Fretted instruments and related products brought in the most retail sales value of music products in the U.S. in 2021, at roughly *** billion U.S. dollars. Meanwhile, the retail sales value of recording products was nearly *** million U.S. dollars. Institutional organs reported the least retail sales value at around **** million U.S. dollars.
The guitar: one of the most popular fretted instruments
While fretted instruments include violins, cellos, ukuleles, and many others, the guitar is arguably one of the most popular. Though number of guitars sold in the United States fluctuated over the last fifteen years, there were over *** million guitars sold in the U.S. in 2021. Meanwhile, the average price of a guitar in the U.S. has grown steadily in the last decade, although guitars were on average slightly cheaper in 2021 than in 2020.
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