Q: In Canada, sales of these have always dominated and the in U.S, sales of these increased for the first time in almost 20 years. What are they?
A: CD’s/the compact disc.
CD sales in the US for 2021 increased for the first time in almost two decades, according to data published by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Shipments rose from 31.6 million in 2020 to 46.6 million in 2021, and revenue from the format rose from $483.2 million to $584.2 million. The RIAA’s numbers corroborate a similar report from MRC Data published earlier this year.
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CDs continue to dominate Canadians’ preference for album purchases, even outselling digital albums. Canadians bought 2.7 million CDs in 2021, 2.3 million digital albums, and 1.1 million vinyl records. Digital album sales plummeted 26% from last year’s 3.1 million. Another way of looking at the three formats is CDs made up 44% of all album sales, digital albums 38%, and vinyl records 18%. It should be noted that many albums get released in digital format only, physical copies being unavailable; this influences the numbers.
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