The Best Actor in the Vase of Meiyu

Chapter 1301 Million Downloads
Focus, hot discussion, craziness.

On August 31st, the band once again emerged with a devastating force, and everyone from the news media to the majority of netizens were caught up in the storm.

Amidst a series of controversies and chaos, the trolls and haters have been losing ground. The only bottom line they can hold on to now is:
Are all five songs of the same quality as "Another Light"? Or are they just shoddy?
The doubt is there, but no one can refute it. After all, this has happened before. Singers use quantity to fill quality, arrogantly and grandly posing as "focusing on music"; but the result is disappointing. The new tracks in the special edition album are a disaster.

Not only will it be unsatisfactory, it may even destroy the integrity and quality of the original album.

In just less than three months, from vinyl records to the Grammy Awards ceremony to the special deluxe edition, the album "Midsummer Midnight" has indeed been making waves, but apart from the storm created by "Another Ray of Light", everything else is not guaranteed and must be questioned.

The answer remains unresolved.

However, everything happened too fast and people did not have time to open the album and listen to the music. But those boiling negative voices were only stirring in the vortex of the storm and were not able to ferment and spread for the time being. Compared with the negative voices, positive feedback was covering the entire North American continent.

Praise! Surprise! Cheers!

Heat waves come one after another.

At least from the facts in front of us, every move of the band August 31st is making those haters and haters look insignificant. Their openness and dignity continue the attitude of the Grammy Awards, and also continue the core soul of the album "Midsummer Midnight" -

Light up the dawn!

During this period, the band never responded to the negative rumors and ridicules, and even Warner Records did not take any action, which made the fans very sad. Now we finally understand the reason:

Everything depends on music.

This gesture has truly made the August 31st band stand out in the hustle and bustle, and has made a strong breakthrough, unexpectedly allowing the band's momentum to continue to rise, reaping a wave of attention, and the popularity has exploded. The applause and cheers are endless, forming an incredible tsunami.

On the one hand, everyone is discussing how the five new songs added by the band on August 31st are, after all, "Another Light" is already amazing.

On the other hand, more and more people became interested in the band August 31st, and suddenly began to be curious about what "Another Light" was like.
It is precisely because of this that a large number of music lovers flocked to iTunes, clicking to download and gaining a wave of traffic for "Another Light".

Although I haven't had the chance to listen to all five new songs in the special deluxe edition yet, at least the performance at the Grammy Awards has been deeply rooted in people's hearts, and the excellence of "Another Light" is beyond doubt.

Then, something magical happened—

Five hundred thousand, six hundred thousand, seven hundred thousand, the number of downloads of "Another Light" continued to soar, and there was no way to stop it, and it broke through one million in a mighty and powerful manner.

And, write history.

"Another Light" became the first digital music song in history to have over one million downloads in a single day within 24 hours, as officially recorded by Forbes, Guinness and other authoritative organizations.

History is born!
"Another Light" not only achieved a million downloads, but also within 24 hours! The incredible performance completely broke the record!

Mighty and vigorous, vigorous and magnificent——

Since the millennium, the overall rise of the digital music source market has opened people's eyes to another brand-new industry. The data of pirated downloads is truly shocking, and it has also made record companies deeply aware of their direct loss of interests, but they have never found a suitable solution.

There was a brand new cake right there, but no one could take it.

until now.

The powerful collaboration between iTunes and the band August 31st has fully demonstrated the potential of the digital music market, and can subvert the perception of the record industry almost every hour. The shock and impact spread like ripples, one after another, and the cheers are still rising.

Finally, according to official iTunes statistics, the download volume of "Another Light" reached 1.27 million in 24 hours, setting an insurmountable peak.

Of course, it is foreseeable now that with the full legalization and popularization of digital music sources, this download figure will soon be broken. Not to mention one million per day, five million or even ten million per day may not be impossible. The performance of one million on the first day may not be worth mentioning at all in the future.

However, it was "another ray of light" that allowed people to see such possibilities.

The first step in creating a whole new world is always difficult, but this time Another Light did it, as Anson sings in this song:
Even the faintest ray of light is precious.

A stone thrown into a calm situation caused waves, and in a blink of an eye it spread across the entire music market, creating a huge storm.

iTunes became the biggest winner, even more than the band August 31st, because their image as history makers is deeply rooted in people's hearts and forms a preconceived impression in the minds of the general public.

Even though iTunes has not yet reached a comprehensive cooperation agreement with traditional record companies led by Warner Music, its authoritative image has been established, laying the foundation for subsequent market development.

Who would have thought that in the fierce competition in the digital audio source market, it would be Apple, a computer company, that would be the first to break the deadlock and stand out?
Envy, jealousy, hatred.

All eyes were focused on the band August 31st, not only professionals but also musicians were no exception this time:
Singers, producers, songwriters, and so on, all the people closely related to the music industry, both in front of and behind the scenes, have been caught up in this storm.

Some people say that the August 31st band was just lucky and happened to catch the bonus of the times.

But the point is here, the dividends of the times are right in front of us, but not everyone dares to be the first to try it.

August 31st took the first step bravely and became a pioneer in making history, the object of envy and hatred for other musicians. It was that simple.

Sure enough, those who accurately grasp the pulse of the times are the real winners.

In the end, the download volume of "Another Light" exceeded three million in the first seven days of its first week on iTunes. Following the sales of 24 million on the first day, it became the first single in the official record to exceed two million and three million downloads. There is no end in sight to the upward momentum, and the market potential is still being explored continuously.

At this time, people can't help but raise a question -

Where is the final destination for the digital audio download of “Another Light”?

How long can the August 31st band continue to write history and innovate?
Is this the end or the beginning?
(End of this chapter)