While the younger generation is more reluctant to pay for music, this is a problem that should affect all artists more or less equally on a percentage basis. Other artists still have successful CD sales despite a trend towards streaming, so there must be something more unique to Alizée's situation that is causing disappointing sales. A lack of popularity is the most convenient answer, but the reason for this decline in popularity is harder to pinpoint. Perhaps older fans have lost interest (as suggested by negative critical reception of Blonde), and new younger fans are harder to gain because they've already missed 14 years of Alizée history and there are newer artists who are more likely to catch the media spotlight.
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