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The Recording Industry Association of America
2007 Consumer Profile

Web: www.riaa.com

Genre                    
 
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Rock
25.7%
25.2
24.8
24.4
24.7
25.2
23.9
31.5
34.0
32.4
Rap/Hip Hop1
9.7
10.8
12.9
11.4
13.8
13.3
12.1
13.3
11.4
10.8
R&B/Urban2
12.8
10.5
9.7
10.6
11.2
10.6
11.3
10.2
11.0
11.8
Country
14.1
10.8
10.7
10.5
10.7
10.4
13.0
12.5
13.0
11.5
Pop
10.0
10.3
11.0
12.1
9.0
8.9
10.0
8.1
7.1
10.7
Religious3
6.3
5.1
4.8
6.7
6.7
5.8
6.0
5.3
5.5
3.9
Classical
3.3
3.5
2.7
3.2
3.1
3.0
2.0
2.4
1.9
2.3
Jazz
1.9
3.0
2.9
3.4
3.2
2.9
2.7
1.8
2.0
2.6
Soundtracks
1.7
0.8
0.7
1.4
1.1
1.4
1.1
0.9
0.8
0.8
Oldies
0.7
0.7
0.9
0.8
0.9
1.3
1.4
1.1
1.1
0.4
New Age
0.6
0.5
0.5
1.0
0.5
0.5
1.0
0.4
0.3
0.3
Children's
0.4
0.4
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.6
2.8
2.3
2.9
2.9
Other4
7.9
9.1
8.3
7.9
8.1
7.6
8.9
8.5
7.3
7.1

1 "Rap" includes Rap and Hip-Hop.
2 "R&B" includes R&B, Blues, Dance, Disco, Funk, Fusion, Motown, Reggae, and Soul.
3 "Religious" includes Christian, Gospel, Inspirational, Religious, and Spiritual.
4 "Other" 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, Mellow, Modern, Ska, Spoken Word, Standards, Swing, Top-40, and Trip-Hop.

Source: Recording Industry Association of America, 2007 Consumer Profile.
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