The provided bar chart illustrates four different music genres – rock, pop, jazz, and classical – purchased in the United States in the year 2010 by five age groups. The figures are presented in millions.
Overall, the group of people aged between 32 and 45 had the least amount of sales on all music types, whereas individuals aged over 58 bought a considerable amount of all music genres.
Pop was the most common type of music among the youngest age group from 16 to 22, followed by rock, with far under 4 million recordings. Among the second youngest age group, rock was the most popular music type, which had the highest number of about 4.1 on this group, while classical was the least popular, with above 2 million recordings.
In the middle age group from 32 to 45, the rock was the most common, which was followed by jazz with roughly 3 million recordings. Regarding the following age group, the pop was the least popular with approximately 1.5 million recordings, under jazz, and classical kinds of music, which contributed around 2.5 and 2.6 million recordings. In the oldest age group, classical music was the most common, with about 4.5 million recordings, whereas jazz was least common among older people, showing just under 3 million recordings.