lampson@uwm.UUCP (Dave Lampson) (01/28/91)
[Tom,
I posted this to rec.music.cd, but then thought this newsgroup
might also find this interesting. Post at will. Thanks, Dave]
Subject: RIAA Statistics
I found the following information in the 1989 and 1991 Information Please
Almanacs. They represent shipments in millions of dollars of the various
formats for the years 1984-1989. The numbers in brackets [] are my calculations
of the percentages rounded to the nearest 1%.
MANUFACTURERS' DOLLAR SHIPMENTS OF RECORDINGS
(in millions)
Format 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
------------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Singles 299 [7] 281 [6] 228 [5] 203 [4] 180 [3] 116 [2]
LPs/EPs 1549 [35] 1281 [29] 983 [21] 793 [14] 532 [9] 220 [3]
CDs 103 [2] 390 [9] 930 [20] 1593 [29] 2090 [33] 2588 [40]
Cassettes 2384 [55] 2412 [55] 2500 [54] 2959 [53] 3385 [54] 3346 [52]
Cass. Singles - - - 14 [0] 57 [1] 195 [3]
Totals 4335 4364 4641 5562 6244 6465