Originally Posted by Gavin B.

The music charts tell the story. From the mid Sixties to late Eighties the best selling albums were nearly all rock music.

Since the mid Nineties, dance music and rap music have dominated popular music sales. There's also been a big resurgence in country music over the past few years.

This week, the only rock album on the Billboard top 20 selling albums is a reissue of Black Sabbath's 1970 debut album. That's pretty pathetic.

Rock and roll would be dead except many bands still maike a pretty good living by touring. Fans still go out to see their favorite bands even when their records sales are flat lining. But as far as album sales go, rock and roll was over and done with twenty years ago.