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According to a recent study from Oxford University, teenagers who identify with goth subculture at the age of 15 have three times the risk of depression, and five times the risk of self-harm, when compared to the average teenager.  Read more: It’s official: Emo music actually makes you feel better Writing for The Daily Beast, Dale Eisinger […]

A new study conducted by McMaster University's Digital Music Lab has revealed which music fans are most open-minded, as well as those who are the least. According to their findings, which were deduced after studying roughly a billion song downloads over the past two years, indie fans are most likely to listen to other genres, […]

According to a recent Facebook study, there’s a good chance you don’t use “LOL” anymore, but rather choose a simple “haha,” or the ever-popular emoji, to convey electronic delight. The analysis, which was inspired by a New Yorker article, observed content from the final week of May and found that “haha” is the most common […]

It’s widely known that metal was (and at times, still is) looked down upon by those outside of the community. A recent study led by Humboldt State University psychologist Tasha Howe, however, claims ’80s metalheads “were significantly happier in their youth and better adjusted currently,” (via Blabbermouth). Read more: Metal music actually makes you calmer, study […]

When you reach 33 years or older, you will stop discovering new music, according to a new online study. New research, based on U.S. Spotify users, concludes that 33 is the average age when people stop listening to new music. “While teens’ music taste is dominated by incredibly popular music,” the study says, “this proportion […]

A recent study conducted by Ticketfly surveyed concert-going adults to find out just how much they’re using their phones at live events—and the results are depressing. One of the survey’s biggest findings: 31 percent of adults ages 18-34 admit to using their phones during half or more of the show. Imagine how much higher this […]

A new study published in the Child Development journal followed a group of 184 “cool” kids around for 10 years, starting at age 13 and continuing until age 23. “The fast-track kids didn’t turn out okay,” said Joseph P. Allen, lead author of the study, which shows that a lot of the cool kids—now grown […]

A recent study published by Stanford University looks at why cliques thrive in some schools more than others. Some schools are fiercely segregated by age, class, ethnic background, fashion choices—and others are not. What educational environment would, say, make the goth and the jock more likely to be friends and not segregated into cliques? The […]

Nielsen Entertainment recently published their mid-year music industry report for 2014. The study contained statistics regarding the top selling albums and singles (both physical and digital), and a slew of other numbers from the industry in comparison to the first half of 2013.  The main points found through the report revealed that album sales are down 14.9 percent from the […]

A recent study published by City Lab and the Martin Prosperity Institute points out that heavy metal holds less sway in its postindustrial origin regions but remains highly popular in Scandinavian countries, which are known for their wealth and very high quality of life. “What we found is that that the number of heavy metal bands […]

[Photo: Broadway Calls and a rowdy crowd] A physics/sociology study conducted by Jesse Silverberg and Matt Bierbaum, doctoral students at Cornell University, has found that crowd behaviors at metal shows, deemed “extreme social gatherings,” mirror molecular behaviors, based on video from concerts as well as in-person observation. “In mosh pits, the participants (moshers) move randomly, colliding with […]

A new report released by MusicMetric–the first of its kind–shows that Americans torrented more than 97 million albums (78%) and singles (22%) during the first half of 2012. At 10 songs per album, that adds up to 759 million songs. The report also named Gainesville, FL, Albany, GA, Fairbanks, AK, Lexington, KY and Tallahassee, FL as […]

Digital Music News recently collaborated with merchandise company Jakprints to research the average cost of creating goods versus the retail price. The following graph shows the gaps between the two, laying out potential earnings per item. It's worth noting that the best selling items vary from artist to artist. (source: Digital Music News) Bands: Does […]

A new psychology study has found that popular music has become more sad-sounding over the years. Using a sample comprised of 1,000 Top 40 songs over the past 5 decades, researchers found that over time, “emotional cues” in music (tempo and mode) shifted more toward the slow and minor, giving music a sadder feel. They […]

A study of the best-selling artists in the past five years shows that men outsell women by a nearly 2:1 margin. The data was taken from Nielsen Soundscan numbers, with mixed-gender groups (No Doubt, Black Eyed Peas, etc) removed from the counts.  “Out of nearly 128.5 million album sales from top-ranked artists every year, 82 […]

A new study from Nielsen that surveyed 3,000 online participants has revealed that teens are using YouTube as their largest source for consuming music and that radio is still the dominant way people are discovering new music. Here are the stastics for both categories: How teens listen to music: 64% of teens listen to music […]