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Music (New, Used & Rental Textbooks › Performing Arts, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Music (New, Used & Rental Textbooks › Performing Arts, Books), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $33.75, median 66 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 28/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $21.71 – $50.44 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 3% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Only 3% of its best sellers are under 90 days old, fewer than in 88% of Books categories: established titles hold the list.
- At $33.75 its median price beats 91% of Books categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $21.71 to $50.44, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Music best sellers
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Alfred's Basic Adult All-in-One Piano Course: Lesson, Theory, Technic (Spiral-Bound Edition)
- List rank#1
- Price$20.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews11,132
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Suzuki Violin School, Vol 2: Violin Part International Edition
- List rank#2
- Price$14.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews2,792
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G-10164 - Habits Of A Successful Beginner Band Musician - Clarinet
by Scott Rush
- List rank#3
- Price$15.95
- Rating4.8
- Reviews608
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Learn Faster, Perform Better: A Musician's Guide to the Neuroscience of Practicing
by Gebrian
- List rank#4
- Price$24.70
- Rating4.8
- Reviews488
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I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine
- List rank#6
- Price$15.22
- Rating4.5
- Reviews335
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Position Pieces for Cello
by Rick Mooney
- List rank#7
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews527
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The Skywalker Symphonies: John Williams and the Music of Star Wars (Oxford Music / Media)
by Frank Lehman
- List rank#8
- Price$36.12
- Rating4.0
- Reviews6
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AP Music Theory Premium, Fifth Edition: Prep Book with 2 Practice Tests + Comprehensive Review + Online Audio (Barron's AP Prep)
by Nancy Fuller Scoggin B.M.E.
- List rank#9
- Price$37.80
- Rating4.6
- Reviews76
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The Beatles Sheet Music Collection | Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook with Chords and Lyrics | Over 100 Classic Beatles Song Arrangements | Music Book for Beginners, Teachers, and Fans
by Beatles
- List rank#10
- Price$24.98
- Rating4.7
- Reviews1,033
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 66 reviews and sells for $33.75.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Music?
The median best seller has 66 reviews, and 60% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Music best sellers cost?
The median price is $33.75; half of the best sellers are priced between $21.71 and $50.44.
Can new books break into Music?
3% 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.