Message 100/115
Date: 03-Jan-00 @ 02:28 PM -
RE: Creating Beats
FYI, from the RIAA website:
> Although Rock remains the dominant music genre, it has steadily lost ground over the last 10 years, from 42.6% to 32.5%, about one-third its market share. Both Classical and Jazz also experienced declines over the years, dropping from 1988 levels of 3.5% for Classical and 4.7% for Jazz to 1997 levels of 2.8% for both genres.
> By contrast, several genres have demonstrated significant increases over the last decade. Country, which held a 7.4% market share in 1988, has nearly doubled its consumer hold, while Rap has more than doubled its 1988 share of 4.2%. Rap has made especially solid gains over the last three years, bouncing back from an eight-year market share low of 6.7% in 1995 to its all-time high of 10.1% in 1997. Gospel has also experienced strong growth, swelling from 2.5% in 1988 to 4.5% in 1997. Although soundtrack recordings comprise a relatively small portion of the overall music market, shipments have steadily increased from their 1988 level of 0.5% to 1.2% in 1997.
> Despite a slight decrease in market share in 1997, R&B has remained mostly healthy, increasing from 1988’s 9.1% to 11.2% in 1997.