The popularity of rap and hip hop music in the UK has soared since the year 2000, with the genre accounting for a fifth of all singles listened to last year, according to the British Phonographic Industry .
British stars such as BRIT-nominated AJ Tracey, S1mba, Dave and Headie One have all been part of the genre's success, the BPI said, with their tracks being played more than 50 million times each in 2020. Titles classified as rap and hip hop made up 22% of all singles listened to last year, including streams, while albums made up 12.2% of the market - both all-time records for genre, the BPI said.The genre's popularity is six times greater than it was in 2000. The BPI started its annual genre analysis in the late 1990s and in the decade's final year, rap and hip hop's share of the singles market was just 3.6%.
Absolute rubbish the 3 of them!! Go back to the 90’s if you want to see how it’s done properly, music scene is dead nowadays & artists/lyrics forgotten in a few years
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