Had kinda sensed this trend, though some wild stats in there. There was also the turn to comfort music early in the pandemic.
old songs now represent 70% of the US music market.
The new music market is actually shrinking. All the growth in the market is coming from old songs.
the 200 most popular tracks now account for less than 5% of total streams. It was twice that rate just three years ago
Never before in history have new tracks attained hit status while generating so little cultural impact.
Have often wondered what the endpoint of this is. Or how much in impacted/unfluenced by sampling.