In music, pop culture’s victory over high culture is even more decisive. The Three Tenors in Concert is the best-selling classical album ever.16 With twelve million copies sold, it does not even break into the top fifty albums of all time.17 Looking at overall sales, classical music is only 1.4% of the U.S. music market. Country is eight times as popular, and rock/pop over thirty times as popular.18 Classical does better globally but still only commands a 5% share of the world’s music marketplace. Well, at least it beats jazz.19
