Analysis of download top 40

At the moment in the download top 40 the most popular music genre appears to be pop. It takes up a majority of places the chart with about just over half of the slots taken by pop stars or pop bands. Although it is closely followed by R+B and indie genre music through artists such as Chipmunk and Florence and the machine. This would indicate that the public prefer pop music to any other genre. But on the other hand the number one slot i occupied by an R+B artist so peoples opinions may slowly be changing.