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I think the reason why old music is selling better is simply because music isn't as important and all-consuming to the current generation as it was to the older folks.


The reason old music is "selling better" is because only old people still BUY music - whether that be CDs, vinyl or mp3 downloads.

And "music isn't as important and all-consuming to the current generation" is an opinion... based on what?
Every young person I know owns a phone (no CD player or turntable or iPod) AND a pair of earbuds - which they seem to have in their ears most of the time.
They have a music subscription...access to virtually any music that has ever been recorded. And every new release - the day it is released.
They listen to music constantly.
New music does not get BILLIONS of streams if that "current generation" isn't listening to music. (see HTL's Spotify list - and that is only one service)