Number Five – Metal:
This genre sold a total of 31.9 million units in the year 2012, thanks to artists such as Pallbearer (Sorrow and Extinction), Baroness (Yellow & Green) and Asphyx (Deathhammer). It earned about the same amount in 2011, seeing only a 0.3 percent decrease in sales between years. Approximately 11.2 million of its total sales were digital album sales.
Number Four – Country:
With sales total 44.6 million albums, country music saw a 4.2 percent increase in sales from 2011. Taylor Swift (Red), Jason Aldean (Night Train) and Luke Bryan (Tailgates & Tanlines) were the top-selling country artists for the year. The genre also took in 11.2 million in digital album sales, an impressive 37.8 percent increase from 2011.
Number Three – R&B:
With 49.7 million album sales in total, Rhythm and Blues saw a 10.2 percent decrease in general sales. But that percentage must have been transferred over to digital sales, which totaled 16.3 million, thanks to a 10.2 percent increase in that category. R&B artists that topped the charts in 2012 include Rihanna (Unapologetic), Chris Brown (Fortune) and Beyoncé.
Number Two – Alternative:
The genre totaled 52.2 million copies in album sales in 2012. That is a 4.3 percentage drop compared with sales from 2011, while at the same time digital sales increased by a tidy 9.5 percent. Alternative artists who topped the charts during the year include Mumford & Sons (Babel), The Black Keys (El Camino) and Coldplay (Mylo Xyloto).
Number One – Rock!
The genre sold a whopping total number of 102.5 million albums in 2012, yielding a two percent increase from 2011. The top-selling rock artists of the year include Nickleback (Here & Now), Linkin Park (Living Things) and Van Halen (A Different Kind of Truth).
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