Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Statistics



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May 2002
	Month			Year To Date
	2002	2001	Percent Change	2002	2001	Percent Change
Units Shipped
VHS	5	30	-83%	386	389	-1%
DVD	60	40	50%	438	279	57%
Total Music Videos	65	70	-7%	824	668	23%
Total Singles	20	46	-57%	180	172	5%
Cassettes	109	25	336%	325	436	-25%
CD	3151	2886	9%	15527	15892	-2%
Total Albums	3260	2911	12%	15852	16328	-3%
Grand Total	3345	3027	11%	16856	17168	-2%
Net Value of Sales
VHS	28	295	-91%	3360	3367	0%
DVD	993	734	35%	7962	5047	58%
Total Music Videos	1021	1029	-1%	11322	8414	35%
Total Singles	109	211	-48%	568	794	-28%
Cassettes	360	37	873%	1319	2219	-41%
CD	35654	34789	2%	178291	189798	-6%
Total Albums	36014	34826	3%	179610	192017	-6%
Grand Total	$37,144	$36,066	3%	$191,500	$201,225	-5%

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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