1) Adele- She is an outlier. Nobody is doing those numbers, regardless of genre. NOBODY.

2) Lack of innovation- Dawn Richard, Janelle Monae (particularly The ArchAndroid), Kwabs, Dornik, Kelela, Frank Ocean, Electric Wire Hustle, Miguel, Solange, Hiatus Kaiyote, etc...short list of your forward thinkers. All brilliant artists. If you don't get it, oh well.

3) When are we going to start demanding that pop get more innovative? I have never seen a more generic, uninspired pile of rubbish in my life. Thank you Grimes. Thank you.

4) R.Kelly- I haven't listened to a full R. Kelly album since TP2.com. I just lost my taste for it. But good luck on the new album.

It does get a little depressing when you think about how certain R&B albums deserve so much more (Jazmine Sullivan's Magnum Opus "Reality Show") but if the overall sales climate is bad, it's going to be doubly bad for R & B. Rock, Alternative Rock, etc...is in precisely the same position. Some of my alternative rock favorites are so low they don't even report them.

I'm just here for the music. If it's quality, regardless of genre, I'm supporting it. Otherwise, nope.