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“Originally posted by Mazrim Taim
The point that seems to be missed is that in order to reach #1 these days takes very little in the way of actual sales, compared to the 90's, 80's, 70's, all of which had much higher sales requirements with a smaller population. This can be bourne out that chart fixing was rife in the past decades as it was harder with a sub standard song to get anywhere.
I also personally feel that music theses days is more about image and being trendy, than quality. ”
“Originally posted by Mazrim Taim
The point that seems to be missed is that in order to reach #1 these days takes very little in the way of actual sales, compared to the 90's, 80's, 70's, all of which had much higher sales requirements with a smaller population. This can be bourne out that chart fixing was rife in the past decades as it was harder with a sub standard song to get anywhere.
I also personally feel that music theses days is more about image and being trendy, than quality. ”
Doubt that chart fixing was rife, as I do know for a fact that the 70's and 80's did seem to cater for a wider audience. In those periods, even my mum and dad listened to top of the pops, which was a really universal show once.Not anymore.
It's actually 2003 that has seen the big dip in single sales.30% DOWN on last year!This has absolutely nothing to do with the quality of music and everything to do with piracy combined with £3.99 singles.
