Här en intressant artikel om hur populärmusiken förändrats:
Another change that’s swept through the charts since 1980 is the steady disappearance of white men. In 1980, more than half the artists at No. 1 were white men; in 2010, the only white guy in the top spot was Eminem. Today’s pop world is female, African-American, and Latino, dance-pop and hip-hop and R&B. The audiences it’s usually associated with are female, African-American, Latin, gay, and young.
Snittålder för artisterna på förstaplats 1980 var 34 år. 2010 var den 26 år.