Thought it was interesting to look at the music sales from 2008.
While all genres were down in
sales for 08, the rock categories fell the least. Alternative sold
80,919,000 this past year while Metal albums accounted for 50,476,000
sales. Neilsen SoundScan breaks music genres into 12 categories.
The biggest selling genres were:
1. Rock (139,666,000)
2. Alternative (80,919,000)
3. R&B (77,014,000)
4. Metal (50,476,000)
5. Country (47,657,000)
6. Rap (33,410,000)
7. Christian (29,793,000)
8. Latin (25,125,000)
9. Soundtrack (20,847,000)
10. Classical (13,323,000)
11. Jazz (11,791,000)
12. New Age (2,942,000)
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