In the popular imagination, 1991 is probably best remembered as the year that grunge made its commercial breakthrough, with the release of Nirvana’s chart-smashing Nevermind. But any list of the best albums of 1991 will quickly yield incredible music from all corners. Garth Brooks was leading a revolution in country […]
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The Complete History of How SoundScan Changed Popular Music Forever
Elton John twice. Stevie Wonder. Bruce Springsteen. Michael Jackson. Whitney Houston. That’s it. The weekly Billboard album chart—launched in 1956 as Best Selling Pop Albums with Harry Belafonte on top, and known today as The Billboard 200—logged exactly six no. 1 debuts in the first 35 years of its existence. […]
Spotify Turns 15: How the Streaming Giant Has Changed Music
Ask any executive what the music business was like in the ’00s and their face may take on an expression more commonly associated with narrowly averted disasters like car accidents or, more accurately, attempted robberies. Due to peer-to-peer file-sharing platforms like Napster and Limewire, U.S. recorded-music revenues lost more than […]