A Sure Sign of the State of American Culture
The #1-selling CD of 2007 was Josh Groban’s Christmas album.
Bonus factoid: The Eagles’s new CD finished third even though it was available only at WalMart.
« Who Will Win The Nominations? | Main | Telecommunications Exorcism in Reeves, LA »
The #1-selling CD of 2007 was Josh Groban’s Christmas album.
Bonus factoid: The Eagles’s new CD finished third even though it was available only at WalMart.
Comments
Note also, Lee, that the Eagles have the number one selling album of all time — their greatest hits album, 28 million sold. But what does it all mean? Groban, Eagles, and broader implications? I am not a fan of either of them, so I haven’t a clue.
Posted by: Steve Schier | January 4, 2008 12:40 PM
Steve:
What I find interesting about the Eagles’ new album doing so well isn’t that an Eagles item did so well (probably predictable given, as you note, the popularity of their greatest hits album) but that an album that’s sold only at WalMart could do so well. That is pretty compelling evidence, if any additional evidence were needed, of the presence of WalMart in American consumerism.
Posted by: Lee Sigelman | January 4, 2008 01:32 PM