Graduation Year
Spring 2014
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Economics
Second Department
Media Studies
Reader 1
Latika Chaudhary
Reader 2
Ming Yuen S. Ma
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© 2013 Shane M. Zackery
Abstract
This study looks at alternative models of follow-up album success in order to determine if there is a relationship between the decrease in Metascore ratings (assigned by Metacritic.com) between the first and second album for a musician or band and the 1) music genre or 2) the number of years between the first and second album release. The results support the dominant thought, which suggests that neither belonging to a certain genre of music nor waiting more or less time to drop the second album makes an artist more susceptible to the Sophomore Slump. This finding is important because it forces us to identify other potential causes for the observed disappointing performance of a generally favorable musician’s second album.
Recommended Citation
Zackery, Shane M., "Musical Missteps: The Severity of the Sophomore Slump in the Music Industry" (2014). Scripps Senior Theses. 335.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/335
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