Music market statistics

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Recording Industry in Numbers

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• Purchase the RIN 2008
• RIN report - China (in Chinese)

Digital Music Report

• 2008 Press release [HTML]
• 2008 Report
• 2004 - 2005 - 2006- 2007

Recorded Music Sales

• 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007
  Note: 2000-2006 reports show US$ values at the respective years exchange rates.
  For a fixed US$ analysis see the Recording Industry in Numbers.
  
• 2008 RIAJ Yearbook

Half Year Music Sales

• 2005 - 2006 - 2007

Piracy

• 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006
• "A False Bargain: The Los Angles County Economic Consequences of Counterfeit Products"
  A study by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation

Awards

• Certification Award Levels
• 2007 IFPI Platinum Europe Awards
• IFPI Platinum Europe Awards History
• RIAA Diamond Awards

Top 50 Global Sellers

• 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001

Charts

• Chart Providers by Territory

Taxes

• Taxes on Sound Recordings by Territory

Surveys/ Reports/ Academic Studies

• Canadians seek government leadership on stronger intellectual property protection New Environics Study
• "The Impact of Digital File Sharing on the Music Industry: An Empirical Analysis" Norbert J. Michel (2006), Topics in Economic Analysis & Policy: Vol. 6: No. 1, Article 18.

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