Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Statistics



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April 2008
	Month			Year To Date
	2008	2007	Percent Change	2008	2007	Percent Change
Units Shipped
physical product
DVD	162	103	-7%	664	595	12%
CD	2104	2606	-19%	7586	9216	-18%
Other Formats*	12	3	300%	64	36	78%
Total Units	2278	2712	-16%	8314	9847	-16%
Net Value of Shipments
physical product
DVD	1599	889	80%	7575	6836	11%
CD	18318	25933	-29%	68700	88367	-22%
Other Formats*	64	10	540%	313	346	-10%
Total Value	$19981	$26832	-26%	$76588	$95549	-20%
Net Value of Shipments
digital product **
Internet Downloads	3284	2297	64%	10604	6891	54%
Digital Mobile Content	1628	1716	-5%	5494	5148	7%
Subscription Model	398	262	52%	1195	786	52%
Other ***	31	46	-33%	107	138	-22%
Total	$5341	$4321	24%	$17400	$12963	34%
Grand Total	$25322	$31153	-19%	$93988	$108512	-13%

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

* This category includes formats such as cassettes, CD singles, VHS music videos and DVD-Audio

**Monthly digital statistics are not available for 2007.

For the purposes of monthly comparisons, one twelfth of total year-to-date digital statistics for 2007 will be entered each month.

*** This category includes formats such as streams

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