The total production value of music CDs in Japan amounted to 123.3 billion Japanese yen in 2021, which constituted a considerable decrease from more than 224 billion yen in 2012. Despite the downward trend, music CDs remained the main source of revenue for the Japanese recording industry, which has been comparatively slow to embrace music streaming as an alternative for physical media.
Total production value of music CDs in Japan from 2012 to 2021 (in billion Japanese yen)
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Statistics on Music industry in Japan
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Consumers
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Recording Industry Association of Japan. (May 9, 2022). Total production value of music CDs in Japan from 2012 to 2021 (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 02, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1102104/japan-total-music-cd-production-value/
Recording Industry Association of Japan. "Total production value of music CDs in Japan from 2012 to 2021 (in billion Japanese yen)." Chart. May 9, 2022. Statista. Accessed April 02, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1102104/japan-total-music-cd-production-value/
Recording Industry Association of Japan. (2022). Total production value of music CDs in Japan from 2012 to 2021 (in billion Japanese yen). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 02, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1102104/japan-total-music-cd-production-value/
Recording Industry Association of Japan. "Total Production Value of Music Cds in Japan from 2012 to 2021 (in Billion Japanese Yen)." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1102104/japan-total-music-cd-production-value/
Recording Industry Association of Japan, Total production value of music CDs in Japan from 2012 to 2021 (in billion Japanese yen) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1102104/japan-total-music-cd-production-value/ (last visited April 02, 2023)
Total production value of music CDs in Japan from 2012 to 2021 (in billion Japanese yen) [Graph], Recording Industry Association of Japan, May 9, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1102104/japan-total-music-cd-production-value/