Music Industry – UK Statistics

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9.2%

Q: The UK is the world’s third-largest music market, how much of the world music

market does it account for?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Total_music_market_2003.png

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Susan Boyle

Q: Which UK artist had the biggest selling album in the world in 2009?

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48.8%

Q: What percentage of album sales here in the UK was from UK artists in 2009?

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Rock

Q: What was the biggest selling genre of music in the albums market in 2009?

...but Pop closed the gap to just two percentage points (29% of sales compared to Rock's 31%)

• http://www.bpi.co.uk/music-business/article/the-market.aspx