Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Statistics



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September 2002
	Month			Year To Date
	2002	2001	Percent Change	2002	2001	Percent Change
Units Shipped
VHS	81	171	-53%	665	757	-12%
DVD	125	35	257%	769	402	91%
Total Music Videos	206	206	0%	1434	1159	24%
Total Singles	57	20	185%	307	350	-12%
Cassettes	74	137	-46%	578	969	-40%
CD	4973	5417	-8%	30628	33137	-8%
Total Albums	5047	5554	-9%	31206	34106	-9%
Grand Total	5310	5780	-8%	32947	35615	-7%
Net Value of Sales
VHS	681	1258	-46%	5590	6149	-9%
DVD	2039	657	210%	13594	7463	82%
Total Music Videos	2720	1915	42%	19184	13612	41%
Total Singles	204	118	73%	1045	1706	-39%
Cassettes	335	603	-44%	2550	4659	-45%
CD	60765	60637	0%	359077	389948	-8%
Total Albums	61100	61240	0%	361627	394607	-8%
Grand Total	$64,024	$63,273	1%	$381,856	$409,925	-7%

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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