Best-Selling Music: Data from 1910 to 2024

[@DataIsBeautifulOfficial]

To make it more transparent to my viewers, here are some examples of well-known artists from various music genres that are included in the dataset: *Country:* Garth Brooks, Shania Twain, Johnny Cash *Jazz:* Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, John Coltrane *R&B:* Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Beyoncé *Rock & Roll:* Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Elvis Presley *Rockabilly:* Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Buddy Holly *Pop Rock:* Coldplay, Maroon 5, The Beatles *Soul:* Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Stevie Wonder *Classic Rock:* The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin *Funk:* James Brown, Prince, Parliament-Funkadelic *Hard Rock:* AC/DC, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath *Disco:* Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor, Bee Gees *New Wave:* Talking Heads, Blondie, Duran Duran *Techno-pop:* Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, New Order *Punk:* The Sex Pistols, The Clash, Ramones *House:* Frankie Knuckles, Armand Van Helden, Daft Punk *Indie Rock:* Arctic Monkeys, The Strokes, Vampire Weekend *Eurodance:* Aqua, 2 Unlimited, Vengaboys *Techno:* Carl Cox, Richie Hawtin, Sven Väth *Alternative Rock:* Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Radiohead *Electro:* The Chemical Brothers, Justice, Daft Punk *Hip-Hop/Rap:* Tupac Shakur, Jay-Z, Nas *K-Pop:* BTS, BLACKPINK, EXO

[@needfreenames]

От реальности не уйдешь. Хан Замай всегда будет лучшим

[@PasleyAviationPhotography]

It's just plain confusing, you have the classic rock genre in the 60s. You have so many rock genres but absolutely zero indication on what's what. By far my least favorite video, thumbs down 👎

[@divaplavalaguna72]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@eerie_eye]

I like indie pop, where is it

[@kokizzu]

whats the difference between white star and yellow star?

[@SailaSobriquet]

Now it’s easier to see why I stopped listening to the radio when I did.

[@doggo2995]

pop music is really good this decade

[@cahoros8244]

Country fans: Hold my cowboy hat, we've been winning since forever!

[@maaravi]

My thoughts exactly. I'd like to see him disaggregate Western from Country. I'm curious to see how those two genres have rivaled one another for the last 100 years.

[@MrBlx4life]

This channel is awesome, since day one!

[@Billinois78]

Note that this is best SELLING music. Blues music was there all along, being the heavy influence on most of what is popular today, but you wouldn't know it by this analysis. The people who were making that music were too poor to buy the albums , so they could only go hear them perform at small clubs.

[@mikedepue]

R.I.P. Dubstep 2005-2012 😂

[@Tuepp]

For some reason it was very enjoyable at the beginning, but there wasn't much variation to see.

[@8dreadLock8]

@@Tuepp best Dubstep/Brostep days were 2014-2018 the DSG days. Too bad that style wasn't popular, it is really underrated imo

[@maaravi]

Interesting: The Jazz boom was much earlier than many believe (as often depicted in contemporary film) and the disco spike was much sooner. Country & Western is a mainstay.

[@HighAltitudeMMA]

Lol you broke "rock music" up into like 50 different sub genres but didnt do that for country or hip hop lol

[@Billinois78]

Probably as a way of trying bury it. You can tell from the music in these videos they don't listen to it..

[@ebridgewater]

@@Billinois78 What? He is using KZbin Library copyright-free music. What does that have to do with what music he listens to? And let's be fair, all country and hip hop sounds the same.

[@aVinylDaniel]

@@ebridgewater haha, what? Not true.

[@michealsherwin1697]

I think they did this for 2 reasons: 1: To make the list more dynamic, otherwise rock would have sat at the top of the list for most of the video, which would have been a boring watching experience, people would have clicked off, less money for the channel (Most likely reason) 2: Possibly to better reflect the tastes of each era (Merging Rap and Hip-hop made them show up on this list earlier, which reflects a change in taste starting in the mid/late 90's) An argument could be made for favouritism, but I think it probably just comes down to viewer watch time to please the algorithm.

[@Billinois78]

@@ebridgewater There is copyright-free music of various genres available. It's all over KZbin. It doesn't all sound like a Disney commercial.

[@jonathaone]

Get Rich Or Die Tryin' dropped in '03 and hiphop has been on top ever since.

[@AJDaEnvoy]

Haha I noticed that too, I was watching the year 2003 closely because of 50 Cent's explosion in the mainstream, great to see.

[@MAGNETO-i1i]

Dont know that song, not a hophip fan

[@АриемИскинт]

2002, The Eminem Show🤘

[@Ironmanpwnz]

it actually started climbing faster in 97 when The Slim Shady EP dropped I was waiting to see if Hip hop would start climbing faster when it hit that year and it did

[@AJDaEnvoy]

@@Ironmanpwnz Yup true, artists such as Tupac, Biggie (early-mid 90s) and then Eminem, Jay-Z, Nelly, 50 Cent, Kanye West around the late 90s and early 2000s really did help push hip hop in popularity.

[@canyouspotit726]

Every rapper ever: "My life is so hard" Also every rapper: "I just bought a diamond encrusted tank"

[@EtienneLapha]

You know that like 99% of rappers are struggling, right? How much do you think spotify pays artists?

[@ArmenioLoco]

​@@EtienneLaphaShut up bro, you're just talking nonsense.

[@SexThehuman]

​@@EtienneLaphaBrother, do you know what you're talking about?

[@SinclairWest]

​@@EtienneLaphaoh no... It's almost like in every aspect 99% struggle and 1% succeed. Shocking that not everyone can be inventing something new, get lucky in connection and time and start with good circumstances.

[@EtienneLapha]

@@SinclairWest I mean I don't disagree

[@DioneN]

Watching that jazz take off! “Come on babe why don’t we paint the town And all that jazz I’m gonna rouge my knees and roll my stockings down And all that jazz”

[@darrenkenny-x9g]

This video is well made and shows excellent stats. Few other genres is missing from list like Adult Contemporary, Dance-pop and Blues music. Should pop rock under dark blue colour instead of yellow as it is subgenre of rock music?

[@ДОМЗАМИЛЛИОН-н1л]

'I got money, I got hoes'. Shakespeare is shaking in his grave.

[@EtienneLapha]

Shakespeare couldn't do Illmatic

[@MUTV2]

electronic music got split into a lot of sub-divisions. I feel like hip hop/rap has a ton of subdivisions as well. Would be interesting to see electronic as one genre instead of split up. Just call it EDM. On the final screen 5:43, if you add electro, techno, house together it becomes #1 as a genre.

[@doomtomb3]

Pop Rap is a subgenre that really made a name for itself in 2nd half 2010s

[@purpleaki06]

I'd argue EDM is its own genre - cheesy commercial dance. Should be two genres Commercial Dance Electronic

[@vinstinct]

​@@purpleaki06 Agreed. I've been listening to electronic music for decades and hate the term EDM. Also not sure what they are the classifying house and techno as. I love house and techno but don't think it's ever been popular enough to be that high on the list. I'm guessing techno pop was like Depeche Mode and other eighties bands with lots of synths and drum machines.

[@sergiodemichele6295]

There's a genre missing in the last 10 years of statistics: shit (it would definitely be in first place)

[@wincup]

Before the 1980s (or even until 2000), it seems necessary to explain what the basis for the sample collection was, and whether it was based on a region rather than representing the entire world (e.g., Country).

[@EdgarRoock]

Should have played samples from the leading genre instead of the standard tune.

[@MAGNETO-i1i]

No. Theres a lot of crap

[@Dyanosis]

But the standard tune is what gets you engaged in the video. Like how some people have the same background music or same intro.

[@AloneAGh2o]

Тогда почти всё видео играла бы музыка кантри. 😁

[@CAT-m4y5i]

EURODANCE🏆🏆🏆

[@TimeToStartOver]

We have to bring it back to the top! 🥳😅

[@alexamericano444]

Вывод: Country - музыка на все времена)

[@baalbuqu]

Man this is amazing. What tools do you use to present data like this?

[@epicnate98]

Oh boy, 17 minutes old and the comments are already getting gatekeep-ey. Don't yall just love how music brings us together?

[@Armosk23]

Let's hope reggaeton never reaches the top spots

[@EtienneLapha]

Some people have actual problems in life

[@EtienneLapha]

@@Armosk23 That's a weird thing to hope.

[@doggo2995]

amen lmfao

[@princeofb7383]

That hatred for reggaeton is so utterly random lol

[@doggo2995]

@@princeofb7383 no its not its actually thelaziest genre of music ever

[@lifevest1]

This music still takes me back to the early stages of the pandemic

[@joekingly2024]

Marketing hip hop and rap on a commercial level is one of the biggest crimes done to humanity.

[@ebridgewater]

This is very US-oriented.

[@PF2015]

Kinda...what's with the 1.2m Hindustani market share in 1909?

[@victorespino5650]

Country music has had many revivals lol

[@littlebird2885]

Marches are due their comeback!

[@13thravenpurple94]

Really enjoyed this video! Much appreciated! 💚

[@jakub28644]

WHERE METAL???

[@eerie_eye]

Luckily not here:)

[@totigerus]

I’m also surprised hard rock wasn’t at least number 2 starting around 1984.

[@BloodRavyne]

I was wondering the same thing! Maybe hard Rock is considered metal?

[@Tuepp]

The statistic's focus is not about popularity but about making money on some market. What market, is the question to ask. What country or continent? Based on which numbers exactly?

[@totigerus]

@@BloodRavyne no because there was a hard rock category in the video but not metal

[@Slimgosa]

Amazing stats, kudos 😌👌🏾

[@dpbeason]

Was surprised the swing resurgence of the late '90s didn't make an appearance.

[@kadarezki5859]

Nice to see you

[@Bat_Boy]

I lost $100 on Polka. Damn it!

[@DWINC]

Alternative Rock was HUGE in the 90s. Nirvana was catagorized as alternative rock……not punk.

[@cryptonative]

Jazz in the 50s: I’m cool again

[@deathpallie325]

Too bad many American contemporary radio stations today don't play much techno and alternative rock music, instead playing just plain old pop, country, and hip hop/rap music.

[@CmdrTomalak]

So Rock N Roll shows up in 1955 and and Classic Rock appears only 6 years later? How can Classic Rock exist when it's only been around for less than 7 years?

[@crashhh9]

Easy: it was not called classic rock back then, naturally, you need perspective to call something classic.

[@CmdrTomalak]

@@crashhh9 Ok. So if it wasn't called Classic Rock, why are they calling it Classic Rock. The whole lot of these "genres" aren't even genres anyway.

[@crashhh9]

@@CmdrTomalak I guess, because they chose a perspective from the present time. It's not easy to achieve perfection in everything we do.

[@anthonyvandeist2857]

Looks like Disco had a slower, more drawn out death than I thought.. Thanks for the vid!!

[@mattep74]

Country is really the sleeping gigant.

[@jaredwallace91]

Dubstep stayed longer than I predicted I'm surprised to see country shrink after 2001, I felt like it was everywhere post 9/11

[@Dyanosis]

With the invent of the internet, less is sold and more is licensed. Big difference.

[@doggo2995]

I'm a little shocked the electro pop era of 2007-2014, the tropical pop/house era of 2014-2017 and the disco/synthpop revival era of 2020-2024 didn't show up in this video! Like for instance, Flowers, blinding lights, stay, levitating, save your tears, espresso etc are all some of the biggest songs of post pandemic era music, ALL would fit roughly into the same categories as Disco/synthpop. Interesting it didn't show up. Regardless great video!!

[@heretic4521]

Offers us 1910. Gives us 1909 just as a bonus!

[@Richard-fv7rq]

Jazz, step aside, Country, step aside, R&B, step aside, Soul, step aside, Pop Rock, step aside, Disco, step aside, Techno, step aside, Eurodance, step aside, Country, I am back, Hip Hop, step aside, breath......

[@eagleeyetenne3195]

Really interesting, but where is Pop Music? Which category are normal pop stars like Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift?

[@TechNextLetsGo]

Techno demand is actually much higher because we know how to bootleg it, so it won't show on sales.

[@ernestopreciado4895]

So metal has never actually made it to "mainstream" or was it categorized as Hard or Alternative Rock?

[@AndogaSpock]

give me that old time rock and roll

[@kyleisreal_tv]

I didn’t realize how popular K pop is tell now. 😮

[@casparhughey5651]

It isn't

[@aries9313]

Hip-Hop lyrics is 50% flexing, 50% product placement.

[@EtienneLapha]

Tell me you don't know anything about Hip-Hop without telling me

[@iamvaraid7652]

What a horrendously ignorant statement

[@TheInselaffen]

"It's Indie Rock and Roll for me!"

[@koalamusik]

20 years and counting!

[@burnett.burnett]

In other words how musical tastes went down the toilet in just over 100 years.

[@LeeBo318]

And the true unsung hero here is.....LOFI!!!!!

[@X_BILSON]

Where was Trance?, pretty sure Trance was the biggest Electonic Genre of the late 90s and early 00s - bigger than House or Techno.

[@gbrlzvtt]

probably under the eurodance tag

[@Tuepp]

Or under Electro. Or not on the market that is covered by the statistics - looks like it is focused on USA.

[@mickpanfil7878]

Love the Gold Stars for top genres; if I could suggest, would there be a way to have the stars change from silver outlines to gold stars when they reach position one in future videos? Just an idea

[@Dyanosis]

It'd be interesting to see these without inflation.

[@RickTheMelon]

I had no idea techno was still around lol 3rd in 2024, wire I thought it died off in the 2010s. The late 90s were absolute bangers though at the time, clubbing.

[@doggo2995]

It is def many genres lumped into one. Pop, electro pop, synth pop. Because techo as its own isn't really a thing on the radio anymore.

[@matthewdecloedt1323]

Need to bring dubstep back up higher…. k pop, indie rock, and reggaeton over that is wild ☠️

[@АриемИскинт]

where does techno get such numbers? usually i meet musicians who have 5 listeners a month

[@wiiiz3]

because its big in asian community

[@Skonek-84]

I am techno, call me electro, like the punk and all hiphop spectro.

[@MAGNETO-i1i]

Okay electro. If you say so

[@Tuepp]

»Yo, yo, check this out, yo...« or MC Frontalot style 😉

[@MAGNETO-i1i]

@@Tuepp Ali G lmao

[@EdgarRoock]

Surprised to see no shift in the 1960s.

[@johanneslyche8302]

While we're on the topic, please don't ever change the background music on these videos!!!

[@TreeSymphony52]

Listen to the music that you like. Listen to other types of music sometimes. Stay away from bad music or bad artists. Play good music when children are in the house or car. Some children are using swear words in their first year of school because stupid parents play hip hop at home.

[@五行缺金]

country ,pop rock❤❤❤❤❤

[@Aelfraed26]

What are the subgenres?

[@crashhh9]

Yup, we are f-up since 2000.

[@FRN2013]

"Classic Rock" in 1961?

[@FRN2013]

Where is Grunge?

[@AnAnonymousMan]

i do love me some deep house

[@lolcaptcha]

What is Tenchno-pop??

[@23names]

WHERE WAS THE BIG BAND ERA MUSIC, HARD ROCK, HEAVY METAL, THRASH, PSYCHEDELIC, SOUTHERN ROCK, SOFT ROCK, UNDERGROUND, AND MANY MORE, A LOT OF TYPES WERE EXCLUDED FOR SOME REASON

[@ChrisCleek]

How did you miss hard rock? it was climbing the chart from about 1969 until it was #3 in 1988 and went into a free fall off the chart by the mid 90's....did you even watch the video?

[@iLuseMy1v1s]

Why are you yelling?

[@machjiffy4710]

Honestly this feels kind of skewed. I would have put the subgenres of Rock, Latin and Techno with the main genres. Makes it seem like they are dead compared to the other genres when they're clearly not. There are definitely subgenres for Country, R&B and Rap too. Disclaimer: I'm not biased towards a specific genre I listen to all kinds of music lol.

[@wiiiz3]

i thought pop music would be #2 around 1997-2002 with the popularity of britney spears, christina aguilera and all the boybands/girl groups

[@doggo2995]

pop music was divided up into several smaller genres for this video. Brittney for example was probably divided up under "Electro" "pop rock" and genres like that.

[@84bombsjetpack23]

"Techno" being at #3 this year is ... which artists exactly?

[@CreativeMindsAudio]

I’m curious how you categorized people like Katy Perry and other traditional pop acts? Would that be under R&B? Rap is no doubt king rn sadly. Though i do feel like traditional punk is making a comeback again. Tbh i thought country would be higher, but I’m glad it’s not because it’s global data.

[@eerie_eye]

Its US data mainly

[@casparhughey5651]

Punk died in the early '80s

[@setaihedron]

And some very dubious stuff in this. For instance, there hasn't been anything like punk bands or punk music sales since the early '80s, but this thing had a bunch of punk separate from alternative rock getting big sales in the 2000s? Not in this branch of the multiverse.

[@ChrisCleek]

Ever heard of Green Day, like it or not that stuff is considered punk by the vast majority of people who aren't purists

[@ThaThree]

Did jungle not make the top list at any point?😭

[@eerie_eye]

Lol

[@Majo_404]

Yea what about Jungle and DnB

[@iLuseMy1v1s]

Did i miss grunge for the 90's? That has to make the list right?

[@Cyrus10000]

Heavy Metal 🤘

[@desiredrapfilms]

Once 50 cent and Eminem started selling hip hop rose to the top

[@MAGNETO-i1i]

Unfortunately..

[@punkstar_ants]

punk was the 4th most popular genre in the 2010s????

[@brosefamelion3241]

Country: The Third Yee-Haw.

[@yumegd2625]

There is not a word like metal, so I think it's worth nothing

[@TremereKorbu]

5:10 hip-hop / rap goes to 2.019kk then decreases to 2.014kk... Ok.

[@Metical1312]

Country has more come backs then Ric flair !!

[@einLome]

lo-fi should be somewhere 🤣

[@Ougagagoubou]

So where's pop? It should obv be in top2, probably for last 4 decades. What subgenre here represents singers like Ariana Grande? Even with Latin/Kpop as separate, the 'base' pop should still be present here.

[@chrism3784]

recently I like Synthwave, don't see it on here

[@sireffortlessgarbage7922]

Where’s the metal bruh

[@RoyMatzem]

Wtf keeping buying countries music? 😂😂😂

[@thehuguenot5615]

Gospel forever

[@NWard1210]

Nah, I was relieved when that dropped off the table.

[@jasminfecht1704]

House❤

[@IINoirII]

So, metal never was popular?

[@gergelyb1409]

LoL where is Trance? Tiesto, Van Buuren, no way !

[@BallinBoy008]

Was rooting for hip hop and R&B the entire time 😂 Took R&B a while but it found it's stride.

[@scenesofalife]

Hip hop is a real epidemic. Simply annoying 😒

[@wazreacts]

Calling all "EDM" as techno is a travesty. Proper techno, which is fundamentally better than all other genres (😉) would be ashamed to even be on this god forsaken list.

[@mikecronis]

Sad, Prog-Rock sounds.

[@MAGNETO-i1i]

Is there a meaning for the different colors?

[@crysanthiumvega]

why is everyone being racist in the comments? jesus

[@elyundbastel]

Whaaat? Where is metal?