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It is Monday, October 31st. Happy Halloween. Taylor Swift returned with a new album last week,

and some of these stats are pretty unbelievable.

Midnights debuted at number one in 14 countries, and she became the only artist to have five albums

debut with over a million units sold in their first week in the U.S. Midnights even sold

575,000 copies on vinyl. Yes, vinyl, the largest week in that format since tracking began in 1991.

But Taylor Swift is 32 now, almost ancient in pop music terms. And when you look at the big

chart toppers this year, it's a lot of the same people. Bad Bunny, Drake, Adele, Beyonce,

Morgan Wallen. Who are the young pop stars that matter to the music business?

What are the labels thinking about in terms of breaking new artists?

Well, it turns out there are fewer new hits and fewer new artists making them.

According to Billboard, the number of new acts in the top 10 and the Hot 100 has declined

a lot in the past few years.

From 2001 to 2004, over 30

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