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| Re: Sales of Rap Albums Take Stunning Nosedive [message #80954 is a reply to message #80944] |
Fri, 02 March 2007 05:44   |
Paul Braun
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On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 00:03:55 -0700, "DJ" <www.aarrrrggghhh!!!.com>
wrote:
>Please god..........
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>"James McCloskey" <excelsm@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:45e7cb3b$1@linux...
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>> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,255606,00.html
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Maybe there's hope for America's youth, after all....
And this is not a racist comment. It's a comment based on seeing too
many kids dressed like drug dealers and gang bangers, listening to
music that promotes violence against damn near everyone, prostitution,
and drug use.
pab
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| Re: Sales of Rap Albums Take Stunning Nosedive [message #80959 is a reply to message #80954] |
Fri, 02 March 2007 07:12 |
Neil
Messages: 1645
Registered: April 2006
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Paul Braun <cygnus_nospam@ctgonline.org> wrote:
>On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 00:03:55 -0700, "DJ" <www.aarrrrggghhh!!!.com>
>wrote:
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>>Please god..........
>>
>>"James McCloskey" <excelsm@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:45e7cb3b$1@linux...
>>>
>>> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,255606,00.html
>>
>
>Maybe there's hope for America's youth, after all....
>
>And this is not a racist comment. It's a comment based on seeing too
>many kids dressed like drug dealers and gang bangers, listening to
>music that promotes violence against damn near everyone, prostitution,
>and drug use.
Maybe kids & young adults are just tired of watching MTV &
having to hear that half the lyric in each rap song consist of a
single word: "<beep>". lol
Neil
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| Re: Sales of Rap Albums Take Stunning Nosedive [message #80966 is a reply to message #80961] |
Fri, 02 March 2007 07:44 |
gene lennon
Messages: 565
Registered: July 2006
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"DJ" <www.aarrrrggghhh!!!.com> wrote:
>I just think the music is boring and unimaginative after 30 years of hearing
>a beat made from a machine and/or a loop and other backing instruments that
>were recorded by someone else. As far as the lyric and message go, I don't
>listen to it enough to know if there are positive messages along with the
>negative stuff that is so heavily publicized ...........and this is because
>...............the music is boring and unimaginative after 30 years of
>hearing a beat made from a machine and/or a loop and other backing
>instruments that were recorded by someone else.
>
>;o)
>
Basically I agree.
I am not a big fan of rap and I am not at all happy with the negative effect
the hip-hop culture has had….but….remember who is doing the reporting here
- Fox News.
The following info is from the “Nielsen Music 2006 Year-End Music Industry
Report.”
I wouldn’t be too quick to cry over the poor record companies just yet.
It is true that album sales for rap were down in 2006 about 20% from an all
time high in 2004. But digital sales (downloads) were considerably higher,
and the total dollars were about the same in 2006 – an all-time high!
Justin Timberlake's "Sexyback" and Beyonce's "Irreplaceable" were among industry
leaders.
Rap and R&B combined (the report does not break out hip-hop, but most of
the R&B numbers are in fact hip-hop), are the biggest sellers killing the
combined sales of Country, Classical, Jazz and Metal. This is in the down
year.
Year End Factoids:
Overall music purchases in 2006 exceeded the 1 Billion sales plateau for
the
second consecutive year; 1.2 billion (2006) vs. 1 billion (2005).
The last two weeks of 2006, music sales exceeded 47.4 million (week ending
12-
24) and 45.0 million (week ending 12/31), representing the 2 biggest weeks
in the
history of Nielsen SoundScan. The previous record was Christmas week 2005
with 44.7 million music purchases.
More than 580 million digital tracks were purchased during 2006; an increase
of
65% over 2005.
In the final reporting week of 2006 (12/25/06 – 12/31/06) the following sales
records were broken:
-- Digital track sales blew away the previous sales record with
02/07/2007 01:29 AM 2006 U.S. Music Purchases Exceed 1 Billion Sales
Page 6 of 9 http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?nd mViewId=news_view&newsId=20070104005813&newsLang=en
a new record high of 30.1 million track sales (previous
record was 19.9 million, week of 12/24-1/1/05).
-- Digital album sales reached the 1 million plateau for the
first time with sales exceeding 1.2 million (previous record
was 12/24/06 with 855,000 sales).
-- Beyonce's "Irreplaceable" track sets the mark for the
biggest selling week for an individual Digital Track, with
sales of 269,000 (previous record was Justin Timberlake's
"Sexyback" at 250,000 sales).
-- Three different songs broke the previous mark for the
biggest selling week for a Digital Song (combining all
versions of the same song) with Fergie's "Fergalicious"
setting the new record with sales of 295,000. Both Beyonce's
"Irreplaceable" (269,000) and Akon's "Smack That" (252,000)
had greater sales than the previous record set by Justin
Timberlake's "Sexyback" (previous record was 250,000 sales).
ITunes store - 2 Billion downloads so far.
I hope to hear more real music and songs in 2007. R&B, Rock etc.
Gene
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| Re: Sales of Rap Albums Take Stunning Nosedive [message #80972 is a reply to message #80966] |
Fri, 02 March 2007 08:04 |
Deej [4]
Messages: 1292
Registered: January 2007
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Gene,
As far as Fox news is concerned, it's just part of the partisan, agenda
driven circus. It doesn't even come close to the arrogance of a news service
that deigns itself to spoonfeed us "all the news that's fit to print", as if
we should bow down to their judgmental largesse as far as what is "fit ot
print". There isn't an objective press anymore IMHO..hasn't been for 40
years......... so to get the whole picture, I think it's best to watch all
news sources.
Regards,
Deej
"Gene Lennon" <glennon@NOSPmyrealbox.com> wrote in message
news:45e8385f$1@linux...
>
> "DJ" <www.aarrrrggghhh!!!.com> wrote:
>>I just think the music is boring and unimaginative after 30 years of
>>hearing
>
>>a beat made from a machine and/or a loop and other backing instruments
>>that
>
>>were recorded by someone else. As far as the lyric and message go, I don't
>
>>listen to it enough to know if there are positive messages along with the
>
>>negative stuff that is so heavily publicized ...........and this is
>>because
>
>>...............the music is boring and unimaginative after 30 years of
>>hearing a beat made from a machine and/or a loop and other backing
>>instruments that were recorded by someone else.
>>
>>;o)
>>
>
> Basically I agree.
>
>
> I am not a big fan of rap and I am not at all happy with the negative
> effect
> the hip-hop culture has had..but..remember who is doing the reporting here
> - Fox News.
>
>
> The following info is from the "Nielsen Music 2006 Year-End Music Industry
> Report."
> I wouldn't be too quick to cry over the poor record companies just yet.
>
>
> It is true that album sales for rap were down in 2006 about 20% from an
> all
> time high in 2004. But digital sales (downloads) were considerably higher,
> and the total dollars were about the same in 2006 - an all-time high!
>
> Justin Timberlake's "Sexyback" and Beyonce's "Irreplaceable" were among
> industry
> leaders.
>
> Rap and R&B combined (the report does not break out hip-hop, but most of
> the R&B numbers are in fact hip-hop), are the biggest sellers killing the
> combined sales of Country, Classical, Jazz and Metal. This is in the down
> year.
>
> Year End Factoids:
> Overall music purchases in 2006 exceeded the 1 Billion sales plateau for
> the
> second consecutive year; 1.2 billion (2006) vs. 1 billion (2005).
> The last two weeks of 2006, music sales exceeded 47.4 million (week ending
> 12-
> 24) and 45.0 million (week ending 12/31), representing the 2 biggest weeks
> in the
> history of Nielsen SoundScan. The previous record was Christmas week 2005
> with 44.7 million music purchases.
> More than 580 million digital tracks were purchased during 2006; an
> increase
> of
> 65% over 2005.
> In the final reporting week of 2006 (12/25/06 - 12/31/06) the following
> sales
> records were broken:
> -- Digital track sales blew away the previous sales record with
> 02/07/2007 01:29 AM 2006 U.S. Music Purchases Exceed 1 Billion Sales
> Page 6 of 9
> http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?nd mViewId=news_view&newsId=20070104005813&newsLang=en
> a new record high of 30.1 million track sales (previous
> record was 19.9 million, week of 12/24-1/1/05).
> -- Digital album sales reached the 1 million plateau for the
> first time with sales exceeding 1.2 million (previous record
> was 12/24/06 with 855,000 sales).
> -- Beyonce's "Irreplaceable" track sets the mark for the
> biggest selling week for an individual Digital Track, with
> sales of 269,000 (previous record was Justin Timberlake's
> "Sexyback" at 250,000 sales).
> -- Three different songs broke the previous mark for the
> biggest selling week for a Digital Song (combining all
> versions of the same song) with Fergie's "Fergalicious"
> setting the new record with sales of 295,000. Both Beyonce's
> "Irreplaceable" (269,000) and Akon's "Smack That" (252,000)
> had greater sales than the previous record set by Justin
> Timberlake's "Sexyback" (previous record was 250,000 sales).
>
> ITunes store - 2 Billion downloads so far.
>
> I hope to hear more real music and songs in 2007. R&B, Rock etc.
>
> Gene
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| Re: Sales of Rap Albums Take Stunning Nosedive [message #80986 is a reply to message #80959] |
Fri, 02 March 2007 10:38 |
LaMont
Messages: 828
Registered: October 2005
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Agreed!!!...This is very positive news ..
"Neil" <OIOI@OIU.com> wrote:
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>Paul Braun <cygnus_nospam@ctgonline.org> wrote:
>>On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 00:03:55 -0700, "DJ" <www.aarrrrggghhh!!!.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Please god..........
>>>
>>>"James McCloskey" <excelsm@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>news:45e7cb3b$1@linux...
>>>>
>>>> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,255606,00.html
>>>
>>
>>Maybe there's hope for America's youth, after all....
>>
>>And this is not a racist comment. It's a comment based on seeing too
>>many kids dressed like drug dealers and gang bangers, listening to
>>music that promotes violence against damn near everyone, prostitution,
>>and drug use.
>
>Maybe kids & young adults are just tired of watching MTV &
>having to hear that half the lyric in each rap song consist of a
>single word: "<beep>". lol
>
>Neil
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| Re: Sales of Rap Albums Take Stunning Nosedive [message #81034 is a reply to message #80966] |
Fri, 02 March 2007 16:44 |
Rich Lamanna
Messages: 316
Registered: February 2006
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LOL!!
................the music is boring and unimaginative after 30 years of
hearing a beat made from a machine and/or a loop and other backing
instruments that were recorded by someone else.
................the music is boring and unimaginative after 30 years of
hearing a beat made from a machine and/or a loop and other backing
instruments that were recorded by someone else.
................the music is boring and unimaginative after 30 years of
hearing a beat made from a machine and/or a loop and other backing
instruments that were recorded by someone else.
................the music is boring and unimaginative after 30 years of
hearing a beat made from a machine and/or a loop and other backing
instruments that were recorded by someone else.
"Gene Lennon" <glennon@NOSPmyrealbox.com> wrote in message
news:45e8385f$1@linux...
>
> "DJ" <www.aarrrrggghhh!!!.com> wrote:
> >I just think the music is boring and unimaginative after 30 years of
hearing
>
> >a beat made from a machine and/or a loop and other backing instruments
that
>
> >were recorded by someone else. As far as the lyric and message go, I
don't
>
> >listen to it enough to know if there are positive messages along with the
>
> >negative stuff that is so heavily publicized ...........and this is
because
>
> >...............the music is boring and unimaginative after 30 years of
> >hearing a beat made from a machine and/or a loop and other backing
> >instruments that were recorded by someone else.
> >
> >;o)
> >
>
> Basically I agree.
>
>
> I am not a big fan of rap and I am not at all happy with the negative
effect
> the hip-hop culture has had..but..remember who is doing the reporting here
> - Fox News.
>
>
> The following info is from the "Nielsen Music 2006 Year-End Music Industry
> Report."
> I wouldn't be too quick to cry over the poor record companies just yet.
>
>
> It is true that album sales for rap were down in 2006 about 20% from an
all
> time high in 2004. But digital sales (downloads) were considerably higher,
> and the total dollars were about the same in 2006 - an all-time high!
>
> Justin Timberlake's "Sexyback" and Beyonce's "Irreplaceable" were among
industry
> leaders.
>
> Rap and R&B combined (the report does not break out hip-hop, but most of
> the R&B numbers are in fact hip-hop), are the biggest sellers killing the
> combined sales of Country, Classical, Jazz and Metal. This is in the down
> year.
>
> Year End Factoids:
> Overall music purchases in 2006 exceeded the 1 Billion sales plateau for
> the
> second consecutive year; 1.2 billion (2006) vs. 1 billion (2005).
> The last two weeks of 2006, music sales exceeded 47.4 million (week ending
> 12-
> 24) and 45.0 million (week ending 12/31), representing the 2 biggest weeks
> in the
> history of Nielsen SoundScan. The previous record was Christmas week 2005
> with 44.7 million music purchases.
> More than 580 million digital tracks were purchased during 2006; an
increase
> of
> 65% over 2005.
> In the final reporting week of 2006 (12/25/06 - 12/31/06) the following
sales
> records were broken:
> -- Digital track sales blew away the previous sales record with
> 02/07/2007 01:29 AM 2006 U.S. Music Purchases Exceed 1 Billion Sales
> Page 6 of 9
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?nd mViewId=news_view&newsId=20070104005813&newsLang=en
> a new record high of 30.1 million track sales (previous
> record was 19.9 million, week of 12/24-1/1/05).
> -- Digital album sales reached the 1 million plateau for the
> first time with sales exceeding 1.2 million (previous record
> was 12/24/06 with 855,000 sales).
> -- Beyonce's "Irreplaceable" track sets the mark for the
> biggest selling week for an individual Digital Track, with
> sales of 269,000 (previous record was Justin Timberlake's
> "Sexyback" at 250,000 sales).
> -- Three different songs broke the previous mark for the
> biggest selling week for a Digital Song (combining all
> versions of the same song) with Fergie's "Fergalicious"
> setting the new record with sales of 295,000. Both Beyonce's
> "Irreplaceable" (269,000) and Akon's "Smack That" (252,000)
> had greater sales than the previous record set by Justin
> Timberlake's "Sexyback" (previous record was 250,000 sales).
>
> ITunes store - 2 Billion downloads so far.
>
> I hope to hear more real music and songs in 2007. R&B, Rock etc.
>
> Gene
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