Black Lightning
Superstar
Most streamed albums in 2016
Cole had over 1.1 billion streams for an album that's 2 years old.
50 MOST STREAMED SONGS/ARTISTS OF 2016
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Cole had over 1.1 billion streams for an album that's 2 years old.
Black Lightning
Superstar
WickedGames
Superstar
Jay Z and Tidal are messy. They make stuff available on Apple Music then withdraw it the. Make available again. I'm sure I heard lemonade on Apple Music but now you're right it ain't there
Her older albums are though
They also do annoying stuff like make it so WTT hasn't got "The Joy" on it on Apple Music
I'm 39. And I do keep to myself somewhat so maybe you're right...Fixed
Unless you're an older breh and live in a quite remote area and don't have any younger family / friends I don't see this as possible
I don't do clubs and shyt like that.
Nah, that was when people bought albums and that was part of 90s boom in black music and culture in the mainstream + actual urban radio. That has subsided and hip hop has been merged into pop culture. Even country acts have hip hop in them now. There's no need for a black face to do an urban sounding record. See Katy Perry and Juicy J or Justin Beiber with Sorry or a bunch of Ariana Grande songs. It's like when George Clooney said the Oscars had gone backwards with regard to diversity. I don't know why but all that stuff reversed at some point in the middle of the last decade. Television has been the only place where you see black women in prominent positions. And of course you don't hear black women on urban radio as much, when you have iheartradio playing the same thing everywhere and Viacom owns BET. All those stations and channels are the same now.
65% of those people you listed were never that big. They just appeared big because black people had their own music outlets. Or they had some hit songs that propelled them to temporary stardom. They were the equivalent to some of those white pop stars like Mandy moore.
DonKnock
KPJ Gonna Save Us
:DKYeaTrav:Most streamed albums in 2016
Drake with the 5-peat
dora_da_destroyer
Master Baker
Blood, I'm not talking about pop stars or them all being beyonce level, but all the women i listed had successful careers (charting songs, plat albums, multiple albums, awards, heavy radio play, classic tracks, etc) - some crossed over, some were moreso staples in the black community, but we don't have that today. We still have our own music. A lot more black males are able to maintain some semblance of a career just within the black community while black females can't get on (trey songz, Chris brown, ty dolla...who's actually on pop songs
...tiller - whether he sustains it or not he got a lot further than any recent black female). This was not an issue prior to ~2008, it's wasn't just a 90's thing....black female singers flourished from the jazz age until around 08. There was always some new chick getting a push, whether she failed or not. Now you see a lot of talent trying to breakthrough and get no assistance - teyana taylor, sevyn streeter, etc. It's actually more perplexing as I ask myself what females are young black girls and women listening to? it's not katy perry, Ariana grande, or taylor swift. I actually think reality tv fukked up the game, all those shows promoted black women (women in general) tearing each other down...as well as social media which made every woman feel like they're in competiton. I feel like folks rather hate a new chick or find a reason to dislike her as opposed to listening to and judging the music.
malbaker86
Gators
The Beatled 
when I say Mandy Moore, I mean that their run was short lived. It was not a sign of something sustainable and like I said no everything charted back then. People bought albums for singles. Bringing up the Jazz age and 80s is another beast entirely because once again, you had a lot of channels for black music to listen to "black" shyt. Michael Jackson was the first black dude on MTV for real but you had a bunch of successful black acts before that. There is no sense of "our" stations anymore. FYI, I don't know what the answer is. Your guess is as good as mine, but television is the only place where black women are being highlighted right now and that largely has to do with black women as execs like Shonda Rimes. There aren't really women of color music stars outside of the big 3 at all really. Gomez and Lovato aren't Latino in the way Shakira and j lo were. Black men still pop probably because you need us to sell the image. It is very strange though, especially because women buy most music. Maybe it is about being told to not fukk with other women. I just don't know. All I know is people only buy your shyt if they relate to you these days. It's crazy that there isn't a black girl equivalent to taylor swift with all the shyt young black girls go through. That's a great question, what do young black girls listen to? I know it ain't these pop broads. This makes us sound old.Blood, I'm not talking about pop stars or them all being beyonce level, but all the women i listed had successful careers (charting songs, plat albums, multiple albums, awards, heavy radio play, classic tracks, etc) - some crossed over, some were moreso staples in the black community, but we don't have that today. We still have our own music. A lot more black males are able to maintain some semblance of a career just within the black community while black females can't get on (trey songz, Chris brown, ty dolla...who's actually on pop songs
It's actually more perplexing as I ask myself what females are young black girls and women listening to? it's not katy perry, Ariana grande, or taylor swift. I actually think reality tv fukked up the game, all those shows promoted black women (women in general) tearing each other down...as well as social media which made every woman feel like they're in competiton. I feel like folks rather hate a new chick or find a reason to dislike her as opposed to listening to and judging the music.
dora_da_destroyer
Master Baker
2 phones and really really...really got a lot of play
2 phones was on damn near every 45 minutes from feb-may/jun000000000000000000000000000121270000000000000000000000000001212700000000000000000000000000012127000000000000000000000000000121270000000000000000000000000001212700000000000000000000000000012127
Hence "little" while those two songs are two of if not the biggest songs of his career his tapes and albums were doing decent numbers prior to that Album release despite the fact he had zero radio play and was uploading his albums to stream on all platforms for free. Even his tapes were selling decently. He worked his way up slowly in an age with so many flash in the pan artists or artists who rely on co signs and features.
Even before those two songs he was pretty popular. Every single song of his his on his YouTube had single digit millions or double digit millions of views, despite him having zero radio play
2 phones and really really...really got a lot of play
Hence "little" while those two songs are two of if not the biggest songs of his career his tapes and albums were doing decent numbers prior to that Album release despite the fact he had zero radio play and was uploading his albums to stream on all platforms for free. Even his tapes were selling decently. He worked his way up slowly in an age with so many flash in the pan artists or artists who rely on co signs and features.
Even before those two songs he was pretty popular. Every single song of his his on his YouTube had single digit millions or double digit millions of views, despite him having zero radio play
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BK The Great
Veteran
Cole did less and is 3rd on that list, now that's impressive.
and they barely seeing a dime from it
dora_da_destroyer
Master Baker
most people arent getting songs from their mixtapes on the radio - currensy, dom kennedy, asap mob, nipsey hussle, etc - and still maintain popularity. it's the commercial album releases that get push, dude has clearly broken into the mainstream with that album
