- The biggest album buying demographic consists of adults aged 45+. Despite 45+ being the biggest album buyers, they are extremely difficult to market new music to and tend stick to artists that have established a connection with them over time: The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, George Strait, Toby Keith, Garth Brooks, etc.
- Younger audiences buy fewer albums, but are much more effectively marketed to; hence, major phenomena--Justin Bieber, One Direction, Hannah Montana--are sometimes able to immediately establish powerful (short-lasting) connections with this demographic and eat up huge percentages of the available sales.
But I still think it boils down to people only being willing to invest in albums if they (a) connect with the album or (b) have developed a relationship over time with the artist. Most pop artists don't sell albums because they have failed to develop a connection with fans outside of one or two tracks and consequently fail to establish any long-term love in fans.
I don't think audiences of genres simply buy more albums; I think other genres are more conducive to building intimate relationships with particular groups, whereas pop music is often more concerned with creating songs that are as universal as possible, often to a level that precludes their artists from being especially moving or memorable to any particular listener.
- The biggest album buying demographic consists of adults aged 45+. Despite 45+ being the biggest album buyers, they are extremely difficult to market new music to and tend stick to artists that have established a connection with them over time: The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, George Strait, Toby Keith, Garth Brooks, etc.
- Younger audiences buy fewer albums, but are much more effectively marketed to; hence, major phenomena--Justin Bieber, One Direction, Hannah Montana--are sometimes able to immediately establish powerful (short-lasting) connections with this demographic and eat up huge percentages of the available sales.
But I still think it boils down to people only being willing to invest in albums if they (a) connect with the album or (b) have developed a relationship over time with the artist. Most pop artists don't sell albums because they have failed to develop a connection with fans outside of one or two tracks and consequently fail to establish any long-term love in fans.
I don't think audiences of genres simply buy more albums; I think other genres are more conducive to building intimate relationships with particular groups, whereas pop music is often more concerned with creating songs that are as universal as possible, often to a level that precludes their artists from being especially moving or memorable to any particular group.
I got my first album at 6; & bought my first album either @ 10 or 12.
- The biggest album buying demographic consists of adults aged 45+. Despite 45+ being the biggest album buyers, they are extremely difficult to market new music to and tend stick to artists that have established a connection with them over time: The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, George Strait, Toby Keith, Garth Brooks, etc.
- Younger audiences buy fewer albums, but are much more effectively marketed to; hence, major phenomena--Justin Bieber, One Direction, Hannah Montana--are sometimes able to immediately establish powerful (short-lasting) connections with this demographic and eat up huge percentages of the available sales.
But I still think it boils down to people only being willing to invest in albums if they (a) connect with the album or (b) have developed a relationship over time with the artist. Most pop artists don't sell albums because they have failed to develop a connection with fans outside of one or two tracks and consequently fail to establish any long-term love in fans.
I don't think audiences of genres simply buy more albums; I think other genres are more conducive to building intimate relationships with particular groups, whereas pop music is often more concerned with creating songs that are as universal as possible, often to a level that precludes their artists from being especially moving or memorable to any particular group.
- The biggest album buying demographic consists of adults aged 45+. Despite 45+ being the biggest album buyers, they are extremely difficult to market new music to and tend stick to artists that have established a connection with them over time: The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, George Strait, Toby Keith, Garth Brooks, etc.
- Younger audiences buy fewer albums, but are much more effectively marketed to; hence, major phenomena--Justin Bieber, One Direction, Hannah Montana--are sometimes able to immediately establish powerful (short-lasting) connections with this demographic and eat up huge percentages of the available sales.
I still think it boils down to people only being willing to invest in albums if they (a) connect with the album or (b) have developed a relationship over time with the artist. Most pop artists don't sell albums because they have failed to develop a connection with fans outside of one or two tracks and consequently fail to establish any long-term love in fans.
I don't think audiences of genres simply buy more albums; I think other genres are more conducive to building intimate relationships with particular groups, whereas pop music is often more concerned with creating songs that are as universal as possible, often to a level that precludes the artist from being especially moving or memorable to any particular group.
This contradicts everything in the first two paragraphs.
I agree with RYB that old people buy albums but I think alot of tweens do or at least get their parents to buy it for them. The worst audience to have is people in their 20s. We dont buy ****.
I agree with RYB that old people buy albums but I think alot of tweens do or at least get their parents to buy it for them. The worst audience to have is people in their 20s. We dont buy ****.
It's funny 'cause the people in 20's like to say this generation ruined album sales, when they started the whole trend of illegal downloading and continue to do it most.
