Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Statistics



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October 2002
	Month			Year To Date
	2002	2001	Percent Change	2002	2001	Percent Change
Units Shipped
VHS	182	206	-12%	847	963	-12%
DVD	162	115	41%	931	517	80%
Total Music Videos	344	321	7%	1778	1480	20%
Total Singles	73	22	232%	380	372	2%
Cassettes	48	101	-52%	626	1070	-41%
CD	5326	6043	-12%	35954	39180	-8%
Total Albums	5374	6144	-13%	36580	40250	-9%
Grand Total	5791	6487	-11%	38738	42102	-8%
Net Value of Sales
VHS	1536	1792	-14%	7126	7941	-10%
DVD	2866	2043	40%	16460	9506	73%
Total Music Videos	4402	3835	15%	23586	17447	35%
Total Singles	243	86	183%	1288	1792	-28%
Cassettes	278	580	-52%	2828	5239	-46%
CD	63532	73257	-13%	422609	463205	-9%
Total Albums	63810	73837	-14%	425437	468444	-9%
Grand Total	$68,455	$77,758	-12%	$450,311	$487,6832	-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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