Doing research for my class on pop music, one thing I learned is that the average age of US music consumers (meaning people who buy music either on physical media or digital downloads) has increased by nearly a decade. Young kids are conditioned to listen to music on YouTube or on free versions of sites like Spotify. It isn’t that they are buying less… they aren’t buying at all. So sales charts that used to be heavily dictated by teens are now focused on people in their early 30s. This is why you sometimes hear Mumford & Sons on a Top 40 radio station even though conventional wisdom says the kids aren’t partying to banjo music.
It’s a confusing time to be a musician. On Sat, Dec 24, 2022 at 1:34 PM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > For the fifth consecutive year, "LadBaby," the nom de YouTube for Mark and > Roxanne Hoyle, have won the coveted Christmas No. 1 single in the UK for > another parody song for charity about sausage rolls. "Food Aid," a parody > of the original charity Christmas record "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by > Band Aid, was only released on Dec. 15 and was able to knock Wham!'s "Last > Christmas" out of the top spot this week (that's for you Americans who are > screaming "Whamageddon!" this year). The previous record-holder was a tie > between the Beatles and original Brit teenage idol Cliff Richard, with both > hitting the holiday top spot four times (technically, one of Sir Cliff's > appearances was as part of the second Band Aid recording of "Do They > Know..." in 1989). Last year the Hoyles beat the Fab Four's record for the > most consecutive No. 1s ("I Want to Hold Your Hand" in 1963, "I Feel Fine" > in 1964 and "Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out" in 1965): > > > https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/christmas-number-1-2022-ladbaby-make-uk-official-chart-history-as-food-aid-debuts-at-number-1-a-massive-apology-to-the-beatles-the-charity-wins-__38179/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=23-12-2022%20-%20The%20Official%20Word&utm_content=23-12-2022%20-%20The%20Official%20Word+CID_fcdc7d15a86bcd9fd44b655d51fb6601&utm_source=CampaignMo > "nitor&utm_term=Find%20out%20now > > All of the LadBaby parodies--Starship's "We Built This City" in 2018, "I > Love Sausage Rolls" ("I Love Rock and Roll") in 2019, "Don't Stop Me > Eatin'" ("Don't Stop Believing") in 2020 and "Sausage Rolls for Everyone" > (Elton John and Ed Sheeran's "Merry Christmas"--Sir Elton and Sheeran > appeared on the parody) last year--have had the proceeds go to a food bank, > while this year Band Aid is receiving part of the proceeds (in exchange for > the rights to use "Do They Know..."), so in some ways it's better than all > those years in the oughts and 2010s when the Great British Public > mindlessly followed Simon Cowell's dictates and made the winner of "The X > Factor" the winner of Christmas No. 1. But still--the Beatles beaten out > by some YouTube bloke shouting about sausage rolls? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/7bab6eda-19c1-4f0d-96c3-4e94c6a36ad3n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/7bab6eda-19c1-4f0d-96c3-4e94c6a36ad3n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4Cwor%3DPBaARzMDdCXqaZR48MHUMybk1D3GnYwkZnjQgJg%40mail.gmail.com.
