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Originally Posted by elatedsky
Hi guys, I'm doing an assignment for school work. Thus, I would like to know what's your point of view about the latest trend in music industry? Who's leading now in the music industry?
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When you say 'leading' and 'music industry' as in a present tense you can just look at the sales in the billboard top 200. It should also give you some indication of who (market segment) is buying the most music in the industry.
If you're asking for an opinion of what the next big thing in music is going to be you'll need to consider the market segment too, which seems to be predominately 1.) pre-teen females, 2.) 13-24 females and 3.) males 15-24. Another segment that 'buys' albums en masse is an older segment that all buy the same album for nostalgia. The reason for these earlier age groups dominating are because of the peer structured enviornments they live in.
If I was going to bet on the next big thing I would say lighter dancy pop rock with a rythm/ sampling influenced by hip hop. Stuff that is fun and light. Comedic.
The reason is with the current state of the world there is going to be a plethora of news saturation that will adequately scratch that itch of making people depressed.
It's not the kind of music that I would rush out and buy, but then if I own anything on the top 200, I didn't buy it.