Re:Spotify Saved the Music Industry (But Not Necessarily Mus...
by linuxftw on Friday April 12, 2019 @02:53PM
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So what? Your original statement that rap is popular because of streaming is nonsense.
Rap popularity was steadily increasing before streaming, you can't credit streaming for it's popularity.
Re:Spotify Saved the Music Industry (But Not Necessarily Mus...
by wolco on Friday April 12, 2019 @03:09PM
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Rap/HipHop sales have been growing since Napster compared to rock. The people willing to pay for music changed. Rap isn't more popular in general but the ability to pirate was much lower in this subgroup. So Rap sells more.. but rock concert's out sell rap concerts where indy rap isn't as celebrated as the superstar.
Re:Spotify Saved the Music Industry (But Not Necessarily Mus...
by scarface74 on Friday April 12, 2019 @04:01PM
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It had nothing to do with the subgroups availability to pirate. By that I’m assuming you mean the “urban youth”.
Sale of rap and even “gangsta rap” has been dominated by White people for two decades.
> According to the report, R&B and hip-hop are now responsible for 25.1% of all music consumption in the U.S., while rock claims 23%.
> Looking at the rest of the numbers listed that dissect how people are consuming these styles of music, it’s clear that streaming is to thank for the swap in ranking. Rock is far and away the winner when it comes to album sales—the genre claims 40% of all album sales in the country—but the total number of records actually purchased dwindles every year, so while that percentage may remain steady or even climb, it’s not representative of how Americans are truly consuming music. [1]
[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2017/07/17/hip-hop...
[2] http://www.insideradio.com/free/in-a-streaming-world-it-s-r-...