As the country works through the trauma created by the coronavirus, Americans are showing pandemic fatigue and increasingly turning to music for cheer and self-improvement, according to the third installment of Nielsen Music/MRC Data’s survey series, "COVID-19: Tracking the Impact on the Entertainment Landscape." It makes sense: With businesses closed for a month and a half, unemployment skyrocketing and people tiring of self-isolation, music is an affordable escape.
As it conducts surveys at two-week intervals, MRC Data is tracking how entertainment consumption is shifting. Interviews are conducted the week of April 10 with a panel of 1,010 people, age 13 and over, that is representative of the U.S.