Founded in 1894, Billboard has become the world's most authoritative list for measuring the popularity of songs after nearly a century of development

Billboard is based on sales, radio on-demand, jukebox on-demand and other numbers, converted into points, and then lists various charts, the most famous of which are the album charts (TOP200 album chart) and singles charts (HOT100 singles chart), as well as charts in various music categories, making it the most watched music chart in the world.

Since Billboard not only considers sales, but also the number of stations with the greatest influence in North America, as well as other relevant factors, it can achieve excellent results on Billboard, which means that the album or single has received corresponding commercial recognition throughout North America.

In 2014, before Hugo Crossing, the most successful artists on Billboard were all famous superbrands, and the records on the Billboard singles chart belonged to the Beatles and Mariah Carey, respectively, with the highest number of champion singles being the Beatles' 20, followed by Mariah Carey and Elvis Presley's 18; The number of weeks the single lasted for the top spot was Mariah Kelly's 79 weeks, and the Beatles were runner-up with 59 weeks.

Billboard's album chart record belongs to another diva-level singer, Whitney Houston, whose 1992 "Bodyguard" movie soundtrack is a 20-week winner, the second place belongs to the l997 "Titanic" movie soundtrack, and the third place is Whitney Houston's debut album of the same name.

Each of these names is a major figure who has left his mark on the history of American music, including Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra, as well as Nirvana, Pearl Sauce and other bands, whose glory in the American music market is also recorded by Billboard.

It can be said that the Billboard is not only an authority, but also a record board for the American music market, documenting the glorious footprints of some of the top superstars who have risen and fallen in North American music over the past century.

The album was officially released on December 2, and in the first week of December, it sold 110,000 people, and it landed at No. 27 on the Billboard album chart. And in the ranking of the rock category charts, the album "Almost Famous" is only behind Pearl Sauce's "Showdown (vs)" and Mittlaufer (Meat). LOAF's "Hellbat 2: Back to Hell" (BAT. dut。 of。 hell：back。 i0。 hell)", Nirvana's "'Iero)", and Pumpkin Cracker's "Siamese." Dream)" four albums, which made it to the top five, eventually occupying the fifth place with an excellent result

1993 was indeed a glorious year for rock and roll, allowing the entire music market to witness the 'fine' color of rock 'n' roll returning to its glory.

Pearl Sauce's second album "Showdown", released in October this year, has been on the chart for more than 10 weeks, and has won the top spot for three consecutive weeks, this album has achieved 1 million sales in the first week of release, and has continued this strong trend, which has achieved more than 5 million sales so far, and this posture also continues the current 'tide' of the American music scene's extreme admiration for grunge.

In the first week of December, Pearl Sauce defeated Frank Sinatra and Michael Boehael. bolton), won the championship and continued the trend of rock music this year. Immediately behind these three singers, the one who won the championship of the week was Mittlaufer.

Mittlaufer, who released his first album in 1977, the golden year of rock 'n' roll, is a representative of theater rock in the American music scene, and his song arrangement is full of orchestral and classical rock 'intertwin' in a magnificent format, with a strong theatrical 'color', which also makes him one of the most unique places in the American rock scene.

From 1977 to 2006, Mittlaufer spent thirty years launching his "Hellbat" trilogy, which went down in history and entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in l999! Launched at the beginning of this year, "Hellbat 2 Returns to Hell...... has achieved remarkable results, and it is still in the top position of the temple for 54 years, and has been widely loved by listeners.

In this week's album chart, Nirvana's "Inside the 'Child' Palace" only ranked fifteenth, and the album happened in preparation for Kurt Coben taking the sea. The suicide attempt of Loin due to an overdose almost caused the band to collapse completely, and the record company was also very dissatisfied with the non-commercial treatment of the band's mastering, but even so, the album still easily won the Billboard championship after its release, and continued the world "wave" and "tide" of the Nirvana band

If purely in terms of sales, there is no "showdown" that can surpass Pearl Sauce, but Kurt Cobain's talent is still the most eye-catching focus of the entire music scene.

Pumpkin Crush's Siamese Dream reached number 19 on the album charts, and the album catapulted the alt-rock band, which was formed in l988 but didn't release their debut album until 1991.

The Pumpkin Band is the most typical representative of alternative rock in the current music market, and they are the same as Glory to Death, they are also in the market where grunge rock is popular, and they have 'excited' into rock, gothic rock, and heavy metal into one, breaking out of the world. While the Pumpkins didn't overturn the entire rock framework in one fell swoop, the alternative style they injected into rock was greatly hampered in 1991, when their debut album sold only 400,000 copies.

Like Pearl Sauce, Pumpkin Crush has earned fans a lot of admiration by touring at the Junjie Music Festival, and after the release of Siam Dream this year, although the best result of the album was only 10th on Billboard, the band has earned a place in today's rock market.

Pearl Sauce, Mittlaufer, Nirvana, and Crushed Pumpkin, these four groups of rock singers are all great musicians who can go down in history, which is also the tip of the iceberg of the rock world in l993, and the glorious and deathly debut album "Almost Famous" bravely broke into the Billboard charts in this atmosphere.

In fact, "almost famous" is more "colorful" than the "Siam Dream" of broken pumpkins purely in terms of sales, but because the radio on-demand rate is at a huge disadvantage, it can only be ranked after "Siam Dream" in the end. But even so, the excellent results of No. 27 on the album chart and No. 5 on the rock category chart are not an exaggeration to describe it as "born out of nowhere"!

In the second week of December, the initial promotion of the album attracted more attention, and the heated discussion of the three professional magazines "Rotation" and "Alternative Choice" and "Q Magazine" put the album "almost famous" on the grill, and countless radio programs kept adding fuel to it, hoping that this time the bonfire would become more and more enthusiastic. After the first batch of music reviews, magazines that were originally interested in the album also began to write music reviews, and those magazines that didn't care about the album even if they didn't write music reviews, at least set their sights on it, after all, it was their job to make the most of the music scene.

The most interesting thing is that the news outlets that have nothing to do with music are coming in one after another after the second week. Insiders look at the 'door' road, laymen look at the excitement, these media are not running to watch because of the reform 'tide' set off by rock music, but because Hugo is trying to get a piece of the hot 'door' topic.

A year ago, with the release of "Yihai Xiongfeng", people accidentally discovered Hugo's talent in music, and then there were platforms such as "Oprah Talk Show" for Hugo to show his musical talent, which also made people's attention focus on the possible 'sex' of Hugo's possible album.

Time has passed, and now Hugo has really released an album, and he has caused such an uproar in the music field, which naturally aroused the strong interest of all newspapers and magazines. A large number of the media who participated in the meeting of Berkeley's album release and former song 'fans' were in the fun, but at that time they only issued a press release, because there was no explosion worth reporting that day, but only a few days later, the breaking point came, which also completely triggered a frenzy of news media coverage

In this case, the sales of "almost famous" in the second week have a good increase, winning the sales figure of 190,000 in one fell swoop, nearly double the sales of the first week, and the ranking on the billboard is even more rubbling upward, ranking among the top 20 in one fell swoop, falling in the tenth dagger position, and also rising one place again in the rock classification ranking to occupy the fourth place!

The second week of December was crowned by hip-hop rap superstar Snoop, who just released a new album last week. doggy。 dogg), his new album "doggy. style)" only two weeks after its release, relying on its strong appeal, it surpassed the "showdown" of pearl sauce in one fell swoop and won the championship strongly.

"Showdown" could only retreat to the runner-up position, and Mariah Carey's new album "Music Box" rose to third place.

The biggest highlight of the week also comes from a rock album, Guns N' Rose's new album "The Thin Noodles Incident." spaghetti。 i?)” Landing on the Billboard album charts in the first week of release! At the same time, it also occupies the runner-up position in the rock category rankings.

The emergence of guns and roses has also caused a huge change in the rock classification rankings, the sales of "'Child' Palace" have further declined and withdrawn from the top five competition, and the sales of "Siam Dream" have risen again but not enough, and can only rank fifth; The appearance of "Near Fame" in the second week of release allowed the album to climb a spot to No. 4, and it also became one of the most 'colorful' bands among new rock artists at the end of 1993. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Ha (chua) to read it, and vote for the work to recommend the monthly ticket. Your support is the biggest motivation for me to continue creating!)

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