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Ethnomusicology (Music, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Ethnomusicology (Music, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $26.34, median 17 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 34/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $19.98 – $34.12 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 9% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 1% of the parent category Music (1,912), one of the easier corners under it.
- At $26.34 its median price beats 86% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Its review barrier is lower than in 76% of Books categories: the median best seller has only 17 reviews, so new books can chart with few.
Top 10 Ethnomusicology best sellers
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Hip-Hop Is History
by Questlove
- List rank#2
- Price$12.47
- Rating4.7
- Reviews283
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P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance
by Vanessa Díaz
- List rank#3
- Price$26.05
- Rating4.8
- Reviews81
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Go Back and Fetch It: Recovering Early Black Music in the Americas for Fiddle and Banjo
by Kristina R. Gaddy
- List rank#4
- Price$3.82
- Rating4.6
- Reviews22
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Our Common Life: Folksong from the Front Porch to the Concert Hall (Music in American Life)
by Stephen Wade
- List rank#5
- Price$27.86
- Rating4.6
- Reviews6
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Emo Revival: Community, DIY, and Rebirth in Post-Hardcore and Emo (2008-2018)
by Andrew Sacher
- List rank#6
- Price$23.25
- Rating4.6
- Reviews8
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Blues People: Negro Music in White America
by Leroi Jones
- List rank#7
- Price$10.49
- Rating4.6
- Reviews281
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Time's Echo: Music, Memory, and the Second World War
by Jeremy Eichler
- List rank#8
- Price$16.10
- Rating4.7
- Reviews308
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Bluegrass, Newgrass, Old-Time, and Americana Music
by Craig Harris
- List rank#9
- Price$27.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews34
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The Spirituals and the Blues (50th Anniversary Edition)
by James H. Cone
- List rank#10
- Price$13.93
- Rating4.6
- Reviews197
FAQ
Is Ethnomusicology a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 34/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 17 reviews and sells for $26.34.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Ethnomusicology?
The median best seller has 17 reviews, and 85% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Ethnomusicology best sellers cost?
The median price is $26.34; half of the best sellers are priced between $19.98 and $34.12.
Can new books break into Ethnomusicology?
9% of the current best sellers were released in the last 90 days.
About this data
Data comes from KDPTop's daily crawl of Amazon's public Best Sellers pages; medians use the latest list. The opportunity score (0–100, higher is easier to enter) combines the review barrier, the share of low-review books, list turnover, new-release share and price.