RIAA Sales Figures (bring your own salt)

[GhostShip]

Its time for the annual whine folks 

http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=1143

In sales statistics just released by the RIAA, 2005 faired little better with 8% drop in CD units shipped. Accompanying this decline was an 8.1% drop in dollar value from 2004. In all, the total number of CD units shipped fell from 767.0 million in 2004 to 705.4 million in 2005.

Since digital music's introduction, growth for the music industry has been impressive. Out of all available formats, including DVD Audio, digital downloads have clearly led the charge in the new millennium. The total number of units shipped (downloaded) totaled 139.4 million in 2004, and then skyrocketed to 366.9 million in 2005. Dollar value nearly mimicked this trend, by increasing from 138.0 million in 2004 to 363.3 million in 2005 - a 163.3% increase.

So as pointed out many times what is lost on one format is gained on a new one, luckily the RIAA stopped including vinyl sales in their losses.

[KM]

shame, CD sales went down a huge 61.6 million, and download sales only went up by 225.3 million - how do they cope with such losses?

[WOMBAT]

The Biggest Loss Was The Good Will And Faith Of Millions Of People