I forgot where I mentioned this, but the recent-ish summer fest by the Houston Alternative station was anchored by bands whose heyday was 1995-2005.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 14 August 2022 21:15 (one year ago) link
Old Growth Pop
I took a look at the Billboard top 200 albums chart today and was a little struck by how much old music and compilations are on it. The current US chart (https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/) includes Queen - Greatest Hits (30) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (36) CCR - Chronicle: the 20 Greatest Hits (44)Elvis - 30 #1 Hits (60)2Pac - Greatest Hits (68)Journey's Greatest Hits (69)Michael Jackson - Thriller (77)Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Greatest Hits (80)Eminem - Curtain Call: the Hits (81)Guns n Roses - Greatest Hits (84)AC/DC - Back in Black (86)Nirvana - Nevermind (96)Bob Marley & the Wailers - Legend (97)Michael Jackson - The Essential Michael Jackson (100)
You can continue to find comps by ABBA, Bon Jovi, George Strait, Nickelback, Lynyrd Skynyrd in the 101-200 range, and Metallica's black album.
For comparison, this chart from August 1992 contains only one album that wouldn't have been relatively recent at the time - Queen's Greatest Hits, which was surely enjoying a boost since Mercury had died not too long ago. I tried to imagine telling someone in 1992 that Elvis, CCR, Fleetwood Mac, ABBA, Journey, Bon Jovi and Guns n Roses would be on the charts in 30 years.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Saturday, 3 September 2022 21:37 (one year ago) link
That's nothing compared to the UK charts week in week outhttps://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/
My loose thoughts: they really should just have a heritage chart at this stage, containing anything older than a few years maybe, other than dedicated new re-releases.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Saturday, 3 September 2022 22:13 (one year ago) link
Christ, half that chart has been in for 100 weeks or more.
― Dan Worsley, Saturday, 3 September 2022 22:29 (one year ago) link
Yeah I wasn't even mentioning stuff like Taylor Swift's 1989 and Kanye West's College Dropout. Lol the UK chart though. The Canadian chart is a similar story - the compilations appear even higher with Queen at 20, ABBA at 30, more Shania Twain and Tragically Hip, less Skynyrd and George Strait, Appetite instead of a GH but yeah. Is this just because when they count streaming numbers, they effectively count the equivalent of every time someone put on a classic rock station or spun their copy of Rumours in 92?
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Saturday, 3 September 2022 22:42 (one year ago) link
Wow - Taylor has seven albums on the BB 200
― Porcine-lina of the Pig Oceans (morrisp), Saturday, 3 September 2022 22:44 (one year ago) link
The two Queen comps in the '92 list were there because they were technically new releases put together to launch Hollywood Records' reissue campaign of the Queen catalogue, and were gifted extra commercial legs by the release of Wayne's World and the related single rerelease of "Bohemian Rhapsody".
Regular catalogue albums like Rumours etc. were ineligible for the Top 200 unless they received a new reissue. This stood until the industry cratered enough that they let any catalogue release in just to make #'s and not have like some SoundCloud dude who pushed 500 units chartbust.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 3 September 2022 23:21 (one year ago) link
All those albums cited in the new chart are doing the business on vinyl in big box stores.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 3 September 2022 23:24 (one year ago) link
Ah, that's more context.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Saturday, 3 September 2022 23:32 (one year ago) link
My loose thoughts: they really should just have a heritage chart at this stage
Disgraced UKIP boosting DJ Mike Read is on the case! https://www.heritagechart.co.uk/
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 5 September 2022 09:58 (one year ago) link
U Music chief sez he's not down with the status quo: https://variety.com/2023/music/news/universal-music-lucian-grainge-slams-streaming-economy-spotify-1235486063/
― Wet Legume (morrisp), Wednesday, 11 January 2023 18:10 (one year ago) link
Obv I wouldn't trust him to make a magically better model that reduces his business's share, but at least he's not saying he has one, and it's good to see this on the record.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 11 January 2023 18:24 (one year ago) link
Billboard article making the case that the album remains strong: https://www.billboard.com/pro/album-format-dead-narrative-music-discovery-tiktok-singles/
― Phair · Jagger/Richards · Carl Perkins (morrisp), Friday, 17 November 2023 01:49 (five months ago) link
hmm paywall
― budo jeru, Friday, 17 November 2023 02:23 (five months ago) link
Weird, I didn’t hit it – try this?
― Phair · Jagger/Richards · Carl Perkins (morrisp), Friday, 17 November 2023 02:30 (five months ago) link
that'll do it, thanks!
― budo jeru, Friday, 17 November 2023 02:35 (five months ago) link
Interesting article - thanks for sharing
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 17 November 2023 11:18 (five months ago) link
UMG "calls time out" on TikTok: https://www.universalmusic.com/an-open-letter-to-the-artist-and-songwriter-community-why-we-must-call-time-out-on-tiktok/
― jake morgendorffer core (morrisp), Thursday, 1 February 2024 01:15 (two months ago) link
Yeah this isn't surprising
https://variety.com/2024/music/news/hipgnosis-songs-takeover-by-concord-1235974846/
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 18 April 2024 19:58 (one week ago) link