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Originally Posted by AnemicOak
Well, most of those albums charted in the top 15 (the worst one was like #38) so I'd say they are popular artists depending on the audience. 
These are currently albums that sell well so I'm sure at least some Microsoft customers will be happy to get them for free instead of paying $8-$12 each.  |
Very good. The problem is, I am just out of touch with popular music today. At one time in the recent past, I halfway knew the popular metal rock groups, because I regularly listened to radio stations which played their music. But I don't even recognize the newer groups in that subgenre anymore. The world has moved on without me; I haven't kept up. I don't know that I really want to catch up at this time, either, although that may mean that I'm missing out of something that would enrich my life, improve the quality of my life, etc.
However, I will say that, oddly to me, sometimes an album will do well (sometimes
very well), but none of the singles on it chart very high. It would be interesting to check that for these albums, and I'll do that if I have enough time in the next day or two to work on it. Personally, I'm not interested in an album from even an artist that I think is good, if that album does not have any of his or her better songs on it. Generally, I will not buy an album unless there is at least one or two high-charting songs on it--I will buy the single(s). That seems to make more economic sense, to me, than spending $8-$10 for an album, but maybe never listening to more than two or three songs on it.