Chapter 1683: A Step in History
72_72291 "Yay! The whole room stood up and cheered, and the crisp sound of champagne was mixed in with everyone's attention, and then the champagne was sprayed into the air, and the strange screams and roars were all in chaos, and everyone had a big smile on their faces.
Maria looked at the agent who was spraying champagne, although she had been trying to control her smile, but the slightly upturned corners of her mouth still couldn't hide the excitement in her heart, "What are you doing in such a hurry, the sales of glory to death have not yet been announced." She said so on her lips, but the surging smile in her eyes betrayed the true feelings in her heart.
"That's the way it goes, but a gold record in one day? This is an achievement that is absolutely impossible to replicate. A crisp voice shouted directly, and immediately received the support of everyone in the room, and everyone cheered. Even Maria herself finally couldn't help it, and burst into laughter.
Indeed, with more than half a million records sold in a single day, Maria has truly stood at the top of history, beyond the reach of even Whitney Houston. The album "Butterfly" finally made Maria raise her eyebrows!
At the same time, the Oasis Band, who had just finished cheering, was dead silent, and Liam raised his foot and kicked the glass table in front of him directly, but fortunately the glass was enough to explain, so it did not break, but the beer, pizza and fried chicken on the table were all scattered on the ground, and the ground was in shambles.
Looking at Liam, whose face was full of hideousness, Knoll didn't have any sympathy at all, and even gloated, "I told you that this album is so bad, it's just that we can finish it." Card. Because of the garbage that came out of the zuò after that, even you don't know what you're singing, how can you beat other people. ”
"Fuck off! If you're going to lick Hugo's asshole, do it yourself, and I'm not going to stop you. Liam raised his hand and smashed the lighter in his hand straight over, and Knoll only had time to block his cheek, but his arm was still smashed. Nuoll was also furious, stood up and rushed towards Liam, "You're the lowly embryo who can't wait to sell chrysanthemums!" Liam was frightened, and rushed over with his fists clenched.
The other people in the room hurriedly rushed over, pulled Liam and Noel apart, and shouted loudly, "The results of Glory to Death have not yet been announced, and you have started to fight among themselves, and there is no end!" The two Gallagher brothers looked stunned, shook off their companions, and then sat down in the corner of the room, but did not look at each other again.
Maria, who is far away in Los Angeles, and Oasis, who settled in Las Vegas, also turned on their televisions at this time, locked in CBS TV, and followed the live broadcast of "60 Minutes", becoming one of the 48 million people in the United States. They know better than anyone the importance of the battle for first-day sales, which is not only a competition of numbers, but also a showdown of momentum.
One drum is like a tiger, then it declines, and three is exhausted.
Imagine winning the first-day sales showdown, with the news on the front pages of the major media outlets, and the first reviews released at the same time, the winner could easily qualify for the ultimate showdown. Just like the first battle of the Century, this is Normandy, and it depends on who can land first.
When Ed announced the sales of "Stay Here", the house where the Oasis Band was located was almost about to explode, the sales of more than 400,000 were not only the best results achieved by foreign singers in North America, but also set a new record for single-day sales in the North American music market, and the Oasis Band even reached a height that the Beatles did not reach back then, such an outstanding result was enough to make the Oasis Band proud of the world.
Creative Records began to prepare the press release almost immediately, "The first day sales of Oasis' new album are crazy in history! "It's important that the headlines on the front pages of all the major pages in the United States and the United Kingdom will be swept up by this news tomorrow, and they even have to force themselves to calm down and think about what kind of wording should be used in the press releases sent to the major media outlets, otherwise the overheated brain will not be able to clear their minds at all.
But the excitement of creative records didn't last long, Ed announced the sales of "Butterfly", and then Maria's new album as many as 36 people in the publicity team directly fried the pot, champagne opened, handmade crackers sounded, and record-breaking cakes were served, the feat of "single-day sales gold records" was absolutely epoch-making.
Sony Columbia Records prepared the press release early, and their huge publicity team prepared four plans at the same time to face different results, striving to push the momentum of the "Butterfly" album to the highest point in the first time. And the results of the single-day sales of gold records are enough to make them invincible.
However, neither Maria nor the Oasis band will forget jì: the number of sales of Glory to Death has not yet been announced.
No one is stupid, and the reason why Maria and the Oasis band dare to celebrate in advance is not because they have no brains, but because everyone has an account in their hearts.
The Oasis Band's sales of more than 400,000 yuan are already the best results in the history of North American music, and such sales numbers are incomparably brilliant in any era; Maria's sales of more than 500,000 jù broke the impossibility - the sales in a single day were so incredible. In fact, the difference between the daily sales of Oasis and Maria is very small, and both have completed an impossible task, which is objectively worth celebrating.
What's more, the combination of Oasis and Maria has already driven the crazy sales of more than 900,000 and nearly 1 million in the entire market. The momentum of the music market in a single day is very limited - for example, 1.23 million people were mobilized in the morning, and although this is only a number of 10 major cities, it is impossible for everyone to enter a record store to buy an album, because the record store has a limited capacity in a day. Even if all 1.23 million people entered the record store and each had an album, then now that Maria and the Oasis Band have stolen nearly a million of the market, how much power is left to glory to death?
Everyone knows this account.
But a lot of times, it's not so simple and crude, because it's possible for one person to buy 10 albums, because 1.23 million people are just 10 major cities, and in the evening, more than 1.8 million people were mobilized in the United States, because there are only three hours in the morning, but there are nine hours in the afternoon...... Therefore, the suspense still exists zài, although it is not big, but it still exists zài.
The current result is an acceptable result for both Maria and the Oasis band, with Maria leading the first day of the final showdown with a number that made history; The Oasis narrowly defeated, but they still regained the glory of The Beatles' Landing in North America, and the impressive sales numbers will be a strong testament to their success.
The premise is that glory to death does not come to cause trouble.
Once again, Los Angeles' Maria and the Las Vegas Oasis Band are on the same page, praying for the same thing, united in one mind like never before, hoping that they can win the battle together.
But, does Glory unto death agree?
It all sounds like a long time, but it just happened in the middle of the lightning, and Ed took a deep breath on the TV screen, pausing deliberately before he spoke, "Okay, everyone knows, there's one last answer left." ”
The words silenced both Maria and the Oasis Band, the live room, and the entire North American continent, and forty-eight million people stared with bated breath, all eyes focused on the cardstock in Ed's hand, and the scorching heat seemed to set the cardstock on fire. There was not even the slightest sound of breathing, as if any sound would destroy the solemnity and grandeur of the moment.
Ed only felt an itch in his throat, his heart seemed to have squeezed into his throat, making him breathless, even though he already knew the answer, the sweat in his palms and the back of his head still clearly showed the true feelings in his heart at the moment, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva involuntarily, his pupils trembled slightly a few times - like a rookie standing in front of the media for the first time, Ed knew it was ridiculous, but he just couldn't control himself.
Before the saliva could slide through his throat, it evaporated directly, and the hot throat made Ed almost suspect that he couldn't make a sound, as if he could clearly feel the eyes of the 48 million people in front of the TV, even though his brain was full of alarms, "This is live, this is live......" But he still didn't hold back after all, and coughed lightly twice, which made the scratching and hotness of his throat get some relief.
Ed glanced at Mike next to him, Mike's calm eyes calmed him down a little, and finally spoke, "Glory to Death...... Damn, he was so nervous that he forgot the name of the album of Glory to Death, and glanced down at the cardstock in his hand, "'Tempest'," It's really a storm, literally, Ed didn't change his breath, and said in a puff, "Sixty-eight thousand six hundred and fifty-nine." ”
After reading the numbers, Ed found that his hands were completely soaked with sweat, and he uncomfortably adjusted his sitting position, but his hands still managed to keep steady as he showed the cardstock to the camera lens, which read, "'Storm', 668,659".
But then Ed found that the entire live broadcast room was silent, and even the subtle sound of the camera moving became so clear that it clearly echoed in the space, making people feel like the cramped live broadcast room was like an endless canyon. In fact, not only the live broadcast room, but the entire North American continent was silent at this time, as if even the sound of the engine of the car on the street had disappeared, the voice of the radio host, the sound of other TV broadcasts, the sound of discussion in the convenience store, the sound of chatting in the coffee house, the sound of pedestrians passing by the road...... All gone.
Quiet, quiet, dead silence.
"Sixty-six thousand six hundred and fifty-nine", this set of numbers brought unprecedented shock