Genre distribution of music album unit sales in the United Kingdom (UK) 2016

Published by Patrick Leu, Nov 9, 2024
This statistic shows a genre breakdown of music album sales in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016. Pop music was the most popular music album genre taking a 34.9 percent share of sales. Rock music lost slightly in popularity compared to 2015, with rock music album sales accounting for 32.3 percent of unit sales in 2016, while MOR/Easy Listening's music share increased compared to the previous year, and reached a level of 6.9 percent.

Genre breakdown of music album unit sales in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016

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May 2017

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United Kingdom

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2016

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