Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Statistics



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May 2008
	Month			Year To Date
	2008	2007	Percent Change	2008	2007	Percent Change
Units Shipped
physical product
DVD	181	156	16%	845	751	12%
CD	2267	2967	-24%	9853	12183	-19%
Other Formats*	7	11	-36%	71	47	51%
Total Units	2455	3134	-22%	10769	12981	-17%
Net Value of Shipments
physical product
DVD	2077	1454	43%	9652	8290	16%
CD	22157	31164	-29%	90857	119531	-24%
Other Formats*	35	69	-49%	348	415	-16%
Total Value	$24269	$32687	-26%	$100857	$128236	-21%
Net Value of Shipments
digital product **
Internet Downloads	3281	2297	43%	13885	9188	51%
Digital Mobile Content	1372	1716	-20%	6866	6864	0%
Subscription Model	309	262	18%	1504	1048	44%
Other ***	96	46	109%	203	184	10%
Total	$5058	$4321	17%	$22458	$17284	30%
Grand Total	$29327	$37008	-21%	$123315	$145520	-15%

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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