The R&B genre has suffered a decline in album sales over the years. Previously one of the most popular forms of music has taken a backseat to the others, such as rock and pop music. The big question here is WHY? R&B sales in 2015 were pretty low in comparison to other genres. Some of the top performing artists were only selling around 40 and 50 thousand copies of their albums, such as NeYo and Miguel. This year, K. Michelle is currently the number one R&B artist on the Billboard R&B chart, having sold 54,000 copies of her new album More Issues Than Vogue in her first week. But that pales in comparison to the number one pop and rock albums. In 2014, Taylor Swift's 1989 sold 1.3 million copies in just the first week of its release. According to Nielsen reports in 2014, rock and pop music were the top performers in sales but when it came to streaming, R&B and Hip Hop led the pack with 29% of total streams for the year. This presents a really inter...