This is true but this doesn't take anything away from Adele, she is still amazing, as is her music and she is still deserving of her success

Is this in reference to the UK scene? I suppose that's true but I see a lot of support and buzz for black artists. Lianne La Havas is on the verge of exploding as is KWABS. Beverly Knight is already a legend so I don't know why she's even in the OP. I think we need to take into account that a lot of these singers are just at the start of their label career so for them to get traction will take a second. Even Adele's first album was more about the buzz than the sales and plays. Same can be said for Amy

I agree. Black soul and R&B is so underrated and yet trash like Nicki Minaj and Chris Brown get on the radio.

20 March 2015. Why are you so pressed?

this too

That's thanks to record companies now. Thy wanna find a black sound but with a white face on it. It's painfully obvious these days.

It's been that way since Elvis. Hell they even put a white face on MJ.

Research the original of POP, R&B, FOLK, SOUL, GOSPEL, ROCK N' ROLL

You'll find black artists at the FOREFRONT of creating, developing and innovating in these genres.

How are black artists over-presented in a field they've built but been pushed out of by more marketable white acts.

Even the King of Rock N Roll/Pop, Elvis Presley is evidence of this. There were black acts before him that influenced his style.

Same with British groups like The Beatles, The Who and The Rolling Stones who were big fans of Motown and American soul music and frequently covered it and was influenced by it.

Because they represent the stereotypes of what it is to be Black and American and so of course the major labels push them because it's MONEY for them.

You create a "black" look or stereotyped culture and you profit from it by releasing music, 'reality shows', fashion and the like that all CAPITILISE off THE SAME FORMULA.

Real soul and R&B is too original and individual - it requires thought to market. Stereotyping a race and then selling that stereotype to them and the world is easier.