The fourth week of September 1996 was a week that was recorded in history. The first work in North American film history had a box office of over 500 million, the first work in the world's film history had a box office of over 1 billion, the first single in North America with a single sales of over 500,000, and the first single in the world with a single sales of over 3 million...

The lively and prosperous week had an immeasurable impact on the entertainment industry around the world, with the length of the reflective arc lasting until twenty years later.

After experiencing the thrilling thrill of the Battle of the Century in the fourth week of September, although the media still paid great attention to the subsequent development of the Battle of the Century, the craze among ordinary people is dissipating little by little. After all, all the energy of this Battle of the Century has been concentrated in the first week, and the subsequent competition will be difficult to further suspense; not to mention, people need to accumulate energy again, reserve energy for the upcoming ultimate battle of the Battle of the Century, and then join this carnival that will definitely be written into history.

In the first week of October, the fanaticism that has not completely disappeared can still be felt in the air. This week's Billboard singles rankings were released at the first time. On the one hand, the weekly rankings were still affected by the Battle of the Century, but on the other hand, it depends more on the quality and reputation of the singles themselves. There is not much difference between the music and the film market.

The final list can almost be said to be without any suspense.

Relying on its extremely strong reputation and popularity, "Young Volcanoes" easily swept away 480,000 sales again. Although this data plummeted by more than 50% compared to last week, such a tough data still dislocated everyone's chin.

The sales of 480,000 per week is the best weekly result in the North American music market in the long history of music, except for the iron triangle of the war of the century last week! And this is only the sales data of the "Young Volcano" in the next week. The power of Honor to death is simply unhappy, and he can only kneel down on his knees and worship him.

The single "Young Volcano" easily won the Billboard single rankings with a historically created attitude, which also proves that Honor to Death is extraordinary now. After winning the first victory in the Battle of the Century, Honor to Death's momentum has not declined but increased, and has become higher and higher. Stimulated by the news that the tour is about to kick off, the young volcanoes' support for this single has reached an unprecedented height, allowing the whole world to truly face the energy and enthusiasm of the young volcano!

In fact, not only did sales complete a sweep, but in terms of radio on-demand rate, the "young volcano" also surpassed the most powerful competitor "Sweetheart" and achieved an incredible dominance.

Last week, the three singles in Iron Triangle were not on the on-demand rate, and the three singles ranked outside the 20th, which is already a very outstanding result for the new singles just released. This week, after the brewing and precipitation of the Battle of Century, the on-demand rate of the three singles began to rise rapidly, including those listeners who did not intend to buy singles, who were just curious about the Battle of Century, and they also broadcast on-demand on the radio.

Although the "Young Volcano" has won the sales volume, the weakness of the mass base caused by the music genre in terms of radio on-demand rate makes it difficult for it to have an advantage when facing "sweethearts". In the end, the development curve of the radio on-demand rate also confirmed this. "Sweetheart" gained a slight advantage from Monday to Thursday, always ahead of the "Young Volcano". However, in the last three days of this week, the "Young Volcano" gradually completed a counterattack with a strong reputation, and finally defeated a number of opponents and became the champion of the radio on-demand rate this week.

From sales to on-demand broadcast, the "Young Volcano" achieved a comprehensive lead, continuing the strength of the Battle of the Century.

Similarly, the runner-up of the Billboard singles ranking this week also killed the suspense early, and Mariah Carey's "sweetheart" steadily ranked second for the second consecutive week.

Although he was at a disadvantage in the confrontation with the "Young Volcano", as one of the most appealing female singers today, Maria's "Sweetheart" performance still made countless people shine. The next week, it swept 220,000 sales, and her outstanding performance is definitely worth celebrating. In addition, this week's radio on-demand rate is third, the runner-up this week is the popular Spanish dance song "Macarena", which is enough to ensure that "Sweetheart" defeats all other competitors and occupies the second place.

But all this is a shame for Maria, not only because this week's sales are only 220,000, plunging by 70%. Although it is necessary to calculate the abnormal outbreak of the War of the Century, it is proved that the audience's reputation of the single "Sweetheart" is far inferior to expectations.

At the same time, the gap between "sweetheart" and "young volcano" was widened. Faced with the powerful impact of glory to death, Maria could almost be said to have no power to fight back and retreated in an all-round way, even more embarrassed than when she lost to "apologize" a year ago. The Battle of the Century intensified, exaggerated, and refined the gap between singers, making Maria defeated. Even if "sweetheart"'s performance is outstanding, she will only become a supporting role in "young volcano", which is absolutely unacceptable to Maria.

Maria recently promoted "Sweetheart" and also promoted her new album. The frequency appeared on various programs. It can be seen from her words and deeds that she is determined to win the final battle of the upcoming Battle of the Century. Not only will she not compromise easily, but she also has strong confidence in defeating glory until death.

Indeed, albums and singles are two different things. Some people can succeed in singles, but the album sales are always lukewarm. Katy Perry is one of the typical representatives. Some people have a very average single performance, but the album sales are always able to create miracles, such as Pearl Sauce and Nirvana.

As the most charismatic popular singer in the market, although the album driving force of rock forces cannot be underestimated, Maria still has a huge advantage against Glory to death. Only then did people realize that although Glory to death and Maria's competition lasted for a long time, the two singers never faced the album head-on, which made people look forward to the next development of the Battle of the Century!

Oasis's "Do you know what I mean" ranked third in the Billboard singles ranking this week. There is no doubt about the answer, but the decline of this single has exceeded 70%, and it is definitely a brother in distress with Maria. It finally achieved a single week sales of 130,000. Although it easily defeated other competitors and firmly controlled the third place, the gap between them and Glory until death became increasingly wider.

In this rock battle in North America, Honor defeated the Oasis with an absolute advantage in seconds. This may not mean that the current advantages of new metal rock have completely tilted to the glory to death, nor can it represent the difference between the status of Honor to death and the Oasis; but it can definitely represent the huge influence of Honor to death in North America today, becoming the most appealing and voice rock band since Nirvana.

The Oasis lost face and lost in this duel, which made them "escape" back to London in a panic, but this was only relative to their duel with Glory to death. In fact, if it were the Oasis itself, this battle of the century really established their position as the leader of British rock. Although the sales of Oasis' singles in the next week were further widened by Glory to death, the gap between them and Maria was rapidly decreasing.

It can be seen that the rogue football style of Oasis Band still has not stopped the new metal rock from becoming more and more simplified and popular. Losing to Glory until death is one thing, but the direction of rock they represent is another thing. "Do you know what I mean" achieved in the next week is still outstanding, which is the best proof. It can be foreseeable that after the single showdown, the album showdown will push the differences and contradictions in the future development of new metal rock to the peak.

The top three in the first week of October have not changed at all. Although the singing rate of "Makarena" that firmly holds the second place in radio on-demand rate this week is still high, it still occupies the position of the palace due to its sales disadvantage.

To be more precise, due to the typhoon in the Battle of the Century, the entire market seemed calm. Among the top ten, only "Where Are You Go (where.do.temptation.go)" was originally ranked 10th, rising to seventh. This song, sung by the male electronic dance group no.mercy, was born last year. It took over the banner of electronic dance music after the decline of disco, and its rise speed was amazing.

In addition, all the members of the top ten have not changed. From this small detail, you can also feel the long influence of the War of the Century. Even if the first week of the competition ended, the dominance of the Iron Triangle continued. At this time, people were even more curious about how long can such a dominance last, when will the Iron Triangle start to fall behind, and when will the end of the War of the Century be staged?

In the second week of October, "Young Volcano" swept over 290,000 sales again. The sales data in the third week still exploded. The best single "wonderwall" has the highest single week sales so far. Objectively speaking, the mass base of "Young Volcano" is difficult to compare with "Wonderwall", but this single relies on the strong support of young volcanoes and the hot chemical reaction of the War of the Century, rewriting a new history of the North American music market for three consecutive weeks.

This forced people to think of "Independence Day".
Chapter completed!