No.102233
When did this guy stop being so popular? He's the second highest selling music artist of all time, surpassed only by The Beatles. In fact, I like his music more than The Beatles. I used to listen to him sing first thing in the morning and again before bed. But one day, the music stopped. Now nobody listens to his music. It's like nobody even remembers him.
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No.102234
>>102233
Two reasons: Fame is fickle and fleeting, and he's a country artist. I briefly looked over his discography on wikipedia and his albums have been selling pretty well in the past decade, but like with many other big artists that doesn't equate to being in the spotlight, even if it's a critically acclaimed album. Country as a genre has been a common punchline for a while anyway, so it's not like anything he puts out is going to hit big with the current zeitgeist.
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No.102237
I don't even know who that is
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No.102241
>>102233
>He's the second highest selling music artist of all time
he's not on here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums
he is the best selling solo albums artist in the US though
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No.102242
>>102241
He's the only artist or group to have seven diamond certified records. The Beatles only have six. Beatles have him beat when it comes to units sold but then again they've been around for 30 years longer.
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No.102247
>>102233
He's probably just not popular in cities anymore, but in the suburbs and in the country, he's still the King of Music.
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No.102256
>>102241
That link is worldwide, I think OP is only talking about the USA; He didn't do very well outside of NA.
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No.102264
>>102241
>>102256
Just Imagine if the chinkos over in china started liking country music… we would have President Garth Brooks and that's a good thing
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No.102271
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No.102276
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No.102279
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play. >>102247
>king of music
lmao no
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No.102281
>>102233
He kept his music off of streaming services. It really is as simple as that.
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No.102298
>>102279
I'll eat my hat the day gayboy jackson gets half the fans that brooks has got
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No.102301
>>102276
Chris Gaines sold more records than any of Paul McCartney's solo efforts. Chris Gaines outsold many Beatles records, too.
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No.102320
I had no idea Meat Loaf existed until I got curious and looked up the bestselling albums on jewikipedia. How in the hell do these people fly under the radar?
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No.102322
>>102320
see
>>102281
People don't realize how easy it is for (((companies))) to rewrite music history (or history in general) when everything is on the internet.
No one I know personally has a physical movie or music collection, and just stream everything. If something isn't on Netflix/Hulu/Spotify/Pandora/Prime they don't even know it exists.
That's why I try to find physical copies of what I like, you never know when it will be memory-holed.
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No.102327
>>102322
I just keep pirated lossless copies of any music I really like. Everything else, I would be content if it disappeared. You have to choose what gets saved, really, because not everything can be saved.
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No.102328
>>102320
You're not missing out on much tbh, Meat Loaf only had a handful of good songs.
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