"Storm", "Life After Death", and "Hot" became the top three albums on the 1997 North American year-end album sales chart, and these were the only three albums to sell more than 6 million.

Even if it is the top three at the end of the year, and it is only an album of more than 6 million, the gap between them is very huge, which also makes the "Storm", which has exceeded the threshold of 10 million in a single year, dominate the scene, and no one can stop the rise of rock and roll.

After these three albums, Garth Brooks, Wu-Tang Clan (Wu. Tang。 Clan), 2Pac, Lianne Lem, Celine Dion, Hansen Band, and Bragging Daddy each occupied the top 10 spots on the year-end list.

Among them, Garth and Lean are both rural types, Wu-Tang Clan, 2Pac, and Braggart are hip-hop representatives, Celine is pop, and Hansen is pop-rock. It can be seen that the rhythm and blues momentum that has been booming in the past two years has gradually slowed down, and hip-hop and rock have risen strongly.

However, in fact, there are not as many seats in the top 10 as expected, mainly because the "Storm" family dominates, and the rise of other rock bands, although fierce, has not been able to create more threats and make it to the year-end top 10 list. But in the top 30, rock occupies 12 seats, leading this year's rock market with an absolutely strong attitude.

The same situation has been vividly reflected in the year-end singles chart, and rock singles occupy half of the country!

Elton John's "Candle in the Wind / Goodbye, English Rose (Candle. In。 Wind'97)", "Sail" (Sail), "I'll Miss You" (I'll) of Daddy. Be。 Missing。 These three singles each achieved more than 3 million sales, which ushered in a full explosion of the music market in 1997, and it was also the first time in history that three singles sold more than 3 million copies in one year!

After that, Daddy Bagged ended the "Unstoppable" ranking of the 27-week champion of the Glory to Death single, which was a great success.

Leanne Lem's "How. Do。 I。 Live)" and "Long. Long。 Way。 To。 Go), glorious to death, "Waiting for the world to change. On。 The。 World。 To。 Change), Backstreet Boys' "Quit. Playing。 Games)" and Robyn's "Show. Me。 Love)" and U2's "Discotheque" occupied the remaining spots in the top 10.

Among them, Glory to Death occupied three seats in one fell swoop, becoming the biggest winner, plus Robin Band and U2 were shortlisted, and five seats were occupied by rock in the top ten, which is also the most direct manifestation of the strong rise of rock and roll this year, making people feel the golden age of rock and roll again.

However, to everyone's surprise, "Sailing" did not win the year-end singles sales chart again this year, which also made Glory to death regretfully miss the feat of "winning the album and singles double chart year-end champion for two consecutive years". Although "Sailing" achieved 3.87 million sales throughout the year, although it was not as good as last year's 4 million results, it was still enough to make this single go down in history.

The single that defeated "Sailing" and broke the suspense was from the famous Elton John, whose single "Candle in the Wind / Goodbye, English Rose" successfully topped the 1997 North American year-end singles chart!

When it comes to "Candle in the Wind / Goodbye, English Rose", we have to mention the single "Waiting for the World to Change".

In the second week of August, the fourth single "Waiting for the World to Change" in "Glory to Death" was officially released, and without any publicity, step by step, climbed to the top position in the third week of September, becoming the fourth number one single in the album, and also the ninth number one single of Glory to Death, with excellent results.

However, it is a pity that "Waiting for the World to Change" only stayed on the championship for a week before slipping to the runner-up position, and since then it has been in the runner-up position for a full nine weeks, and it can be seen that this single is still loved without any publicity, but unfortunately, it has always lacked a bit of explosiveness and has not been able to stay in the championship position for more time.

And the comprehensive suppression of "Waiting for the World to Change" is the single "Candle in the Wind / Goodbye, English Rose"!

A year ago, "Young Volcano (Young. Volcanoes)" first won 1.07 million sales in a single week, shaking the entire North American market; Then "Sailing" made persistent efforts, and the sales volume of 1.93 million in a single week set a new benchmark shockingly, making everyone think that this is an impossible data to surpass. However, just a year later, Elton John achieved this feat!

The single "Candle in the Wind / Goodbye, English Rose" was written by Elton John to commemorate the unexpected death of Princess Diana and rewrite his old 1973 work "Candle in the Wind", which was composed to mourn Marilyn Monroe, who had passed away for many years. This time, because of Princess Diana's sudden death, Elton rearranged the lyrics and released them again.

Just as Princess Diana's death shocked the world, so did "Candle in the Wind / Goodbye, English Rose", a single that sold an incredible 3.5 million copies within a week of its release—an incredible 3.5 million copies, a feat that not only blew the record set by "Voyage" last year, but also wrote an almost unsurpassed historical record.

Indeed, for the next 20 years, no one has ever broken the weekly sales of "Candle in the Wind/Goodbye, English Rose", in fact, no one has been able to break the second-highest weekly sales record in the history of "Sailing" - and even getting close to it is extremely difficult, and the glory of the single is forever frozen in this moment.

"Candle in the Wind/Goodbye, English Rose" not only created a history of weekly sales, but also sprinted towards 10 million sales in less than two months, and finally managed to break through 10 million moats, becoming the first and only single in a long music scene, selling more than 10 million in a single year, and finally 11 million year-end sales. This record, like the 104 million sales of the "Trembling" album worldwide, cannot even breed the courage to challenge.

"Waiting for the World to Change" was suppressed by such a devastating sales overlord, and won the runner-up for ten consecutive weeks, in fact, the final year-end sales of this single were also approaching two million, and in less than four months, it can be said that it is very good, not to mention that it was created under the pressure of "Candle in the Wind / Goodbye, English Rose".

It was because of Elton John's excellent performance that the single "Sailing" sold nearly four million and could only unfortunately be ranked second, and the championship can be said to have killed all the suspense in just one week after the release of "Candle in the Wind / Goodbye, English Rose".

But even so, the performance of glory to death is still very good, in addition to "sailing", "The Long Road" won 2.49 million sales, and the final sales of "Waiting for the World to Change" are 1.94 million copies, although it can't be compared with Elton, but in the case of almost no publicity, the album "Storm" has achieved such excellent results in its second year of release, which is still enough to make the band dominant.

What's even more terrifying is that Glory to Death has dominated the global market for the second year in a row.

Although "Sailing" did not win the year-end album sales championship in the three major markets of the United Kingdom, the United States, and Japan, it occupied the year-end single sales championship in the other 26 countries and regions, and continued the glory to death for two consecutive years.

"Storm" swept more than 1,100 copies in overseas markets, handed over 10 million sales for the second consecutive year, and successfully won the year-end global album sales champion with more than 21 million global sales, bringing the cumulative sales of this album to 39.66 million in one go, and 40 million sales are within reach.

Last year, "Tempest" set an incredible sales record in just eight weeks after its release, and people were talking about whether the album could eventually sell more than 40 million worldwide, or even surpass the 45 million of the current global best-selling runner-up "The Dark Side of the Moon".

Now, just a year later, "Storm" has handed over the answer sheet, ranking among the top ten in the historical sales list with a figure of 39.66 million, and hanging in the ninth place with a high profile!

There is no doubt that "Tempest" will become the ninth album in history to surpass 40 million sales, and the 45 million sales of "Dark Side of the Moon" are no longer out of reach. Perhaps, the sales of 100 million and 4 million of "Trembling" are unshakable, but "Tempest" is very promising to become a work above 10,000 people under one person.

Even though Glory to Death has set countless records, there is still no way to imagine that this day will come, and after 17 years since the album "Back to Darkness" in 1980, people will truly feel the resurgence of the golden age of rock and roll again; Even though the golden age has come again, people still can't believe that it's all real.

This powerful influence is the truest portrayal of glory to death, and as the lead singer of the band, Hugo has made great contributions, which is also an important reason why Hugo, as an actor and a singer, has the power to shake Hollywood and alarm Wall Street.

No one knows what heights Hugo will reach next, and no one knows where history will go. But what is certain is that the glory of 1997 has left a golden mark in the annals of history.