4172.0 - Arts and Culture in Australia: A Statistical Overview, 2008 (First Edition)  
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WHOLESALE SALES

Data from the Australian Recording Industry Association Ltd. (ARIA) for the year ending December 2007 showed that the value of wholesale sales of sound recordings and music videos totalled $462.2m. Sales of CDs accounted for 79.8% of total sales, down from 82% in 2006 and music videos and DVDs accounted for a further 11.5%, up from 9.6% in 2006. Digital sales have increased markedly since 2006, up by 43.5%. This in addition to an increase from 2005 to 2006 of 250%. Digital sales accounted for 8.6% of total music sales in 2007, up from 5.4% in 2006.

13.1 NET WHOLESALE SALES OF SOUND RECORDINGS AND MUSIC VIDEOS(a) - Year ending Dec 2007

Number
Value
Music format
000
$'000

Vinyl singles
3
23
Cassette singles
-
-
CD singles
2 498
6 711
DVD singles/other(b)
9
70
Vinyl
18
199
Cassette
11
54
CD
44 045
362 061
DVD albums/other(b)
7
99
Music video/DVD
5 275
53 020
Digital
47 267
39 964
Total
99 133
462 201

(a) These figures are based on submissions from reporting ARIA members, and is estimate to represent 95% of the local market.
(b) 'Other' includes sales of Mini Disks and SACD.
Source: Australian Recording Industry Association, www.aria.com.au


See Chapter 3 for information on household expenditure on music.







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