The wind and rain are whistling, the clouds cover the sun, and the sky is turned upside down.

This is almost the true portrayal of the final showdown in the fifth week of October, one after another the historical record is like a paper paste, and it is refreshed like a bamboo, and even the speed of statistics cannot keep up with the rhythm of refreshing, and I can only watch in amazement as the originally unreachable moat is realized one after another, and the shock is like waves, endless.

The three albums "Storm", "Butterfly" and "Stay Here" collided with dazzling sparks, illuminating the music market around the world and creating a historical moment that has never been seen before or since, even 20 years later, people are still amazed when they look back on October 28, 1996 and the entire week after that.

Sighing that the glory of the music market is gone, sighing that the potential of the music market has never been seen after shining infinitely like a meteor, sighing that the top singers of the golden age have collided with each other, sighing that the wonderful era when music can change the world, and sighing that the worst and best era has remained in the long river of history forever......

Corresponding to the album, the three groups of singers also released the second single of their respective albums simultaneously. No one will forget how much energy this battle of the century erupted a month ago," said the young volcano. Voloes), "Sweetheart", and "Do You Know What I Mean" have made history together, and a month later, they are still shaking the North American music market.

Now, the second single strikes again, and with the powerful momentum of the ultimate showdown, it opens up another battlefield, making people feel the bloody war of the troika's bayonets again.

"Sail" was chosen for the second single on the album "Tempest" – and without any surprise, the song was enthusiastically received by critics, with The New Yorker even criticizing the song as the number one of the greatest singles of the 90s, surpassing countless classics.

In the commentary, the "New Yorker" believes that "in terms of arrangement, technique and other theoretical knowledge, it is obvious that 'Sailing' is not the pinnacle of rock and roll, or even the best work of glory to death;

However, the reason why this song can be named 'great' is because we can feel the resonance of this song: every note, every lyric, and even every punctuation mark contains vicissitudes, majestic, stubborn, brave, and passionate feelings. Going deeper, it shows the ups and downs, ups and downs, ups and downs of rock and roll in the past half century. Close your eyes and listen carefully, and the seeds of rock and roll faith begin to break free from the shackles of hard rock and vast land, and little by little they will sprout tenaciously.

It's so magnificent and magnificent, it makes the soul tremble. ”

Although this is just the words of the "New Yorker", it is undeniable that "Sailing" has caused an uproar and widespread discussion among music critics and listeners, especially the audience who participated in the Glory to Death tour, and felt the courage and charm of this song at the scene, which was even more shocking. The strong momentum made the "sailing" temporarily exceed the "beautiful. day)" and "Wonderwall" have become the most well-known masterpieces of Glory to Death.

"Butterfly" chose the single of the same name "Butterfly" as the second single, which is also an expected choice, this single is widely regarded as the most complete work in the whole album, "Gorgeous in sweetness, this lyric of the same name has become the core track of the whole album, the beauty of the melody is almost incomparable, every time I hear it there is a sense of detachment, Maria integrates her musical advantages and changeable flowery tones into the interpretation, It can be called the best display of her singing skills. ”

Comments from "Rolling Stone" gave the single the highest praise, and it was only natural that Maria chose this song as the second single.

The album "Stay Here" has been criticized by critics, and it has been difficult to clear the way through the mixed reviews, and it is difficult to understand which work Oasis will choose as their second single. In the end, they chose "Stand with me." by。 me）”。 This choice was supported by many music critics.

"Walk with me" is considered by many to be the most Oasis-style song on the album, "Beautiful and gloomy guitar strings, with emotional lyrics, a touch of melancholy and sadness flowing through the melody, Liam's singing, although rough and simple, has a chemical reaction with the melody: the innocence of youth in the heart will never fade and disappear." ”

This is a review from "Q Magazine", although many people also think that "Walk with Me" has nothing new, and many bars are extremely similar to Oasis's previous songs, and it is inevitable that there is a suspicion of repeating themselves; But it is undeniable that this song has awakened the emotional resonance of many people, which is also the biggest weight of the Oasis Band's current achievements.

The choice of this song as the second single was praised by music critics as a "wise choice".

On October 28, when the main battlefield of the ultimate showdown - the battle for albums kicked off, another battlefield of the single showdown was also in full swing. Although the album duel attracted too much attention and almost stole 80% of the attention, the confrontation of the three singles was definitely not inferior.

On the 28th alone, the sales of the three singles "Sailing", "Butterfly", and "Walk with Me" all broke the North American single-day sales record set by "Young Volcano" not long ago, and the sales exceeded the threshold of 500,000 yuan.

With three singles so strong, there's no doubt that this week's Billboard singles charts are bound to be reshuffled.

Prior to that, Young Volcano had won five in a row, Sweetheart slipped to sixth place after four straight runners-up, and "You Know What I Mean" slipped to tenth place in the fifth week after three consecutive weeks of third place. Now, the "Young Volcano's" five-game winning streak is destined to come to an end, but the question is: who will be the terminator?

The answer is: glory unto death.

Only glory to death can end the glory of glory to death, and only glory to death can terminate the sweeping trend of their singles without care, and only glory to death can declare their unparalleled sense of existence in such a strong way.

"Sailing" swept 610,000 copies in one day on Monday, and together with the album "Tempest", it conquered Normandy and achieved the great miracle of both landings. This sales are easily ahead of the 570,000 copies of "Butterfly" and the 510,000 copies of "Walk with Me".

It can be seen from a simple comparison of the number jù that unlike the competition of the album, the showdown of the singles is obviously more intense, and the gap is weaker, and under the pull of the ultimate showdown, the sales of the accompanying singles have skyrocketed, and in the end, no one can judge who will die, and the suspense is far greater than the album battlefield.

But from the sales curve of the album "Storm", it can be seen that the powerful appeal of glory to death has no competition now, the enthusiasm of the young volcano bursts with earth-shattering energy, and more importantly, compared to the special meaning of "young volcano", "Voyage" has not only been more widely praised for its overall quality, but also has a wider range of applications - many ordinary listeners are also willing to buy this single, so the single-day sales of "Voyage" surpass that of "Young Volcano" It's no surprise that a new record has been made.

In the end, "Sailing" carried the unstoppable momentum of glory to death, and led the way to sweep 1.93 million copies in seven days, not only easily creating a new history of the North American music market, but also erecting a monument to look up to together with "Storm".

Even in the near future, digital music sources have officially entered the historical stage and become a new force in single sales, but it is definitely not easy for any single to surpass the glory of "sailing" in a single week. Just like the weekly sales of 2.91 million pieces of "Stormy Rain", the weekly sales of 1.93 million pieces of "Sailing" have also become a legend that people talk about, which has always been engraved on the inscription of history and admired by future generations.

This is undoubtedly an incredible achievement, the name of the band "Glory to Death" has become a part of the history of American art and culture forever with an album and a single, even time cannot annihilate this history, on the contrary, with the precipitation of time, this period of history will only become more and more magical, making people marvel and marvel again and again, curious about the glory and turbulence of that period of time, and sigh at the benchmark erected by Glory to Death.

There is no doubt that "Sailing" topped the Billboard singles chart in the fifth week of October, ended the five weeks of "Young Volcano", and teamed up with "Storm" to achieve hegemony, not only easily parachuting to the championship throne, but also replicating the miracle of "bathing in the morning light"; At the same time, this is also the second time that Glory to Death has dominated the double charts of singles and albums at the same time, tying the previous record of Zào set by the Beatles and Mariah Carey.

In the face of the absolute strength of glory to death, Maria and the Oasis band, who have been defeated and defeated repeatedly, obviously did not give up, especially on the singles chart, biting their competitors to the death, looking for opportunities to catch up or even surpass. But obviously, this is not an easy task.

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