10 Truly Heartbreaking Facts About Popular Music

8. Foo Fighters Have Sold 11.1 Million Albums In The U.S Alone

It's been scientifically proven that Dave Grohl is practically Jesus. Remember his Grammy speech, where he spoke of the importance of bringing the "human element" to music?
"It's not about being perfect, it's not about sounding absolutely correct, it's not about what goes on in a computer. It's about what goes on in your heart and what goes on in your head."
Dave Grohl isn't just a great musician from not one, but two legendary bands - he speaks openly about the state of the music industry today - which is basically what this whole post is about.

Nickelback Have Sold Over 23 Million Albums In The U.S Alone

If you had to choose between listening Chad Kroeger's grating voice and painfully cliche lyrics for the rest of your life, or white noise and old Nokia ringtones - it goes without saying you'd choose the latter. The people who like Nickelback are far and few between, and there seems to have been an almost meme-like bandwagon of hatred towards them over the years which is totally evident in their record sales. Oh, wait. If so many people hate Nickelback, why have they sold more albums than the god damn Foo Fighters?
Okay, so that's a fake Twitter account - but whoever it was totally hit the nail on the head.
 
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