The Charts and 1-Hit Wonders
On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:11:21 -0700, Steve Daniels wrote
(in article ):
Are people scouring the interwebs looking for music they like, as
opposed to taking whatever crap Teh Top Fwarty says they should
like?
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I think the death of mass-market CD stores and the downward-spiral of radio
ratings, plus the awful economy, has taken its toll on a lot businesses.
Especially Music and Radio.
It's scary to reflect that right now, if you can sell 5000 albums in one
week, that's enough to put you on the BILLBOARD Top 200. That used to be
considered a flop. I seem to recall a few months ago where a #1 album only
sold about 60,000 copies, which is stunningly low compared to where things
used to be.
The economy sucks.
--MFW
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