Before the release of Mariah Carey's new album, no one could have predicted the current situation, and Mariah was actually in a desperate battle with the glory of the album released a year ago.

What's even more bizarre is that it is not that Maria's new album and new single have not performed well, on the contrary, whether it is "Daydream" or "Fantasy", it has been unanimously praised, and discerning music critics and noisy ordinary listeners have sent praise to Maria, to have sales, to have word of mouth, to have a topic......

It was in this situation that Maria fell into a bitter battle with Glory to the Death. In addition to being weird, it also makes people sigh, lamenting that Maria is already so strong, but the glory to death is still not inferior, and the more successful Maria's new album and new single are, the more it reflects the glory of glory to death.

In the second week of October, the competition between "Fantasy" and "Apologize" entered a new white-hot stage, and the sales of both singles fell to 200,000, but the former lost to the latter again, "Fantasy" won 180,000 sales, and "Apologize" swept 190,000 sales.

On the radio on-demand rate charts, "Fantasy", which was enthusiastically pursued by listeners, rose further, surpassing other competitors in one fell swoop, ranking behind Michael Jackson's "You're Not Alone" and occupying the third place in this week's market share. It's worth mentioning that "You're Not Alone" has been in the top three of the radio on-demand charts for more than eight weeks, and Michael's return to music is becoming more and more steady, and history is shifting at a rate that is visible to the naked eye.

But in the face of fierce competition for many singles, the on-demand rate of "Apologize" on the radio remains high, and an incredible incident occurred on Kiis, the most popular music radio station on the West Coast, and the on-demand tracks of 237 consecutive phone calls are "Apologize", which is almost impossible in terms of probability, even if the young volcano is concentrated on demand at the same time, it is difficult to achieve, because there is a certain probability that the radio will answer the call, and the young volcano can control himself, but he cannot control others. So no track has ever been so miraculous before, including "Wonderwall", which has won the love of countless people.

But the "apology" did it, which not only created a record that could not be surpassed at all, but also achieved a unique glory that belongs to glory to death.

This week's radio on-demand rate "apology" once again won 6% of the market, although it was slightly lower than last week, but the momentum was always strong, and it continued to complete the second place "You are not alone" and the third place "Fantasy".

There is no doubt that after "Apology" achieved three consecutive championships, it also completed the triple kill of "fantasy", which can almost be said to be the three weeks that shocked the entire market, and even made Sony Records' face green and unable to laugh. Maria didn't give any face this time, just turned around with a cold face and walked away, and let her security guards violently stop the reporters who caught up, although there was no physical conflict, but the scene was very unpleasant.

For Maria, who is a strong attack on the new album, "Fantasy" was strongly pressed down by "Apology" when it was applauded and acclaimed, and in terms of topicality, reporters "don't know why" have been on the side of glory to death, always throwing pressure on Maria, and even willing to applaud "Apologize", which made Maria really aggrieved.

I have to say, timing is an interesting thing. Everyone agreed that Maria had chosen the perfect time to release her latest single, and the sales curve of "Fantasy" proved it; But the timing was not so simple, the fermentation effect of the Hugo incident and the bad taste of EMI records burst out with amazing sparks, coupled with the excellent quality of the song "Apology", which finally created the current situation.

In the second week of October, "Apology" killed "Fantasy" three times, and the two were the first and second respectively, while "Gangster Paradise", "You're Not Alone", "Fugitive" and "Rose Kiss" still occupied the third to sixth places, only the two songs in the fifth and sixth places switched places, and nothing else changed much.

With the passage of time, the North American market has undergone subtle changes, the discussion about the uncrowned kings, the discussion about the responsibility of the media, the discussion about the freedom of the press and personal privacy, gradually entered the white heat, the rebellion of the young volcano on August 5 set off this ideological frenzy, and it has continued to spread, countless scholars have begun to seriously think about this problem: under the effect of the market economy, the relationship between readers, the media, news events or news figures has begun to be distorted, so the government. How should the government and media organizations regulate and ensure that the media's responsibilities are carried out smoothly, while catering to the needs of the market and not crossing the moral bottom line?

This is a very profound and serious social issue, and even in 2014, the discussion continued, because it is a necessary journey of social development and an inevitable result of the continuous evolution of society.

In the midst of this heated discussion, "Apology" ushered in a volcanic eruption, not only limited to the young volcano's ridicule of journalists, but also endowed with a deeper social meaning. Many professional music critics, professional literary scholars, and professional sociologists have said that this song is the creator Hugo's rebellion and satire on society, which is Hugo's silent protest against the entire social phenomenon after Hugo's experience of his own Golden Globe Awards, Michael's witch trial, etc.

This is also in line with the social attributes of rock bands, starting from the hippies in the sixties, experiencing punk and no wave in the seventies, the new wave and hedonism in the eighties, and ushering in a new outbreak after entering the nineties, rave culture, pessimism, nihilism, youth autonomy, etc., all represent the rock band's reading and understanding of society, as well as the vision and resistance to the future society.

As a representative of the new metal rock, Glory to Death is a typical example of rebellion against society, and their music itself is a kind of rebellion against stereotypes, rules, fixations, and conceptualization. Now, following the "Kill the Hero" (kill. your。 heroes)", "apology" set off a wave of cultural innovation, and in an instant, it set off a wave of rebellion against traditional media in the whole society.

Faced with such a situation, Hugo really couldn't cry or laugh, the song "Apology" didn't have that much profound meaning at all, just a little feeling he had about Uma during the "vulgar" filming, this is a song purely about love, without any additional meaning. In terms of conception and completion, "apology" is not Hugo's best creation, and if I have to say, the use of the cello is a groundbreaking and unique choice.

But the development of history is so interesting, Michael's clearing of grievances, the success of "Lost Wall", the filming of "Death Row Prisoner Walk", and the choice of EMI Records...... This seemingly unconnected series of events has led to the current situation – a true wave of cultural innovation from glory to death!

August 5 is a day that deserves to go down in history, and it's not just talk.

In the third week of October, sales soared to 270,000, which even surpassed the record of the first week of the single's release, setting a new high for singles in a single week, and at the same time pushing the single's sales past the million mark and obtaining platinum certification; In the fourth week of October, sales remained high, and the sales figure of 250,000 almost made professional sales statistics experts lose their words; In the first week of November, the single once again achieved 180,000 sales, and at this time, the cumulative sales of the single had crossed the 1.5 million level, and it seems that 2 million is already within reach......

As the fourth single on the album "Bathing in the Morning Light", and six months after the release of "Lost Wall", almost no one is optimistic about the prospect of "apology", but the truth is that "apology" has achieved a brilliant achievement that even EMI Records did not expect. Unintentionally planted willows and willows.

In the face of the absolute domination of "apology", although the results of "Fantasy" are very good, but the impact began to weaken with the advancement of time, after the first three weeks of strong impact failed, in the face of "Apology" more and more powerful stamina, "Fantasy" simply could not launch a strong challenge, and the gap was widened and widened, and we could only witness the glory of "Apology".

"Apology" has hardly suffered any challenge, and the number of weeks of winning the championship has continued to accumulate, from three to four, then to five, and then to six, which can be said to be overwhelming and unstoppable!

After "Apologies" stepped on Maria's shoulders to complete a six-game winning streak, Sony Records made a difficult decision in the face of "Fantasy" Six-Consecutive Championships, and they were scheduled to release the second wave of "Daydream" singles "Sweet Day (ONE) four weeks later. sweet。 day)" will be released two weeks in advance.

"Sweet Day" is clearly another ambition of Maria's album, a collaboration between Maria and the most powerful rhythm and blues boy band of the past two years, the boy boy band, which can be said to be a strong combination of top singers, and attracted the attention of countless music critics when the album was released.

In the face of the huge pressure of "apology", Sony Records also had to admit the failure of "fantasy" - relatively speaking, the failure could only mobilize follow-up forces in advance to fight.

Before the official release of "Sweet Day", "Apology" still continued its dominance, for seven consecutive weeks, eight consecutive weeks, "Apology" accumulated the number of weeks for his single to win the championship to the number of "eight", which also made the four-week single of "Bathing in the Morning Light" join forces to dominate the championship for glory to death for forty-two weeks! In other words, more than three-quarters of the past year has been dominated by Billboard singles charts for Glory to Death, a feat that no one has ever done before, and probably no one has ever done since.

After the release of "Fantasy", it was applauded and acclaimed, and contributed to the eight consecutive Asia, and at the same time became the direct witness of the eight consecutive championships of "Apology", and also became the foil of the absolute dominance of "Apology". Standing on the shoulders of giants to taste the taste of victory, the streak of "apologies" has also become one of the important footnotes to the glory to death competition with Maria!