In the face of the strong debut of "Fantasy", even if it is a breakthrough to win the championship for a week, "Apology" won the championship for eight consecutive weeks in one go, and the momentum of the rainbow made everyone look sideways, I have to say that this is definitely a showdown that makes listeners addicted to the prosperity of the American music market!

"Apology" and "Fantasy" teamed up to dedicate a high-quality strong confrontation, glory to death to show their invincible dominance, and pushed the new wave of rock and roll launched in 1993 to a new peak; Mariah Carey once again showed her queen nature with the excellent performance of her new album "Daydream", but she was repeatedly frustrated on the singles charts, constrained by the strength of glory to death, and could not break through the blockade of the champion by "Apology" for eight consecutive weeks, which is nothing less than a shame for Mariah.

In fact, the "tragedy" experienced by Maria has also been experienced by many people before, such as the foursome, and the boy and boy group, they have all experienced this bad feeling of repeatedly hitting a wall, their music has been unanimously praised by music critics, and at the same time, it has been warmly welcomed by listeners, whether it is sales or radio on-demand rates, including word of mouth, they have achieved great success, but they have not been able to experience real brilliance, the only reason is, They all met glory unto death.

Especially boy-boy combinations.

This rhythm and blues group, which swept through the '90s, was enough to occupy a place in the history of music, not to mention directly driving the huge success of boy groups such as Backstreet Boys, Westside Boys, and Super Boys. The success of the boy and boy group is not only that their music has opened up a frenzy of perfect fusion of rhythm and blues, soul and pop, but also because they have demonstrated the power of harmony and division between the members of the group, and their singing has made the music richer and more exciting.

Unlike the later formation of the group because the members had their own shortcomings, and it was not enough to succeed as a solo singer, so they had to form a group, the four members of the boy boy group all have super abilities, and their harmony has created a new trend, thus creating countless miracles.

The boy and boy group is undoubtedly one of the most appealing singers in the entire pop music market at present, and their appearance and peaceful demeanor have won the love of countless teenagers, but they have repeatedly encountered snipers from glory to death on the road to creating zào miracles, or more accurately, the suppression of glory to death.

The boy boy group and the glory to death Yu Liang complex has become the main theme of the entire North American music market, although the boy boy group has unlimited scenery and has even been recognized on the Grammys, but the glory to death is like a mountain in front of them, which can never be crossed, which has also become the biggest regret of the brilliant career of the boy boy group.

In the same way, although Maria does not use words like "yoga complex" to describe the rivalry between her and Glory to Death, in her opinion, she is the one who has the absolute upper hand, and Glory to Death is not even qualified to be compared to her, but is just a clown who relies on a momentary topic to gain attention; But the objective fact is that starting with the "Music Box" the year before last and ending with "Daydream" this year, it is difficult for Maria to gain the upper hand in the face of glory to death for two consecutive albums.

It is worth mentioning that although "Music Box" was successful in 1993 over "Almost Famous", by the time "Daydream" was released, the total sales of "Almost Famous" had surpassed that of "Music Box".

This time, the "fantasy" was suppressed by the "apology", and it was even more shameful for Maria!

Under such circumstances, the classic track "Sweet Day" jointly presented by Maria and the boy and boy group came strongly, which was also called a "heavyweight joint confrontation" by many media, which reminded many people of the confrontation between "Night Vampire" and "Pulp Fiction" performed by Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt at the end of last year.

The outcome of the confrontation at that time is still fresh in everyone's minds, and "Interview with the Vampire by Night" lasted only four weeks, and then fell into a thousand miles, and "Pulp Fiction" achieved an incredible victory. So what about this time?

In the face of the upcoming "sweet day" in the fourth week of November, major media outlets have launched a heated discussion. "Apology" has completed eight consecutive championships at this time, so can it continue to be strong?

Honor to Death has swept the Billboard singles charts for forty-two weeks in the past year, and has had two singles that have reached double digits for the number of weeks, and in the entire long musical occasion, only Elvis Presley and Honor to Death have enjoyed this honor, such a feat has been achieved by the Beatles, Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra, Whitney Houston, Madonna and countless other top superstars.

So, if "Apology" achieves the third single to reach 10 weeks of winning the championship in 10 weeks, this is undoubtedly the last impetus to push the wave of rock 'n' roll revival to the peak in the past few years, and it is also the decisive weapon to achieve glory to death and recreate the supreme glory of the 70s!

But obviously, this task is not easy, not to mention the disadvantage of "apology" that is not favored by everyone, and it is not easy to deal with the menacing "sweet day". With eight consecutive championships already called a "miracle", can the "apology" continue to shake the entire North American music market?

The Billboard singles chart for the fourth week of November gives the answer: no.

From the perspective of the share of music genres in the global market, rhythm and blues and pop are undoubtedly the absolute mainstream, and they also have an irreplaceable position in the North American countryside. So, rock and roll always lag behind when it comes to rhythm and blues.

Prior to this, Glory to Death had successively achieved an advantage over rhythm and blues representatives such as the foursome, Maria, and boy-boy group, including the feat of "Apology" defeating "Fantasy", which was already against the market, but this time, "Apology" finally ran out after winning the championship for eight consecutive weeks, and was not able to continue his miracle journey.

Originally, "Apology" completed eight consecutive championships, and stepped on Maria's shoulder, which was already an absolute victory worthy of special mention; But when the Billboard singles charts were released in the fourth week of November, people expressed their disappointment when they found out that "Apologies" hadn't been able to bring their number of weeks to "nine". It's a wonder that a single that has completed the feat of eight consecutive championships, and that it comes from an album released sixteen months ago, has such high expectations.

But what is surprising is that it was not an "apology" that won the championship this week, but it was not a "sweet day", but another diva Whitney Houston!

Whitney wrote for the film "Waiting. to。 Exhale, starring Whitney and starring future Oscar winner Forest Whitaker. Whitaker) directed the film, the box office and word of mouth in the film market can only be said to be average, but the theme song sung by Whitney was very popular, and she landed at the top of the Billboard singles chart, becoming the first female singer in music history to win the airborne single title, once again proving her status as a diva.

This undoubtedly gave Maria another shot.

In the fourth week of November, "Exhausted," "Apologies," "Fantasies," "You're Not Alone," and "Gangster Paradise" rounded out the top five on the list, while "Sweet Day," which had just made the list, was only ranked 81st.

However, from an objective standpoint, although "Sweet Day" was released this week, it was officially released on Saturday, in other words, it only has two days to accumulate sales and hit the charts, and in the face of this situation, the first week of 81 is just a accumulation, and it can be seen as an intentional act of Sony Records: they hope that "Sweet Day" can be a little more powerful, and then next week to complete the explosion in terms of sales and radio on-demand.

Therefore, such a situation is unexpected, but it is reasonable.

Then, in the first week of December, the Billboard singles chart was shuffled, and "Sweet Day" easily won the top spot this week with 240,000 sales, and "Exhausted" and "Apologize" ranked second and third respectively!

In an instant, all the news media were overjoyed, which also marked the first time that Maria and the boy boy duo had won a hearty victory with an absolute advantage in the face of glory to death.

Although the combination of the two giants against the fourth single from the album released last August - and the single that has been on the market for more than 12 weeks - the victory seems a bit of a victory. But this qiē doesn't matter anymore, what matters is that they win!

This also pushed the Yuliang complex of Glory to Death and Maria and the boy-man combination to a new peak: now it is no longer the Glory to Death family, Maria and the boy-man group have also achieved a counterattack, and the competition between several singers in the future will only become more and more fierce and interesting, and it is worth everyone's expectation in how this Yuliang complex will end.

After the first victory of "Sweet Day", it seemed to be like a bamboo, pushing this confrontation of the Yu Liang complex to the peak in one go, and the song gained unprecedented popularity in the North American market, winning the championship for a number of weeks from one to five, then to ten, and then to fifteen, surpassing "I Will Always Love You" and "Beautiful Day" (beautiful) with a sweeping momentum. day)", and then tied the number of consecutive weeks of "Wonderwall", which caused a sensation in the entire North American music market.

In the third week of April, "Sweet Day" once again defeated its competitors to achieve an incredible 16-week winning streak, surpassing "The Wall" to take this historical record into its own arms, becoming the single with the most consecutive weeks of Champions in Billboard history.

The collaboration between Maria and the boy boy group created this great miracle and declared the absolute position of rhythm and blues in the North American music market with a devastating force. Now that Maria and the boy boy duo have reached an insurmountable peak, the battle book has been submitted, and who will break this record in the future?

Will it be glory unto death?