The bar chart illustrates the sales of various music genres among different age groups in the USA during the year 2010.
Overall, pop music attracted the most interest from younger listeners, whereas classical music appealed more to older age groups. Rock music, on the other hand, was particularly popular among individuals aged 23 to 57. Furthermore, the popularity of classical music increased steadily with age.
Focusing on listeners aged 23 to 57 first, rock recordings were the best-selling ones. Sales of rock music were higher than those of pop in the 23-31 age group, with respective figures of approximately 4 million and 3.5 million units. Meanwhile, the figures for jazz and classical music were lower, at roughly 2.8 million and around 2.2 million, respectively. Listeners aged 32-45 and 46-57 also showed a stronger preference for rock music, with respective figures of just over 3 million and roughly 3.8 million units. Sales of pop and classical recordings in both of these age categories were equal, at 1.5 million and approximately 2.6 million units, respectively. Jazz music was more appealing to those aged 32 to 45 than to those from the 46-57 age bracket, with sales of roughly 3 million and around 2.5 million units, respectively.
In contrast, the youngest and the oldest age segments had a marked interest in pop and classical music, respectively. About 3.8 million rock recordings were purchased by those aged 16 to 22 compared to roughly 3 million bought by the oldest age category. In the youngest age bracket, sales of pop music stood at around 4.8 million, followed distantly by jazz at approximately 1.9 million and classical music at roughly 1.8 million. Nevertheless, in 58+ age category, pop sales were lower by 1.7 million, while jazz and classical music sales were higher by 1 million and 2.7 million, respectively.