Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Statistics



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November 2003
	Month			Year To Date
	2003	2002	Percent Change	2003	2002	Percent Change
Units Shipped
VHS	88	138	-36%	634	985	-36%
DVD	803	255	215%	3063	1186	158%
Total Music Videos	891	393	127%	3697	2171	70%
Total Singles	61	142	-57%	808	522	55%
Cassettes	-3	183	-102%	321	809	-60%
CD	7621	8801	-13%	42331	44755	-5%
Total Albums	7618	8984	-15%	42652	45564	-6%
Grand Total	8570	9519	-10%	47157	48257	-2%
Net Value of Sales
VHS	679	1480	-54%	4569	8606	-47%
DVD	12741	4312	195%	48454	20772	133%
Total Music Videos	13420	5792	132%	53023	29378	80%
Total Singles	301	447	-33%	2744	1735	58%
Cassettes	-25	798	-103%	1131	3626	-69%
CD	90087	112166	-20%	486381	534775	-9%
Total Albums	90026	112964	-20%	487512	538401	-9%
Grand Total	$103,783	$119,203	-13%	$543,279	$569,514	-5%

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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