It might be me getting old but the lack of new artists/albums in this list is startling. Maybe kids just don’t listen to albums these days? Still plenty of great new albums out there…
Would have to see some analysis on it to know what’s up.
But now with streaming numbers counting towards the chart I’d guess that older generations replaying the classics bumps them up the chart, and that didn’t happen when ppl did that on records/tapes/CDs/ipod
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I work in a college and I’m always amazed how many of the kids listen to the classic rock/pop/hip hop playlists on Spotify rather than new stuff. Even had one the other day listening to a Kinks playlist.
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Tag yourself I’m Ed Sheeran
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Grimly hilarious Maroon 5 are still lowkey popular. We don’t deserve anything nice.
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Best of albums really dominated cd sales in the peak and slightly post peak cd sales era didn’t they. Think it’s just what people revert to. I guess the ‘canon’ gets gradually added to - like Eminem in this list surprises me but he seems to have established himself as a ‘classic artist’.
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Biggest rap album of last year, don’t you know
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Here’s 2003 for comparison
Tbf a lot of them are “new” (ie released that year) and there are only two compilations in the top 10.
Also some stuff that would fit right into the “artists nobody has thought of for years” thread - Hayley Westenra???
Daniel In Blue Jeans is a genuinely hilarious name
That 2003 chart is essentially the contents of 2023’s shelf in the local charity shop.
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I don’t think I’ve ever thought of Hayley Westenra
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Who is buying What’s the Story Morning Glory by Oasis in 2023? Things like this hurt my brain.
No one. A lot of people are streaming it though
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Ah ok. Thought this was actual sales or something.
Who is streaming What’s the Story Morning Glory by Oasis in 2023?
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Just checked last.fm and I have streamed tracks from What’s The Story Morning Glory by Oasis six times in 2023 so guilty, your honour
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Emphatically this. Every day I see kids buying (yes, buying) classic rock mainstays that I wouldn’t have gone anywhere near when I was their age. I reckon the generational gap in listening habits is probably the smallest it’s ever been.
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Loads of this on vinyl Instagram as well, gen z kids posing with copies of Back in Black or whatever.
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Some great albums in that list. That was when new acts sold. Then again maybe the vinyl chart of this year so far would look different, or the one solely made up of purchases.
Based upon my scientific survey (observing my own kids) young people these days are not overly bothered about chasing something ‘new’. If it’s new to them it’s interesting. Constant easy access to all music ever has just telescoped music history, added to the fact that we’re going through one of those periods without anything vitally interesting and iconoclastic happening in mainstream music (we may not have a period like that ever again).
Growing up in the eighties, music from the sixties seemed so ancient to me, definitely music for old people. My daughter listens to new artists but most of her favourite music is from the eighties, my son likes new hip hop but listens to loads of stuff from the nineties. Equivalent to me listening to stuff from the 1930s and 40s when I was their age.
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How dare you do this
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