MUSIC HAS NO BORDERS THE GROWING IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL MUSIC INTEREST IN INTERNATIONAL GENRES Q: WHICH, IF ANY, WORLD MUSIC/SOUNDS ARE YOU INTERESTED IN? Q. IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, WOULD YOU SAY YOUR INTEREST IN WORLD MUSIC/SOUNDS HAS... 73% among 16-24 year olds RISING TO: 67% among 25-34 year olds 54% OF THE TOTAL SAMPLE WERE INTERESTED IN AT LEAST ONE GENRE OF WORLD MUSIC 10 14 15 12 8 5 5 Total 28 41 35 27 22 21 19 Latin 24 21 30 25 24 26 19 Caribbean 20 28 25 21 17 16 14 European 10 13 20 17 15 11 6 African 10 25 16 10 5 4 1 South East Asian e.g K-Pop Indian (e.g Bollywood, Bhangra etc.) 6 10 9 7 2 4 2 Arabic 16-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 65+ Increased a lot Increased a little Remained the same Decreased a little Decreased a lot MUSIC IS ITS OWN LANGUAGE - I DON’T NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE LYRICS TO APPRECIATE AND VALUE THE EMOTIONS MUSIC MAKES ME FEEL. STREAMING MUSIC HAS INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF MUSIC AVAILABLE TO ME AT ONCE. THIS HAS INCREASED MY WILLINGNESS TO SEEK NEW MUSIC TO LISTEN TO. ALMOST A 3RD (29%) of the US population said their interest in world music/sounds has increased in the past 2 years 11 28 16 10 6 2 1 18 33 26 17 14 9 6 61 35 53 63 72 72 72 5 3 3 3 5 4 6 9 5 1 4 4 10 11 Total 16- 24 25- 34 35- 44 45- 54 55- 64 65+