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In the year-end inventory of "Rolling Stone", "Mixer", "Rotation" and "Q Magazine", I was very impressed by the melee between Evan Bell and Arthur and other singers during the summer vacation. (Xingkun Novel Network Diandian.com) In fact, not only during the summer vacation, Evan Bell and Arthur and Arthur competition continued to fall. Later, a number of veteran bands such as Green Day Band and U2 Band also joined the competition, which made the music market in 2004 wipe out the decline in 2003 and revitalize new vitality.

On the singles rankings, Evan Bell's three songs and Arthur's two songs completely dominated the list. There is no obvious gap. The real competition will always happen in album sales. Eden Hudson is also very interested in this aspect of statistics because he knows that the music market has undergone huge turmoil this year. The merger of Sony and Bertelsmann has changed the balance of power in the world's music market. Universal Music has been chased by Warner Records in the past two years, and the competition between several record companies this year will only become increasingly fierce.

Sony Bertelsmann Records, Universal Music, Warner Records, and EMI, are the four major record companies in the world now. EMI is in a slump, which is completely a trend of waiting for others to merge. It is just that Universal Music comes from behind or Warner Records fulfills its long-cherished wish. Therefore, EMI is undoubtedly at the disadvantage in the music market share and is the first to be eliminated in the competition. The remaining three companies are completely evenly matched.

On the album rankings, as the media expected, Evan Bell and Arthur still sang the main theme of the fight, and the competition between "Three" and "Love Confession" was completely fierce. This situation makes people involuntarily think of 2002, in 2002. Evan Bell and Amy Nam joined forces to contribute a sparkling competition to all listeners, and Evan Bell narrowly defeated Amy Nam. The album "Two" dominated the 2002 album sales list with 7.5 million yuan.

Arthur's "Confession of Love" can indeed be said to be the most important album in his music career. It has won 8.1 million copies in North America, which is shocking. This is also the first time that the number of albums sold more than 8 million in the past four years. If it is this number, it can easily win the championship in the year-end sales rankings in the first three years of the 21st century.

However, this time, the boy Arthur encountered Evan Bell. Evan Bell, who created miracles one after another. Although Evan Bell's "Three" did not have a single that swept the army. He also lost to Arthur on the year-end singles rankings, the overall quality of the album "Three" was outstanding, and many music critics even believed that this album surpassed the classic "Two". At the same time, facing Arthur's competition and a series of obstacles from Universal Music, fans also burst out with huge energy. In the end, since its release on July 1, "Three" has won 8.6 million sales in North America. With its aura, it has occupied the championship in the 2004 album rankings without any suspense.

No matter how strong Arthur was, he met Evan Bell, who was stronger and more powerful, and regretfully bowed down and surrendered.

These are also the two albums with the best sales performance in 2004. Both of them crossed the 8 million threshold, revitalizing the North American music market. Sony Bertelsmann Records and Warner Records have also become the two most popular music companies.

Evan Bell won the album rankings, and Arthur Guia, after them, the album that won the third place was from the veteran country singer George Scrott. His classic collection "Five Firsts (50.)" successfully defeated a number of opponents with a sales of 6 million, achieving incredible good results. However, in terms of sales alone, in addition to the strength of the top two, the third place had a significant decline at the beginning. It can be seen that 2004 was indeed the world of Evan Bell and Arthur.

George Scrott's classic collection has created such a great success, which also makes Universal Music regret it because the selection of Shania Donn, which they originally planned to create good results, was a mess because they chose the wrong schedule and opponent, and the sales were a mess.

Amy Naum's album "Encore" released in November was only less than two months after it was released, and Nora Jones' new album "Feel of Home ()" performed well, ranking fifth. After that, the last studio album that Destined Girls gathered together to produce, Green Day, U2, R. Kelly, and Nili respectively occupied the remaining positions in the album rankings.

In the competition of music market share, the competition that lasted for a whole year finally came to an end. In the end, Sony Bertelsmann Records, with the impact of the merger, took the lead; Warner Records maintained its "thin second place" position, and the sales of Evan Bell and Magic Red Band became their biggest highlight of the year; Universal Music failed to meet expectations due to a series of decision-making mistakes, and in the end, not only gave up the dominant position, but also directly slipped to third place, which can be said to be a complete defeat; Everdale Records ranked fourth and still remained lukewarm.

However, although the seats have been scheduled, the gap between them is very weak. Sony Bertelsmann's market share is 28.7%, while Warner Music is only one percentage point behind, ranking second with 27.7%. Universal Music behind Warner Music is only 0.8 percentage points, and the market share of 26.9 is third. It can be said that the gap between the top three is almost weak to calculate based on millions of sales. In other words, no one has an absolute advantage. Next year is a new beginning. The competition among these three music companies will continue in 2005. The result this year may not be the result next year.

In addition to the three companies, there is a market of 16.7%, of which Eddie Records only accounted for nine percentage points, and the remaining seven percentage points were divided by ** labels. Although Eddie Records is still among the four major record companies, the gap has been widened again. Eden Hudson feels that it will be a matter of time sooner or later to be annexed.

Putting aside the competition of music companies, Evan Bell's strength in music in 2004 was still very gratifying, and you can still see "Two" in the top 30 sales rankings. The singles' third place and sixth place, and the album's top year-end chart, there is no doubt that Evan Bell has now become one of the most popular singers in the United States.

However, Eden Hudson is definitely not just thinking about this. He is thinking about the amount of money Evan Bell's current copyright income for albums and singles. The income in this regard is much more considerable than the album itself. This is the most profitable part. For example, I want to think that the song "Never Give Up (i.won't.)" is the theme song of "Lianlian Laptop", which should be included in copyright. However, these are all works by Studio Eleven, so it is just to put the money in the left pocket in a pocket. But this situation can be popularized in various fields. Evan Bell's songs are now the top five choices in the ranking of various TV series interludes, and this copyright income should not be underestimated.

Eden Hudson didn't look up and said directly, "Teddy, do Evan plan to release another album this year?"

Teddy Bell was reading the advertising revenue of the TV series, but didn't look up. He casually asked, "There should be no plan. The first half of the year was filmed." "Pirates of the Caribbean" plus the expected "Sunshine Beauty", Evan Bell did not have plans to release albums.

Eden Hudson pondered "Eh" and said that he received it and did not speak anymore. He estimated that Warner Records will focus on releasing singles this year. The ten songs on the album "Three" are excellent, and Warner Records cannot miss it.

"How many movies will Evan be released this year?" Shane Mayer asked suddenly, "How do I remember there is only one "Brokeback Mountain"?"

"Yeah, there is only one." Teddy Bell confirmed, "The sequel to the Pirates of the Caribbean is probably going to wait until next year, and it won't be able to catch up this year."

Thinking about it this way, Evan Bell's 2005 works shouldn't have too many works. Without a new album, there is only one "Brokeback Mountain" in the movie, and it is probably difficult to make a difference in the box office. Shane Mayer couldn't help but be stunned. What did Evan Bell do in 2004? At the beginning of the year, he was a director, followed by a post-production; then he released the album, released the movie, and promoted it; during the summer vacation, he also participated in the bidding for the Dubai Tower, and then filmed "Brokeback Mountain". By the way, he also tinkered with a "Face Nine Astronomy Station; then the "Eleven" brand flagship store, and finally the "Pirates of the Caribbean" sequel to the New Year.

Therefore, Evan Bell's 2004 was indeed very busy, but he was mainly busy with his work, so the preparation of new works was time-consuming. Think about it, Evan Bell's 2004 works were indeed many. In addition to the album and Dubai Tower, there were four movies alone, "Lianlian Laptop", "Mechanical Public Enemy", "Crashing" and "Mysterious Skin". However, unlike previous years, there were only one movie starring Evan Bell, "Mechanical Public Enemy"; "Crashing" can only be considered a guest appearance, with only a dozen minutes of scenes; and "Lianlian Laptop" and "Mysterious Skin" are Evan Bell's new challenges, directed by director.

However, these works did not perform too surprisingly in terms of box office, at least compared to the momentum of "Pirates of the Caribbean" last year. However, during the awards season, the prospects of these works are very good. Thinking of this, Shane Mayer couldn't help but be curious about the year-end box office list. After marking the playback plan of "Grey's Anatomy", he put it aside, and then searched it on the desktop. It was not easy to find the information on the box office rankings in a bunch of information.

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