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Thank you China, at least jazz is growing somewhere for... "Jazz Has Become The Least-Popular Genre In The U.S." "...In 2011, a total of 11 million jazz albums
by SCAQTony 11y ago
Thank you China, at least jazz is growing somewhere for... "Jazz Has Become The Least-Popular Genre In The U.S."
"...In 2011, a total of 11 million jazz albums (CD, cassette, vinyl, & digital) were sold, according to BusinessWeek. This represents 2.8% of all music sold in that year. However, just a year later, in 2012, that percentage fell to 2.2%. It rose slightly to 2.3% in 2013 before falling once again to just 2% in 2014.
That 2% represents just 5.2 million albums sold by all jazz artists in 2014. In comparison, the best-selling artist of 2014, Taylor Swift, sold 3.7 million copies of her latest album ‘1989’ in the last 2 months of 2014 alone. ..."
http://thejazzline.com/news/2015/03/jazz-least-popular-music-genre/ http://thejazzline.com/news/2015/03/jazz-least-popular-music...