Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Statistics



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April 2002
	Month			Year To Date
	2002	2001	Percent Change	2002	2001	Percent Change
Units Shipped
VHS	89	169	-47%	381	359	6%
DVD	72	70	3%	378	239	58%
Total Music Videos	161	239	-33%	759	598	27%
Total Singles	14	47	-70%	160	126	27%
Cassettes	18	76	-76%	216	411	-47%
CD	2733	3084	-11%	12376	13006	-5%
Total Albums	2751	3160	-13%	12592	13417	-6%
Grand Total	2926	3446	-15%	13511	14141	-4%
Net Value of Sales
VHS	784	1302	-40%	3332	3072	8%
DVD	1222	1212	1%	6969	4313	62%
Total Music Videos	2006	2514	-20%	10301	7385	39%
Total Singles	84	175	-52%	459	583	-21%
Cassettes	64	385	-83%	959	2182	-56%
CD	30954	37126	-17%	142637	155009	-8%
Total Albums	31018	37511	-17%	143596	157191	-9%
Grand Total	$33,108	$40,200	-18%	$154,356	$165,159	-7%

Sales information is supplied by members of CRIA and tabulated by Grant Thornton without audit.

The categories of DCC/Mini Disc and Cassette Single have been eliminated from the report due to negligible sales.

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