Naysay all you want but record sales say more today than they ever have and that's a fact

I agree, record sales say a lot about how well the record was marketed, and how much money was spent paying radio stations to play certain songs.

Oh, wait, that's probably not what you were saying. You were probably trying to make the point that record sales and QUALITY of music are more related than ever... If that's the case, would you care to provide any evdence to support this "fact?" Or shall we just accept this as gospel? Because the last time I checked, how "good" an artist, album, or song is can't be expressed as fact.