<p>Country Music usually sells better than any other genre(because people are more likely to actually buy country music instead of illegally downloading it)
[CMT</a> : News : Country Albums Sales Down Again Slightly in 2009](<a href=“http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1629222/country-albums-sales-down-again-slightly-in-2009.jhtml]CMT”>http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1629222/country-albums-sales-down-again-slightly-in-2009.jhtml)</p>
<p>And at the time when the backstreet boys were releasing songs the entire music industry was different. They didn’t even have mp3 players and the only way to buy music was to buy a physical cd. Music piracy wasn’t as big of a factor.</p>