http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_worldwide
after looking at this list for awhile I noticed barely any of them were released after 2000, why do you think this is?
2007-07-09 18:09:19 · 8 answers · asked by Undead 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rock and Pop
yes, people down load music for free now, artist make money off of merchandising and product endorsements and using there name/ fame to build businesses.
2007-07-09 18:12:57 · answer #1 · answered by asdadsa s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I listen to all music open-minded.
I can't think of one album since 2000 that DESERVES to be a best seller.
Good music will be paid for.
I used to buy an album (record then c.d.) a week throughout the 70's & 80's but since the mid 90's I buy maybe one every 2-3 months .
There is very little new exciting music out there.
Very sad really.
2007-07-09 19:58:28 · answer #2 · answered by toddytoad 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, it more complicated than MP3's. That may be part of it, but you also have to account how far each consumer dollar is being spread these days. Video Games, DVD's, $10 Movies.....on and on and on. The majority of music in the past has been supported by youth. Now the youth are turning their attention to other things........it's just cultural evolution.
By the way, MP3's and CD's suck balls. Buy a ******' record player.
2007-07-09 19:33:35 · answer #3 · answered by Gerry S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i did now no longer like the continuous enable's Get loose became too extremist for me waiting to Die is classic The Eminem coach wasn't as solid by using actuality the 1st 2 The Marshall Mathers LP is classic The infamous is an album i've got have been given now no longer heard 36 Chambers is classic The narrow Shady LP is classic ITANOMTHUB is classic that's dark and Hell is heat is an album i've got have been given now no longer heard i'm bored with typing.
2016-12-10 07:26:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i agree with the 'it's more complicated than that' theory
a number of things may have motivated the sales of a number of the albums on the list (celine dion, i'm looking at you (titanic))
i also think there is more variety about, so it's more difficult for one album to be 'the must buy'
don't forget that in ye olden days, we did have cassette tapes to record off radios with.
2007-07-09 22:50:36 · answer #5 · answered by pluginmaybe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very likely since people can now just download the songs they want without buying the whole album.
2007-07-09 18:46:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, that and people like me who like REAL rock music. I buy what I already have on vinyl on CD's and on The internet. I do not mind paying people for their work. But, mostly, I would not pay for the music being put out these days! Once again "It is not that I am old! YOUR MUSIC REALLY DOES SUCK!"
2007-07-09 18:58:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah. Downloading illegally is what most people do now.
2007-07-09 18:17:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋