I'm sure rap wouldn't be as popular if people had to actually spend their money on it.Pop music genre, introduced in the mid-1970s in New York. This would make a totally level playing field for music again based on money spent on the artists making the music we love. 1 Chart Point for a full stream (The track MUST be played IN FULL - not just a 30 second clip), 1,000 chart points for a digital download and 10,000 points for a physical sale (vinyl, CD or cassette single/E.P. Make the Chart a points system based on 'value' of the media used to enjoy the music. I suggest 1000 FULL streamed plays should = one download sale, and that physical sales should = 10 sales. If I used my £9.99 to stream the biggest Rap hit from last year I could stream it 7120 times in a 30 day month if I am awake for only 12 hours a day. A 7" single costs roughly £9.99, and yet for the same price I could buy a month of ad-free streaming on a popular streaming site. The OCC has declared that 150 'streams' is the same as 1 sale which to me is just far too low. The 'popularity' of Rap and Hip Hop could be due to the favouritism of streaming in the Official Charts Company data. © Official Charts Company 2020 Official Top 10 UK Rap & Hip Hop albums Headie One/AJ Tracey/Stormzy - Ain’t It Differentĩ. “We also shouldn’t forget the importance of the Grime resurgence that took place in 2014 and lasted a few years because the work that Skepta, Novelist, AJ Tracey and more put in laid the foundation for a lot of the chart invasion/BRITs nominations that we’re seeing today.” 2020 Official Top 10 UK Rap & Hip Hop singlesĥ. Dave, Stormzy, Ghetts, J Hus et al - some of our finest lyricists - are getting their flowers at the best point of their careers, and they deserve every last bit of it. From the days when Grime and UK Rap was an afterthought in mainstream spaces, to now being a driving force in the UK’s musical landscape - it just goes to show that with great music and an even greater work ethic, the sky really is the limit. Joseph ‘JP’ Patterson, EIC at Complex UK and founder of TRENCH Magazine, added: “To know how much Black British music has impacted the music industry at large is something that I couldn’t be more proud of. To the musicians, their teams, the multiple media platforms, radio DJs, producers, live events teams, music journalists, those who champion the music and culture relentlessly and the music lovers. "To see how successful British Rap voices across cultures are soaring with success is something we always knew was possible, we just needed the internet and streaming services to galvanise the British Rap and Hip Hop movements’ DIY ethos. Now it's woven into the fabric of mainstream Pop culture – the power of Hip-hop and the influence of UK talent can be seen at every turn. © Official Charts Company MORE: Official Top 40 biggest albums of 2021 so farĬommenting on the rise of the genre in recent years, broadcaster Jasmine Dotiwala recalls a period in the 1990s when she was told rap and hip hop "would be a fleeting genre not to be taken seriously, especially the UK sound. Pop Smoke - Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon 2020 Official Top 5 Rap & Hip Hop albumsĢ. That growth also extends to the albums market, aided by chart-topping releases from 2020 by Eminem, J Hus, Juice WRLD, Headie One, Pop Smoke and Nines.Ī post shared by Official Charts and hip hop's market share in the UK is now over six times greater than at the start of the Millennium in 1999 the genre's share of the albums market was just 2%. The genre's share of music consumption has now increased for six consecutive years in terms of singles streams and sales, according to Official Charts Company data. 2020 Official Top 5 Rap & Hip Hop singles MORE: Official Top 40 biggest songs of 2021 so farįemale artists are also driving the rise in rap/hip hop: Cardi B's chart-topping WAP, Megan Thee Stallion's Savage, and Doja Cat's Say So were all big hits last year, while Bree Runway and Flohio are among the artists making waves in 2021. Over a third of those were British acts, including big Top 10 hits by Aitch, Tion Wayne, Dutchavelli and DigDat. Seven of 21 songs to top the Official Singles Chart last year were were classified as rap/hip hop. Rap and hip hop now accounts for well over a fifth (22%) of all UK singles consumption - a six-fold increase on 1999 - led by big-name acts including Drake and Eminem and driven further by rising stars such as AJ Tracey, Headie One and S1mba.
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