Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Statistics



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November 2008
	Month			Year To Date
	2008	2007	Percent Change	2008	2007	Percent Change
Units Shipped
physical product
DVD	472	647	-27%	2617	2584	1%
CD	5686	5976	-5%	30254	34935	-13%
Other Formats*	17	7	143%	98	108	-9%
Total Units	6175	6630	-7%	32969	37627	-12%
Net Value of Shipments
physical product
DVD	7852	10555	-26%	35069	35973	-3%
CD	60846	59959	1%	293066	345675	-15%
Other Formats*	87	40	118%	514	776	-35%
Total Value	$68785	$70554	-3%	$328649	$382424	-14%
Net Value of Shipments
digital product **
Internet Downloads	4094	2297	78%	36172	22970	57%
Digital Mobile Content	1724	1716	0%	18057	17160	5%
Subscription Model	395	262	51%	3840	2620	47%
Other ***	393	50	686%	2234	460	386%
Total	$6606	$4325	53%	$60303	$43210	40%
Grand Total	$75391	$74879	1%	$388952	$425634	-9%

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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