Rock on top!
Published May 16, 2003
Consumer profile figures for 2002 from the Recording Industry of America
Association show that rock still dominates though hip hop is not far behind.
Needless to say the figures show a further drop in record sales (down from
$13.7 billion to $12.6 million) - but of more interest is the genre and
demographic data.
Rock still has the biggest slice of the record sales pie - up slightly to
25% of the total. Hip hop is performing well at 13.8% of the total pie, up
2.4% from last year. R&B/Urban follows at 11.2%, up from 10.6%, while
Country was at 10.7%, up .2% from last year. Falling down in share slightly
are pop, jazz and classical.
Demographically the over 45s are the biggest buyers (25.5% of the market) -
probably explaining the dominance of rock over pop and hip hop. Next up are
15-19 year olds, then 20-24, then 30-34.
Marty's band, Growing Old Disgracefully, can be found at: Disgraceful Music. His Cthulhu tales can be found at Temple of Dagon. - Rock on top!
- Published: May 16, 2003
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- Writer: Marty Dodge
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