King of Stage

2013, for King One Day, is undoubtedly a year of full-scale rise. From the feat of making history at the Grammy Awards in February at the beginning of the year, to the Coachella Music Festival in April, and to the "departure" tour in August, one step. A footprint, with outstanding strength and solid reputation in the industry to occupy a place.

In the end, when the Grammy announced the nomination list again in December, the King and Ronan Cooper were still on the list for one day, marking a perfect end to the entire rising year.

However, this is still not all.

When the earth’s revolution entered a brand new cycle, and the dawn of 2014 spread across the northern hemisphere, the year-end summaries of the North American continent were also released one after another. Looking back on 2013, this is undoubtedly a year worth remembering, not because of the flourishing age, but Because of the general downturn.

In the movie market, the final results of popcorn blockbusters such as "Iron Man 3", "The Hunger Games 2," Despicable Me 2", "Man of Steel", "Fast and Furious 6" and so on are slightly lower than expected. Of course, "Frozen" unexpectedly brightened the summer holiday at the end of the year and became popular all over the world is an unexpected surprise, but after all, such surprises are still too few, and the overall market performance is still unsatisfactory.

Similarly, the music market is the same. On the one hand, the recovery momentum of the global economy is still lower than expected. On the other hand, the full rise of online digital audio source platforms has further impacted the traditional physical record industry. The announcement of the bankruptcy of the former record chain is the setting sun. The last touch of afterglow, an irreversible low tide is sweeping, and the winter is bitter.

Naturally, the general downturn in the year-end record sales chart is foreseeable. However, the year-end singles sales chart has not been able to reproduce the grandeur of last year’s three major monster singles. This is undoubtedly disappointing-not only The dilemma faced by a singer or a company, the entire music industry is facing challenges, no one can be alone.

Just look at the year-end record sales in North America. In 2013, there were only four albums with a total sales volume of over 3 million in the natural year.

At the turn of the century, three million sales were only a threshold for the year-end record sales list. More than ten singers achieved such results more than once or twice in the year; however, three million sales have been able to challenge the year-end sales champion. The downturn in the entire market is obvious.

Three million albums sold, this number has shown a stepwise downward trend after entering the 2010 era:

In 2010, eight; in 2011, six; in 2012, four; 2013... also four.

Not only was the number of up-to-standard albums drastically reduced, but the sales figures of up-to-standard albums also declined significantly. In 2010, Miss Gaga, the year-end sales champion in 2010, and Adele, the year-end sales champion in 2011, had sales of 9 million, but entered In 2012 and 2013, they both fell below 5 million, and fell precipitously.

And it's worth noting that the year-end sales champions in 2011 and 2012 were Adele's "21".

This situation should be divided into two parts. On the one hand, Adele's popularity is truly amazing. "21" has undoubtedly become the most successful album of the 21st century, and even ranks among the top two in the entire history. Ten, and it continues to rise.

On the other hand, we can see the weakness of the market. With so many new albums released throughout the year, no one can shake Adele, but the reality is that Adele alone is still not enough to change the downward trend of the entire industry.

Every aspect can feel the violent impact the music industry is facing in the era of internet and smartphones.

It is precisely because of this that Grammys have been vying for newcomers in recent years, looking forward to reawakening the vitality of the market. The award ceremony and the development of the industry are closely related. Everyone is prosperous and every one is damaged. Obviously, Grammy knows this deeply. As a result, the king was born on the first day of last year and swept four comprehensive awards.

Grammys gave such a high treatment to King One Day, and facts have also proved that this young indie band has lived up to Grammy's ardent expectations.

On the year-end sales list, one day king is the biggest surprise, as if he could see Adele who was born with "19".

The 2013 North American year-end sales list champion was won by Bruno Mars’ "Mars Jukebox". The final sales volume was 4 million. It was also the only work that broke the 4 million threshold this year. It once again witnessed Bruno step by step. The rise of power.

The year-end runner-up, Justin Timberlake’s "Perfect Vision", sales of 3.8 million also proved that the pop king is still at the peak. Although the professional reputation of the album is lower than expected, the market feedback is still gratifying. Laimei's number of nominations has also become the best award.

The third runner-up at the end of the year, the king's "seven" one day.

Undoubtedly, this is an incredible rise. In 2012, it went from being unfamiliar to being famous, especially the year-end "Jimmy Feather Show" and Grammy nomination for the album attracted a lot of attention, but " The year-end sales of "Seven" still failed to exceed 100,000 copies-one can imagine how bleak the sales figures would be without those news hotspots.

However, in 2013, "Seven" not only reached the top of the Billboard Albums Chart for seven weeks, but also remained in the top 20 of the Billboard Albums Chart at the end of the year, with stable weekly sales. The posture made people once again see the fierce follow-up momentum of the "21" style.

It is reasonable to imagine that if one day the king can create hot spots again, such as the Grammy show becomes popular again, then "Seven" will continue to sell, and it is not impossible to replicate the strong curve of "21" selling for three years. Is the biggest surprise.

In the end, "Seven" sold 3.6 million copies in the natural year of 2013, ranking third in the year-end sales list.

The miracle from 100,000 to 3.6 million, and now the cumulative sales of the album has steadily moved towards 4 million. UU看书www.uukanshu.com should be able to break through before the Grammy Awards ceremony again. This performance is absolutely absolute. It can be described as "crazy".

When the major news media announced the 2013 year-end album sales charts, the most interesting reply said:

"Classic combination, really classic!"

A pun!

Ronan, Justin, and Bruno, who worked together to create the masterpiece and single "Classic" of "Ka Er Tian Wang", and at the same time dominate the top three of the year-end album sales chart, this scene can be called a landscape in the history of contemporary pop music-after all, "Classic "The two weeks of the card has also created a record of no one before and after, and it is indeed recorded in history.

It is also said that “the music market in 2013 is a classic combination.” Although it is biased, it is also a way of interpretation from the perspective of market sales.

After all, they did work hand in hand to complete the dominance.

In addition, occupying the top spot on the year-end sales charts is the "Chrono-Time Memories" that has been sought after by countless professionals. The new album from the French group dumb punk has a final sales of 3.1 million, which is among the top three. A small fault was formed between.