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Originally posted by Allthatisholy
I know, i just listened to the aforementioned song, and it fit in with the usual comments here by tweens.
Fact is, everyone is buying it. And by that, i mean it has broken demographic barriers like almost no other album before. Everyone from teen girls to grandmas, to happy wives to widows to middle aged ceo's to gays to hiphoppers to metalheads to hiptsters are buying it.
And thus, keeps selling  |
Yup that's it. Teenage girls who buy stuff by boy bands/Britney etc. will also buy 21 for the heartbreak songs. Young adult fans of soul/country/indie music will also all flock to the album as it contains musical elements appealing to all of them. Older generations will find it melodic and reminiscent of great singers of previous eras (my dad who is almost 60 likes the album because Adele reminds him of Alison Moyet, a British singer from the 80s). Every age group, even pensioners, can buy the album and not find it 'threatening' or 'weird' because they can appreciate the music - you couldn't imagine many pensioners buying the likes of Gaga and Rihanna and 'getting' the album. And fans of other genres like metal heads will make 21 their rare purchase of another style of music.
I've been thinking whether another album that I can remember has had such wide appeal. Certainly none this century has. You have to go back to late 90s albums like Alanis' "Jagged Little Pill", Shania's "Come On Over" and (in the UK only) Oasis' "(What's The Story) Morning Glory" to find anything approaching an equivalent.
I think really though you have to go back to Thriller.
