- SCOOP MARKETING reported album sales at Non-Traditional music outlets (digital, internet, mail order, venue, non-traditional retailers) hit an all-time high in 2008 with sales breaking the 100 million mark for the first time. Non-Traditional is the only strata that experienced album growth over the previous year; with an increase of 15% over 2007. [1]
- RIAA® data states physical CD’s sold in the US in 2008 were 362.6 million units. Physical albums sold through e-commerce sites were 27.5 million in 2008. [2]
- REUTER’S® reports: 64% of subscribers to digital music services and 57% of consumers who download have bought a physical CD in the last year. [3]
- AMAZON.COM® is the internets largest retailer of physical media goods and reports fourth quarter worldwide media sales covering books, movies, music, digital downloads, software and video games -- grew 9% to $3.64 billion, compared with $3.33 billion in Q4 in 2007. [4]
- VINYL sales set a record for the Soundscan© era at 1.9 million units sold for 2008. Radiohead claimed top honors with 61,200 vinyl albums sold. [5]
- TWICE.COM®: 10.7 million stand alone Blu-Ray disc players and Playstation® 3 gaming consoles have shipped to retail since the formats launch 2.5 years ago, in comparison for the standard DVD player launch only 5.4 million players shipped to retail over its first 3 years. Nearly 1100 Blu-Ray titles are now available in the US market with "The Dark Knight" being the first Blu-Ray disc to register 1 million sales. [6]
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1] Scoop Marketing, December 31, 2008 Press Release, Published on National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) website. [2] Cnet® News Music Sales for 2008 Ride Digital Coattails, January 1, 2009 [3] Reuters ® Online seen claiming 41 pct share of U.S. music market, December 1, 2008 [4] Retailer Daily, Amazon.com Q4 Earnings Up 9%, Sales Up 18%, Published on January 30, 2009 and E-Commerce Times Amazon Q4 Profits Dive Despite Swelling Revenue By Keith Regan, February 2, 2007 [5] Neilsen® Soundscan ® New Formats Sales Update, Published for NARM New Formats Industry Summit 5/11/09 [6] Twice.com® article Blu-ray Sales Made Market Strides In 2008, January 12, 2009 by Greg Tarr