Members SeniorBlues Posted August 19, 2013 Members Share Posted August 19, 2013 Which ones are doing well; which ones are relegated to the margins?Is this data reliable? I suspect it is.http://blog.tunecore.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Genre-Distribution-by-Country.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted August 19, 2013 Members Share Posted August 19, 2013 Comedy is 10%?? That one doesn't make much sense. The rest seem about right and not much changed from what they were when I was working on the retail end of things 20 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted August 19, 2013 Members Share Posted August 19, 2013 And there's probably some crossover as well. The numbers for R&B/soul and heavy metal seem very low. But some acts I would put into those categories they maybe defined as pop or rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jcpatte2 Posted August 19, 2013 Members Share Posted August 19, 2013 Sales may belong to others, but I've seen several surveys over the last year say that country is the most popular format. Here's an example:https://www.npd.com/wps/portal/npd/us/news/press-releases/the-npd-group-country-music-rises-to-become-americas-favorite-genre-in-2012/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jcpatte2 Posted August 19, 2013 Members Share Posted August 19, 2013 The only comedy album I have ever heard have been by Roy D. Mercer. That's some funny stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nijyo Posted August 19, 2013 Members Share Posted August 19, 2013 Keep in mind that "comedy" can be a deceptive category. "Steel Panther", for example, charts in the "comedy" category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted August 19, 2013 Members Share Posted August 19, 2013 Nijyo wrote: Keep in mind that "comedy" can be a deceptive category. "Steel Panther", for example, charts in the "comedy" category. Yeah, but how many records does Steel Panther actually sell?I couldn't find a US list, but here's the list of the top 40 best selling albums of 2012 in the UK. (The UK pie chart also showed a big percentage going to comedy.) I don't see anything here that's a comedy or even parody record. http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-40-biggest-selling-albums-of-2012-revealed-1785/So if there's not huge albums dominating the charts, then it would have be hundreds of artists selling smaller amounts. And unless there's some big underground movement of comedy artists that combined, sell more than Adele, Rhianna, Bruno Mars, One Direction, and everybody else that had big selling "pop" albums --- I dunno. Anything's possible, of course. But if that's true, then I've just completely missed the entire movement and I should probably go brush up on my standup routine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jes Johnson Posted August 19, 2013 Members Share Posted August 19, 2013 Several things about this surprise me. I'm surprised that pop isn't leading the pack and that rock is actually outselling it. And that metal, blues, and folk are relegated to the "other" category. This makes me wonder if this chart is maybe mislabeling certain bands and artists. And yeah, comedy surprises the hell out of me, too. I don't think I've ever bought a comedy album in my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SLScott86 Posted August 20, 2013 Members Share Posted August 20, 2013 I know metal isn't top dog or anything, but I have a very hard time believing that spoken word sells more than half as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SLScott86 Posted August 20, 2013 Members Share Posted August 20, 2013 This is from tunecore, so it could be based on their own sales, which are going to be primarily independent artists. I can see how the demographics of people utilizing their distribution service could skew the numbers from the overall totals. Metal seems low, but most metal bands aren't sending people to their tunecore page. They're peddling CD's at shows, which we all know they play plenty of. Contemporary Christian, on the other hand, isn't a real gig-heavy genre. Still surprising, but that would be SOME explanation for sine of the weirdness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kramerguy Posted August 20, 2013 Members Share Posted August 20, 2013 I can see half the south buying jeff foxworthy cd's and that git-r-done crap. I'm sure 90%+ of nascar fans own either or both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jcpatte2 Posted August 21, 2013 Members Share Posted August 21, 2013 I'm thinking that if this is from tunecore, it only represents their sales. And their sales are primarily independent releases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jes Johnson Posted August 22, 2013 Members Share Posted August 22, 2013 Yeah, I have to think it has to be their sales only. The statistics are way too weird for it to include all sales everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Piano Whore Posted August 22, 2013 Members Share Posted August 22, 2013 Not sure if ventriloquist Jeff Dunham and his characters qualify as "git'r done crap" but he's hugely popular in the South and I know several people who buy his DVD's. I myself never spent $$ on comedy, except for a couple Jay Hickman tapes. BTW I think HBO played a big role in the "mainstreaming" of comedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.