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Originally posted by thediscomonkey
One thing that you won't find in Pop audience that only exist in Country & Rock audience: loyalty, and the willingness to support their fave throught the highs & lows.
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No, country audiences are just long term albums buyers, they can buy your albums after 52 weeks on chart, but they re not that loyal, if they were, Carrie would ve reached 3M with Play On & Blown Away after Some hearts & Carnival Ride, the same with Zac Brown Band, The Dixie Chicks, Sugarland or Lady Antebellum, name me a country artist (putting Taylor aside) who was able to reach almost a same success with every album now ?!
Ofc they re still loyal then Pop audience. About rock audience, they are on the same level of country audience : Kings Of Leon after Only By The Night, with Come Around Sundown, Mumford & Sons, Coldplay, Nickelback, The Killers, they all underperformed with their latest albums if we compared them to their previous materials. If they were that loyal they would reach the same success. To me, hip hop fans are the most loyal, you can see some random rappers topping BB 200 while the major acts still sell decently (Thank Me Later with Drake, Frank Ocean, Two Chainz etc). Anyway, since music is almost free actually, the fanbases tend to decrease, only die hard stans can support you to death.
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who is this kid?
Lady A aren't able to replicate the same success because Need you Now crossed over to pop, hot ac, and ac and was a monster hit. To see the album sales that Own the Night put up without a massive pop hit is impressive(yes I know Just a Kiss did ok but it was no way comparable to Need You Now). Carrie also had a massive hit in Before he Cheats on pop and JTTW was a big hit on Christian stations these fanbases are why the album has a disproportional lead over the others(besides the help of American Idol) and Carnival Ride to start sold off the success of Some Hearts. If you want to look at a dedicated fanbase look at George Strait. Consistenly getting gold and platinum albums for 30+ years.
