In the US hip-hop for the first time surpassed by popularity rock music
Hip-hop became the most popular genre in the US, for the first time beating rock music. This is stated in a Nielsen study, according to the publication Quartz.
According to the study, from the beginning, hip-hop (including R’n’B) accounts for 25% of all music listening in the United States. Rock music accounts for 23%.
Researchers have linked the incident with the methods of listening to music. In recent years the most popular streaming services. Stream music, according to experts, significantly ahead of the sale of CDs and downloads on iTunes.
In Nielsen noted that users of streaming services — mostly young people, who more identify with hip hop culture than “somewhat stagnant” genre of rock music. The researchers added that the rock remains the most popular genre on the number of CDs sold.