Current trends in popular music



The best selling songs of 2014 (www.officialcharts.com)

The best selling songs of 2014 chart, tell us that pop and dance music is currently the most sold/downloaded genre of music.

I looked at the genders of the artist in this chart:

Male: 75%
Mixed (groups): 20%
Female: 5%

The genres covered in this list are: Pop, Dance, Rap, Soul

Although it might not seem like it when looking at these statistics, the rock genre is also very successful every year making a large number of album sales.

Gaps in the market

Throughout all genres there seems to be less female artist/bands compared to male.