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Originally Posted by Soulflower
There are no big rock acts that are popular or R&B or soul compared to the other decades currently.
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There's hardly any of those genres being sold by independent labels either. It's not the labels fault, there's just not much demand for it.
Music goes through peaks & troughs. Jazz was hugely popular in the 1950s and it's popularity plummeted in the 60s, it took Jazz fusion in the late 60s to re-establish it as a big seller again.
Those genres listed are in a decline, they might come back, they might not. But it's nobodies fault if there's not much demand for it.
You might not see much soul or R&B around but I see tons of soul jazz / acid jazz albums coming out, so clearly that must be the type of soul music that sells today. You might not be a fan of it but it's there.
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Originally Posted by Soulflower
All these female pop stars market the same thing except for Adele maybe Gaga and Taylor Swift.
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That's what selling at the moment. In the 90s it was all boy bands, then the Spice Girls came along and suddenly you had tons of girl bands being marketed. Like I said before, you'd be a fool to use your budget on something other than what you stand to make a lot of money on. Record companies are businesses first, it's about product, not art.
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Originally Posted by Soulflower
If these above stars existed in the 80's or 90's they would not be as popular because it would be more competition.
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You don't know that, I can remember loads of terrible stuff in the 80s that sold huge amounts.