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Originally posted by ClashAndBurn
The fault doesnt come down to the people in this country so much as it does Clear Channel, the company that owns most radio stations in the US. They are very resistant with their playlists because they want to wring in higher ratings, which has statistically shown to be brought by incorporating the watered down dance-pop that ATRL members are addicted to. It's why you don't see much in the way of R&B and hip hop smash on top 40, because those songs aren't as easily "digestible" these days. It's just a sign of the times we are in. Eventually, the sphere of influence will shift and the urban genres will be on top again while the pop girls will be struggling for hits unless they can crossover.
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I agree, although I think it'll be alternative dominating for the next few years, rather than urban.
Dance-pop is certainly
slowly on it's way out now, that's for sure. It's telling that the biggest dance-pop song of the year is seen as a "guilty pleasure" to most people. And the airplay of Where Have You Been and Scream being so high, but them selling so little digitally, reminds me a lot of back around 2007 time when a lot of urban songs used to get really high airplay, and nobody would buy them, and eventually pop radio just gave up on the genre.
11. Little Big Town - Pontoon
12. Alex Clare - Too Close
13. Maroon 5 - One More Night
15. Jason Mraz - I Won't Give Up
16. Neon Trees - Everybody Talks
17. Jason Aldean - Take a Little Ride
18. Carrie Underwood - Blown Away
19. Maroon 5 - Payphone
20. Hunter Hayes - Wanted
21. Gotye- Somebody That I Used to Know
I think alternative/adult contemporary will be the next style that dominates tbh. I was looking at the pop radio chart today, and it's looking increasinly more and more like it's an adult contemporary chart...
And I also saw an article on Billboard that they're going to try and cross more alternative songs over to pop radio soon.
This also reminds me of the late 90's/early 00's with all that teen-pop that was around, and all the boy and girl groups, and everybody got fed up and wanted more mature music. I think the same is about to happen again in the next few years.
