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Music (Arts & Photography, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data

Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Music (Arts & Photography, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $9.99, median 698 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 28/100 (highly competitive).

28Opportunity / 100
$9.99Median price
698Median reviews
Price range (middle 50%)$3.99 – $12.99
Average rating4.5
New releases (90 days)15%
Books on the list100
StoreKindle eBooks

What stands out

  • Its review barrier is higher than in 84% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 698 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
  • 15% of its best sellers came out in the last 90 days, more than in 76% of Kindle eBooks categories: readers here keep buying new titles.
  • Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $3.99 to $12.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.

Top 10 Music best sellers

  1. Bread of Angels: A Memoir book cover by Patti Smith

    Bread of Angels: A Memoir

    by Patti Smith

    • List rank#1
    • Price$12.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews1,014

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  2. Ain't Nobody's Fool: The Life and Times of Dolly Parton book cover by Martha Ackmann

    Ain't Nobody's Fool: The Life and Times of Dolly Parton

    by Martha Ackmann

    • List rank#2
    • Price$15.99
    • Rating4.3
    • Reviews781

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  3. This Is Epic book cover by Joan Bauer

    This Is Epic

    by Joan Bauer

    • List rank#3
    • Price$9.99
    • Rating5.0
    • Reviews3

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  4. The Creative Act: A Way of Being book cover by Rick Rubin

    The Creative Act: A Way of Being

    by Rick Rubin

    • List rank#4
    • Price$10.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews12,077

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  5. Last Train to Memphis (Enhanced Edition): The Rise of Elvis Presley book cover by Peter Guralnick

    Last Train to Memphis (Enhanced Edition): The Rise of Elvis Presley

    by Peter Guralnick

    • List rank#5
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews2,103

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  6. Stand By Your Pan: 100 Easy and Affordable Comfort Food Recipes So Good They'll Hurt Peopl book cover by Hannah Dasher

    Stand By Your Pan: 100 Easy and Affordable Comfort Food Recipes So Good They'll Hurt People's Feelin’s (A Cookbook to Help You Enjoy Delicious Nostalgia with Some Modern Sass)

    by Hannah Dasher

    • List rank#6
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.7
    • Reviews191

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  7. Devil on My Shoulder: A Memoir book cover by Alice Cooper

    Devil on My Shoulder: A Memoir

    by Alice Cooper

    • List rank#7
    • Price$15.99
    • Rating4.6
    • Reviews98

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  8. Killin’ Time: My Life and Music book cover by Clint Black

    Killin’ Time: My Life and Music

    by Clint Black

    • List rank#8
    • Price$2.99
    • Rating4.8
    • Reviews177

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  9. Not Dead & Not for Sale: A Memoir book cover by Scott Weiland

    Not Dead & Not for Sale: A Memoir

    by Scott Weiland

    • List rank#9
    • Price$1.99
    • Rating4.4
    • Reviews1,457

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  10. I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine book cover by Daniel J. Levitin

    I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine

    by Daniel J. Levitin

    • List rank#10
    • Price$9.50
    • Rating4.5
    • Reviews335

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Subcategories

Same niche in Books: Music

FAQ

Is Music a good niche for Amazon KDP?

Its KDPTop opportunity score is 28/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 698 reviews and sells for $9.99.

How many reviews do you need to rank in Music?

The median best seller has 698 reviews, and 17% of them have fewer than 100.

What do Music best sellers cost?

The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $3.99 and $12.99.

Can new books break into Music?

15% 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.