The Recording Industry Association of America's

2003 Yearend Statistics

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Manufacturers' Unit Shipments and Dollar Value*

(In Millions, net after returns)

% CHANGE % CHANGE % CHANGE % CHANGE

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003

(Units Shipped) 662.1 722.9 778.9 753.1 847.0 938.9 942.5 0.4% 881.9 -6.4% 803.3 -8.9% 745.9 -7.1%
CD
(Dollar Value) 8,464.5 9,377.4 9,934.7 9,915.1 11,416.0 12,816.3 13,214.5 3.1% 12,909.4 -2.3% 12,044.1 -6.7% 11,232.9 -6.7%
9.3 21.5 43.2 66.7 56.0 55.9 34.2 -38.8% 17.3 -49.4% 4.5 -74.1% 8.3 85.5%
CD Single
56.1 110.9 184.1 272.7 213.2 222.4 142.7 -35.8% 79.4 -44.4% 19.6 -75.4% 35.9 84.0%
345.4 272.6 225.3 172.6 158.5 123.6 76.0 -38.5% 45.0 -40.8% 31.1 -30.9% 17.2 -44.7%
Cassette
2,976.4 2,303.6 1,905.3 1,522.7 1,419.9 1,061.6 626.0 -41.0% 363.4 -41.9% 209.8 -42.3% 108.1 -48.5%
81.1 70.7 59.9 42.2 26.4 14.2 1.3 -90.8% -1.5 -215.4% -0.5 -68.0% N/A N/A
Cassette Single**
274.9 236.3 189.3 133.5 94.4 48.0 4.6 -90.4% -5.3 -215.2% -1.6 -70.3% N/A N/A
1.9 2.2 2.9 2.7 3.4 2.9 2.2 -24.1% 2.3 4.5% 1.7 -23.7% 1.5 -11.5%
LP/EP
17.8 25.1 36.8 33.3 34.0 31.8 27.7 -12.9% 27.4 -1.1% 20.5 -25.2% 21.7 6.1%
11.7 10.2 10.1 7.5 5.4 5.3 4.8 -9.4% 5.5 14.6% 4.4 -20.8% 3.8 -14.2%
Vinyl Single
47.2 46.7 47.5 35.6 25.7 27.9 26.3 -5.7% 31.4 19.4% 24.9 -20.6% 21.5 -14.0%
11.2 12.6 16.9 18.6 27.2 19.8 18.2 -8.1% 17.7 -2.7% 14.7 -17.2% 19.9 35.6%
Music Video
231.1 220.3 236.1 323.9 508.0 376.7 281.9 -25.2% 329.2 16.8% 288.4 -12.4% 399.9 38.7%
- - - - - - - N/A 0.3 N/A 0.4 63.8% 0.4 0.8%
DVD Audio
- - - - - - - N/A 6.0 N/A 8.5 41.3% 8.0 -5.3%
- - - - - - - - - - - - 1.3 N/A
SACD
- - - - - - - - - - - - 26.3 N/A
- - - - 0.5 2.5 3.3 32.0% 7.9 139.4% 10.7 34.8% 17.5 64.1%
DVD Video***
- - - - 12.2 66.3 80.3 21.1% 190.7 137.5% 236.3 23.9% 369.6 56.4%
+
Total Units 1,122.7 1,112.7 1,137.2 1,063.4 1,123.9 1,160.6 1,079.2 -7.0% 968.5 -10.3% 859.7 -11.2% 798.4 -7.2%
Total Value 12,068.0 12,320.3 12,533.8 12,236.8 13,711.2 14,584.7 14,323.7 -1.8% 13,740.9 -4.1% 12,614.2 -8.2% 11,854.4 -6.0%

Total Units to Retail Outlets 817.5 850.0 869.7 788.6 -9.3% 733.1 -7.0% 675.7 -7.8% 658.2 -2.7%
*Total Value of Shipments to Retail Outlets 10,785.8 12,165.4 13,048.0 12,705.0 -2.6% 12,388.8 -2.5% 11,549.0 -6.8% 11,053.4 -4.3%

* Dollar Value reflects the total suggested retail list prices of shipments Permission to cite or copy these statistics is hereby granted, as long as
** RIAA's reports will no longer reflect shipments of cassette singles proper attribution is given to the Recording Industry Association of America.
*** While broken out for this chart, DVD Video Product is included in the Music Video totals
+ Total Units and Total Value include shipments to retail and direct and special markets

Editor's Note: Digital Download Sales are NOT included in this report