World Record Sales, 1994 & 1995

Contents:

Table 1: Trade Deliveries, 1994-1995
Table 2: Market Values, 1994-1995

Table 1: Trade deliveries, 1994-1995

Country	Pop.	Singles		LPs		Cassettes		CDs		Total Albums
Country	Pop.	95	94	95	94	95	94	95	94	95	94
	(M)	(M units)		(M units)		(M units)		(M units)		(M units)
Ghana	16						5.10		0.02		5.12
Ivory Coast	13
Kenya	26
Nigeria	105						15.00		0.01		15.01
RSA	40	0.50	0.10	0.01	0.01	8.70	7.60	9.00	6.80	17.71	14.41
Zimbabwe	11		0.06		0.30		0.60		0.07		0.97

Africa	212	0.50	0.16	0.01	0.31	8.70	28.30	9.00	6.90	17.71	35.51

Country	Pop.	Singles		LPs		Cassettes		CDs		Total Albums
Country	Pop.	95	94	95	94	95	94	95	94	95	94

China	1178			1.00	2.00	117.50	180.00	4.80	7.00	123.30	189.00
Hong Kong	6	0.20				1.10	2.00	12.70	10.30	13.80	12.30
India	898					299.00	158.20	4.00	0.70	303.00	158.90
Indonesia	188	0.10	0.01			81.70	72.00	1.20	1.20	82.90	73.20
Japan	125	145.00	125.40	8.50	5.00	9.00	11.00	254.10	227.50	271.60	243.50
Malaysia	19						11.70		1.90		13.60
Pakistan	123						6.00				6.00
Philippines	65		0.80		0.20		8.30		0.60		9.10
Singapore	3						3.50	5.00	3.70	5.00	7.20
South Korea	44	0.10		1.50	1.00	34.50	38.40	21.70	20.20	57.70	59.60
Taiwan	21	0.10	0.10			23.90	30.30	17.60	15.30	41.50	45.60
Thailand	59					22.10	23.90	3.80	4.80	25.90	28.70

Asia	2728	145.50	126.31	11.00	8.20	588.80	545.30	324.90	293.20	924.70	846.70

Country	Pop.	Singles		LPs		Cassettes		CDs		Total Albums
Country	Pop.	95	94	95	94	95	94	95	94	95	94

Australia	18	8.50	8.30	0.02	0.03	6.60	8.60	34.30	28.80	40.92	37.43
New Zealand	3	1.20	1.20	0.01	0.01	2.40	2.70	5.30	4.10	7.71	6.81

Australasia	21	9.70	9.50	0.03	0.04	9.00	11.30	39.60	32.90	48.63	44.24

Country	Pop.	Singles		LPs		Cassettes		CDs		Total Albums
Country	Pop.	95	94	95	94	95	94	95	94	95	94

Austria	8	3.00	3.10	0.03	0.10	2.20	2.70	16.80	15.60	19.03	18.40
Belgium	10	4.00	3.50			0.90	1.30	20.20	18.80	21.10	20.10
Bulgaria	9						0.80		0.04		0.84
Czech Rep.	10		0.10		0.30		3.80		3.60		7.70
Denmark	5	0.50	0.70	0.02	0.40	1.00	1.60	14.10	13.60	15.12	15.60
Finland	5	0.30	0.40	0.30	0.10	3.30	3.80	6.60	5.80	10.20	9.70
France	57	24.10	17.30	0.10	0.10	24.20	27.80	101.10	96.00	125.40	123.90
Germany	81	44.10	40.30	0.40	0.70	31.40	38.20	176.90	166.20	208.70	205.10
Greece	10			1.40	2.20	1.10	1.20	5.90	3.50	8.40	6.90
Hungary	10		0.02		0.01		4.10	2.20	1.50	2.20	5.61
Iceland	0
Ireland	4		0.90		0.01		2.00		1.90		3.91
Italy	57	1.40	4.40	0.10		15.10	15.30	27.80	28.10	43.00	43.40
Netherlands	15	7.90	5.90	0.20	0.30	1.20	1.30	35.00	34.60	36.40	36.20
Norway	4	1.80	1.40			1.60	2.40	12.60	12.20	14.20	14.60
Poland	38						23.00		3.50		26.50
Portugal	10	0.10	0.05		0.10	5.10	4.20	6.60	6.10	11.70	10.40
Russia	149			1.00	1.50	76.30	50.00	5.90	4.00	83.20	55.50
Slovakia	5		0.08		0.05		0.90		0.50		1.45
Spain	39	0.90	0.90	0.30	2.00	17.90	19.80	33.60	34.20	51.80	56.00
Sweden	9	2.80	2.80	0.01	0.10	2.10	2.60	21.60	21.90	23.71	24.60
Switzerland	7	2.50	2.10	0.10	0.10	2.80	3.10	22.80	20.60	25.70	23.80
UK	58	70.70	63.00	3.60	4.50	53.40	56.00	139.20	116.40	196.20	176.90

Europe	603	164.10	146.95	7.56	12.57	239.60	265.90	648.90	608.64	896.06	887.11

Country	Pop.	Singles		LPs		Cassettes		CDs		Total Albums
Country	Pop.	95	94	95	94	95	94	95	94	95	94

Egypt	56						12.10		0.02		12.12
Israel	5						1.60	4.00	2.90	4.00	4.50
Saudi Arabia	17						20.10	2.20	1.40	2.20	21.50
Turkey	60						49.10	3.40	1.40	3.40	50.50
UAE	2						3.90		1.10		5.00

Middle East	141						86.80	9.60	6.82	9.60	93.62

Country	Pop.	Singles		LPs		Cassettes		CDs		Total Albums
Country	Pop.	95	94	95	94	95	94	95	94	95	94

Argentina	34				0.10	5.00	7.00	10.90	10.80	15.90	17.90
Bolivia	7				0.03		0.40		0.10		0.53
Brazil	156			7.70	14.50	7.50	8.50	59.80	40.20	75.00	63.20
Chile	14						5.70	2.80	1.60	2.80	7.30
Colombia	36	0.60	0.60	2.50	3.10	5.00	3.10	12.80	4.20	20.30	10.40
Costa Rica	3						0.70		0.30		1.00
Ecuador	11		0.20		0.20		0.30		0.30		0.80
El Salvador	6		0.04		0.10		0.30		0.10		0.50
Guatemala	10		0.01		0.10		0.20		0.10		0.40
Honduras	5						0.10		0.10		0.20
Mexico	90	0.60	0.30	0.03	0.40	30.30	43.40	30.00	32.00	60.33	75.80
Nicaragua	4						0.01		0.02		0.03
Panama	3				0.01		0.10		0.20		0.31
Paraguay	5						1.20		0.20		1.40
Peru	23						0.80		0.40		1.20
Uruguay	3						0.40		0.40		0.80
Venezuela	21				0.60		1.20		2.00		3.80
n/a	0
Latin America	430	1.20	1.15	10.23	19.14	47.80	73.41	116.30	93.02	174.33	185.57

Country	Pop.	Singles		LPs		Cassettes		CDs		Total Albums
Country	Pop.	95	94	95	94	95	94	95	94	95	94

Canada	28	0.50	0.60			19.30	25.20	57.20	49.60	76.50	74.80
USA	258	98.10	102.10	2.20	1.90	272.60	345.40	727.60	662.10	1002.40	1009.40
n/a...	0
North America	286	98.60	102.70	2.20	1.90	291.90	370.60	784.80	711.70	1078.90	1084.20


World		419.60	386.77	31.03	42.16	1185.80	1381.61	1933.10	1753.18	3149.93	3176.95
bpi96		422.00	386.90	31.00	42.10	1364.00	1381.10	1956.00	1753.20	3351.00	3176.40
mbi			391.10	-27.50	37.70	-7.30	1383.20	11.40	1741.00		3161.90

Table 2: Market Values, 1994-1995

Country	Market Value		Share of World Market		Per Capita Sales				Total Per Capita Value
	Market Value		Share of World Market		Singles		Albums		Total Per Capita Value
	95	94	95	94	95	94	95	94	95	94
	(US-$ M)		(per-cent)		(units)		(units)		(US-$)
Ghana		10.1		0.03%				0.32		0.64
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Nigeria		31.0		0.09%				0.15		0.30
RSA	225.8	150.3	0.57%	0.42%	0.01	0.00	0.44	0.36	5.61	3.73
Zimbabwe		6.4		0.02%		0.01		0.09		0.59

Africa	225.8	197.8	0.57%	0.56%	0.00	0.00	0.08	0.17	1.06	0.95

Country	Market Value		Share of World Market		Per Capita Sales				Total Per Capita Value
	Market Value		Share of World Market		Singles		Albums		Total Per Capita Value
	95	94	95	94	95	94	95	94	95	94

China	178.4	241.0	0.45%	0.68%			0.10	0.16	0.15	0.21
Hong Kong	183.2	164.1	0.46%	0.46%	0.03		2.35	2.12	31.24	28.27
India	275.4	200.8	0.69%	0.57%			0.34	0.18	0.31	0.23
Indonesia	248.0	200.0	0.62%	0.56%	0.00	0.00	0.44	0.39	1.32	1.06
Japan	7552.1	5933.4	19.03%	16.70%	1.16	1.01	2.18	1.96	60.66	47.73
Malaysia		74.8		0.21%				0.73		4.02
Pakistan		4.6		0.01%				0.05		0.04
Philippines		38.3		0.11%		0.01		0.14		0.60
Singapore		73.3		0.21%			1.77	2.55		25.99
South Korea	505.3	484.5	1.27%	1.36%	0.00		1.31	1.37	11.45	11.10
Taiwan	336.4	337.8	0.85%	0.95%	0.00	0.00	1.98	2.19	16.06	16.24
Thailand	136.5	155.8	0.34%	0.44%			0.44	0.49	2.33	2.66

Asia	9586.0	7908.4	24.16%	22.26%	0.05	0.05	0.34	0.31	3.51	2.93

Country	Market Value		Share of World Market		Per Capita Sales				Total Per Capita Value
	Market Value		Share of World Market		Singles		Albums		Total Per Capita Value
	95	94	95	94	95	94	95	94	95	94

Australia	680.5	598.4	1.71%	1.68%	0.48	0.47	2.33	2.14	38.67	34.14
New Zealand	110.4	86.0	0.28%	0.24%	0.34	0.35	2.21	1.98	31.66	24.98

Australasia	790.9	684.4	1.99%	1.93%	0.46	0.45	2.31	2.11	37.51	32.63

Country	Market Value		Share of World Market		Per Capita Sales				Total Per Capita Value
	Market Value		Share of World Market		Singles		Albums		Total Per Capita Value
	95	94	95	94	95	94	95	94	95	94

Austria	409.4	346.3	1.03%	0.97%	0.37	0.39	2.37	2.30	50.98	43.33
Belgium	474.6	403.7	1.20%	1.14%	0.40	0.35	2.10	2.00	47.23	40.19
Bulgaria		1.5		0.00%				0.10		0.18
Czech Rep.		50.6		0.14%		0.01		0.75		4.90
Denmark	306.3	265.6	0.77%	0.75%	0.10	0.14	2.92	3.01	59.12	51.26
Finland	148.8	111.6	0.37%	0.31%	0.06	0.08	2.01	1.91	29.29	21.97
France	2391.8	1923.4	6.03%	5.41%	0.42	0.30	2.18	2.16	41.62	33.53
Germany	3269.6	2876.5	8.24%	8.10%	0.54	0.50	2.56	2.52	40.12	35.36
Greece	131.0	100.7	0.33%	0.28%			0.81	0.67	12.64	9.78
Hungary		50.4		0.14%		0.00	0.21	0.55		4.90
Iceland
Ireland		65.5		0.18%		0.25		1.10		18.47
Italy	582.7	534.7	1.47%	1.50%	0.02	0.08	0.75	0.76	10.20	9.40
Netherlands	716.5	629.4	1.81%	1.77%	0.52	0.39	2.38	2.38	46.89	41.45
Norway	290.8	256.3	0.73%	0.72%	0.42	0.33	3.30	3.41	67.66	59.79
Poland		108.2		0.30%				0.69		2.82
Portugal	140.2	108.4	0.35%	0.31%	0.01	0.01	1.19	1.05	14.22	11.00
Russia	224.3	186.9	0.57%	0.53%			0.56	0.37	1.51	1.26
Slovakia		4.5		0.01%		0.01		0.27		0.84
Spain	557.3	530.9	1.40%	1.49%	0.02	0.02	1.31	1.43	14.12	13.58
Sweden	387.2	332.0	0.98%	0.93%	0.32	0.32	2.72	2.82	44.44	38.11
Switzerland	449.2	365.6	1.13%	1.03%	0.36	0.30	3.69	3.42	64.46	52.46
UK	2571.6	2366.4	6.48%	6.66%	1.22	1.09	3.39	3.07	44.40	41.01

Europe	13465.1	11619.1	33.93%	32.70%	0.27	0.24	1.49	1.47	22.32	19.32

Country	Market Value		Share of World Market		Per Capita Sales				Total Per Capita Value
	Market Value		Share of World Market		Singles		Albums		Total Per Capita Value
	95	94	95	94	95	94	95	94	95	94

Egypt		14.4		0.04%				0.22		0.26
Israel		74.6		0.21%			0.73	0.82		13.59
Saudi Arabia		75.4		0.21%			0.13	1.27		4.45
Turkey		121.4		0.34%			0.06	0.85		2.05
UAE		26.8		0.08%				3.00		16.07

Middle East		312.6		0.88%			0.07	0.68		2.26

Country	Market Value		Share of World Market		Per Capita Sales				Total Per Capita Value
	Market Value		Share of World Market		Singles		Albums		Total Per Capita Value
	95	94	95	94	95	94	95	94	95	94

Argentina	290.3	288.4	0.73%	0.81%			0.47	0.54	8.59	8.71
Bolivia		2.6		0.01%				0.08		0.41
Brazil	1053.1	782.5	2.65%	2.20%			0.48	0.41	6.73	5.09
Chile		53.9		0.15%			0.20	0.55		4.04
Colombia	195.2	109.4	0.49%	0.31%	0.02	0.02	0.57	0.31	5.47	3.22
Costa Rica		6.4		0.02%				0.32		2.04
Ecuador		4.5		0.01%		0.02		0.07		0.42
El Salvador		2.8		0.01%		0.01		0.10		0.55
Guatemala		3.2		0.01%		0.00		0.04		0.32
Honduras		1.1		0.00%				0.04		0.20
Mexico	299.0	673.1	0.75%	1.89%	0.01	0.00	0.67	0.89	3.32	7.92
Nicaragua		0.2		0.00%				0.01		0.05
Panama		3.2		0.01%				0.12		1.27
Paraguay		7.2		0.02%				0.31		1.59
Peru		12.5		0.04%				0.05		0.56
Uruguay		14.2		0.04%				0.26		4.54
Venezuela		33.6		0.09%				0.19		1.65
n/a	212.1		0.53%
Latin America	2049.7	1998.8	5.17%	5.63%	0.00	0.00	0.41	0.45	4.76	4.80

Country	Market Value		Share of World Market		Per Capita Sales				Total Per Capita Value
	Market Value		Share of World Market		Singles		Albums		Total Per Capita Value
	95	94	95	94	95	94	95	94	95	94

Canada	1113.1	975.0	2.80%	2.74%	0.02	0.02	2.75	2.69	39.98	35.02
USA	12102.0	11836.9	30.50%	33.31%	0.38	0.40	3.89	3.95	46.94	46.31
n/a...	318.5
North America	13533.6	12811.9	34.10%	36.06%	0.35	0.36	3.78	3.82	47.38	45.20


World	39684.0	35533.0	99.92%	100.00%	0.09	0.09	0.71	0.73	8.98	8.14
bpi96	39684.0	35533.4	100.00%
mbi	39651.1	35533.4

Sources:

The basic data is taken from:

The BPI Statistical Handbook 1996 (London : BPI, 1996)

The BPI Statistical Handbook 1995 (London : BPI, 1995)

MBI, 6. 1996, 3 (London : Miller Freeman)

Ed. by Dipl.-Bibl.(FH) Tobias Zywietz

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World Record Sales, 1994 & 1995

Contents: Table 1: Trade Deliveries, 1994-1995 Table 2: Market Values, 1994-1995

Table 1: Trade deliveries, 1994-1995

Table 2: Market Values, 1994-1995

Sources:

Ed. by Dipl.-Bibl.(FH) Tobias Zywietz

Contents:

Table 1: Trade Deliveries, 1994-1995
Table 2: Market Values, 1994-1995