June 1, 201114 yr Other reasons: * Teenage boys (as mentioned above) are statistically the most likely to download music illegally. * The almost complete loss of the physical single * No 'reward' for buying a single in its first week like there was in the mid 90s (indie heyday) when it was £1.99 for a new CD single. This led to records going straight into the top 10 and falling sharply. * Nearly all 'indie' bands who have a chance of going top 10 are very poor indeed.
June 1, 201114 yr Other reasons: * Teenage boys (as mentioned above) are statistically the most likely to download music illegally. * The almost complete loss of the physical single * No 'reward' for buying a single in its first week like there was in the mid 90s (indie heyday) when it was £1.99 for a new CD single. This led to records going straight into the top 10 and falling sharply. * Nearly all 'indie' bands who have a chance of going top 10 are very poor indeed. I think three other reasons are: - Releasing your lead single on the same day as your album (a guaranteed killer, The Vaccines and The Strokes lost a top 40 because of it and Vampire Weekend and Editors could have had far bigger hits than they did) - Going On Air On Sale eg. Foo Fighters and Arctic Monkeys, this completely separates fan base buys and casual buyers so you have a low entry, a rapid drop followed by decent trickle sales. - Fanbase growing out of you - Linkin Park survived this a first by releasing the fantastic "What I've Done" but then flopped next time around. MCR suffered as the emo kids who sent Black Parade to #1 had discovered metalcore and illegal downloading by last year.
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