MEMBERS, WANT TO KNOW A BRIEF SUMMARY ON RAP MUSIC SELLS? Decline in sales Starting in 2005, sales of hip hop music in the United States began to severely wane, leading Time magazine to question if mainstream hip-hop was dying. Billboard Magazine found that, since 2000, rap sales dropped 44%, and declined to 10% of all music sales, which, while still a commanding figure when compared to other genres, is a significant drop from the 13% of all music sales where rap music regularly placed.[114][115] According to Courtland Milloy of The Washington Post, for the first time on five years, no rap albums were among the top 10 sellers in 2006.[116] NPR culture critic Elizabeth Blair noted that, some industry experts say young people are fed up with the violence, degrading imagery and lyrics. However, the 2005 report Generation M: Media in the Lives of 8–18 Year-Olds found that hip hop music is by far the most popular music genre for children and teenagers, with 65 percent of 8- to-18-year-olds listening to it on a daily basis.[117] Others say the music is just as popular as it ever was, but that fans have found other means to consume the music.[118] It can also be argued that many young people now download music illegally, especially through P2P networks, instead of purchasing albums and singles from legitimate stores. For example, Flo Rida is known for his low album sales regardless of his singles being mainstream and having digital success. His second album R.O.O.T.S. sold only 200,000+ total units in the U.S., which could not line up to the sales of the albums lead single Right Round. This also happened to him in 2008.[119] Some put the blame on the lack of lyrical content that hip hop once had, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop_music#Decline_in_sales
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