![]() ![]() But even if he doesn't, it seems he's done enough right to make a suitable splash with his return.įor more about the business of music, check out my Jay Z biography Empire State of Mind and my new book Michael Jackson, Inc. Perhaps he'll take a lesson from himself by moving to broaden his fan base-through dipping a foot, or at least a toe, into the streaming pool-as he did earlier in his career. Cloistering his new music away from the streaming services that are increasingly dominating the music business won't help accomplish either. ![]() The goals for Brooks should be building an even greater audience for his music and drawing ever larger crowds to his upcoming tour (his last one drew 5 million people). As the singer himself said, "I was the guy that wasn't country in the '90s." Still, country music is in the midst of one of its periodic upswings as it pushes deeper into the mainstream, thanks in part to that same "bro country" and "hick hop" music. The backlash against those subgenres isn't so different from the reaction by traditionalists toward Brooks two decades ago. ![]() And of course, country radio is still an instrumental force in the genre, making streaming less important than it is for hip-hop or pop. It's worth noting that Luke Bryan and Eric Church's aforementioned efforts are available on Spotify (Bryan's entire album and three tracks from Church's). In Brooks' heyday, many top artists's albums went platinum in their opening week. The bestselling album of the year was the Frozen soundtrack, which moved a whopping 2.7 million units-and is the only album to sell a million copies (without including track equivalents) so far this year. ![]() Two of the top ten bestselling albums of 2014 belong to country stars: Eric Church's Outsiders (642,000 copies) and Luke Bryan's Crash My Party (455,000).īut their competition also includes tired compilation albums Now 49 (482,000) and Now 50 (452,000) in addition to stars like Beyonce's self-titled effort (702,000) and Lorde's Pure Heroine (641,000). To be sure, country is now among the most popular genres on the sinking ship that is traditional physical and digital music sales. ![]()
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