After "almost becoming famous" entered l994, sales ushered in a continuous upward curve, and the suppression of "music boxes" was completed in eight weeks, and at the same time, the market exploded and the number of album sales was quickly accumulated.

At the end of March, "Almost Famous" had sold 2.41 million copies this year, and if you add last year's 1.22 million sales, it means that within four months of the release of "Almost Famous", the total sales of the album reached 3.63 million.

"Music Box" surpassed "almost fame" again in the second week of March, and won the Billboard championship again after eight weeks, but this time the summit consumed the last trace of market energy of the album, and then the album's ranking on the Billboard fell sharply, falling directly out of the top five. Although it still hovers in the top 10 thanks to the album's excellent word-of-mouth, it is no longer impactful.

In such a situation, "Almost Fame" once again regained the advantage of only losing a week, not only keeping its ranking in the top five of the Billboard, but also leading the "Music Box" more and more obviously. In a situation that almost no one is optimistic about, an impossible task was accomplished.

Mariah Kelly's battle against the fledgling, controversial Glory to Death acclaimed "Music Box" against the groundbreaking attempt "Near Fame" was a simple win or defeat in anyone's eyes, and the showdown just began to validate everyone's speculation, with Maria's "Music Box" comfortably ahead of "Almost Fame" and no one even noticing the rivalry between the two albums.

But I guessed the beginning, but I didn't see the process, and I didn't expect the result, "almost famous" then burst out with fiery energy, first suppressed the "music box" for up to eight weeks, and then relaxed in the next week, so that the "music box" completed the counterattack; But what followed was a long period of comprehensive suppression, and "Music Box" was never able to surpass "almost famous", both in terms of sales and on-demand. This also added a touch of misery to the Billboard album chart number one achieved by "Music Box" in the second week of March.

However, the "music box" still occupies a sufficient advantage in the total number of sales, after completing the five platinum certification in January, it achieved six platinum certification at the end of March, and exceeded seven million again at the end of June, obtaining seven platinum certification. This also means that the "music box" only got less than three million sales in 1994, and was "almost famous" to complete a comprehensive overtake; However, in terms of total sales figures, it is still very difficult to surpass "almost famous" in a short period of time.

Of course, Maria is only one of the opponents in the Glory to Death music market, not the only one, so with the "almost famous" more and more courageous, the "tragic showdown" constantly hyped by the media has gradually faded out of sight, and the excellent performance of "almost famous" has attracted more and more media attention.

After March, the sales of "almost famous" not only did not decline, but with the advancement of time, whether it is Hugo's news or the band's news, the publicity has always continued, so that the recognition of the band and the album has been slowly rising, and sales have been up and down with the change of publicity strategy.

"Near Fame" stayed in the top five of the Billboard album chart until the end of April, staying in the top five for a total of 19 weeks, and spending nearly two-thirds of that time in the top three; After the album fell out of the top five, it stayed in the top 10 until the third week of September, adding up the cumulative number of weeks in the top 10 of his Billboard album chart to 39 weeks; And for the rest of 1994, the album remained firmly in the top 20, extending its strength from the first week of l994 to the last week.

In 1991, when "Don't Mind" came out, compared with "Almost Famous" on the Billboard album chart, the number jù has its own advantages and disadvantages, but on the whole, the two sides are still comparable, but the album "Don't Mind" has a number jù that cannot be surpassed by the current "almost famous", and this album stayed in the top 200 positions on the Billboard album chart for 252 weeks, which can be ranked in the top 20 in the all-time rankings. It wasn't until May 1996 that it fell off the list. "Almost famous" has a long way to go to reach this number.

But aside from the number of weeks spent on the Billboard album charts, the number of "almost famous" in many ways can already be compared to the miracle of "Don't Mind" when it was originally created.

In 1994, "Almost Famous" achieved a total of 5.33 million sales, and the cumulative sales since its release have reached 6.55 million copies, easily obtaining the 6 platinum certification.

Although "Near Fame" was not able to overtake "Music Box" before the end of 1994, the whole picture was clear by this time, and "Near Fame" stayed in the top 20 of the Billboard album chart until the last week of l994, and by this time "Music Box" was hovering outside the top 30.

In this way, the gap between "almost famous" and "music box" will become smaller and smaller, and perhaps one day in 1995, the swap of positions will be completed.

Even in 1994, "Near Fame" was not able to accomplish this feat, and people have already seen the victory or defeat of Glory to Death and Maria's showdown, "Music Box" is Maria's third studio album, and it is also her best album to date, and it is also known as "the work of the summit"; And "almost famous" is just the first album to be glorious to death, and the watch has already impressed the entire music market, and more importantly, this album is an important part of the entire history of rock 'n' roll.

The high and low are immediate. Obviously, Glory to Death was born as a proud newcomer, and overnight stood in the ranks of the first group, gaining a strong advantage. Once again, Henry Bloom's discernment was tested. And Henry, who has unearthed two sets of top singers Mariah Carey and Glory to Death, has become one percent of the music manager in the field.

Although there is still a long way to go before 10 million sales, and the distance from 6 million to 10 million may be more difficult than any previous week, or even never, but at least we can see the great influence of this band on the entire music scene from the excellent performance of 1994.

The total sales of 6.55 million copies, if you just count the sales, are not worth mentioning in the long river of history, but the important thing is that this is not only the sales of an album, but also the waves and impact of glory to death on the entire rock music industry.

From the performance of "Almost Famous" in the year and month after its release, it can be seen that a large number of alternative rocks represented by the Glory to Death and Broken Pumpkin Band have brought a strong challenge to traditional rock and grunge, and sales are the most direct embodiment of the music market, not inferior, but also unable to stop the reshuffle of the rock and roll landscape.

If 1993 was the year of the revival of rock and roll, then 1994 was the year of rock and roll blossoming and the market showing a new pattern.

Now, although "almost famous" still has a long way to go to break the historical record of "don't mind", although the album "almost famous" still gathers a lot of controversy, although people are still hotly discussing whether "alternative rock represented by emerging forces such as glory to death has gradually substituted pop commercial elements into rock ......" is a good thing or a bad thing, but there is no doubt that the market has changed, change has come, whether you like it or not, the facts have been caused, and there is no way to reverse time, Change is already here.

So, whether this change is good or bad, whether this change can last for a long time or is drowned in the long river of history after a flash of inspiration, whether the impact of this change on the entire history of rock music is a mark or an added classification, can only be proved by time.

So, there is no doubt that the glorious "almost famous" has truly become the 1993 "Don't Mind" issue, which turned the whole world upside down since its release in December, and the world has completely changed when people try to follow the "popular" pace again.

Although Glory to Death did not have this kind of lofty power when they released the album "Almost Famous", they just wanted to make their own music, they just wanted to be a part of the whole rock era, and even more so for Hugo, who had no idea that his small step, the small step of glory to death, would become a big step in the entire history of music; But history is caused by inadvertently, just as Nirvana did not anticipate the glory of "Don't Mind" in the first place, and the same is true of glory to death.

The American neo-metal rock forces represented by Glory to Death, Pumpkin Crush, and Tools, and the British rock revival represented by Goatskin, Shen Yun, and Stain have rewritten the map of world rock. At the same time, the rock revolution led by Glory to Death began to spread gradually in 1993 as the www.biquge.info of the Fun Pavilion, changing the world rock pattern throughout the 90s.

Compared to history, this is just one small step for giants.

(To be continued [Provided].) ）

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