Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Statistics



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August 2002
	Month			Year To Date
	2002	2001	Percent Change	2002	2001	Percent Change
Units Shipped
VHS	137	61	125%	584	586	0%
DVD	62	38	63%	644	367	75%
Total Music Videos	199	99	101%	1228	953	29%
Total Singles	26	38	-32%	250	330	-24%
Cassettes	66	128	-48%	504	832	-39%
CD	3599	3787	-5%	25655	27720	-7%
Total Albums	3665	3915	-6%	26159	28552	-8%
Grand Total	3890	4052	-4%	27637	29835	-7%
Net Value of Sales
VHS	919	541	70%	4909	4891	0%
DVD	1015	718	41%	11555	6806	70%
Total Music Videos	1934	1259	54%	16464	11697	41%
Total Singles	111	201	-45%	841	1588	-47%
Cassettes	298	544	-45%	2215	4056	-45%
CD	41549	44327	-6%	298312	329311	-9%
Total Albums	41847	44871	-7%	300527	333367	-10%
Grand Total	$43,892	$46,331	-5%	$317,832	$346,652	-8%

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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