Chapter 1019: 1019
In the early 1990s, when people talked about rock, they always used a word habitually, "being born at the wrong time". Because the most glorious era of rock was in the 1960s and 1970s, the entire American society witnessed the changes and glory of rock changing the world, but after that, rock quickly declined, and was occupied by music genres such as countryside, folk songs, pop, rhythm and blues, and they were never able to recover their vitality.
Even in the 1980s, when rock stars were gathered, the Guns and Roses, the Blink Band, David Bowie, Smith Spaceship, U2, Bob Dylan and other rock singers with strong appeal emerged, they have never been able to reproduce the glory of rock. Countless people are remembering the final peak of 1977, but everything has become a long history.
Many people are very curious about why rock has such a great influence in the United States. That is because rock is the most important part of the history of American cultural changes. Whether it is Woodstock, hippies, including punk, metal rock, etc., they have become the driving force and witness of the development of American culture.
Unfortunately, after 1977, the greatness of rock gradually disappeared in the long river of history. Even the Nirvana Band and Pearl Sauce emerged in 1991, it still failed to reverse this situation. Although grunge rock made the pop music market see the figure of rock again and was sought after by countless listeners, it did not reach the glory of the 1970s.
Therefore, when people talk about rock and roll, they always like to say: This is not the era of rock and roll. Just like this is not the era of folk songs, the music market now likes rhythm and blues, pop, and the eternal countryside and soul. The market has proved this point. Even if the sales are as strong as pearl sauce, it cannot support the entire rock and roll sky.
Born at the wrong time, this has become the most appropriate description of rock bands in the early 1990s.
This situation was completely changed until 1993. The new metal rock, grunge, traditional rock and other forms of rock blossomed, and a hundred schools of thought contend. The three generations of rock forces of old, middle-aged and young people, coupled with the rising newcomers, made people see the rock wave at the peak of 1977 in a trance again.
Therefore, twenty years later, when people look back on the history of rock, they always argue about which year was the peak of rock in 1977 or 1993. In 1977, they witnessed the impact of punk on rock and the strength and depth of rock culture; in 1993, they witnessed the rise of new metal rock, which reversed the decline of rock in the entire market, reappeared its glory, and had a profound impact on the music scene in the next twenty years.
Although 1993 was the first peak of rock prosperity, the time to completely reverse the decline of the rock market came in 1994. The Rock Legion, headed by Glory to Death, proved to all record companies and the entire music market that rock can not only sell sales, attract professional fans, but also laugh to the end in a head-on battle with R&B.
"Bathing in the morning light" beats "two boys and two men" and won the championship for thirteen consecutive weeks, which amazed the entire music market for a while; "Beautiful Day" beats "I will be warm with you" and won the championship for thirteen consecutive weeks. For more than three months, the most representative and popular boy-men combination of rhythm and blues types is currently suppressed by rock representative glory, and there is no room for any counterattack, which makes the entire music market very surprised.
At this time, the one who was born at the wrong time seemed to have turned into rhythm and blues, not rock. Or to be more precise, the one who was born at the wrong time was a boy and man. This chorus that created miracles repeatedly became a stepping stone for glory to death and also became a witness to the rock turn over.
Since there is Yu, why does Liang come from? This sentence seems to be the most appropriate thing to use at this time.
In the first week of December, the "Good Day" and "I Will Be Tender with You" that previously joined forces to dominate the fourteen weeks both declined. The one who broke this pattern was the boy and man combination and glory to death, and this time, the winner was still glory to death!
In the last week's chart, "Bend of Knees" climbed to the third place. People think that this single has a great chance of hitting the championship this week and changing the bad luck of the boy and man combination; while the second single "Shape.of.my.heart" that gloriously died ranked only eighth in the last week, and obviously has limited competitiveness.
But just as the North American movie box office rankings in the first week of December were earth-shaking, the same was true for this week's Billboard single rankings. After two weeks of brewing, the topicality further increased. The radio on-demand rate rose to the championship throne, accounting for 4% of the market share, and was proud of the heroes. At the same time, this single exploded with 210,000 sales this week, which was even better than the accumulated sales in the previous two weeks. It also made "Heart Shape" easily surpass all competitors in both radio on-demand rate and sales, and successfully jumped directly from eighth to the championship throne, dominating the Billboard single rankings this week.
After achieving great results in the last week, the results of "Knee Bend" continued to rise this week. The sales of 150,000 and the on-demand rate of 3% of the radio station are at other times, which is a data that can easily win the championship. However, in the face of the impact of "Shape of Heart", "Knee Bend" cannot exert effective challenges at all. After being completely suppressed, it only climbed from last week's third place to this week's runner-up.
Such achievements really make many people sigh. In the past, people lamented that rock was born at the wrong time and often lost to competitors at critical moments. Whether it is rural, pop, or rhythm and blues, they have snatched many championships from rock singles, even the Pearl Sauce and Nirvana Band. They can easily win the album chart, but it is extremely difficult to achieve good results on the single chart.
But now, the situation has changed. The boy and man combination is facing the strength of glory until death, and it is difficult to make a breakthrough.
It’s not that the boy-men combination is not outstanding enough. If they don’t have glory to death, their grades can definitely dominate. They can be regarded as one of the most successful rhythm and blues singers since the 1980s, and their market influence has reached an unprecedented level. But fate is so cute that they encounter glory to death, so the title of “not born at the right time” fell on the boy-men combination.
Originally, everyone was optimistic that "Bend of Knees" could reach the top successfully, not only because of the album of the Boys and Men, but also because of Glory and Death, they have been diving until now. The single "Shape of Heart" has not been promoted at all. This is the best time for the Boys and Men to achieve a reversal.
But the result...it still disappointed the boy and man combination. The strong combat power of the "Shape of Heart" burst out within a week made the boy and man combination go back with regret again.
In the first week of December, the combination of Honor to Death and Boys and Men teamed up to break the fourteen-week consecutive dominance he created before. The historical record of "A Beautiful Day" in 15 consecutive championships was ended in the hands of Honor to Death, and "Shape of Heart" took over the Billboard singles rankings!
Such a scene is really amazing.
Interestingly, hip-hop singer Eni Komoz (ini.ka Toze) reorganized the single released by Chris Kenner in 1962, adding rhythm and blues and hip-hop styles. The new single "Here.es.the.hotstepper" was enthusiastically sought after. Less than a month after its release, its popularity quickly accumulated. This week, it actually climbed to the third place, breaking the monopoly before the combination of Glory to Death and Boys and Men.
Two R&Bs beat one rock song, but the result was rock win. No one was willing to believe this situation three months ago.
The dance music group from Germany has also risen strongly. The single "Other.night" of their new album was released for several months and has accumulated huge popularity. After the release of the music video, the popularity ushered in a big explosion and came directly to the position of the palace this week.
The top four are all reshuffled, but the champion and runner-up are still controlled by the combination of Honor to Death and Boys and Men. This situation is quite interesting.
"A Beautiful Day" ranks fifth, and "I Will Be Tender with You" slid to sixth. It is worth mentioning that the most successful female group in American music history, the only female group certified by diamonds, has officially started their brilliant music journey. The single "Creep" of this rhythm and blues girl group ranked eighth this week, just behind Bonjovi's "Always".
Although it was only the first week of December, and although "Shape of Heart" has only won the championship for a week, the overall music market has undergone earth-shaking changes.
"Shape of Heart" not only became the third champion single of Honor until its debut, but also proved the strength of Rock and Roll against R&B; at the same time, "Bathing in the Morning Light" has been released for fifteen weeks at this time, and the second single of the album still has the ability to win the championship, which also shows that in addition to the loyal fans of the album, Honor to Death has gradually gained the love of the general public: they are willing to buy singles from Honor to Death to express their love for this song.
Major media outlets couldn't help but start discussing when the popularity of the album "Bath in the Morning Light" will continue? Currently, "A Beautiful Day" and "Shape of Heart" have joined forces to dominate the Billboard singles rankings for 15 consecutive weeks. When will new faces appear on the Billboard singles champion seat? Which singer is going to break this situation? Will it be a boy-man combination? Or are there other singers that no one expected?
Faced with the absolute hegemony of glory to death, people not only lament that the boys and men's combination is not at the right time, but also have infinite curiosity about the limit of glory to death. Under such circumstances, it is not surprising that a new day cannot have any confrontation with glory to death.
Chapter completed!