The retail value of all LPs and EPs shipped in the U.S. in 2022 amounted to nearly 1.24 billion U.S. dollars, up from around 1.04 million a year earlier. The 2021 figure is more than six times of that recorded in 2012, marking a clear increase in demand and, as such, revenue over the past decade.
Retail value of LP / EP shipments in the United States from 1999 to 2022 (in million U.S. dollars)
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RIAA. (March 9, 2023). Retail value of LP / EP shipments in the United States from 1999 to 2022 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 29, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/186814/value-of-non-cd-album-shipments-in-the-us-music-industry-since-1999/
RIAA. "Retail value of LP / EP shipments in the United States from 1999 to 2022 (in million U.S. dollars)." Chart. March 9, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/186814/value-of-non-cd-album-shipments-in-the-us-music-industry-since-1999/
RIAA. (2023). Retail value of LP / EP shipments in the United States from 1999 to 2022 (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/186814/value-of-non-cd-album-shipments-in-the-us-music-industry-since-1999/
RIAA. "Retail Value of Lp / Ep Shipments in The United States from 1999 to 2022 (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/186814/value-of-non-cd-album-shipments-in-the-us-music-industry-since-1999/
RIAA, Retail value of LP / EP shipments in the United States from 1999 to 2022 (in million U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/186814/value-of-non-cd-album-shipments-in-the-us-music-industry-since-1999/ (last visited May 29, 2024)
Retail value of LP / EP shipments in the United States from 1999 to 2022 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph], RIAA, March 9, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/186814/value-of-non-cd-album-shipments-in-the-us-music-industry-since-1999/