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Originally posted by YourϺɑdGesty 2.0
1. Taylor Swift, "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" (+71)
2. Flo Rida, "Whistle" (-1)
3. Ellie Goulding, "Lights" (-1)
4. Carly Rae Jepsen, "Call Me Maybe" (-1)
5. Katy Perry, "Wide Awake" (-1)
6. fun., "Some Nights" (+2)
7. Maroon 5 f/ Wiz Khalifa, "Payphone" (-2)
8. Justin Bieber, "As Long As You Love Me" (+4)
9. Maroon 5, "One More Night" (+6)
10. David Guetta f/ Sia, "Titanium" (-3)
There probɑbly hɑsn't been this much ɑbundɑnce of white pop songs
In the top 10 since the eighties.
I cɑn't.
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Yeah, a couple of weeks ago, I noticed that in the top 20 on iTunes, there was 1 black artist, and 19 white artists (although two other black artists as features)!! iTunes began in 2003, so surely this must be the first time it's ever happened.
I think we could be close to getting an all-white top 10 (there was an all-black top 10 in 2003). Kanye West is going to be PISSED!!!
However, there is As Long as You Love Me, which has strong R&B/hip hop influences in, but the lead singer is white in this case.
I think the reason this is happening is because now the most common formats to crossover from are HAC and the alternative formats, which favour white artists. And we had the opposite situation 10 years ago where most songs would crossover from rhythmic and urban, which were black dominated. But now urban radio has lost all it's crossover potential, and it's going to be VERY difficult to recover for them. A good place to start would be for urban radio to support the only vaguely urban song that's being a hit at the moment, even if it's Justin Bieber.