According to a global study conducted in January 2020, music in the pop genre was most likely to have a consumer listen all the way through to an album, with 39 percent of respondents saying that they listened to pop albums from start to finish. By comparison, just 13 percent of adults said that they listened to gospel albums all the way through.
Most popular music genres for full album listening among adults worldwide as of January 2020
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Music Ally. (January 28, 2020). Most popular music genres for full album listening among adults worldwide as of January 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1103873/entire-music-album-consumption-by-genre-worldwide/
Music Ally. "Most popular music genres for full album listening among adults worldwide as of January 2020." Chart. January 28, 2020. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1103873/entire-music-album-consumption-by-genre-worldwide/
Music Ally. (2020). Most popular music genres for full album listening among adults worldwide as of January 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1103873/entire-music-album-consumption-by-genre-worldwide/
Music Ally. "Most Popular Music Genres for Full Album Listening among Adults Worldwide as of January 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Jan 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1103873/entire-music-album-consumption-by-genre-worldwide/
Music Ally, Most popular music genres for full album listening among adults worldwide as of January 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1103873/entire-music-album-consumption-by-genre-worldwide/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Most popular music genres for full album listening among adults worldwide as of January 2020 [Graph], Music Ally, January 28, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1103873/entire-music-album-consumption-by-genre-worldwide/