No billboard number ones for them...yes. But most if not all of them had multiple number one albums. I was around then actively buying music but never singles. The marketing for most of them was focused on album sales.

Ember nailed it regarding how youth drives the market or at least the number one Billboard market.

I think the number ones, by whatever the current metric is, like always tend to reflect the culture. Or at least that portion of it that buys pop music.

The Americana market is big and getting bigger. It’s what we’ve listened to for the last 25 years. There you can lose yourself in blues, alt country, folk, rootsy rock, bluegrass and more. Award shows and charts have joined the party. And BiaB has begun to release Americana styles and tracks. It’s our music world and a fun and enriching one at that.

FWIW and I mean no disrespect to anybody who listens to the music of their choice.

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