Comparing 1997 Billboard Chart to 2013/2014 charts.

[Oceanicpuppy]

1Elton JohnCandle in the Wind 1997
2JewelFoolish Games / You Were Meant for Me
3Puff Daddy and Faith EvansI'll Be Missing You
4Toni BraxtonUn-Break My Heart
5Puff DaddyCan't Nobody Hold Me Down
6R. KellyI Believe I Can Fly
7En VogueDon't Let Go (Love)
8Mark MorrisonReturn of the Mack
9LeAnn RimesHow Do I Live
10Spice GirlsWannabe
11Backstreet BoysQuit Playing Games (With My Heart)
12HansonMMMBop
13MonicaFor You I Will
14UsherYou Make Me Wanna...
15Meredith Brooksbytch
16Keith SweatNobody
17Third Eye BlindSemi-Charmed Life
18Duncan SheikBarely Breathing
19Az Yet feat. Peter CeteraHard to Say I'm Sorry
20Notorious B.I.G.Mo Money Mo Problems
21Verve PipeThe Freshmen
22Savage GardenI Want You
23BLACKstreet feat. Dr. DreNo Diggity
24RomeI Belong to You (Every Time I See Your Face)
25Notorious B.I.G.Hypnotize

1997


1Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. WanzThrift Shop
2Robin Thicke feat. T.I. and PharrellBlurred Lines
3Imagine DragonsRadioactive
4BaauerHarlem Shake
5Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Ray DaltonCan't Hold Us
6Justin TimberlakeMirrors
7P!nk feat. Nate RuessJust Give Me a Reason
8Bruno MarsWhen I Was Your Man
9Florida Georgia Line feat. NellyCruise
10Katy PerryRoar
11Bruno MarsLocked Out of Heaven
12LumineersHo Hey
13Rihanna feat. Mikky EkkoStay
14Daft Punk feat. Pharrell WilliamsGet Lucky
15LordeRoyals
16Taylor SwiftI Knew You Were Trouble
17Miley CyrusWe Can't Stop
18Miley CyrusWrecking Ball
19AviciiWake Me Up!
20Justin Timberlake feat. Jay ZSuit and Tie
21Anna KendrickCups (Pitch Perfect's When I'm Gone)
22Jay Z feat. Justin TimberlakeHoly Grail
23will.i.am and Britney SpearsScream and Shout
24Zedd feat. FoxesClarity
25AWOLNATIONSail

2013


Link to current 2014 top 100 this week
http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100

Where is the diversity at? How come 97' looks more diverse than 2014?

 

[MikelArteta]

cant really compare

back in 1997 whatever was played on the radio or on music videos is what you knew

now in 2014 total opposite, barely anyone listens to the radio or watches music videos on tv, vevo, youtube, streaming is in, companies can't control what's popular like they used to.

 

[Oceanicpuppy]

cant really compare

back in 1997 whatever was played on the radio or on music videos is what you knew

now in 2014 total opposite, barely anyone listens to the radio or watches music videos on tv, vevo, youtube, streaming is in, companies can't control what's popular like they used to.

Do you think that that 2013/2014 artist reflects what the youth today likes? Would the youth today rather see an industry dominate by white faces or is it the industry/ Payola pushing these acts on public or both or neither?

 

[Timeis$]

That R&B is dead.

Blackstreet, EnVogue, R.Kelly, Usher, Monica, Toni Braxton, Keith Sweat all on the charts in 1997.

Today that is damn near non-existent.

 

[Rocket Scientist]

Az Yet,Rome

 

[mrken12]

 

[MikelArteta]

Do you think that that 2013/2014 artist reflects what the youth today likes? Would the youth today rather see an industry dominate by white faces or is it the industry/ Payola pushing these acts on public or both or neither?

probably who knows though , i mean in 1997, i remember being like 12-13, and listening to the radio at home, whatever the rado would play id record on a cassette player and bump over and over again. I'd watch bet/mtv/much music, whatever songs/artists were playing thats all i knew. if i saved enough money i'd go to hmv and whatever was there or popular id buy.

Now i'm not dictated anymore, when i go in my car i take out my phone and i either bump a downloaded mixtape, a podcast, or stream from songza, or internet radio stations (tune in). Mostly all money a artist makes now comes from touring, even big name artists sell like 100-200k now thats jsut the way the industry is now. Sales and single sales aren't indicative of popularity anymore

 

[Ricky Church]

I don't know 80% of the songs on the 2013 chart, not to mention the "artists" and I prefer it that way.

I still bump "Return of the Mack" on my iPod.

 

[Oceanicpuppy]

Take note that most of the top billboard songs in 2013/ 2014 all have at least 10 million youtube views or greater.

 

[IAmGettingAMailOrderBride]

younger people today will look 20 years from now and say the music was good back there day

rock n roll is the devils music

 

[Oceanicpuppy]

That R&B is dead.

Blackstreet, EnVogue, R.Kelly, Usher, Monica, Toni Braxton, Keith Sweat all on the charts in 1997.

Today that is damn near non-existent.

Sad to see R&B in the state that it's in. Only New R&B artist that I like are Mayer Hawthorne and Jessie Ware and they are white.

 

[Ricky Church]

younger people today will look 20 years from now and say the music was good back there day

rock n roll is the devils music

GTA V

 

[Oceanicpuppy]

It's depressing to see that 1997 chart is more diverse in race, genres, and age. It's like the music climate of the country is moving backwards.
But then again this might not be a true representation of the what's Hot and if it's not than this could mean All races, genres and ages are not being represented.

 

[Blah1991]

It's depressing to see that 1997 chart is more diverse in race, genres, and age. It's like the music climate of the country is moving backwards.
But then again this might not be a true representation of the what's Hot and if it's not than this could mean All races, genres and ages are not being represented.

Traditionally black genres (RnB, hip hop) are being represented, just not by black people. That is a major problem to me.

 

[Box Cutta]

Too many fukking culture vultures. Really wish these suburbanites stayed in their country music lane....