U.S. Music Sales

Music sales by format, 1975-2005. Data shows units shipped, and does not include singles.

Source

• World Almanac 2007, RIAA

Summary

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• Range	1975 to 2005 (30 years)
  Scale	Yearly

• Rows	31
  Columns	4

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Economics Entertainment Society

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Year	vinyl	cassettes	cds
2000	2,200,000	76,000,000	942,500,000
2001	2,300,000	45,000,000	881,900,000
2002	1,700,000	31,100,000	903,300,000
2003	1,500,000	17,200,000	746,000,000
2004	1,400,000	5,200,000	767,000,000
2005	1,000,000	2,500,000	705,400,000
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Year see all graphs Range 1975 to 2005 (30 years) Scale Yearly

vinyl see all graphs Max 344,000,000 Avg 108,452,000 Min 1,000,000 Sum 3,362,000,000 Std Dev 128315000.00

cassettes see all graphs Max 450,100,000 Avg 199,690,000 Min 2,500,000 Sum 6,190,400,000 Std Dev 151213000.00

cds see all graphs Max 942,500,000 Avg 377,835,000 Min 0 Sum 11,712,900,000 Std Dev 364398000.00

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