What type of music Americans listen to may say a lot about their bank account. According to findings from a TD Ameritrade survey released this month, the richest Americans in the country listen to classical music.
Out of the 1,500 millennials surveyed, respondents who enjoyed classical music earned the highest personal income. On average, classical music listeners earned $114,000 and those who listened to rap or hip-hop earned an average of $69,000. The lowest earning group were those who listened to country music, who earned an average of $58,000.
For those who did listen to classical music, 74 percent of them felt financially secure, the highest number out of all the musical genres which included electronic, rap, hard rock, pop/top 40, and country. Millennials who listened to other music genres felt much less secure, with the lowest percentage again being country music listeners (34 percent). The second highest group were electronic fans (59 percent).
The trend continued for respondents who invested in the stock market, with the highest group again being classical music listeners (74 percent). Similarly, the second highest group was electronic (56 percent) and the lowest country music listeners (39 percent).
Aside from finances, other studies revealed there may be more benefits in exposing one’s eardrums to the likes of Mozart and Bach.
A 2004 study conducted the University of San Diego found that respondents who listened to classical music had “significantly lower post-task systolic blood pressure levels” than participants who heard no music. The study found that other musical genres did not produce better results when compared to silence.
Another study by the University of Southern California found that students who listened to classical music in the background of a one-hour lecture scored much higher in a quiz on the lecture when compared to a similar group who did not listen to any music.
“It is possible that music, provoking a change in the learning environment, influenced the students’ motivation to remain focused during the lecture, which led to better performance on the multiple-choice quiz,” the study’s authors wrote.
Top Image: Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra performs at Carnegie Hall in New York on Sept. 18, 2015. (Larry Dye/The Epoch Times)
Original article: https://www.ntd.com/richest-americans-listen-to-classical-music-poll_229748.html
