“Marakana is Woodstock in the 90s.”

Everyone knows what the phrase "New Yorker" means, which naturally refers to the performance of "storm and storm". That performance was sung from 1996 to 1997. Since then, the seeds of rock have sprinkled all corners of the world like dandelions.

In 1969, Woodstock gathered 450,000 people, and those three days of peace and music left a deep mark in the long river of history; in 1996, Maracana gathered 700,000 people, and those two days of carnival and music left a unique mark in the yellowed history.

Even if people cannot predict the future, after experiencing the fanaticism of Maracana, people can clearly feel that glory is quietly affecting everyone with their persistence, enthusiasm and will. This is why the "New Yorker" shouts, this is how the major media responds, and this is where the classic moments of historical changes.

In fact, before Maracana arrived, all this had been omens, from the devastating victory of the Battle of the Century to the great victory of the ultimate battle against the Normandy Landing, glory until death stepped on the shoulders of the giant step by step and looked at history.

After 2.91 million sales in the first week, although the sales of "Storm" plummeted by 51% in the next week, it still earned 1.43 million sales. Such a strong performance not only completed the championship in the Billboard album rankings without any suspense, but also further widened the gap between Honor and the two competitors.

The sales of 1.43 million in the second week were not just the champion of the last week's sales in music history. Even on the ranking of all single-week sales, this result was only behind the results created by the troika last Wednesday, surpassing the data of the original soundtrack of the "Body Guard" movie, ranking fourth in history. Such momentum is enough to make all words pale and powerless.

"Butterfly"'s sales plummeted by 68% in the first week of November, winning a single-week sales of 630,000 yuan. Although this sales data is still incredible, with only a handful of albums with a single-week sales of more than 500,000 yuan in North America, a single-week sales of 630,000 yuan are undoubtedly excellent, which is enough to ensure that Maria holds the runner-up position of the Billboard for the second consecutive week.

But, it is just the runner-up. The sales of 630,000 per week is just a little more than 50% of the sales of 1.25 million per week. The gap between the two is constantly widening at a speed of rapid wind and lightning. If the competition in the first week is full of suspense, then all the suspense in the second week is early on being strangled by young volcanoes with their own hands to kill the publicity power of the "Storm and Rain" tour concert is permeating bit by bit, full of momentum.

What's even more frustrating is that because Honor devoted himself to the tour until his death, Maria was in a tangle with Oasis. Originally, Maria didn't think Oasis could become a competitor at all, but this time, the creative record teamed up with Universal Music, Tiexin planned to push Oasis to its peak. Not only did the two sides fall into a hard battle in the publicity war, but even the sales competition was not different.

"Stay at this moment" achieved a record of 600,000 with a drop of 67%. Such data is amazing, and the gap with "butterflies" is only within 30,000. This is the gap that can be surpassed at any time in a day. Moreover, under the strong publicity momentum, the decline control is very gratifying, which once again proves the Oasis Band's super popularity at its peak.

Finally, in the first week of November, "Stay Now" ranked third with a slight disadvantage, but left countless suspense for next week's Billboard album rankings, which was unbearable.

At the same time, "Sailing" also achieved another record in the single rankings in the first week of November. The sales of 1010,000 per week is still the single-week sales record in the North American music market. In the annual sales of 2 million, it could easily be ranked among the top ten in the 1990s. This result is enough to make this single the second consecutive weekly Billboard double charts for Honor to Death. In addition to lamenting the strong momentum of Honor to Death, people are speechless.

The competition between the two songs "Butterfly" and "Walk with Me" has also reached a fierce momentum this week. In the end, Maria still relied on the advantage of radio on-demand rate to occupy the runner-up, and Oasis regretfully ranked third again. But the gap between these two singles is within reach, and even more intense than the competition for the album, making the audience unable to resist adrenaline.

Compared to the "storm" that is ahead of the world, the battle between "butterflies" and "stay at this moment" is obviously more topical. In addition, Honor never cooperates with the interview until death, so the focus of media reports has gradually shifted to Maria and the Oasis Band.

This "trick battle" continued to heat up under the heat of the media and gradually evolved into a personal attack. Finally, the sales battle between the two sides was secondly. Maria and the Gallagher brothers of Oasis were publicly scolded in front of the media, and their words were vulgar and rude, and they were very lively, allowing the audience to truly experience an annual fight drama.

This is definitely something that no one could have thought before the beginning of the Battle of the Century. After all, people hoped that Maria could join forces with the Oasis to deal with Glory until death.

The ultimate showdown has added a lot of fun, and the Billboard list announcement every week has become the focus of attention.

With the attention of the whole world, Honor continued its strength to the end, with two consecutive championships, three consecutive championships, four consecutive championships... Seven consecutive championships, "Storm" was when everyone focused on Maria and the Oasis band, easily completed seven consecutive championships with absolute advantage. What's even more terrifying is that in the last week of 1996, "Storm" sold more than 300,000 in a single week, and won 370,000 sales in one breath. The aura of the mountains and rivers could not find a confrontation. Without any suspense, he won the eight consecutive championships and ended strongly in 1996 to welcome 1997.

During these eight weeks, "Storm" faced challenges from works such as Van Helen's selected collection (best.of.vo me.1), Beatles' selected collection three (anthology3), Snoop.dogg's second album "The.doggfather", Bush's second album "Razorblade.suitca" and other works. In particular, the two albums of Beatles and Snoop Dogs both burst out with amazing sales impetus in the first week of release, but the ones who laughed to the end were all "Storm"!

It can be said that the eight consecutive championships of "storm" were not only defeated the other two competitors in the three troika, but also defeated a group of powerful challengers, and the final victory was deserved. This is the most direct reflection of sales data.

"Storm of Storm" earned 8.3 million in just eight weeks. This 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 that year. In a horizontal comparison, "Storm of Storm" was released in August of that year, with an end-year sales of 7.26 million. However, "Storm of Storm" was released at the end of October, and achieved sales of more than 8 million in just eight weeks. This momentum even EDA Records itself was shocked.

There is no doubt that "storm and storm" is the king. With its incomparable absolute strength, it set off a frenzy at the end of the year, causing the entire music market to burst out endless energy.

Faced with the absolute strength of "storm", the showdown between "Butterfly" and "Road this moment" was difficult to solve. The second week of November was "Road this moment" to overtake. Although "Butterfly" returned to the runner-up position in the following week, the fourth week of November once again allowed "Road this moment" to take away the runner-up throne.

Although it sounds a bit miserable that they can win the highest position as the runner-up, it is not the case. The two albums "Butterfly" and "Stay Now" are constantly breaking their own records, rewriting history, and achieving the true peak of the musical career of Maria and Oasis. Perhaps not as good as glory to death, but there is no doubt that Maria and Oasis also benefited a lot from the Battle of the Century, achieving a huge breakthrough in their careers that could not be imagined.

During this period, the Beatles and Snoopy each defeated other competitors for one week, ranking second, and only lagged behind "storms". But in addition, "Butterfly" and "Liu Here" had a strong control over the runner-up and third place. In the end, "Butterfly" led slightly with the runner-up around, while "Liu Here" only won the runner-up for two weeks, but the gap was not as big as imagined.

In the last week of 1996, the Billboard album rankings were still dominated by "storm", "Butterfly" ranked second, "stay at this moment" followed closely behind. Undoubtedly, the band's "Travel Kingdom", Celine Dion's "Falling in Love" was fortunate to become the last two members of the top five.

The wonderful competition in 1996 came to an end. Glory to death. The iron triangle showdown between Maria and Oasis lit up the music market in the second half of the year and set off a sales storm. This battle of the century really ignited the market. Not only was a single singer who achieved outstanding results, but the three horses 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 to last year, setting a new high in music history, making everyone realize that the music market in people's perception still has more energy waiting to be explored, making the battle of the century a truly "highest peak before the end of the century."
Chapter completed!