Chapter 1682： 60 minutes

As one of the most important news programs in the United States, the attention of "Sixty Minutes" is naturally unmatched, but tonight when we learned that the cbs TV station will produce the ultimate showdown special, it still caused a national sensation. TV stations and Fox TV stations have had such plans. The latter has even contacted the Recording Industry Association of America, trying to announce the results of the first day of the matchup through live broadcast, but after "sixty minutes" joined the competition, there was all suspense. All disappeared, and the cbs television station firmly held this much-anticipated news in its hands.

Tonight, more than 48 million viewers across the United States watched "Sixty Minutes". The audience for this episode even surpassed the Oscars in March this year and became the second only TV to the Super Bowl in 1996. This program not only created the highest ratings since the “White Water Gate Incident (the White Water Development Company Case)” in 1989, it was also broadcast in prime time at 1,363 TV stations-which also broke the previous Michael- The rebroadcast record of the subject of Jackson's "Sworn. Child. Case" trial has become the highest rate of prime time rebroadcast in the history of American television.

This shows that the ultimate showdown is paying attention.

Mike Wallace is 80 years old this year. This old man who is known for his high-end interviews has been on the anchor station for nearly 30 years. He has also interviewed Deng. small. flat. Today, his interview with Ed Simpson is enough to see the importance of "Sixty Minutes" to this story.

"So, Ed, we all know what happened today. The blackstone building is surrounded by turbulent crowds, and my lunch takeaway is almost impossible to get in." The blackstone building (.) is where people say to the cbs television station. The nickname of the New York headquarters building, "Tell us, the result is still beyond expectation?"

After a simple greeting, Mike cut into the topic directly, quickly and sharply, but with a little bit of ridicule, and he deserves to be the head host of the nation's No. 1 news program. As Mike said, the sensation of the ultimate showdown has raised people’s expectations. Everyone knows that today’s sales will surely create miracles—especially after the Recording Industry Association of America announced the morning sales data. So, I want to "Exceeding expectations" is already a very difficult thing.

When the shock is too much, the spirit is numb, and it is not so easy to be shocked again.

Ed took a deep breath twice and lifted the envelope in his hand, but his fingertips were still trembling uncontrollably, facing the live broadcast of more than 40 million viewers? For the spokesperson of the Recording Industry Association of America, this is absolutely unprecedented. People's focus is on singers and sales, but never on the Recording Industry Association of America. However, Ed's rich experience forced himself to calm down, showing a shallow smile.

"Trust me, even the most daring guesses still cannot predict the ending." Ed's voice trembled slightly at first, but it quickly returned to normal, finally returning to his familiar track. Especially thinking of the answer in the envelope, Ed's expression couldn't help but relax even more.

Mike has seen countless strong winds and waves, but he is not so easily frightened. He raised his eyebrows slightly, and said in a deep voice, "Hope is not going in a negative direction." This ridicule made a slight curve in the corners of his mouth, and then Mike Then he said, "Even your internal staff are accidental? You know, you have experienced countless historical moments, such as'trembling'."

As the only album with a sales volume of over 100 million in the world, Michael Jackson's "Thriller" has set an insurmountable benchmark that year, and the Recording Industry Association of America witnessed this miracle.

Ed solemnly nodded, "Yes, we still think this result is incredible. Because we are worried about statistics errors, we have checked the data four times before and after. Just ten minutes before the stage, our staff completed it. The fifth time I verified, I got the answer: There is absolutely nothing wrong with the envelope in my hand." Ed lifted the envelope in his hand slightly, and said with a smile, "If you look closely, you can find my fingertips. I am shaking, expressing my nervousness, not only because I am sitting in the'sixty minutes' live broadcast room, but also because the envelope in my hand is too important."

Ed’s self-ridicule made Mike chuckle. “It seems that the time to change history has indeed come.” Mike turned his head and looked at the camera, and said to the 48 million viewers who were watching the show at this time. Just now our guest music critics have explained to us why this ultimate showdown is so important, so now let us reveal the answer together and see what kind of answer sheet the direction of the North American music market has come up with. ."

Today Ed has only one task: to announce the detailed sales data of the final matchup on the 28th of October. As for the production of the "sixty minutes" program, it has nothing to do with him. Therefore, Mike quickly cut directly into the subject.

Ed also knew this clearly. He stopped talking nonsense, just gently placed the envelope in his hand, "Then let us witness history together." Then, he opened the envelope and took out one from the inside. Stacked the neatly arranged cardstock, then looked down and distinguished it carefully. Seeing the data on the card paper, even though Ed knew the answer clearly, he took another breath, as they said: This is the moment to witness history.

The eyes of the 48 million viewers in front of the TV were focused on Ed’s rough and broad palms, and the scorching eyes passed through the TV screen, almost igniting the cardstock, weighing all the thousands of catties. They were all concentrated on Ed's palm. The air in the live broadcast room was about to freeze, everyone stared with bated breath, even Mike, who had experienced countless winds and rains, glanced at Eddo curiously.

Ed raised his head, looked at the camera, tried to suppress his slightly trembling heart, and said with a smile, "In 1996, on October 28th, according to the sales statistics of the record stores in the United States, the Oasis band’s'stay in this moment', "Then Ed turned the card in his hand to the camera, and said at the same time, "Forty-seven thousand and three hundred and thirty-one." On the card, it was written in huge Arabic numerals "'Stay at this moment." '; 477, 331".

boom!

All the audience in front of the TV set became a sensation, and even in the "sixty minutes" live studio that had experienced countless historical moments, one-third of the staff couldn't help but feel moved. Simply enumerate the horizontal comparison of the two data. The highest single-day sales at the time of the release of "Bath in the Morning Light" was 230,000, and the single-day sales of "Young Volcano (. was 430,000. .

In the North American music market where single-day sales exceeded 150,000, there has never been a single-day sales of an album that can break the 400,000 threshold. Once Michael Jackson, The Beatles, and Frank Sinatra were all infinite. It was close to such a limit, but in the end it was never achieved.

Now, the Oasis Band’s "Stay Now" has broken this shackle and became the first person in North American music history! The single-day sales are even better than 90% of the single-week album sales. How could such a result make people impressed! Even with the record of selling more than 200,000 albums in three hours in the morning, the steady trend of sales throughout the day is still surprising. This is the true power of the so-called ultimate showdown.

Ed only announced the first set of data, and he easily made the audience's eyes widened, and he couldn't help confirming to the people around him whether his ears were misheard.

More importantly, the record is the Oasis Band-this rock band from the British Isles, their momentum has reached such a high level, easily surpassing the invincible momentum of the glory to death "bath in the morning light" two years ago . Even if you don't want to admit it, the fact is settled: Oasis is the British band that has the greatest influence in North America since the Beatles. The task of recreating the glory of British rock is shouldered by Oasis.

It is precisely because of the outstanding performance of the Oasis band that people are even more looking forward to the results of Maria and the glory to death. After all, this is the United States, the home court of Maria and Glory To Death, not to mention Maria has already created an almost insurmountable sales record in the morning.

Ed did not pause for too long. He gave the card stock in his hand to Mike, and Mike stuck it on the display board next to him. Then Ed took out the second card, paused slightly, and said, "Maria -Kelly,'Butterfly'," and then looked at the numbers on the card again with her gaze, then turned the card over, "Five thousand two thousand one hundred and eighty-four."

The cardstock of "'Butterfly'; 502, 184" was magnified several times under the camera lens, and it was displayed very clearly in front of everyone.

Wow! Many people in front of the TV set up to shoot the case directly, took off their glasses and started rubbing their eyes, repeatedly confirming the authenticity of the set of Arabic numerals; and more than half of the people in the "60 Minutes" live studio began to exchange their sights. The vivid shock in the pupil clearly expressed the same feeling in everyone's heart.

The Oasis Band’s performance is strong enough Now Maria has actually set a new record: a single day’s sales broke the golden record threshold. This is definitely a miracle that cannot be replicated. It can’t be done in a century of music history. The myth of replication. Although Maria had already created an incredible 300,000 sales in the morning, when she saw the all-weather sales, countless people were still amazed.

Someone once joked that in the American music industry, for every 100 albums produced, the final sales of an album can exceed 500,000. This is called a small achievement; and every 800 albums produced, there is only one album. Sales can eventually cross the one million threshold, which is called a successful career. It can be seen that the music market is experiencing difficulties.

Now, the album "Butterfly" has not only achieved a gold record of 500,000, but it is also within a short day, which is definitely a new record that has caused a sensation in the United States. No wonder Ed said: Even with complete psychological preparation, it is still far beyond the accident, even the most daring prophet dare not make such a prediction.

Just like the "Independence Day" that turned out, this small step of "Butterfly" is a big step for the entire North American music market. History has been created!

"Stay at this moment" and "Butterfly" have made history one after another, so... What about "storms"?