High spending US consumers are making up nearly 80% of the music market and are led by females, according to research by Nielsen.

The organisation’s newly-published Entertainment Consumer Report examines the music, home video, games and book sectors in the States and reveals just how much each of them relies on the top spenders.

In the case of music 78% of the total entertainment dollars are accounted for by high spenders, who represent about one third of the US population. They ...