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The second week of December, Billboard Albums Chart No. 1, "Don Quixote"!

More than half a year ago, after much deliberation, Renly was moved by the sincerity of George Slender and nodded and agreed to record an album. Put aside commercial considerations, put aside the pop orientation, return to the original intention, return to simplicity, return to simplicity, everything is about music and art, creating an album that returns to purity.

Like Amy Winehouse's classic "back-to-bck" album, it presents her pain and struggle back into darkness; in a way, Renly's album It can be called "back-to-music", but Renly gave up such a simple, crude and straightforward naming method, and chose "Don Quixote", an artistic, idealistic name. transformed name.

It can be said that whether Renly or George, including Eleven Studio, the reason why they nodded and agreed to the album "Don Quixote" is that everyone has reached a consensus. The album that the market has forgotten, ridiculed, and ostracized, this is an album destined to lose money, destined to fail, and destined to be silent.

It's not just the market, even the Grammys, George isn't holding out any hope. Now the Grammys have become more and more commercialized, and the organizing committee's pursuit and dedication to artworks has gradually submerged in the torrent of the fast food era. As those senior professional fans joked, winning the Grammys is a recognition of popularity, but it is the performance of personality and professionalism when they are ignored by the Grammys. This statement is a bit extreme and a little extreme, but it is also a true portrayal of reality.

But now, thirteen weeks after the album's release, "Don Quixote" has gracefully climbed to No. 1 on the Billboard Albums Chart; and it has six Grammy nominations, four of which are in the general category. Awards, which also made Renly the only singer nominated for four comprehensive awards this year.

This is really a great ridicule. Just like the name "Don Quixote", Don Quixote held his spear high against the windmill giant, dreaming that chivalry could be revived, just when the whole world thought he was a lunatic, when everyone discouraged him Don't continue to go crazy, and the windmill in front of you has truly transformed into a giant, waiting for the arrival of the "Dragon Slayer".

Is this the progress of the times, or the regression of the times? For George, and for Eleven Studios, which deep down they would rather believe, this is an improvement. In the torrent of the fast food era, people finally began to miss the classics of the golden age, people finally began to miss the beauty of pure music, and people were finally awakened by the album "Don Quixote".

It's not just six Grammy nominations, it's not just Billboard's one-week winner, it's the return of a dream, it's a historical evolution, and it's the epitome of a life!

After all, real music still has only supporters; after all, real music will not die; after all, real music still has a soul; after all, real music still exists.

George Slender, old tears.

Of course, an important part of the reason why "Don Quixote" was able to win the championship is the recent off-season of the market. In order to catch up with the Grammy registration time, September and October are the intensive release time of albums, and December is the holiday season. After that, the market cooled down.

This week's runner-up is Michael-buble's Christmas album "chirstmas", followed by nickelback's new album "here-and- now)", Rihanna's "talk-that-talk" in fourth place, and Drake's "Careful" album, which won last week's number five, in fifth place.

Except for the occasional album "Christmas", which sold 80,000 copies, all other albums sold less than 50,000 copies. It is against this background that "Don Quixote" burst out with amazing energy at the right time and won the championship!

But taking 10,000 steps back, "Don Quixote" can win the championship, and the single-week sales have exceeded 120,000 copies. This is the Christmas of the entire independent music industry, and the whole people cheer!

It is a pity that all the singles of the album "Don Quixote" have not been dispatched, and there is no music video. The direct result is that the sales of the album have skyrocketed, but the streaming media data and radio on-demand data are not too much. Great improvement, which also restricts the further breakthrough of "believe in confidence".

On top of this week's Billboard singles chart, the "Love Crazy" ending track remains stuck at No. 2, continuing to lag behind Rihanna's monster single "We Found Love", which unfortunately failed to Take it a step further with the momentum of the album. It can also be seen from the side that as a single, it is still difficult for folk songs to be widely accepted by the mainstream market - of course, the second consecutive week's runner-up position, which is already 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, it's just this one, the album "The Cave" of the Son of Blessed has won the championship as early as a month ago. Although the folk songs have declined, the support of senior professional fans is still unswerving, and they can always be on the album chart. As for the singles chart, which is a trend indicator and market commercial attribute, the results of folk songs are terrible.

It is because this independent album has reached such a high level only by relying on the spread of word of mouth and the influence of hot news.

This is absolutely unbelievable. Even if Billboard actually announced the list, for the majority of independent musicians, there is still a strong suspicion, is this a dream? Or is the statistic on the bulletin board wrong?

To this end, the official bulletin board released a special confirmation news: this week's album list and single list have been verified, everything is true.

It can be seen that behind this news announcement, even the bulletin board was frightened, and they did not expect that "Don Quixote" would actually be able to create miracles. list. Such a feat, even more powerful than the two works of "Crazy Love" and "Anti-Cancer Me"!

As a result, all the fans started carnivals, independent musicians, senior professional fans, folk fans, independent record companies... All of a sudden, the Internet became a sea of ​​joy and celebration.

Maybe they didn't like Don Quixote, maybe they didn't care about folk, maybe they didn't even know Renly Hall. However, this is not important. The important thing is that independent music has once again entered the mainstream attention. It is not a compromise to the mainstream, but an upright declaration of its existence, an declaration of its artistic persistence and pursuit, with professionalism, purity, persistence and sincerity The music touched the market, wrote miracles, and left a mark!

Then, "Don Quixote" is their hero, the hero of every indie musician, the hero of every dreamer.

In fact, not just on the Internet, not just in Seattle, Los Angeles, where musicians gather, in Manhattan, New York, in Pioneer Village, they are partying, they are celebrating.

From a distance, Renly could see the bustling scene of people coming and going at the gate of Pioneer Village. Everyone was holding a glass of beer, talking and laughing, and even some people could not help but stand on the side of the street. Dancing - it's been a long time since I saw it.

When in Europe, after night falls, people always like to gather at bars and share a little happy hour. If the bar is full and people don't care, they go outside with a glass of wine, sit on the floor, or stand at will, and a "good evening" can welcome everyone's friendly greetings. Barcelona is like that, and so is Scotland.

Pioneer Village is a jazz bar, and everyone is more keen to sit inside the bar. The sight of gathering outside the bar can be seen occasionally, but it is not much. Tonight, Renly saw each other again after a long absence.

The bustling crowd is actually not crowded. Everyone stands scattered, communicating in groups of three or five, laughing and laughing one after another. In order to avoid blocking the main road, people even stood across the street, scattered, and a glass of beer was enough. Found like-minded friends.

Renly wasn't quite sure. First at the airport, then at Lincoln Center. The recent circle of enthusiastic fans really left a deep impression. The taboo of "being bitten by a snake for ten years and afraid of a rope" inevitably made Renly hesitate. But after realizing this, Renly himself burst into laughter—

He always thought he was ready, and vowed to understand what it means to live in the spotlight, what it means to be exposed to the camera every moment of life, and what it means to be surrounded by all the attention But only after the real experience can we understand that outsiders are always outsiders, and the scene inside the siege is different.

Letting out a small breath, Renly finally took a step forward. He can choose to leave. This is the last night of his stay in New York. In the past three days, the intensive publicity schedule has made people breathless, not only the movie promotion, but also the album promotion. The average sleep between three days is only two hours, and even during the filming of "Anti-Cancer Me", I was not so tired.

He doesn't have any itinerary tonight, he can have a good sleep at home, sleep until he wakes up naturally, and then go to take the 11:00 a.m. plane. However, he still wanted to come to Pioneer Village, see Stanley, see Neil, see old friends, and even just sit at the bar and drink a beer, which is all happiness.

He misses these old friends.

So, here he comes. Since the footsteps have already arrived here, there is no reason to go back.

After getting close, Renly saw the sign erected at the entrance of the bar, which was very eye-catching, "Celebrate 'Don Quixote' as the number one album on the Billboard album chart, the first 1,000 beers are free tonight! Welcome to every music lover. Come and cheer."

The smile on the corners of his mouth rose up involuntarily.

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