Music Piracy.
The music industry is down 4% over last year. This is due to, apparently, piracy. With all this music that is avaliable on the Internet people don't buy music any more, but download it for free.
The same could be said about the film industry. As broadband users are the main culprit of downloading media content. With films so easily avaliable on the Internet you would suspect a similar trend appearing in the sales of DVDs and Videos. Ah, but what is this, sales are actually up over the film industry, and so is traditional piracy.
So the question is then posed; why is the music industry suffering, and not the film industry. You will find your answer in the charts.
1) Christina Aguilera - Beautiful
Yes, fair enough, it's goodish. Well done.
2) DJ Sammy - The Boys of Summer
What the hell!!? Now I am a fan of Dance and Trance, but this is pure unadolterated ****.
3) TATU - All The Things She Said
The song isn't that great, video is the only reason people paid attention to it, even that wasn't that good.
4) Junior Senior - Move Your Feet
er... how did that get there?
5) Ainslie - Keep Me a Secret
Indeed.
6) Justin Timberlake - Cry Me a River
Ah yes, one of these weird genres that doesn't come under the umbrella or music. R&B? Hip-hop? not entire sure, both horrific.
7) Melanie C - Here It Comes Again
Nothing special, but better than #6.
8) Sinead Quinn - I Can't Break Down
Yeah, this is ok congratulations on a top 10 spot.
9) Kelly Rowland - Stole
There we go! Another one, what is this?
10) Eminem - Lose Yourself
Need I say more? He has skill, I don't deny it, but it's not exactly "chart" stuff. And his lyrics are much to be desired.
Now this is by no means my reflection on my musical tastes. I've never been a great fan of main-stream music. But whatever happened to Rock & Pop that is supposed to be in the charts. The amount of shear excrement that is the charts today is a simple way of reflecting how the music industry is doing.
What they need is a new band which hasn't been manufactured to come along. There isn't anything in the above that I would buy.