Sorry Beyoncé, Drake, Rihanna - Mozart Had the Best-Selling CD of 2016

Newsweek ^ | December 8, 2016 | Laurie Chen

[nwrep]

A mammoth box set of Mozart’s music is officially the best-selling CD release of 2016.

Mozart 225: The New Complete Edition has sold a total of 1.25 million CDs in the five weeks since its release, announced Universal Music Group via Billboard.

The anthology, containing every musical work written by famed Austrian composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), has managed to beat this year’s hit albums from stars including Drake, Beyoncé, Rihanna and Kanye West.

[Dante3]

Interesting. I wouldn’t have expected this.

[ek_hornbeck]

What’s the difference between Mozart and Drake, Beyoncé, Rihanna and Kanye West? Mozart had talent. I guarantee that 200 yeara after the other four are dead, no one will be listening to their “music.”

The difference between Mozart and the top of the pop charts today is the same as the difference between Shakespeare and the pulp novels that line grocery store aisles. The first has enduring value, the second list is of flavors of the month, destined to be forgotten and replaced by another flavor of the month when the fresh new car smell fades and marketing committees move on to their next gimmick.