新奇事件簿 碧昂丝秘密发布专辑

American pop singer Beyonce surprised her fans on Friday. She released her fifth album without telling anyone. The album was one of the biggest secrets in music history. Beyonce wanted to try a new way of releasing her music. She did not want to advertise it weeks or months before it came out. She wanted to tell her fans about the album herself. She did not want to let record company executives¹ or newspapers tell them. The release was even a surprise for other celebrities² and singers. She said: "There's so much that gets between the music, the artist and the fans. I felt like I didn't want anybody to give the message when my record is coming out."

美国知名女歌手碧昂丝周五让粉丝大为惊奇。她在不告知任何人的情况下发布了自己的第五张专辑。这张专辑也是音乐史上最大秘密之一。碧昂丝希望通过全新的方式来发表自己的音乐。她不希望在发布之前进行数周或是长达几个月的宣传活动。她想自己来告诉粉丝这件事情。她不希望通过唱片公司或是报纸来告诉歌迷。这样的发布方式也让其他名人和歌手大为震惊。她认为：“在音乐、艺术家和粉丝之间还掺杂着许多别的东西。我不想在专辑公布之前让任何人知道这一消息。

Beyonce released her new album exclusively on iTunes, which means people can only download it from that site. It contains 14 new songs and 17 videos. She filmed the videos in different parts of the world. She said she wanted to do something people would remember. She remembers being very excited when Michael Jackson released his Thriller³ video and wanted to do something similar. She said: "I feel like right now people experience music differently." The album sold 80,000 copies in the first three hours of its release. Sales were helped by millions of people tweeting about the album. There were more than 1.2 million tweets in the first 12 hours. That's around 5,300 tweets a minute.

碧昂丝只在iTunes上发布了自己的新专辑，这就意味着人们只能够在特定网站上下载音乐。专辑包括14首新歌以及17个MV。MV是在世界不同地区拍摄的。她说她希望能够做一些让别人记忆犹新的事情。她记得当杰克逊发表了自己的惊悚MV时，她异常兴奋，她希望她也能够如法炮制。她认为：“如今，人们对音乐的感受是千变万化的。”在发布的3个小时内就销售了8万张专辑。上百万粉丝在推特上发布了这张专辑的消息，这也助长了销售热潮。在12个小时之内，有超过1200万人在推特上发表了言论。这就相当于每分钟5300个。

1 executives   

（公司或机构的）经理( executive的名词复数 )； （统称公司或机构的）行政领导； （政府的）行政部门； [the Executive][美国英语]（美国政府的）行政当局

参考例句：

• They have taken measures to equate the salaries of higher civil servants to those of business executives. 他们采取措施使高级文职人员的工资和企业管理干部的工资相等。
• He disregarded the advice of his executives. 他对主管层的建议置若罔闻。

2 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目

3 thriller   

n.惊险片，恐怖片

参考例句：

• He began by writing a thriller.That book sold a million copies.他是写惊险小说起家的。那本书卖了一百万册。
• I always take a thriller to read on the train.我乘火车时，总带一本惊险小说看。