> Probably because a lot of women have crappy taste in music...
> They're the ones buying the Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, etc. albums and the
> Titanic Soundtrack...which are all usually #1. I'd say chicks also buy
> most of Britney Spears and N'SYNC material. And usually they'll buy them
> at a discount store like Target or some place like Blockbuster Music...
> At the music stores I go to, which are all INDIE stores of course, I'm
> surrounded my a lot of "cool" alternaguys and punk guys. Hardly any
> chicks...
Hmmmm. Don't really young kids, i.e. what used to be called
"teenyboppers," buy most of the Britney Spears and N'SYNC (and now groups
like B*witched, Five, etc.)? I have a 10-year old daughter and this is
her kind of music, etc... Mariah and Celine are different, perhaps, but
with some of these bands I get the impression it's not a gender but an age
thing....
I still haven't had time to look at the demographic breakdown on the RIAA
website Jon pointed out, but I'm hoping it has age demos too..
--junior
PS. " 'cool' alternaguys ". Whew.
