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Originally posted by Goon#dock
Anyway the RNB chart sadly doesnt mean as much as it should nowadays because even if a song is popular on that format, it wont get anywhere on the Hot 100 or downloads. . .its a bias because a song with high airplay on the POP charts will have more chance of getting itunes sales than a song wigh high airplay on the RNB charts!
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R&B/Urban was the dominate genre on airplay from 2001 just until recently. It dominated Hot 100 from 2002-2005, heavily. Each #1 was of R&B/Urban descent.
There are eras for a reason. There was a time where only Rock music was dominating, then R&B/Funk was dominating, then Rap, then R&B/Pop had a time, R&B/Hip-Hop was what I just described. But now we're in a digital era. The chart is more versatile. What you're describing isn't even different than the past.
You also don't make a lot of sense with the high airplay. Pop is the main format for radio, because it's Popular music. So of course, songs that get higher there will have a better chance digitally because the format is more widespread.
R&B music specifically made for Urban stations have to suffer because they get less than over half the exposure, but that's the kind of music that the said artists make, to gear towards that specific chart. But this is the same for Adult Contemporary songs, Rock songs, etc.
So don't make it seem like only R&B is biased, when it isn't. There's no bias at all, it's just apart of the music industry. If R&B artists, and other lesser format ones, want to get a big hit, then they need to make crossover hits.