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In the year-end inventory of "Rolling Stone", "Mixer", "Rotation" and "Q Magazine", the melee of singers such as Evan Bell and Usher during the summer vacation was very impressive. (簵 Kun 簵 Kun novel outlets) In fact, not only the summer vacation, but the competition between Evan Bell and Usher continued into the autumn. After that, many old-fashioned bands such as Green Day and u2 also joined the competition. This made the music market in 2004 swept away the slump in 2003 and regained new vitality.

On the singles chart, Evan Bell's three songs and Usher's two songs completely dominate the list. There is no obvious difference. The real contest always happens in album sales. . Eden-Hudson is also very interested in this aspect of the statistics, because he knows that this year's music market has undergone huge turbulence, and the merger of Sony and Bertelsmann has made the world's music market power balance happen. In order to change, Universal Music has been pursued by Warner Records in the past two years. This year, the competition between several record companies will only intensify.

Sony Bertelsmann Records, Universal Music, Warner Records, EMI Records, these are the four major record companies in the world. At present, EMI Records is in a state of failure, and it is a decline waiting for others to merge. Long-cherished wish fulfilled. Therefore, EMI is undoubtedly the underdog in the music market share, taking the lead in the competition. The remaining three companies are completely evenly matched.

On the album chart, as expected by the media, Evan Bell and Usher sang the main theme of the battle, and the competition between "Three" and "Confessions of Love" was completely heated. This situation can't help but think of 2002, in 2002. Evan Bell and Amy Namm teamed up for a scintillating rivalry for all listeners, with Evan Bell narrowly winning over Amy Namm. The album "Two" sold 7.5 million. Dominated the album sales chart in 2002.

Usher's "Confessions of Love" is indeed the most important album in his music career. It has sold 8.1 million copies in North America, which is astounding. This is also the first time in the past four years that the album has sold more than 8 million albums in that year. If it is this number. In the first three years of the 21st century, it can easily win the championship of the year-end sales list.

However, this time Usher encountered Evan Bell. Evan Bell, who has created miracles one after another. Evan Bell's "Three" wasn't a sweeping single though. It also narrowly lost to Usher on the year-end singles chart, but the overall quality of the "Three" album was outstanding, and many critics even considered the album more than the "Two" classic. At the same time, in the face of the competition from Usher and a series of blockades by Universal Music, the fans also burst out with great energy. The final "Three" has sold 8.6 million in North America since its release on July 1. With the momentum of swallowing mountains and rivers, without any suspense, it occupied the first place on the album chart in 2004.

No matter how powerful Usher was, he met the more powerful Evan Bell and bowed his head regretfully.

These are also the two albums with the best sales performance in 2004. They both crossed the threshold of 8 million, which has rejuvenated the North American music market. And Sony Bertelsmann Records and Warner Music have also become the two most watched music companies.

Evan Bell topped the album charts, followed by Usher Guya, and after them, the third-place album was from veteran country singer George Strait, whose classic collection "Five Firsts (50.www.. )” with 6 million sales, successfully defeated a lot of opponents and achieved incredible good results. However, in terms of sales alone, in addition to the strength of the top two, the third place has a sharp decline since the beginning. It can be seen that 2004 was indeed the world of Evan Bell and Usher.

George Stitch's classic collection has created such a good result, which also makes Universal Music regret, because they originally planned to create a good result in the Shania Dunn collection, but because they chose the wrong schedule and opponent, the result Sales were a mess.

Amy Nam's November album, "Encore (re)," reached number four in less than two months; Norah Jones' new album, "Feeling at Home (www. .. with an excellent result, placing fifth. After that, Destiny Girls reunited to produce the final studio album, Green Day, u2, r. Kelly, and Neely occupying the remaining positions on the album chart.

In the competition for market share in the music market, the competition that lasted for a whole year finally came to an end. In the end, Sony Bertelsmann Records, with the impact after the merger, took the position of the leader; Warner Records maintained its "Millennium" The number two" position, the sales of Evan Bell and Magic Red became their biggest highlight of the year; Universal Music failed to meet expectations for several albums due to a series of decision-making mistakes, and finally not only gave up After taking the dominant position, it slipped directly to the third place, which can be said to be a complete defeat; EMI ranked fourth, still tepid.

However, although the seats have been scheduled, the gap between them is very narrow. Sony Bertelsmann's market share is 28.7%, while Warner Music is only one point behind, with 27%. Seven ranks second; Universal Music, behind Warner Music, has a gap of only 0.8 percentage points, with a market share of 26.9, occupying the third place. It can be said that the gap between the top three is almost all so weak that it is calculated in millions of sales. In other words, no one has an absolute advantage. Next year will be a brand new start. The competition between these three music companies will continue in 2005. Years continue, and the results of this year may not necessarily be the results of next year.

In addition to the three companies, there is 16.7% of the market left, of which EMI records only 9%, and the remaining 7% is divided by ** labels. Although EMI still ranks among the top four record companies, the gap has been widened again and again. Eden Hudson feels that it will be annexed sooner or later.

Aside from the competition of music companies, Evan Bell's strength in music in 2004 is still very gratifying, and in the top 30 of the sales chart, you can still see the figure of "two". No. 2, No. 3 and No. 6 on the year-end singles chart and No. 1 on the year-end album chart, there is no doubt that Evan Bell is now one of the highest-grossing singers in America.

But Eden Hudson is definitely not just thinking about these, he is thinking about the amount of copyright income of Evan Bell's current albums and singles, which is more than the dividends of the album itself. Much more, this is the most profitable part. As a simple example, I think the song "Never Give Up (n't.www.., as the theme song of "Love Notebook", should be copyrighted. But this is all the work of Eleven Studio, so I just put the money in the left pocket into the other pocket. But this kind of situation can be popularized in various fields. Evan Bell's songs are now the top five choices on the episode charts of various TV series. This copyright income must not be underestimated.

Eden Hudson didn't look up, and said directly, "Teddy, does Evan plan to release another album this year?"

Teddy Bell was looking through the advertising revenue of the TV series, and he didn't look up, and asked a casual question, "There should be no plans. The first half of the year was all film shooting." "Pirates of the Caribbean" plus the expected "Little Miss Sunshine", Evan - Bell indeed has no plans for an album release.

Eden Hudson groaned "En" to indicate that he received it, and did not speak any more. He estimates that Warner Records will focus on releasing singles this year. The ten songs on the "Three" album are outstanding, and it is impossible for Warner Records to miss it.

"How many movies are there for Evan this year?" Sean Mayer asked suddenly, "How do I remember that there was only one 'Brokeback Mountain'."

"Well, there's only one." Teddy Bell confirmed, "The sequel to 'Pirates of the Caribbean' is expected to wait until next year, not in time for this year."

Thinking about it this way, Evan Bell's 2005 works should not have too many, no new albums, and only one movie "Brokeback Mountain", it is estimated that it is difficult to make a difference at the box office. Sean Mayer couldn't help but be a little stunned. What did Evan Bell do in 2004? At the beginning of the year, I was a director, and then I was a post-production; then I released an album, released a movie, and promoted it; during the summer vacation, I also participated in the Burj Khalifa bidding~www.readwn.com~ and then filmed "Brokeback Mountain"; by the way , and tinkered with a website called "Facebook (k; then there is the "Eleven" brand flagship store, and finally the New Year's Eve in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" sequel.

Therefore, Evan Bell's 2004 was indeed very busy, but he was mainly busy with his own works, and the preparation of new works was more time-consuming. Think about it, Evan Bell's works in 2004 are indeed many, in addition to the album and Burj Khalifa, there are four movies alone, "The Notebook", "Mechanical Enemy", "Crash" and "Mysterious Skin". However, it is different from previous years. There is only one movie starring Evan Bell, "Mechanical Enemy"; "Crash" can only be regarded as a cameo, and the scene is only ten minutes; A new challenge for Evan Bell, director.

However, the box office of these works is not too amazing, at least compared to the momentum of "Pirates of the Caribbean" last year, it should be inferior. However, in the awards season, the prospects for these works are very good. Thinking of this, Sean Mayer couldn't help but be a little curious about the year-end box office list. After he marked the "Grey's Anatomy" broadcast plan in his hand, he put it away, and then rummaged on the desktop to find it. It is not an easy task to find the box office charts in the pile of data.

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