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Rock music sales
Total record sales in the U.S. (2014)In 2014 the most popular genre due to sales was that of Rock music with 33% of all sales being under that genre and the next highest was other which consisted of genres such as indie and dubstep.
Top 40 albums • In the top 40 albums sold in 2014 the Rock genre has six albums in
total from numerous bands such as: Kasabian, AC/DC and Arctic Monkeys.
• The highest album out of the six was Arctic monkey’s AM album at 18.
• Source: The official charts company.
How many albums were sold in 2014• In general, there were 257 million music albums sold in the United
States in 2014.
• The most popular genre of the year was rock with 85.25 million sold albums. Country music was still very popular in the United States: in 2014, 30.46 million country albums were sold.
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