Quote Originally Posted by Kirobaito
I think John Denver is at 60 million or so, James Taylor at 35. I do take pride in that JD's Greatest Hits was only the third album ever to sell 10 million copies. He also was the best-selling artist of 1975. Unfortunately, folk artists have never sold too well for whatever reason. Ah, well.
Folk artists don't sell well because it is not "popular music" same with classical. It is populist ... but not popular, and for that I do not understand why it sells so very little.