Alternative music charts
Alternative music charts
The word alternative was used to explain that music which was an alternate for popular music and was never incorporated on mainstream radio. Eventually it ruled the pop charts and it got integrated into mainstream radio. During the late 70′s and early 80′s punk music started getting monotonous and people began looking for something different and thus sprung alternative music. Punk music in the 70′s was getting very ferocious with artist sending out boisterous and loud messages of displeasure about the status quo. Punk rock songs were never about peace and love but about financial powerlessness and social inept and gradually its artist got languished into obscurity. Alternative music never dreamed of making it to the top but with radio stations and magazines promoting bands the future of alternative music began looking fruitful. Bands such as Husker Du, The Replacements, Black flag, R.E.M. and Sonic Youth began getting worldwide attention. Towards the end of 1980′s alternative music was noticed by major labels and they began buying them. In the year 1991an album released by Geffen records scaled to the alternative music charts and the fate of alternative music changed forever. Soon after in the year 1992 ‘Nevermind’ an album by Nirvana’s reached the number one Billboards alternative music charts by knocking down Michael Jackson and thus alternative music reached the forefront. Then came Pearl Jam’s debut album ‘Ten’. The songs such as Alive and Back and Jeremy transformed music forever. An amazing number of bands got classified as alternative in the following years. Smashing Pumpkins, Courtney Love’s Hole, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Nine Inch nails gained popularity. By 2007 it still got better with great music releases. Alternative music charts had by now occupied the hearts of many youngsters who were desperately looking out for an alternate music. By the late 1990′s alternative music had turned into a full-fledged musical movement. Alternative music charts had become marketable and a big business. Alternative artists got mainstream acceptance and were being heard on popular radio stations, an idea that looked fictional a few years ago. Alanis Morrisette, Blur, Bjork along with the very recent The Kings of Leon, the White Stripes and the Foo fighters emerged as excellent groups of alternative music. Each of them are distinct in their own way and offer their fans a variety each time they come up with an album. With the arrival of MP3′s and internet the future of alternative music looks paradoxical. Although alternative music keeps improving, it may not reach higher than this in future. Alternative music has been a savior in the 90′s and will continue doing so by evolving itself.










