Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Statistics



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December 2003
	Month			Year To Date
	2003	2002	Percent Change	2003	2002	Percent Change
Units Shipped
VHS	58	86	-33%	692	1071	-35%
DVD	634	260	144%	3697	1446	156%
Total Music Videos	692	346	100%	4389	2517	74%
Total Singles	39	86	-55%	847	608	39%
Cassettes	8	179	-96%	329	988	-67%
CD	6640	6125	8%	48971	50880	-4%
Total Albums	6648	6304	5%	49300	51868	-5%
Grand Total	7379	6736	10%	54536	54993	-1%
Net Value of Sales
VHS	455	1018	-55%	5024	9624	-48%
DVD	9631	4538	112%	58085	25310	129%
Total Music Videos	10086	5556	82%	63109	34934	81%
Total Singles	198	258	-23%	2942	1993	48%
Cassettes	106	805	-87%	1237	4431	-72%
CD	73372	74739	-2%	559753	609514	-8%
Total Albums	73478	75544	-3%	560990	613945	-9%
Grand Total	$83,762	$81,358	3%	$627,041	$650,872	-4%

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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