恢复单身的凯蒂佩芮(Katy Perry) 本周靠著改版单曲《Part of Me》空降告示牌热门榜冠军! 小小弥补了前阵子无缘打破天王麦可一张专辑连六冠的纪录。Billborad 在近期更改了几个规则，第一个是「专辑售价不能低于美金3.49」(_完整原文)，第二个就是「以后改版的冠军单曲不准算入原专辑中」本周的冠军曲荣幸的用到了新规定，《Part of Me》不算入原专辑《Teenage Dream》中而是算入改版专辑《Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection》的冠军单曲。 (_完整原文)

 

 

iTunes 下载盛行后，单曲下载的优势是一首歌只要美金0.69 - 1.29不等，当你还不确定专辑整张好不好听时，你就会只买这首歌，因此许多歌手都迈向「只卖单曲不卖专辑」的窘境(EX: Rihanna)，有趣的 Ask Billboard 有位歌迷写信来挑战询问有关 Katy Perry 前阵子为了连续冠军一连串的饶舌歌手助阵，是否犯了规? 《Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection 甜心全纪录》台湾发行消息


[ 大略重点翻译 (_完整原文) ]
Ask Billboard：Are Chart Rule Changes Needed?
请问告示牌：有必要改变这规则吗?
 

When is Billboard going to change its rules so artists such as Katy Perry cannot release multiple versions (original and remixes) of the same song at the same time and have the song reach the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 after all sales are added up?

请问甚么时候将要更改规则?
像是让 Katy Perry 这款人同时发行多个版本(原版或混音版) 加入原先成绩中这种情况?

  VS.  

It would be an insult to music fans to have Perry surpass the late, great Michael Jackson for most No. 1s from one album after she's cheated her way toward the top with her latest song, "The One That Got Away."
如果 Katy 用单曲《The One That Got Away》打破了天王麦可的纪录这对我们粉丝来说是个污辱。 (打破麦可的《Thriller》专辑连续5首冠军)

First, Billboard has a policy in effect by which remixes of current songs are merged with original versions (and radio edits) as long as all versions are judged to be similar enough. In the case of Perry's "One," which has been remixed featuring B.o.B, all versions will be merged, since the remix does not vastly change the original recording; it merely sports additional rapping. 

首先，告示牌的规定就是只要混音版与原本没有差很大就可以合并成绩中。在《The One That Got Away》这首歌与嘻哈歌手 B.o.B 的合作混音是将会合并原先成绩中的，这个混音版跟原版比没有甚么大改变，只是中间加了个混音助阵。

   
 (点击! 单曲封面线上试听)

Marie, you also use the word "cheated" when describing Perry's quest for an unprecedented sixth Hot 100 No. 1 from her album "Teenage Dream," an opinion shared by other Billboard.com-menters. I don't agree. 
玛莉，我不同意你用 "欺骗" 来回应 Katy 专辑《Teenage Dream》可能达空前的六连冠纪录!

True, Capitol has discounted "One" to 69 cents in the iTunes Store and released the new remix in hopes of helping "One" reach No. 1. A 69-cent sale price, however, is well within Billboard's chart rules regarding discounted digital tracks. "Unit sales for Digital Tracks priced below $0.39 during their first three months of release will not be eligible for inclusion on Billboard's digital songs charts." 
事实上，当发行混音时旗下 Capitol 也将《The One That Got Away》0.69美元折扣促销，为了就是能让歌曲冲上冠军宝座，然而，这是符合我的榜单规则(有关折价促销) : "歌曲发行的前三个月，一首价钱不准低于0.39美元，否则成绩就不能算入告示牌数位歌曲排行中。"

 

Also the subject of debate among online readers: a label releasing a remix of a song as it approaches the Hot 100's summit. Such a marketing move is not exclusive to Capitol or Perry. As reported Thursday (Dec. 15), it's already occurred multiple times this year, with, for example, Rihanna's "S&M" and Britney Spears' "Till the World Ends" having been the recipients of guest star-assisted remixes as they scaled the chart's upper ranks. 
这些行销方式也不是 Katy 或旗下 Capitol 专属，今年也发生很多次了，举个例子，蕾哈娜的《S&M》与布兰妮的《Till the World Ends》就是靠著助阵帮忙拿下更好的成绩。

Similarly, Jackson and Perry have notched five Hot 100 No. 1s each from their albums "Bad" and "Teenage Dream," respectively, the most leaders from an album in the chart's archives. Despite differences in eras, consumer tastes, radio preferences and single configurations, each of the 10 No. 1s from the sets faced the same competition: to pass 99 other weekly chart contenders to become the most popular song in the country.
同样地，麦可与凯蒂都一张专辑连续五首冠军曲，尽管在不同的时代、消费者喜爱的不同、电台喜爱曲风还有单曲型态不同中，这十首冠军曲至少都是面对著当周99首劲敌，拿下冠军成为美国最流行的歌曲。

后面就是一些阿里不达的解释，就不翻译了... 

  
 

我们来回顾历史... 混音起死回生最有名的例子就是 Jennofer Lopez(珍妮佛罗佩兹)，2001年 J.LO 在嘻哈市场大放异彩，《I'm Real》与 Ja Rule 全新版的 "Murder Remix" 混音功不可没，混音版本推出后在电台热播，让《I'm Real》告示牌热门榜三周冠军! 之后如法炮制的旧曲《Ain't It Funny》混音版加持后，重新上榜攻下六周冠军，"Murder Remix" 将 J.LO 音乐生涯带上高峰，当年趁势推出混音专辑《J to tha L-O! The Remixes》空降告示牌专辑榜冠军。不料这种打歌的方式业界直呼不公平、有争议，因此在 2002年 Billboard 更改了规则，重新改曲的混音版除了算是新歌、成绩分开算，举个例子: 可以用 Part 1 / Part 2 来划分并取而代之。(EX: 亚瑟小子(Usher) 08年的冠军单曲《Love in This Club 》与混音版《Love in This Club Part II》就是以不同歌名分开在告示牌计算成绩的。)

※ 《Ain't It Funny》专辑版 (未打入美国告示牌热门榜)


※ 《Ain't It Funny》Murder Remix 混音版


※ 《I'm Real》专辑版


※ 《I'm Real》Murder Remix 混音版
  

这几首嘻哈混音版都很出色，给予了原曲新的色彩与样貌，J.LO最后一次精彩的混音出现在2005年惨卖专辑《Rebirth》的第二主打《Hold You Down》之混音版 -Cory Rooney Spring Mix 出色程度也不输 Murder Remix。