to me it looks like only 9 Hip.Hop/Rap acts on the chart thats not "domination" to me

the chart also shows rock isnt dead thats for sure

btw: The Killers are gaining some big time momentum now!


15 1 RAY CHARLES CONCORD 224,651 +214%
GENIUS LOVES COMPANY
3 2 GREEN DAY REPRISE 210,541 +62%
AMERICAN IDIOT
2 3 THE GAME AFTERMATH/G-UNIT/INT 129,154 -15%
THE DOCUMENTARY
14 4 GRAMMY NOMINEES 2005 CAPITOL 114,854 +55%
VARIOUS
10 5 USHER LAFACE/ZLG 107,359 +23%
CONFESSIONS
1 6 3 DOORS DOWN REPUBLIC/UNIVERSAL 102,348 -56%
SEVENTEEN DAYS
6 7 JOHN LEGEND GETTING OUT OUR/COLUMBIA 94,648 +3%
GET LIFTED
11 8 EMINEM SHADY/INTERSCOPE 77,420 -8%
ENCORE
13 9 KELLY CLARKSON RCA/RMG 77,329 -7%
BREAKAWAY
46 10 ALICIA KEYS J RECORDS/RMG 73,361 +136%
THE DIARY OF ALICIA KEYS
26 11 MAROON 5 OCTONE/J RECORDS/RMG 72,583 +34%
SONGS ABOUT JANE
25 12 KILLERS ISLAND/IDJ 66,070 +22%
HOT FUSS
18 13 RAY! ATL/RHI/WSM SOUNDTRACKS 63,936 +7%
SOUNDTRACK
22 14 GWEN STEFANI INTERSCOPE 63,604 +14%
LOVE, ANGEL, MUSIC, BABY
8 15 KENNY CHESNEY BNA 61,595 -32%
BE AS YOU ARE
17 16 LIL' JON & THE EASTSIDE BOYZ TVT 61,428 -2%
CRUNK JUICE
47 17 JOHN MAYER AWARE/COLUMBIA/CRG 60,781 +98%
HEAVIER THINGS
7 18 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 57,870 -36%
IT'S TIME
16 19 FANTASIA J RECORDS/RMG 57,536 -10%
FREE YOURSELF
37 20 U2 INTERSCOPE 56,464 +41%
HOW TO DISMANTLE AN ATOMIC BOMB
-- 21 LOS LONELY BOYS EPIC 53,843 --
LOS LONELY BOYS
9 22 TINA TURNER CAPITOL 53,548 -41%
ALL THE BEST
23 23 NOW THAT WHAT I CALL MUSIC! V.17 CAPITOL 51,732 -6%
VARIOUS
24 24 DESTINY'S CHILD COLUMBIA/CRG 51,295 -7%
DESTINY FULFILLED
20 25 RASCAL FLATTS LYRIC STREET 50,974 -12%
FEELS LIKE TODAY
21 26 CIARA LAFACE/ZLG 50,045 -12%
GOODIES
28 27 LUDACRIS DEF JAM/IDJ 49,547 -7%
THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT
30 28 GRETCHEN WILSON EPIC/SONY NASHVILLE 49,429 -3%
HERE FOR THE PARTY
39 29 TIM MCGRAW CURB 48,779 +25%
LIVE LIKE YOU WERE DYING
19 30 SHANIA TWAIN MERCURY NASHVILLE 48,540 -18%
GREATEST HITS
4 31 BRIAN MCKNIGHT MOTOWN/UNIVERSAL 48,419 -54%
GEMINI
36 32 T.I. ATLANTIC/ATL G 47,737 +15%
URBAN LEGEND
-- 33 KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/IDJ 47,676 --
COLLEGE DROPOUT
5 34 TOTALLY COUNTRY IV BNA/RLG/SMG 45,572 -53%
VARIOUS
31 35 MARIO J RECORDS/RMG 45,204 -6%
TURNING POINT
29 36 PHANTOM OF THE OPERA SONY CLASSICAL 41,771 -22%
SOUNDTRACK
34 37 SNOOP DOGG GEFFEN 41,010 -8%
R&G (RHYTHM & GANGSTA)
32 38 NELLY FO' REEL/UNIVERSAL 40,611 -12%
SUIT
33 39 JESSE MCCARTNEY HOLLYWOOD 40,098 -11%
BEAUTIFUL SOUL
27 40 MOTLEY CRUE HIP-O RECORDS 39,842 -27%
RED, WHITE & CRUE
-- 41 JOSS STONE S-CURVE/EMC 39,368 --
MIND, BODY & SOUL
35 42 JAY-Z/LINKIN PARK WARNER BROS. 36,955 -11%
COLLISION COURSE
-- 43 QUEEN LATIFAH VECTOR/FLAVOR UNIT/A&M 35,799 --
THE DANA OWENS ALBUM
12 44 LEE ANN WOMACK MCA NASHVILLE 34,360 -59%
THERE'S MORE WHERE THAT CAME...
40 45 GEORGE STRAIT MCA NASHVILLE 33,661 -13%
50 #1'S
38 46 TOBY KEITH DREAMWORKS NASHVILLE 32,809 -16%
GREATEST HITS 2
-- 47 ROD STEWART J RECORDS/RMG 32,770 --
STARDUST...THE GREAT AMERICAN...
49 48 GARDEN STATE EPIC 31,997 +8%
SOUNDTRACK
-- 49 DISNEYMANIA 3 WALT DISNEY REORDS 31,145 --
VARIOUS
-- 50 BLACK EYED PEAS A&M/INTERSCOPE 30,954 --

@ U2's post-Grammy jump. Glad to see Green Day is still doing big business too.

Still domaniates the radio. The album charts don't reflect the radio....poor Ray Charles ain't getting played on the radio, that's for damn sure.

i get the feeling that someone is anti-hip hop or something...

missfee said:

Were anti-Clear Channel....

VinnyM27 said:

I bet there's domination on the singles chart.

VinnyM27 said:

i think that will change soon Vinny with single downloads counted on the hot 100 chart now we'll be seeing more rock acts in the top 20 and radio programmers that arent getting paid off will take note of that

WhamBamGlamSlam said:

yea but singles charts are made up of mostly radio aiplay (until 2 weeks ago when they started counting single downloads) so its not really what the public wants to hear its what the radio programmers want us to hear

WhamBamGlamSlam said:

Well....

Depends what you consider "Hip Hop/R&B". I'd say Gwen and Jen are because those songs aren't very different from everything else. So if you put it that way, I count 16 out of the top 20! Kelly Clarkson only has two top twenty hits since they changed the charts to reflect...what....internet sales! And Green Day has the lone rock single on the charts....there is only room for one....

Mazerati said:

Yes...a change is coming. I have no problem with hip hop...it's just what they play sucks!

missfee said:

I'm not anti-hip hop, I just dislike the fact that it has such a corner on the market. When I was growing up, the pop charts had a mixture of rock, rap, dance, and especially pop music. Say what you will about Janet, George Michael, Madonna, MJ, but it's undeniable that they released quality pop songs with both a hook and a message.

The pop charts have become so homogonized that they no longer resemble a multi-format chart. Killing the physical single had a lot to do with it, IMO. Now instead of the consumer indicating what songs radio should play through spending power, the corporations dictate what 15 songs will be played ad nauseum for the next 3 months or so.

Hip-hop & R&b that plays on most urban stations seems to dominate the charts...

And there was also room for Salt N Pepa, Guns N Roses etc. The full spectrum. Maybe it's not that Hip-hop rules the charts. It seems to rule the culture. That minstrel-show garbage is just the way Bush & Co. want minorites depicted. But the only bad taste they're willing to legislate involves a titty popping out.