| Year: | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||
| Physical: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| CD: (1) | Units: | 207.2 | 286.5 | 333.3 | 407.5 | 495.4 | 662.1 | 722.9 | 778.9 | 753.1 | 847.0 | 938.9 | 942.5 | 881.9 | 803.3 | 745.9 | 767.0 | 705.3 | 619.7 | 511.1 | |
| Dollars: | 2,587.7 | 3,451.6 | 4,337.7 | 5,326.5 | 6,511.4 | 8,464.5 | 9,377.4 | 9,934.7 | 9,915.1 | 11,416.0 | 12,816.3 | 13,214.5 | 12,909.4 | 12,044.1 | 11,232.9 | 11,446.5 | 10,520.2 | 9,372.6 | 7,452.3 | ||
| CD Single: (2) | Units: | - 0.1 | 1.1 | 5.7 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 9.3 | 21.5 | 43.2 | 66.7 | 56.0 | 55.9 | 34.2 | 17.3 | 4.5 | 8.3 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 2.6 | |
| Dollars: | - 0.7 | 6.0 | 35.1 | 45.1 | 45.8 | 56.1 | 110.9 | 184.1 | 272.7 | 213.2 | 222.4 | 142.7 | 79.4 | 19.6 | 35.9 | 15.0 | 10.9 | 7.7 | 12.2 | ||
| Cassette: (3) | Units: | 446.2 | 442.2 | 360.1 | 366.4 | 339.5 | 345.4 | 272.6 | 225.3 | 172.6 | 158.5 | 123.6 | 76.0 | 45.0 | 31.1 | 17.2 | 5.2 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | |
| Dollars: | 3,345.8 | 3,472.4 | 3,019.6 | 3,116.3 | 2,915.8 | 2,976.4 | 2,303.6 | 1,905.3 | 1,522.7 | 1,419.9 | 1,061.6 | 626.0 | 363.4 | 209.8 | 108.1 | 23.7 | 13.1 | 3.7 | 3.0 | ||
| Cassette Single: | Units: | 76.2 | 87.4 | 69.0 | 84.6 | 85.6 | 81.1 | 70.7 | 59.9 | 42.2 | 26.4 | 14.2 | 1.3 | -1.5 | -0.5 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Dollars: | 194.6 | 257.9 | 230.4 | 298.8 | 298.5 | 274.9 | 236.3 | 189.3 | 133.5 | 94.4 | 48.0 | 4.6 | -5.3 | -1.6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| LP/EP: | Units: | 34.6 | 11.7 | 4.8 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.3 | |
| Dollars: | 220.3 | 86.5 | 29.4 | 13.5 | 10.6 | 17.8 | 25.1 | 36.8 | 33.3 | 34.0 | 31.8 | 27.2 | 27.4 | 20.5 | 21.7 | 19.3 | 14.2 | 15.7 | 22.9 | ||
| Vinyl Single: | Units: | 36.6 | 27.6 | 22.0 | 19.8 | 15.1 | 11.7 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 7.5 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 0.6 | |
| Dollars: | 116.4 | 94.4 | 63.9 | 66.4 | 51.2 | 47.2 | 46.7 | 47.5 | 35.6 | 25.7 | 27.9 | 26.3 | 31.4 | 24.9 | 21.5 | 19.9 | 13.2 | 9.9 | 4.0 | ||
| Music Video: (4) | Units: | 6.1 | 9.2 | 6.1 | 7.6 | 11.0 | 11.2 | 12.6 | 16.9 | 18.6 | 27.2 | 19.8 | 18.2 | 17.7 | 14.7 | 19.9 | 32.8 | 33.8 | 23.2 | 27.5 | |
| Dollars: | 115.4 | 172.3 | 118.1 | 157.4 | 213.3 | 231.1 | 220.3 | 236.1 | 323.9 | 508.0 | 376.7 | 281.9 | 329.2 | 288.4 | 399.9 | 607.2 | 602.2 | 451.1 | 484.9 | ||
| DVD Audio: | Units: | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | |
| Dollars: | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.0 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 6.5 | 11.2 | 2.4 | 2.8 | ||
| SACD: | Units: | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
| Dollars: | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 26.3 | 16.6 | 10.0 | 5.5 | 3.6 | ||
| DVD Video: (5) | Units: | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.5 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 7.9 | 10.7 | 17.5 | 29.0 | 27.8 | 22.3 | 26.6 | |
| Dollars: | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.2 | 66.3 | 80.3 | 190.7 | 236.3 | 369.6 | 561.0 | 539.8 | 442.8 | 476.1 | ||
| Total Units: | 806.7 | 865.7 | 801.0 | 895.5 | 955.6 | 1,122.7 | 1,112.7 | 1,137.2 | 1,063.4 | 1,124.3 | 1,160.6 | 1,079.3 | 968.5 | 859.7 | 798.4 | 814.1 | 748.7 | 648.1 | 543.9 | ||
| Total Value: | 6,579.4 | 7,541.1 | 7,834.2 | 9,024.0 | 10,046.6 | 12,068.0 | 12,320.3 | 12,533.8 | 12,236.8 | 13,723.5 | 14,584.5 | 14,323.0 | 13,740.9 | 12,614.2 | 11,854.4 | 12,154.7 | 11,195.0 | 9,868.6 | 7,985.7 | ||
| Total Retail Units: | 833.9 | 817.5 | 850.0 | 869.9 | 788.6 | 733.1 | 675.7 | 658.2 | 687.0 | 634.8 | 558,8 | 464,4 | |||||||||
| Total Retail Value: | 10,768.0 | 10,785.8 | 12,165.4 | 13,048.0 | 12,705.0 | 12,388.8 | 11,549.0 | 11,053.4 | 11,422.9 | 10,477.5 | 9,269.7 | 7,495.3 | |||||||||
| Digital: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Digital Single: | Units: | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 139.4 | 366.9 | 586.4 | 809.9 | |
| Dollars: | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 138.0 | 363.3 | 580.6 | 801.8 | ||
| Digital Albums: | Units: | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.6 | 13.6 | 27.6 | 42.5 | |
| Dollars: | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 45.5 | 135.7 | 275.9 | 424.9 | ||
| Kiosk: (6) | Units: | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.8 | |
| Dollars: | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | 1.9 | 2.6 | ||
| Music Video: | Units: | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.9 | 9.9 | 14.2 | |
| Dollars: | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.7 | 19.7 | 28.2 | ||
| Mobile: (7) | Units: | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 170.0 | 315.0 | 361.0 | |
| Dollars: | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 421.6 | 773.8 | 878.9 | ||
| Total Units: | Units: | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 144.0 | 553.1 | 940.3 | 1,229.4 | |
| Dollars: | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 183.5 | 925.3 | 1,651.9 | 2,136.4 | ||
| Total Physical and Digital: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Units: | 806.7 | 865.7 | 801.0 | 895.5 | 955.6 | 1,122.7 | 1,112.7 | 1,137.2 | 1,063.4 | 1,124.3 | 1,160.6 | 1,079.3 | 968.5 | 859.7 | 798.4 | 958.1 | 1,301.8 | 1,588.4 | 1,773.3 | ||
| Total Value: | 6,579.4 | 7,541.1 | 7,834.2 | 9,024.0 | 10,046.6 | 12,068.0 | 12,320.3 | 12,533.8 | 12,236.8 | 13,723.5 | 14,584.5 | 14,323.0 | 13,740.9 | 12,614.2 | 11,854.4 | 12,338.2 | 12,120.3 | 11,520.5 | 10,122.1 | ||
| GDP Deflator: | 0.8318 | 0.8634 | 0.8953 | 0.9160 | 0.9392 | 0.9608 | 0.9811 | 1.0000 | 1.0170 | 1.0300 | 1.0434 | 1.0590 | 1.0802 | 1.1018 | 1.1238 | 1.1357 | 1.1498 | 1.2110 | 1.2436 | ||
| Corrected Value: (8) | 7,909.8 | 8,734.2 | 8,750.4 | 9,851.5 | 10,697.0 | 12,560.4 | 12,557.6 | 12,533.8 | 12,032.3 | 13,323.8 | 13,977.9 | 13,525.0 | 12,720.7 | 11,446.7 | 10,548.5 | 10,864.0 | 10,541.2 | 9,513.2 | 8,139.4 | ||