titled album, Leann Remus. Rimes' debut album "Blue" both achieved more than four platinum sales, occupying the bottom four spots in the top 10 of the year-end sales chart.

Obviously, this is a year of complete innovation in the music market, and a group of newcomers have risen strongly and become the main theme of the market. Leanne Remus is only thirteen years old and has made her debut in the United States, while Refugee, 2pac, and Donnie are all second albums and have ushered in the peak of their respective careers; Keith, Oasis, and Honor to Death are all third albums, and in the face of the turnaround, they seized their own opportunities, and as for the future, the three albums will write different answers.

In other words, only the three singers Beatles, Maria, and Celine can be regarded as veterans who have gone through the battlefield, and the other singers should be regarded as the beginning and rise of their careers, such a top ten composition is undoubtedly very interesting; In addition, among the top 10, rock occupies three seats, namely Glory to Death, Oasis and The Beatles; Hip-hop is occupied by refugees and 2pac; The Rhythm Blues also won three seats thanks to Maria, Donnie and Keys; Celine in the end is pop, and Rian is country, so it's even more interesting to compose.

A new generation of hip-hop and rock is on the rise, country is still a favorite of Americans, and pop and rhythm and blues are maintaining their dominance in the music mainstream. This is in line with the opinion of countless music critics: behind the battle of the century is precisely the confrontation of the transformation of the entire music market.

The same confrontation is reflected in the year-end singles sales charts, which are all the more interesting.

In the Battle of the Century and the Ultimate Showdown, the Troika's singles burst with amazing energy, so it's no surprise that five of the year-end top 10 spots appeared.

After the release of "Sail", it set off a sales frenzy, and not only the explosive power can compete with the "young volcano" (young. voloes)" and the staying power also has an absolute advantage. This single easily achieved an eighth consecutive crown as a ruler, teamed up with "Storm" to firmly hold the top spot on the Billboard album and singles double chart, and continued the hope of breaking the previous "Wonderwall" and "Sweet Day" consecutive championships, which will also be a highlight of the new year.

From the five consecutive titles of "Young Volcano" to the eighth consecutive title of "Sailing", the entire singles chart was swept by glory to death in the last three months of 1996.

In the end, "Sailing" broke the record of 3 million sales in one year set by last year's "'Fans' Wall", and with sales of 4.22 million, it became the first single in music history to exceed 4 million sales in one year, and easily won the top spot in the year-end singles sales chart.

"Young Volcano" also did not back down, with sales of 3.69 million, and also broke the record of "'mystery' wall" last year, and ranked second on the year-end list!

The momentum of glory to death is already unmatched, it is completely a battle between yourself and yourself, you create a record, and then you break the previous record and write a new record, and so on. The 1996 year-end singles sales charts were all attributed to Glory to Death, which is the best proof of this.

After the year-end movie box office champion and the year-end album sales champion, Hugo once again won the year-end singles sales champion and runner-up - in fact, last year's "'Fans' Wall" has already won the honor of the year-end singles sales champion, but this year it is one step closer, and Hugo's sweeping momentum has been brought to the extreme.

No one can surpass it, not even get closer.

Not only did the album "Tempest" produce two number one singles in one go, but these two singles also took the top two spots in year-end sales for the first time ever, and even one wonders if anyone will be able to replicate this miracle in the future - even glory to death is very difficult, after all, the battle of the century does not happen every year.

Closely following the footsteps of "Sailing" and "Young Volcano" is the "sweetheart"! And not the "butterfly" that one might expect. The single "Sweetheart" received an enthusiastic response after its release, and was even more popular on the radio on demand, and finally sold 3.09 million, not only becoming one of the only three singles in 1996 to sell more than 3 million, but also successfully bagged the year-end third place.

From this point of view, Maria still has the upper hand in the confrontation with the Oasis Band. But everyone has an account in their hearts: the Oasis is playing away, and the American passion for British rock has been dormant for nearly two decades, so the winner is a matter of opinion - this is also the reason why Maria and the Oasis fans have never given an inch: they have no way to catch up with the glory to death, it is almost impossible to surpass the sky, they can only wrestle with people who are similar to themselves.

This ultimate showdown is indeed 'fine' and colorful, with both the glorious and death-swept thousands of armies, as well as the bitter struggle between Maria and the Oasis Band, which is indeed worthy of the name of "Battle of the Century"!

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