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Originally posted by GreasyBruce
Mess. Not when for like 8 years recently during the R&B/Hip-Hop domination all the most successful singles and most of the albums were by black artists.
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During the R&B/hip hop domination (2002-2005), the charts were mainly based on airplay for most of that time, which favoured artists who crossed over between pop/rhythmic/urban, so much that it didn't give others much of a chance at getting #1 until digital sales started taking off.
Even during that time, the black artists didn't sell THAT much. It was still songs like Toxic, Hung Up, etc. that were getting #1 on US iTunes, just the chart being like 95% airplay at the time, and those songs not crossing over, held them back a lot. White artists were probably more successful in sales at that time, just the sales weren't getting represented, basically.
i love this song
i m really happy.. WAY >>> STITUK, but it got overshadowed by the latter! 