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Topping the Billboard album chart for six consecutive weeks! Sales exceeded 200,000 for six consecutive weeks! Dominated the hot topic list for six consecutive weeks！
With such an achievement, not even Kanye West, not even the Foo Fighters, not even Taylor Swift, not even Lady Gaga, not even Rihanna were able to create such a feat in 2011; even Bobby Dylan in the 1990s was not able to achieve such market recognition..
In addition to Adele and Bruno Mars, Renly Hall is the third.
However, "Don Quixote" is a folk album！
Such a comparison is enough to clearly feel the unparalleled and powerful influence of this album. On the Internet and in daily life, bits and pieces about this album, word of mouth, gradually began to spread.：
Without George Strand's desperate move, the album "Don Quixote" would never have been possible, because Renly believed that such an album would not be recognized in the contemporary music market; during the production of the album , George Strand and Herbert Jones had concerns and arguments about the album's tracks, even discarding two masterpieces..
Many independent record companies, including many independent record companies, backed down when faced with the album "Don Quixote". In the end, Eleven Studio took over, otherwise the album would not be released at all; after the official release, Eleven Studio's The publicity budget is stretched thin and it is completely impossible to carry out relevant publicity. Therefore, it is incredible that the album "Don Quixote" has not been officially released yet..
The birth of "Nights in the Pioneer Village" on YouTube was not a coincidence, but because the album "Don Quixote" was brewed and born there; more importantly, the Pioneer Village is where the entire album came into being, The most important promoter of production and publicity, there is always a group of real Quixotes gathered there, adhering to a spiritual paradise..
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As time goes by, March has passed, April has passed, spring has passed and summer has come..
“The popularity of the album "Don Quixote" slowly settled down, but did not disappear completely. Little by little details were added, flowing slowly in the long river of time, like a big wave washing away the sand. The onlookers who blindly followed the trend gradually left, and The loyal listeners who stayed in place discovered more and more details, and the whole album became more and more complete, more vivid, and more profound, so they became more and more unable to put it down..
Gradually, people finally understand why this album is so special, why this album has gone from being unknown to being highly sought after, seemingly without any context but so natural, why this album can receive Grammy awards, why the media He believes that the Grammy selection is an important reform in the industry, and why the audience who watched "One Man's Concert" became Renly's supporters……
“"Don Quixote" has never been an instantly stunning album. What it needs is the precipitation and polishing of time. Only by calming down and truly listening with your heart can you get a glimpse of the soul and truth hidden behind the melody. Grammy's The three gramophones just opened a door. Countless people poured in, but only a small number of people stayed..
In just six weeks, "Don Quixote" exploded into sales of 1.53 million, and the cumulative sales since its release will cross the two million threshold..
Miracle, this is a real miracle; but when you think about it, it is not a miracle, but a journey: in the increasingly fast-paced modern society, there are still so many Quixotes hidden, Quietly, quietly waiting, waiting, persisting, until "Don Quixote" appears.
Even looking back ten or twenty years later, there was no broadcast, no music video, and no publicity. The journey of "Don Quixote" from conception to creation to release, to glory, and finally to becoming a classic, Not hurried or slow, neither arrogant nor impetuous, neither humble nor overbearing, in the erosion and precipitation of time, he has carved out a path of his own..
Unique and irreplaceable.
In the fifth week of March, Bruce Springsteen's new solo album "Hammerbreaker" debuted at the top of the Billboard album chart, ending "Don Quixote"'s six consecutive No. " and "21" jointly blocked. However, the popularity of these two albums has not diminished. They just slipped to the runner-up and third place accordingly..
After that, the competition for the Billboard album chart was reopened. The chart champion changed almost every week. You sing and I appear. It’s not that the competition is too fierce, but that the newly released albums are not competitive enough. After the outbreak, it then began to weaken. This is the current situation of the entire market..
Amidst this, the persistence of “21” and “Don Quixote” becomes even more valuable..
After the fifth week of March, “21” stayed in the top three for a majestic thirteen weeks, and then miraculously returned to the championship. After only one week, it fell back to the runner-up and continued to dominate. list, there is no sign of decline at all, and the subsequent explosive power has completely rendered language useless..
In comparison, the battery life of "Don Quixote" is still inherently insufficient. After giving up the championship, it stayed in the runner-up position for a full eight weeks, and suppressed the "21" for another eight weeks. All potentials and energy was finally exhausted, falling directly out of the top three, sliding to fifth place in one fell swoop, and then continued to decline, wandering among the top ten, temporarily slowing down the downward trend..
Although it cannot be compared with the incredible "21", at least "Don Quixote" stayed in the top five for fourteen weeks, and after fourteen weeks, it still stayed in the top ten without any avalanche. signs.
Regardless of its follow-up momentum, "Don Quixote" has become the best-selling folk album in the 21st century, and it has also become the most well-known folk album after Bob Dylan. Such an achievement is enough to go down in history. , after that, every step of "Don Quixote" is refreshing its own records and creating its own history.！
“The explosive sales of the "Don Quixote" album naturally boosted the performance of the single, especially the performance of sales exceeding 200,000 for six consecutive weeks, which can be called a great spectacle after the beginning of 2012.！
In the third week of February, the week after the Grammys, on the latest Billboard singles chart, all eighteen singles from the "Don Quixote" album were on the list! There are a total of eighteen songs, no omissions, all included in the list.！
This performance, coupled with the single-week album sales of 450,000, is amazing! At the same time, this also created a new history in Billboard: the artist with the most songs on the chart at one time! The artist with the most songs on the charts at the same time! Also, the artist with the longest interval between album release and single chart entry！
Of course, of the eighteen singles, fifteen were between the 50th and the 100th on the chart, and as many as nine were densely distributed after the 75th; and a week later, more than ten One of them all went straight to the charts, and the remaining four songs only stayed on the charts for four weeks..
Overall, the single performance is not that shining, the highest ranking is "Time", No. 53.
In addition, "Ophelia" re-entered the chart. After lingering on the Billboard singles chart for 68 weeks, it fell off the chart. The record of consecutive weeks on the chart came to an abrupt end, temporarily ranking fourth in history..
It is worth mentioning that Adele's "Falling Into the Abyss" failed to overtake "Ophelia" and ended up staying on the chart for more than sixty-four consecutive weeks. However, this single topped the charts for seven consecutive weeks. Naturally, it cannot be compared to a low-level self-pleasure like "Ophelia".
After two months, "Ophelia" entered the list again, temporarily ranked 57th.
"Cleopatra" has mysteriously stayed on the list. Last week it had slipped to the 94th place and is about to be released. This week, with the help of Grammy's momentum, it has rebounded to the 6th place. sixteen.
At this point, the single has been on the chart for ninety weeks, far exceeding the seventy-six weeks achieved by the previous record holder "I'm Yours", establishing a history that is almost unsurpassable..
After that, "Cleopatra" stayed on the list for another three weeks and was officially released. The historical record for the number of weeks on the list was fixed at ninety-three weeks, marking this journey to create history. Drawing a happy ending.
Of the eighteen singles, only three reached the top fifty..
“Beast," "Convinced," "Your Bones”.
The first is "Your Bones". This single has always been spread and popular since "The Ellen DeGeneres Show", but it has not been able to officially ignite and detonate. With this Grammy Awards ceremony, Ellen- DeGeneres once again took the initiative to mention it on the show, and the number of digital audio downloads skyrocketed..
Without any publicity, it not only entered the Billboard singles chart for the first time, but also ranked at No. 41, a remarkable achievement..
Followed by "Faithful", with the popularity of "Crazy in Love", the highest ranking of this single has reached the second place. This is also the highest ranking record for a folk song since the millennium. But the single's The battery life seems average. After reaching the peak of second place, it only stayed for three weeks, and then slowly, slowly declined all the way..
In the week before the Grammys, "Believe In" was temporarily ranked at No. 37 on the list. Compared to "Cleopatra" and "Ophelia", the incredible number of weeks on the list was , "Undoubtedly" has only been on the list for the fifteenth week, and its stamina is really not on the same level..
However, this week, "Believe In" has re-entered the top 20, returning to No. 14, which is a good performance..
Finally, there is "Beast", a single that has never been on the charts. Thanks to the classic moment of the Album of the Year acceptance speech, it became an overnight success and dominated the iTunes instant download chart for five consecutive days. It also topped the Spotify The number of listens has also increased exponentially, which has also made the single's performance soar, directly landing at the fourth place on the Billboard singles chart..
A year ago, the best ballad single of the millennium was only No. 6; a year later, "Believe In" and "Beast" both hit such heights..
Just the album "Don Quixote", the records created and the brilliance of writing are enough to be recorded in the annals of history.！
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