If not, when do you think it will change?

Nope still nothing. As to when things will change, it's hard to say. Perhaps we will see the first signs of change sometime around late 2017ish, though they probably won't be in full effect until 2019ish. That's my rough estimate.

It's still the same as ever, frankly. Like I stated recently in another thread, the charts are still dominated by musicians who were already popular in the mid-2010s, like Ed Sheeran, the Chainsmokers, Kendrick Lamar, Drake, and Bruno Mars. The dominant genres in music continue to be trap and downbeat EDM. Harry Styles going solo is the closest thing to a "shift" in popular music this year, but even so, it's not like he's really pushing any musical boundaries like Lady Gaga and Kesha did in 2009, or Lorde did in 2013.

Honestly? Don't expect real shifts until around Oct.

Didn't you create a thread very similar (if not, identical) to this only a few weeks ago? People have already offered their opinions as to what the current state of mainstream music is like and if/when we may see changes. But anyway, to answer your question...

No

Honestly? Don't expect real shifts until around Oct.

Didn't you create a thread very similar (if not, identical) to this only a few weeks ago? People have already offered their opinions as to what the current state of mainstream music is like and if/when we may see changes. But anyway, to answer your question...

No


You know what? I think I did. I apologize. So, I will periodically update either this thread OR the other one just in case we DO see changes in the coming months.

I don't notice a thing. I think it will change in late 2018 or 2019, when the last of the Millennials born in 2000 graduate.

Top 40's been annoying the entire decade but in terms of any real shift in sound, hardly.

If not, when do you think it will change?


What do you think the next big trend in music will be?

No and it won't change for a long time. Just expect the same stuff.

There's a new biggest hit in town! Guess what it is?...Oh, it's just another trap/downbeat EDM piece of sleaze with some guy wearing tattoos across his entire arm cockily requesting his h** to strip, thinking he's some sexual tyrannosaur. Oh yeah, there's a bit of chop-n-screw for bonus effect, too. Truly revolutionary, amirite? ::)

I wouldn't say music now is exactly the same as mid 2010s now, very similar though. But music kinda changed in 2016 and this sound, along with some other genres playing, will probably remain popular for the rest of the decade. The sound of music that we have now that hasn't been popular in the mid 2010s and started in 2016 is mainly dancehall and the vocal sampling effect on choruses (chopping up the singer's vocals and mixing it around like the "It ain't Me" song for example). This is very popular now and its what you hear mostly on the radio, but it didn't exist in 2015. Really the only thing that stayed exactly the same in music from the mid 2010s is trap, but I think it is starting to pass its peak already.

At least a lot of trap music has a good beat with good lyricists who make "dat azz bounce" in the clubs and such like Desiigner. 

I think trap music is becoming more outer space like

Who's even considered the most popular artists right now in 2017 anyway? Is it still Justin Bieber? I haven't really followed this stuff that closely since the early '10s, so I really don't have a clue.

Biggest artists right now.

Drake, Edward Sheeran, Bruno Mars, Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Beyonce (although past her peak, is still popular), Adele, Lady Gaga (latest album was a hit, a comeback of some sorts), Taylor Swift (we'll see how her next album sells), Kendrick Lamar, and more.

Biggest artists right now.

Drake, Edward Sheeran, Bruno Mars, Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Beyonce (although past her peak, is still popular), Adele, Lady Gaga (latest album was a hit, a comeback of some sorts), Taylor Swift (we'll see how her next album sells), Kendrick Lamar, and more.


Lady Gaga's last album didn't do that well. I'd put Lamar and Swift much higher on the list and I think that would be accurate. :)

You forgot the Chainsmokers and the Weeknd though!

Lady Gaga's last album didn't do that well. I'd put Lamar and Swift much higher on the list and I think that would be accurate. :)

You forgot the Chainsmokers and the Weeknd though!


Her Joanne went Gold (1/2 million copies). Not great, but not bad. But yeah, others are bigger than her now.

And oh yeah, The Chainsmokers and The Weeknd are huge right now.  8)  8)

Biggest artists right now.

Drake, Edward Sheeran, Bruno Mars, Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Beyonce (although past her peak, is still popular), Adele, Lady Gaga (latest album was a hit, a comeback of some sorts), Taylor Swift (we'll see how her next album sells), Kendrick Lamar, and more.

Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Beyonce, and even Rihanna are not popular right now. And there is a bunch of other bands/artists who are even more popular than the other people you listed like DJ Khaled, Future, Alessia Cara, Selena Gomez, Chainsmokers, and more.

Harry Styles is also definitely a force to be reckoned with right now. His solo debut has sold excellently in its first week and spawned a huge hit in "Sign of the Times." He's quickly becoming the next Ronan Keating, who also got his start as a boyband singer from the British Isles but then became more of a pop soft rock singer upon going solo, yet lost none of the commercial momentum he established with his old crew.

I agree about Harry Styles. He's also one of the most sane celebrities I've ever seen too.....so far.

Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Beyonce, and even Rihanna are not popular right now. And there is a bunch of other bands/artists who are even more popular than the other people you listed like DJ Khaled, Future, Alessia Cara, Selena Gomez, Chainsmokers, and more.


I was just listing out ideas, and suggestions.  :o

http://www.ariacharts.com.au/charts/singles-chart

The ARIA charts are predicting that Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun" may re-enter into the Top-50 chart this weekend. I know that Chris Cornell was a massive figure in rock music (and popular music in general), but if "Black Hole Sun" does in fact re-enter the Top-50, I think it really emphasizes how much the music industry has declined over time. I don't mean to say that with any disrespect for Chris Cornell or Soundgarden, but the fact that a Soundgarden song released in 1994 could quite possibly be in next week's Top-50 is pretty alarming.

It's pointless

No point

http://www.ariacharts.com.au/charts/singles-chart

The ARIA charts are predicting that Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun" may re-enter into the Top-50 chart this weekend. I know that Chris Cornell was a massive figure in rock music (and popular music in general), but if "Black Hole Sun" does in fact re-enter the Top-50, I think it really emphasizes how much the music industry has declined over time. I don't mean to say that with any disrespect for Chris Cornell or Soundgarden, but the fact that a Soundgarden song released in 1994 could quite possibly be in next week's Top-50 is pretty alarming.


I think that's pretty normal. I remember when Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston died, their songs were back on the charts.

Funny thing is, Soundgarden never had a top 40 hit to begin with as far as I know.

Funny thing is, Soundgarden never had a top 40 hit to begin with as far as I know.


That's because during the 90s, several of the biggest rock songs were disqualified from entering the Billboard Hot 100 and thus only had their success reflected on the airplay charts. In that sense, however, "Black Hole Sun" was indeed a huge hit in 1994, having peaked at #9 on the Mainstream Top 40.

That's because during the 90s, several of the biggest rock songs were disqualified from entering the Billboard Hot 100 and thus only had their success reflected on the airplay charts. In that sense, however, "Black Hole Sun" was indeed a huge hit in 1994, having peaked at #9 on the Mainstream Top 40.


That is a good point. I just found out that even Green Day's hits from Dookie didn't enter the hot 100 but got tons of success on the Airplay 100 and Mainstream Top 40 charts. It's still kinda funny to think that years after their peak and after Chris Cornell's death that Soundgarden might actually hit their highest spot on the billboard charts.

http://www.ariacharts.com.au/charts/singles-chart

The ARIA charts are predicting that Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun" may re-enter into the Top-50 chart this weekend. I know that Chris Cornell was a massive figure in rock music (and popular music in general), but if "Black Hole Sun" does in fact re-enter the Top-50, I think it really emphasizes how much the music industry has declined over time. I don't mean to say that with any disrespect for Chris Cornell or Soundgarden, but the fact that a Soundgarden song released in 1994 could quite possibly be in next week's Top-50 is pretty alarming.


It's back in the charts at no. 49
http://www.ariacharts.com.au/charts/singles-chart

Funny thing is, Soundgarden never had a top 40 hit to begin with as far as I know.



really? not with "Black Hole Sun"? :o