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Originally posted by Tsuko
The whole reason Billboard started including digital downloads in the Hot 100 was because in 2004 every #1 was by a black artist, so the Republicans wanted to include digital downloads so rich people could impact the chart more (since, in general, poor people listen to radio for music and rich people actually buy the music because they can).
It kind of back-fired though, because Candy Shop and Hollaback Girl were the first two songs to reach 1 million downloads lol. Proving the Republicans wrong, since they're both definitely "urban" songs (even though Gwen Stefani is white).
There was actually white artists at #1 in 2004 though, because Lean Back had Fat Joe and Eminem, who are both white on it. But every #1 song had a black artist on it. And people say Fantasia's song was RnB/soul or whatever, but I don't really think it is. If a white person had won and sang that song, they probably would've said it was pop.
All that said though, I think there was more variety in 2004's charts than in 2011's, not to mention the music was better back then, even if it was RnB dominated (thanks to Usher, etc.).
I think it was amazing around 2007 time. A bit of everything.  |
LOL.
I was looking back on some old threads at Pulse, and people were literally so tired of the Urban domination that they were literally trying to call "Hollaback Girl" a Pop song.
Folks, that song was as Urban as it got for her. If Gwen was Black, they'd be calling it Hip-Hop.
If Hip-Hop never makes a comeback, I probably won't mind. I'll probably grow out of it by then. But R&B? Ch...
R&B is the
heart of modern Western music. I don't think people even realize that Jazz/Rhythm/Soul music is what derived the majority of modern genres like Rock and Pop today. Before artists like Billie Holiday and Aretha, music pretty much involved standing with your hips stiff in a cathedral or playing a harmonica on the sidewalk. It had very little
emotion or rhythm to it. It's these artists that turned music into expression. And if we're being realistic, most of the respected artists that are considered legends that stood the test of time, are Black artists.
I can' believe Starships is already decreasing 