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All I know is today's music is mostly garbage. It's kinda good in the fact I don't have to buy too many CDs.



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Moonhero said:
All I know is today's music is mostly garbage. It's kinda good in the fact I don't have to buy too many CDs.


Of course most music is mostly garbage; this is true in every era at all times.  The only think the old stuff is way better because we have distilled it down to a very small selection of songs and are ignoring most of the crap. Look at the top 100 in years past – you probably won't recognize a chunk of them, and that's exactly what's going to happen with today's top music as well.



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Kylie Minogue (except for the last album which was badly handled by her new record label)
Madonna (Even bad CD's can sell)
Gwen Stefani (Isn't no spring chicken)

WHAT?



What made the mainstream back in their prime, doesn't appeal to the younger audiences.

Although most of the old musicians who used to be chart toppers don't need to prove anything to anyone, they're still at it... But sadly, most of them are just shadows of their former selves, specially the pop divas (Mariah, Jlo, Madonna! Ya'll are not thirty anymore, grow the fuck up and close them legs!!).

It's weird to have an "old" artist to remain on his/her/their prime in this new era of the music industry, specially if they don't follow trends... And when they do, they're usually horrible.

Namie Amuro, topping the charts since the early 90s, and still remains reinventing herself and trying new things.. While being successful at it.



I think it all depends on how relative you remain. You can't just leave music for a while and then return expecting to sell as many albums as before, which many old artists seem to do. Look at Jennifer Lopez and Shakira, both have been in the music buisness since the 90's, yet many do not realize this since they have constantly never taken long breaks from music and have always strived to be current and produce big hits. It's how it goes . Madonna ( Love her new single BTW. ) is practically the same as these two artists, and her new album rebel heart has sold pretty well so I don't really see how she's an example of how old artists have trouble selling their songs.



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I see this is mostly true in USA, while in France the singer Mylene Farmer still gets everything she does shooting straight to number one in her country. Even American artists in Europe have more longevity, Madonna Hung Up was a huge hit in europe, Earth Song was the biggest hit MJ EVER made in Euope, Kylie Minogue still relevant in UK.

For you to say Madonna Rebel Heart is a success, well, i belive it had a good debut and that is it... But her songs yet have to make an impact at YouTube, and she makes some good videos...

But that is the ways things are, that ugly white whore culture thief Iggy Azalea made some impact in charts but her tour flopped, but even Madonna album flopping her tour is guaranteed to generate some hundreds of millions dollars, there is the irony.