729 musical breakthrough
The second week of December, No. 1 on the Billboard album chart, “Don Quixote”！
More than half a year ago, after careful consideration, Renly was finally moved by George Slender's sincerity, and agreed to record an album. Put aside commercial considerations, put aside the popular orientation, return to the original intention, return to simplicity, return to simplicity, everything It’s all about music and art, creating an album that returns to purity.
Just like Amy Winehouse's classic album "Back-To-Bck", it presents her pain and struggle of falling back into the darkness; to a certain extent, Renly's album It can be called "Return to Music (Bausic)", but Renly gave up such a simple, crude, and direct naming method, and instead chose the artistic and ideal name "Don Quixote".
It can be said that the fundamental reason why Renly and George, including Studio Eleven, approved the album "Don Quixote" is that everyone reached a consensus that this is an album destined to be An album that has been forgotten, ridiculed, and excluded by the market is an album that is doomed to lose money, fail, and remain silent..
It's not just the market. Even for the Grammys, George doesn't have any hope. Now the Grammys have become more and more commercialized, and the organizing committee's pursuit and persistence of art has gradually been submerged in the torrent of the fast food era. Among them. As those senior professional fans joked, receiving a Grammy is a recognition of popularity, while being ignored by a Grammy is precisely the expression of personality and professionalism. This statement is a bit extreme, but it is It is also a true portrayal of reality.
But now, thirteen weeks after the album was released, "Don Quixote" has climbed to the top of the Billboard album chart; and the Grammy has also given recognition to six nominations, four of which are in the comprehensive category. Awards, this also makes Renly the only singer to be nominated for four comprehensive awards this year, and his momentum is unparalleled..
This is really a huge ridicule. Just like the name "Don Quixote", Don Quixote held his spear high against the windmill giant, dreaming that chivalry could be resurrected, just when the whole world thought he was A madman, just when everyone was trying to dissuade him from continuing to go crazy, the windmill in front of him actually transformed into a giant, waiting for the arrival of the "Dragon-Slaying Knight".
Is this the progress of the times or the regression of the times? For George and Studio Eleven, deep down in their hearts they would rather believe that this is progress. In the torrent of the fast food era, people finally began to miss the classics of the golden age, and people finally started to miss the beauty of pure music. People were finally awakened by the album "Don Quixote".
This is not just six Grammy nominations, nor just a weekly number one on Billboard. This is the return of a dream, a historical evolution, and a microcosm of life.！
Real music, after all, has its supporters; real music, after all, will never die; real music, after all, still has a soul; real music, after all, still exists..
George Strand, in tears.
Of course, an important part of the reason why "Don Quixote" was able to win the championship is the recent off-season in the market. In order to catch up with the Grammy registration time, September and October are intensive album release times, and December enters the holiday season. After that, the market cooled down.
This week’s runner-up is Michael Buble’s Christmas album “Chirstmas,” and the third runner-up is Nickelback’s new album “Here-And- Now)", the fourth place is Rihanna's "Talk-That-Talk", and the fifth place is Drake's album "Be Careful" which won the championship last week.”.
Except for the special album "Christmas", which sold 80,000 copies, the sales of other albums were all less than 50,000. It was against this background that "Don Quixote" broke out at the right time. Showed amazing energy and won the championship！
But taking a step back, "Don Quixote" can win the championship, and its sales in a single week have exceeded 120,000. This is Christmas for the entire independent music industry, and everyone cheers！
It is a pity that all the singles of the "Don Quixote" album were not released on the radio, and there were no music videos. The direct result was that the album sales skyrocketed, but the streaming data and radio on-demand data have not reached much. Great improvement, which also restricts the further breakthrough of "unquestionable".
On this week's Billboard singles rankings, the ending song of "Crazy in Love" is still stuck at the second place, continuing to lag behind Rihanna's monster single "We Found Love". Unfortunately, it failed to Taking advantage of the momentum of the album, it can be seen from the side that as a single, ballads are still difficult to be widely accepted by the mainstream market - of course, being ranked runner-up for the second consecutive week is an incredible achievement..
It is no exaggeration to say that the album "Don Quixote" is writing history..
It's not just because the album won the championship. For this reason alone, the album "The Cave" of the Monforth Sons won the championship a month ago. Although folk songs have declined, the support of senior professional fans is still unswerving and can always be on the album chart. has achieved good results. As for the singles chart, which is a popular trend vane and market commercial attribute, the performance of folk songs is abysmal..
It’s because this independent album has reached such a high level just by relying on word-of-mouth and the influence of hot news. This is absolutely unbelievable. Even if Billboard actually announces the list, for the majority of independent music People still strongly doubt whether this is a dream? Or maybe the bulletin board statistics are wrong.？
To this end, Billboard officially released confirmation news: This week’s album chart and single chart have been verified, and everything is true..
It can be seen that behind this news announcement, even the bulletin board was frightened. They did not expect that "Don Quixote" could actually create miracles. They themselves only announced it after confirming it repeatedly. List. Such a feat, even more powerful than the two works "Crazy in Love" and "I Fight Cancer"！
So, all the fans started carnival, independent musicians, senior professional fans, folk lovers, independent record companies... Suddenly, the Internet became a sea of joyful celebrations.
Maybe they don't like the "Don Quixote" album, maybe they're not interested in folk music, maybe they don't even know Renly Hall. But it doesn't matter. What's important is that independent music has entered the mainstream again. The line of sight is not to compromise with the mainstream, but to openly declare its own existence, declare its own artistic persistence and pursuit, and impress the market, write miracles and leave a mark with its professional, pure, persistent and sincere music.！
Then, "Don Quixote" is their hero, the hero of every independent musician, and the hero of every dreamer..
In fact, not only on the Internet, not only in places where musicians gather like Seattle and Los Angeles, but also in Manhattan, New York, and in Pioneer Village, they are also reveling, partying, and celebrating.
From a distance, Renly could see the lively scene of people coming and going at the entrance of the pioneer village. Everyone had a glass of beer in their hands, chatting and laughing happily. Some people could not help but stand on the street and start dancing. Dancing - it’s been a long time since I’ve seen this scene.
In Europe, after nightfall, people always like to gather in bars and share a little happy time. If the bar is full, people don't care, they just go outside with their glasses of wine, sit on the floor, or stand casually, saying "Good evening" can welcome everyone's friendly greetings. This is true in Barcelona and the same is true in Scotland..
The Pioneer Village is a jazz bar, and everyone is still more interested in sitting in the bar. You can occasionally see people gathering outside the bar, but not much. Tonight, Renly saw him again for the first time in a long time..
The bustling crowd was actually not crowded. Everyone was standing scattered, communicating in small groups, and laughing and laughing. In order to avoid blocking the main road, people even stood on the opposite side of the street, spreading out and just having a glass of beer. Found a like-minded partner.
Renly was a little unsure. First he was at the airport, and then at Lincoln Center. The recent crowd of fanatical fans really left a deep impression on him. The taboo of "once bitten by a snake and afraid of well ropes for ten years" inevitably made Renly a little hesitant. .But after realizing this, Renly himself burst into laughter.——
He always thought he was prepared, and swore that he understood what it meant to live under the spotlight, what it meant to feel like every moment of his life was exposed in front of the camera, and what it meant to be surrounded by the spotlight. What are you thinking about, but only after truly experiencing it can you understand that outsiders are always outsiders, and the scene inside the besieged city is different..
Letting out a gentle breath, Renly finally took steps. He could choose to leave. This was the last night of his stay in New York. In the past three days, the intensive promotional schedule made people breathless. Not only It was movie promotion, and album promotion was also crammed in at every possible opportunity. The average sleep interval in three days was only two hours. Even during the filming of "I Fight Cancer", I was never so tired..
There is no schedule tonight. He can have a good sleep at home, sleep until he wakes up naturally, and then board the 11 a.m. flight. However, he still wants to come to the Pioneer Village and visit Stanley. Neil, it's happy to visit old friends, even if it's just to sit at the bar and drink a beer..
He misses these old friends.
So, he came here. Since he has already reached here, there is no reason to go back..
After getting closer, Renly saw the sign erected at the door of the bar, which was particularly eye-catching, "Celebrating 'Don Quixote''s reaching the top of the Billboard album chart, the first thousand beers tonight are free! Every music lover is welcome Come and cheer.”
The smile on the corner of his mouth couldn't help but rise..
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