If there's anyone besides me who believes today's music is mostly uncreative swill, you're not alone. Reuters reports that the current Billboard 200 survey of album sales compiling last week's purchases reflected a total of 4.5 million units sold, the lowest since the publication modernized its album sales tracking methods in 1991. Reuters writer Piya Sinha-Ray blamed this on "listeners finding new digital platforms to consume music, often for free." In other words, people don't like it enough to buy it. If you care, the top-selling album was Katy Perry's Prism, which sold 286,000 copies and second place went to Miley Cyrus' Bangerz, which sold 270,000. I can't say either artist is a favorite of mine, although I'll give Perry credit for still performing songs that have verses and choruses. As for Miley, I don't even care enough about current music anymore to check out her VMA performance that all the hoo-hah was about. Giving credit where it's due, I did enjoy her "See You Again" a few years back. And before I go on about current music, 1991 was also one of the most dreadful years in pop that included Crystal Waters' monotonous "Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)," Marc Cohn's cliched "Walking in Memphis," Chris Isaak's breathlessly vapid "Wicked Game," Natalie Cole's unnecessary exhumation of her father's legacy that certainly wasn't "Unforgettable," and the Muzak-ready "More Than Words" by Extreme. And I'm not even mentioning the repeated inflictions of Michael Bolton on our eardrums back then.
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