Aerosmith signed with Columbia Records in 1972 and released their debut album. Their song "(I don't) Wanna Miss a Thing" debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1998, becoming their first number-one single after 28 years together. The song featured in the 1998 film Armageddon and its music video incorporated clips from the movie, helping the single and soundtrack album achieve commercial success while demonstrating synergy between the film and music.

1. Band fact file
By Connor Flello

3. Info
• Aerosmith signed with Columbia in mid-1972
for a reported $125,000 and issued their
debut album, Aerosmith.

4. (I don’t) Wanna miss a thing
• The song debuted at number one on the U.S.
Billboard Hot 100 (the first #1 for the band after
28 years together). The song stayed at number
one for four weeks from September 5 to
September 26, 1998. The song also stayed at
number 1 for several weeks in several other
countries. In the UK, the song peaked at number
four, becoming Aerosmith's highest charting song
in the UK, where it was the 17th best-selling
single of 1998, and has sold over a million copies.

5. Synergy and Convergence

6. Links with the Film
• Aerosmith’s video for (I don’t) Wanna Miss a
Thing involves clips of the band involved with
parts of the film. All video’s around youtube
can average anywhere between 50, 000 to 1
million views
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG_VMJ
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7. Synergy
• Along with the film, which received
$553,709,788 (and 1998’s highest grossing
film), the soundtrack album was commercially
successful in Japan, and was certified double
platinum for 400,000 copies shipped in 1999.

8. • This shows synergy by the company to release
two things simultaneously to boost each
others sales.

10. Convergence
• https://www.youtube.com/