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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British Recorded Music Industry. (May 18, 2017). Genre breakdown of music album unit sales in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/276213/genre-distribution-of-music-album-unit-sales-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
British Recorded Music Industry. "Genre breakdown of music album unit sales in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016." Chart. May 18, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/276213/genre-distribution-of-music-album-unit-sales-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
British Recorded Music Industry. (2017). Genre breakdown of music album unit sales in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/276213/genre-distribution-of-music-album-unit-sales-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
British Recorded Music Industry. "Genre Breakdown of Music Album Unit Sales in The United Kingdom (Uk) in 2016." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 May 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/276213/genre-distribution-of-music-album-unit-sales-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/
British Recorded Music Industry, Genre breakdown of music album unit sales in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/276213/genre-distribution-of-music-album-unit-sales-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Genre breakdown of music album unit sales in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016 [Graph], British Recorded Music Industry, May 18, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/276213/genre-distribution-of-music-album-unit-sales-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/