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The fastest record holder of album sales in North American music history, the highest record holder of single sales in North American music history, the highest record holder of single sales in North American music history, the highest record holder of single sales, and the first record holder of the first three albums in North American music history to exceed 10 million...

All of these records can be written with the name "Hugo Lancaster". In addition to the history that takes time to settle down to break, such as the "West Side Story" movie soundtrack Billboard Album List winning 54 consecutive weeks, such as the Beatles' 18 consecutive albums and twenty singles winning Billboard Championship (as of 1996), such as the record of "Thurrying"'s sales of 104 million yuan... You can see Hugo or the name of Glory to Death on any other record list.

Although records never represent the status of artists in history, taking movie box office as an example, the box office in the 1990s had to take into account various factors such as inflation, movie ticket prices, people's living standards, etc., so the highest limit of box office is bound to continue to rise, and the sales of music albums are the same, which also makes it difficult for those top superstars in the golden age to gain too many advantages on such lists; but this series of records can make people clearly feel that Hugo has left his unique imprint in the world cultural heritage of the 1990s.

On the sales rankings of the year-end singles in 1996, "Sailing" and "Young Volcanoes" joined forces to dominate the first and second place. This momentum made the audience who had long been accustomed to Hugo's record-breaking posture still couldn't help but exclaim again.

Although the gap between Maria Carey's "sweetheart" was huge, it still relied on strong support to rank third on the year-end chart, surpassing the fourth-ranked "Do you know what I mean?", which gave Maria a strong breath. The Oasis' single "Do you know what I mean" lags behind 170,000 in sales, and unfortunately occupies fourth place, which makes the Gallagher brothers really frustrated.

The two rap songs of 2pac's "How.do.u.want.it/california.love" and the "crossroads" of the Bones (Pone.thugs-n-harmingny) ranked fifth and sixth respectively. The results of these two singles exceeded 2.5 million, infinitely close to three million, and easily led everyone.

The competition among the top ten places is very fierce. Strictly speaking, the gap from seventh to fifteenth is very weak. The sales of all singles have exceeded the threshold of two million, which is also one of the important signs of the strong music market and has set a new record high.

In the end, Mary Blyge's "not.gon'.cry", Oasis's "with me", "no.digity" in the Black Street, and Donnie Blyston's "unbreak.my.heart" successfully broke through and ranked among the top ten in the year-end list.

Maria's second single with the same title, "Butterfly", was surprisingly ranked 11th, and she failed to make it to the top ten. Although this single swept over an incredible sales of 1.69 million in the first week, it finally only achieved sales of 2.43 million. Its lack of strength in its stamina, and was far behind other competitors. It was even overtaken by Oasis's "Accompaniment to Me".

As a result, Oasis occupies two seats in the top ten, and Maria has only one; but "Sweetheart" ranks third, and Oasis's two singles are in a state of lagging behind. So, which Oasis or Maria wins, which one loses? There is still no clear idea.

Of course, the real winner is glory to death, and there is no doubt that it is.

Driven by the ultimate showdown, North America's sales of the three albums of Honor to Death have hit new highs, and North America's sales reached 11.6 million, and "bathing in the morning" sales reached more than 17.2 million. In addition, the current "storm" with a cumulative sales of 8.3 million, Honor has earned more than 37 million copies in North America until its death, and has strongly ranked among the most successful singers in history. What's even more terrifying is that Honor to Death has also risen globally.

Just like the huge advantage that "Storm" has achieved on the British pop music rankings, this album also ended in 1996 with a strong advantage, and hit a new sales high, with sales of 4.73 million. This data has exceeded the 4.52 million record of Oasis's "(What Story) Morning Glory" currently maintained, and has become the third largest album in British music history to sell only after the 5.86 million album in the Queen's Selected Collection and 5.04 million of the Beatles' "Sergeant Pabo's Lonely Heart Club Band".

This result was unexpected by no one, because "Storm" created this achievement in just eight weeks, not only surpassing the Oasis Band, but also surpassing the "Thunch" of Michael Jackson and Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" and other masterpieces.

It can be imagined that as long as the "storm" can maintain such momentum, the records of Queens and the Beatles will inevitably become the next target. Perhaps, the history of Britain's music will also change or be on the journey of change.

With the outstanding performance of the British market, "Storm" swept 18.64 million in sales worldwide, and without any suspense, topped the 1996 global album sales rankings. With such outstanding results within eight weeks, people have even begun to speculate whether the "Storm" will eventually exceed 45 million.

Why 45 million?

On the current global album sales historical rankings, Michael's "Trilling" stands out and is far ahead. The sales of 104 million copies can be confirmed to be an unreplicable miracle; and the runner-up of the list is Pink Floyd's classic masterpiece "Dark Side of the Moon". This album released in 1973 has now achieved sales of 45 million, which can be said to be more than one person than ten thousand.

In the history of music, there are only eight albums with sales of more than 40 million worldwide, and you can count them in two hands.

The global sales of "Storm" have approached 20 million in eight weeks. Although they are unable to rank among the top 30 on the historical list, such a strong appeal is enough to make people believe that the final ending of this album is definitely more than that. Even if they fail to challenge "Thunch", they still have the chance to hit the 40 million club.

This is a historic breakthrough for Glory to Death. You should know that there are four rock albums with global sales of more than 40 million, but they all come from the golden age of the 1970s, namely "Dark Side of the Moon" released by Pink Floyd in 1973, "Bat.out.of.hell" released by Mitt Laufer in 1977, "Back.in.black" released by ac/dc in 1980, and "Rumor (Breast Tips)" by Fleetwood.mac in 1977.

The eight highest-selling albums in the world, rock accounts for half of the market. What's even more terrifying is that such rankings have not been shaken even in 2014. This data alone is enough to make people feel the huge influence that era has.

It can be clearly seen from these four albums that the peak moment in 1977 has had a profound impact. Although Ac/DC's "Back to the Darkness" was released in 1980, its powerful influence still follows the glorious aftermath of the 1970s. In other words, rock has been silent for more than ten years, from Guns and Roses to Nirvana, from Glory to Death to Oasis, the power of rock has just recovered.

To recreate the glory of rock, this can even be said to be a dreamy goal. The "Storm of Storm" swept over 18 million sales in eight weeks, vaguely making people feel the madness and boiling of 1977 again. This is also the historical moment that really fell into history in 1996: perhaps, under the leadership of glory to death, the rock faith will really rejuvenate; perhaps, the "Storm of Storm" can really achieve sales of 30 million, 40 million, or even 45 million, and rewrite the history of music.

However, this is not an easy task, time will give the answer.

Corresponding to the "storm", Maria's "butterfly" has earned 12 million sales worldwide, ranking second in the year-end global sales rankings. In this way, sales exceeded the previous "Music Box" and "Daydream" and became Maria's most successful work so far, allowing the influence of this popular queen to spread to all parts of the world.

The Oasis Band is not outdone. Although it fell into a big flaw in the British Isles, the sales of 3.2 million yuan were pulled by Honor to death, and it was far behind their two previous albums. The reputation of the album finally became a stumbling block; but relying on its powerful explosive power, the global sales of "stay at this moment" are still as high as 9.8 million, successfully winning the third place in the year-end global rankings.
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