The lost decade

[soda72]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_in_the_United_States

I was looking at the top 50 most selling albums in the US and noticed that there has not been one album released in the last 10 years that has sold over 14 million copies.  Britany Spears came close in 1999 but didn't quite do it.


Has music been that bad over the last 10 years or is it because people have been stealing music via the internet so sales don't get counted?

[fudgums]

Nobody buys albums, or buys music.

[CAP1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_in_the_United_States

I was looking at the top 50 most selling albums in the US and noticed that there has not been one album released in the last 10 years that has sold over 14 million copies.  Britany Spears came close in 1999 but didn't quite do it.


Has music been that bad over the last 10 years or is it because people have been stealing music via the internet so sales don't get counted?

couldn't have anything to do with the fact that there isn't much to choose from lately, could it?


 funny how music from nearly 40 years ago still gets airplay, huh?

[oakranger]

How many people can really sign without having a computer to make them sound like a god?  Besides, internet, MP3 and what other little devise make it easy to buy one song and pass it around to others.

[CAP1]

How many people can really sign without having a computer to make them sound like a god?  Besides, internet, MP3 and what other little devise make it easy to buy one song and pass it around to others.

johnny cash
jim morrison
jim reeves
david bowie
bing crosby
elvis presly


 there's more i'm sure.

[oakranger]

johnny cash
jim morrison
jim reeves
david bowie
bing crosby
elvis presly


 there's more i'm sure.

I was targeting to today's singers.  Those six where great and could never be replace. 

[phatzo]

Has music been that bad over the last 10 years or is it because people have been stealing music via the internet so sales don't get counted?

Both related I think, Technology has been putting musicians out of a job for a long time now, so the desire to become a professional musician is lower and those that are, usually find themselves having to do something else to support themselves. Stealing music is too easy and devalues the whole industry. If you hate the music thats around now days and your stealing music, its your fault.

[CAP1]

I was targeting to today's singers.  Those six where great and could never be replace. 

AAHH......

my apologies sir. i misunderstood.

 today's "artists"? pretty close to non-existent.

 especially in a day and age when stealing someone elses music for your song is called "sampling" in an attempt to make it sound better......

[oakranger]

AAHH......

my apologies sir. i misunderstood.

 today's "artists"? pretty close to non-existent.

 especially in a day and age when stealing someone elses music for your song is called "sampling" in an attempt to make it sound better......

Your right about that. 

[EskimoJoe]

How many people can really sign without having a computer to make them sound like a god?

PLENTY in the right circles.
Delmag, Agalloch, etc.

You're simply generalizing pop crap.

[Cheese]

If it is in the top ten, it's probably not worth listening to...

Opeth, Porcupine Tree, Radiohead, etc...

[BiPoLaR]

why pay when you can get it for free?

[shotgunneeley]

why pay when you can get it for free?

Yes, listen to Justin Beiber ---^

 

[Devil 505]

Stealing music is too easy and devalues the whole industry. If you hate the music thats around now days and your stealing music, its your fault.

Buying todays crap music isn't going to do anything but create more crap music. Commercial music is just that, mass produced for mass consumption. Example, McDonald's is to burgers, as Nickelback is to rock music. The music industry devalued itself by selling a lame product that "appeals to everyone", but is devoid of any flavor. As far as I'm concerned, the mainstream music industry losing money is karma. I'm not going to lose any sleep is some record exec in Hollywood loses a few thousand dollars. After all that's where all the money from CD's sold goes anyway.

[68Hawk]

That decade started just after the creation of Aces High...

I know what I've been doing the whole time.  I don't have the extra time in my schedule to gouge my ears out with spoons if I happen to listen to squeaky media tools, so I don't.