USA:

Pop 1
Rap/Hip Hop 2
R&B 3
Rock 4
Country 5
House 6
Techno 7
Trance 8
Grunge 9
Heavy Metal 10

:-P

hmm, imho...from what i hear on radio/tv/in the shops etc, i'd say it's much closer to what nennon posted...maybe country not so high on the list tho
ya, i don't think heavy metal is that popular and the house->techno->trance order seems about right, at least from what most of the clubs/bars are playing

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Trance what?! huh?? oh that ecstacy music, yeah, i heard about that.....well, that's what most of the people here say....not many people i know here in Seattle like trance/techno.....the dominant radio station plays r&b, rap, and hip-hop......wish they'd go out of business.....what the hell do they see in rap, hip-hop and what's with all those r&b/hip-hop women singing about overcoming their bad days and troubles......damn it! just listen to trance and it will ALL be better....guaranteed.....

>JM<

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Originally posted by Juricimo Trance what?! huh?? oh that ecstacy music, yeah, i heard about that.....well, that's what most of the people here say....not many people i know here in Seattle like trance/techno.....the dominant radio station plays r&b, rap, and hip-hop......wish they'd go out of business.....what the hell do they see in rap, hip-hop and what's with all those r&b/hip-hop women singing about overcoming their bad days and troubles......damn it! just listen to trance and it will ALL be better....guaranteed.....>JM<

heh come to think of it, its probably better off that pop and r&b are the most dominant genre being played on the radio. i want trance to be as underground and less commercial as possible. once it gets too commercialized the whole thing gets screwed over but thats just my opinion.

Australia:
1: Pop-Britney Spears, Nsync, Fragma, Alice Deejay
2: Rap/Hiphop/RnB: Destiny's Child, 2pac, DMX
3: Rock-Coldplay, Powderfinger.
4: Grunge/Heavy-Nine Inch Nails (gotta love em), Blink 182, Linkin Park, RATM..
5: Techno/House-Melbourne has been dubbed techno city of the world...
6: TRANCE

cant think of other styles =)

PointyDC, I refuse to classify Fragma and Alice Deejay as Pop music. They should not be in the same category as Nsync and Britney Spears.. that's just wrong..

Alice Deejay is Top 40 club music. It's not mindblowing, and it's not even great, but it's easy to dance to, and the girls of Alice Deejay are great in person - I'm not ashamed to admit that I've seen them live twice. They burst with energy on stage, and it's fun to be there when they perform. They are good dancers.. and the crowd gets involved. It's a happy experience going to their shows.. But anyways..

Fragma is crap music, there is no doubt about it.. But even then, a lot of us liked it at some point. Toca's Miracle was huge, Everytime You Need Me was pretty catchy. The new single, which I just downloaded an SVCD video for, is decent too.. It could be great if remixed into a harder dance song. Btw, the single is called "You are alive".

So anyway.. here's a better breakdown of genres and their popularity:

1: Pop - Britney Spears, Nsync, Backstreet Boys, Mandy Moore
2: Rap/Mainstream RnB - Destiny's Child, DMX, Jay-Z, Nelly
3: Rock - Matchbox 20, Coldplay, Blink 182, Linkin Park, many others.
4: Top40 Euro hits - ATC, Spice Girls, Craig David, S Club 7
5: Hip Hop - More underground/audience specific music - Wyclef Jean, Black Eyed Peas, The Fugees, The Roots, etc.
6: Meaningful pop music - Nelly Furtado, Sarah McLachlan, No Doubt, Jewel, Dido, David Gray, Jag Star
7: Top 40 remixes and mainstream dance music - Mel C, Whitney Houston, Brooklyn Bounce, Jennifer Lopez
8: Mainstream club music (different from #7 by genre.. it's electronic to begin with, not R&B or pop) - Alice Deejay, Fragma, Daft Punk, Darude
9: Rave/mainstream trance - Airscape, famous Paul Van Dyk songs, Miss Shiva, ATB, Lost Witness, Voodoo & Serano
10: House and various tranceaddict.com music - the stuff that's listed in this forum, and most people in clubs and raves don't know by name
11: Songs that are too complicated for the mainstream crowd to remember - Tiesto's Flight643, various progressive trance without vocals, etc. Not MTV material.
12: New music - only trance addicts and DJs know the names of new songs before the crowds do. Regardless of the music, this ranks pretty low on the popularity scale.. until the new songs hit it big, of course.

So that's my breakdown of it.. Pop/Rap on top, Euro music and Rock 2nd, Hip Hop/Serious pop music 3rd, top 40 remixes and mainstream crowd-pleasers 4th, rave trance 5th, tranceaddict music 6th, complex trance 7th, new music 8th.

Oldies and country music were emitted for obvious reasons.

Last edited by nennon on May-08-2001 at 10:23

YEa I think it is better if electronic music remains underground.. I think it's better that way. commercial sucks! Keep trance underground!! :-)

PLUR

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true keep it underground but it would be great to be able to turn on the radio one day and hear at any time of the day a hot trance track...ah europe how i long for you.. this summer baby!!!!

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Originally posted by Juricimo Trance what?! huh?? oh that ecstacy music, yeah, i heard about that.....well, that's what most of the people here say....not many people i know here in Seattle like trance/techno.....the dominant radio station plays r&b, rap, and hip-hop......wish they'd go out of business.....what the hell do they see in rap, hip-hop and what's with all those r&b/hip-hop women singing about overcoming their bad days and troubles......damn it! just listen to trance and it will ALL be better....guaranteed..... >JM<

ill tell you what they see... the dollar bills in the wallets of all the little fucking girls who are so fucking clueless they should be smacked with a fucking copy of pvd's for an angel vinyl... maybe then they would get a "taste" of good music!

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Originally posted by PointyDC Australia: 1: Pop-Britney Spears, Nsync, Fragma, Alice Deejay 2: Rap/Hiphop/RnB: Destiny's Child, 2pac, DMX 3: Rock-Coldplay, Powderfinger. 4: Grunge/Heavy-Nine Inch Nails (gotta love em), Blink 182, Linkin Park, RATM.. 5: Techno/House-Melbourne has been dubbed techno city of the world... 6: TRANCE cant think of other styles =)

haha... coldplay is rock?

hrmm, it probably goes like this:

1 - pop (mana, alternative shit, christina aguillera, bsb, shit like that you know)
2 - punk
3 - metal (all its forms)
4 - trance. (theres really on techno here at all, its all trance)
5 - rap.