Re: Clip: RIAA's 1998 Consumer Profile

1999-04-03 Thread BARNARD
Probably because a lot of women have crappy taste in music... They're the ones buying the Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, etc. albums and the Titanic Soundtrack...which are all usually #1. I'd say chicks also buy most of Britney Spears and N'SYNC material. And usually they'll buy them at a

Re: Clip: RIAA's 1998 Consumer Profile

1999-04-03 Thread Debnumbers
Cherlyn, I like your use of the word "cornfused." Can I use that? I'll credit you. Deb just got home from The Possibilities -- whoa boy -- they were great!

Re: Clip: RIAA's 1998 Consumer Profile

1999-04-03 Thread Cheryl Cline
Wasn't Cherlyn, that was Cheryl... but anyway, to give credit where credit is due, Tom Ekeberg is the one who first confessed to being cornfused. --Cheryl Cline Cherlyn, I like your use of the word "cornfused." Can I use that? I'll credit you. Deb just got home from The Possibilities --

Re: Clip: RIAA's 1998 Consumer Profile

1999-04-02 Thread Cheryl Cline
Dan Lee wrote: Gender: Continuing the trend from last year, women accounted for a higher percentage of units purchased than men (51.3% vs. 48.7%). really? Does that look funny to anyone else? Well... isn't that about the difference in actual numbers between women and men in the U.S.?

Re: Clip: RIAA's 1998 Consumer Profile

1999-04-02 Thread Ph. Barnard
Like Cheryl, I'd love to see a more comprehensive breakdown of gender demographics in the contemporary music market... Anyone know where such figures could be had? Also, Cheryl suspects: I suspect that more men are obsessive collectors, Hmmm. I thought it was an established fact that men

RE: Clip: RIAA's 1998 Consumer Profile

1999-04-02 Thread Jon Weisberger
Like Cheryl, I'd love to see a more comprehensive breakdown of gender demographics in the contemporary music market... Anyone know where such figures could be had? Start at http://www.riaa.com ; they've got a page's worth of more detailed figures from the 1998 Consumer Profile (including

RE: Clip: RIAA's 1998 Consumer Profile

1999-04-02 Thread Ph. Barnard
Thanks for those sources, Jon. I'm going to check them out. --junior

Re: Clip: RIAA's 1998 Consumer Profile

1999-04-02 Thread *Sometime to Return*
On Thu, 1 Apr 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gender: Continuing the trend from last year, women accounted for a higher percentage of units purchased than men (51.3% vs. 48.7%). really? Does that look funny to anyone else? Whenever I'm in record stores it seems to me as if it's