In music it is more of a popularity than the talent and music. Ciara has some good songs, but she will not get the support in the urban community because now its about who is the baddest and not about I really love that song. Its like fans act like they can't like Ciara and Beyonce at the same time. They have to choOse and compare who they are going to spend their dollars on based on who is more popular. I like when people used to love a hot song that came out and people supported based on the song, not because you are more popular. I am a huge CB fan, but I love some of Usher, Miguel, Frank Ocean,Trey songz, and older male artist R Kelly, Kem, Tyrese Maxwell. If the song is hot I will buy it. I am a Rihanna fan but I will buy songs by Kelly Rowland, Ciara, Keri hilson, Katy Perry, Mariah, Lady Gaga. I what actually see today if Rihanna and Beyonce is the most popular black artist and really the only artist who gets coverage from mainstream media and blogs and urban. In the male department- Chris Brown, Usher is really the only two who gets mainstream coverage all the time. Frank and Miguel really don't get a whole lot of coverage unless awards time. My point is that the urban community isn't giving the other black artist any shine at all. On the radio they talk more about Beyonce, Rihanna, Chris Brown all the time and I am only talking about r & B not rap. Of course they are blowing Beyonce up on the US radio in conversation and promotion, but they really promote the other women. They don't give the other R & B female artist a chance to compete, because they give all the hype and promotion to one artist and they want to know why R & B is dying.