Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Statistics



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July 2008
	Month			Year To Date
	2008	2007	Percent Change	2008	2007	Percent Change
Units Shipped
physical product
DVD	123	143	-14%	1116	1026	9%
CD	2995	2250	-11%	14524	17236	-16%
Other Formats*	0	15	-100%	77	78	-1%
Total Units	2118	2408	-12%	15717	18340	-14%
Net Value of Shipments
physical product
DVD	1278	1712	-25%	12571	11666	8%
CD	17856	21524	-17%	134307	170988	-21%
Other Formats*	2	80	-98%	389	577	-33%
Total Value	$19136	$23316	-18%	$147267	$183231	-20%
Net Value of Shipments
digital product **
Internet Downloads	3472	2297	51%	20845	13782	51%
Digital Mobile Content	1771	1716	3%	10600	10296	3%
Subscription Model	399	262	52%	2325	1572	48%
Other ***	168	50	236%	411	276	49%
Total	$5810	$4325	34%	$34181	$25926	32%
Grand Total	$24946	$27641	-10%	$181448	$209157	-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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