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Everyone knows what the phrase "New Yorker" means, referring to the "stormy" Maracanã show, which was sung from 1996 to 1997, and since then, the seeds of rock have been sprinkled like dandelions in all corners of the globe.

In 1969, Woodstock gathered 450,000 people, and those three days of peace and music left a deep mark on history; In 1996, 700,000 people gathered at the Maracanã, and those two days of revelry and music left a unique mark on the yellowed annals of history.

Even if one cannot predict the future, after experiencing the madness of the Maracanã, one can clearly feel that Glory to Death is quietly influencing everyone with its own persistence, its own passion and its own will. This is the cry of the "New Yorker", the response of the major media, and the classic moment of historical change.

In fact, long before the arrival of the Maracana, all of these omen had already been foreshadowed, from the devastating victory in the battle of the century to the great victory in the final battle against the Normandy landings, glory to death stepped on the shoulders of giants step by step and looked at history.

After the first week of sales of 2.91 million, the next week of "Storm" sales plummeted by 51 percent, but still reaped 1.43 million sales, such a strong table Xiàn not only completed the Billboard album chart without suspense, but also further widened the gap between Glory to Death and the two competitors.

The sales of 1.43 million in a single week in the second week are not only the top sales in the second week in music history, but even on top of all the single-week sales charts, this result is only behind the performance of last Wednesday's Troika Zào, surpassing the number of "Bodyguard" movie soundtracks, and ranking fourth in history. Such a momentum is enough to make all the words pale and weak.

In the first week of November, the sales of "Butterfly" plummeted by 68 percent, winning 630,000 yuan in a single week. Although this number of sales is still incredible, with only a handful of albums selling more than 500,000 in a single week in North America, 630,000 weekly sales are undoubtedly extremely 'outstanding', which is enough to ensure that Maria holds the second place on Billboard for the second week in a row.

But. It's just the runner-up. The sales volume of 130,000 on Saturday is only a little more than 50 percent of the sales volume of 1.25 million in a single week, and the gap between the two is constantly widening at the speed of wind and power. The competition is still full of suspense, so all the suspense of the second week has been snuffed out by the young volcanoes themselves - the publicity power of the "Storm" tour is seeping out little by little, and it is full of momentum.

To add insult to injury, Maria became entangled with the Oasis Band instead due to her glory to death. Originally, Maria didn't think that Oasis could be a competitor. But this time, Creative Records teamed up with Universal Music, and Iron Heart intends to push Oasis to the top. Not only are the two sides caught in a bitter battle in the propaganda war, but even the sales competition is indiscriminate.

"Stay in the moment" has achieved 600,000 yuan with a drop of 67 percent. The gap with the "butterfly" is only within 30,000, which is a gap that can be surpassed at any time in a day, and the Oasis Band is very gratifying to control the decline under the strong publicity momentum, which once again proves the super high popularity of the Oasis Band.

Finally, the first week of November. "Stay Here" narrowly finished in third place, but it left a lot of suspense on next week's Billboard album charts.

At the same time, on the singles chart in the first week of November, "Sail" also achieved another good result, with 1.01 million sales in a single week, which is still the record for single-week sales in the North American music market. In the '90s, when two million annual sales were enough to easily break into the top 10, this was enough for the single to be the Billboard double chart number one for the second week in a row. The people were speechless except for lamenting the great momentum of glory to death.

The competition for the songs "Butterfly" and "Walk with Me" also entered the white heat this week, and in the end, it was Maria who relied on the advantage of radio on-demand to occupy the second place, while the Oasis band unfortunately came in third place again. But the gap between the two singles is already within reach. is even more 'intense' than the competition of the album, so that the audience can't help but adrenaline.

Compared with the unbeatable "Storm", the grappling between "Butterfly" and "Stay in the Moment" is obviously more topical, and Glory to Death never cooperates with the interview, so the focus of media coverage has gradually shifted to Maria and the Oasis Band.

Under the coaxing of the media, this "tearing 'force' war" continued to heat up and gradually evolved into personal attacks. At last. The sales war between the two sides is secondary, Maria and the Gallagher brothers of the Oasis band openly scolded each other in front of the media, and the words are vulgar and ugly, so that the audience can really see a tearing 'force' drama of the year.

This was definitely something that no one could have imagined before the Battle of the Century, after all, it was hoped that Maria would join forces with the Oasis to fight Glory to the Dead.

The ultimate showdown adds a lot of fun, and every week the Billboard charts are in the spotlight.

Under the attention of the whole world, Glory to the death will continue its strength to the end, two consecutive championships, three consecutive championships, four consecutive championships...... Seven consecutive championships, "Stormy" unconsciously completed seven consecutive championships with an absolute advantage when everyone was focused on Maria and the Oasis Band. What's even more terrifying is that in the last week of 1996, the sales of "Storm" exceeded 300,000 again, and won 370,000 sales in one go.

Over the course of eight weeks, "Tempest" faced the Van Halen band's 'fine' anthology (best. of。 volume。 1), The Beatles' 'Fine' Anthology 3, Snoop-Dogg. doggy。 dogg) second album "Dog. Daddy (the. doggfather)" and Bush's second album, Razorblade. suitcase)" and other works, especially the two albums of The Beatles and Snoop Dogg, both exploded in the first week of sales momentum, but it was the "Storm" that had the last laugh!

It can be said that the "Storm" won eight consecutive championships not only against the other two contenders of the Troika, but also over a number of strong challengers, and the final victory was well deserved. This is most directly reflected in the number of sales.

In just eight weeks, "Tempest" sold 8.3 million people, which is not only the fastest selling album in music history, but also the first album in North American music history to sell more than 8 million in that year. In horizontal comparison, "Bathing in the Morning Light" was released in August of that year, and the final year-end sales were 7.26 million; However, "Storm" was released at the end of October, and in just eight weeks, it achieved more than 8 million sales, and even EMI Records itself was shocked.

There is no doubt that "Storm" is the king, and with incomparable absolute strength, it set off a frenzy at the end of the year, making the entire music market burst out with endless energy.

In the face of the absolute strength of the "storm", the duel between "Butterfly" and "Stay Here" is inextricable, and the second week of November is "Stay Here" to complete the overtake, although "Butterfly" returned to the runner-up position in the following week, but in the fourth week of November, "Stay Here" once again took away the runner-up throne.

While it sounds bleak to say that the highest spot they can fight for is runner-up, it's not, as both the albums "Butterfly" and "Stay Here" continue to break their own records, rewrite history, and achieve the true pinnacle of Maria and Oasis' musical careers. It may not be as glorious as death, but there is no doubt that Maria and the Oasis also benefited from the battle of the century, achieving a breakthrough unimaginable in their careers.

During this period, the Beatles and Snoopy-Dogg each beat other competitors in one week and finished in second place, only behind "Storm", but other than that, "Butterfly" and "Stay Now" had a very firm grip on the second and third places, and in the end, "Butterfly" was slightly ahead of the four runners-up, while "Stay Now" only won two weeks of second place, but the gap was not as big as expected.

In the last week of 1996, the Billboard album charts were still dominated by "Storm", with "Butterfly" ranking second and "Stay Here" following closely behind. Undoubtedly, the band's "Kingdom of Tragedy" and Celine Dion's "Falling in Love" were fortunate enough to be the last two members of the top five.

In 1996, the battle for the 'fine' color came to an end, and the iron triangle duel between Glory to Death, Maria and Oasis lit up the music market in the second half of the year, setting off a sales storm, this battle of the century really detonated the market, not only a single singer achieved 'outstanding' results, but the troika went hand in hand, driving the prosperity of the entire market - the total sales of albums for the whole year increased by an incredible 19 percentage points compared with last year, setting a new high in music history, so that everyone realized, There is still more energy waiting to be tapped in the music market in people's perception, making the Battle of the Century a veritable "highest peak before the end of the century".

In the competition for the year-end album sales chart, Glory to Death won the championship with an absolute advantage, which is also their first year-end sales champion since Glory to Death was born, which once again filled the gap in Hugo's career! The power of the king is unstoppable!

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