Album sales distribution in the United Kingdom (UK) 2016, by artist gender

Published by Patrick Leu, Nov 9, 2024
This statistic displays album sales distribution in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016, broken down by artist gender. In 2016, male solo artists accounted for 40.5 percent of album sales in the United Kingdom, with five male artists in the year-end top 10 chart (namely, Justin Bieber, Elvis Presley, Drake and two albums by David Bowie). The share of female groups reached the level of 2.9 percent (the highest share over the last decade), mainly due to Little Mix.

Distribution of album sales in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016, by artist gender

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May 2017

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United Kingdom

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2016

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base: top 1,000 albums

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