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Music Sales in the United States by Genre
Data taken from the Recording Industry of America's annual demographic survey of music purchasers in the United States.
Percent of Total Sales
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Rock 32.5 25.7 25.2 24.8 24.4 24.7 25.2 23.9 31.5 34.0
Rap and Hip-Hop 10.1 9.7 10.8 12.9 11.4 13.8 13.3 12.1 13.3 11.4
R&B and Urban 11.2 12.8 10.5 9.7 10.6 11.2 10.6 11.3 10.2 11.0
Country 14.4 14.1 10.8 10.7 10.5 10.7 10.4 13.0 12.5 13.0
Pop 9.4 10.0 10.3 11.0 12.1 9.0 8.9 10.0 8.1 7.1
Religious 4.5 6.3 5.1 4.8 6.7 6.7 5.8 6.0 5.3 5.5
Classical 2.8 3.3 3.5 2.7 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.0 2.4 1.9
Jazz 2.8 1.9 3.0 2.9 3.4 3.2 2.9 2.7 1.8 2.0
Soundtracks 1.2 1.7 0.8 0.7 1.4 1.1 1.4 1.1 0.9 0.8
Oldies 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.3 1.4 1.1 1.1
New Age 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.4 0.3
Children's 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.6 2.8 2.3 2.9
Other* 5.7 7.9 9.1 8.3 7.9 8.1 7.6 8.9 8.5 7.3
*Includes Big Band, Broadway Shows, Comedy, Contemporary, Electronic, EMO, Ethnic, Exercise, Folk, Gothic, Grunge, Holiday Music, House Music, Humor, Instrumental, Language, Latin, Love Songs, Mix, Modern, Ska, Spoken Word, Standards, Swing, Top 40, and Trip-Hop.

Source: Recording Industry Association of America.
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