The statistic shows the unit sales of CDs worldwide from 1991 to 2015. In 2015, approximately 569 million units of CDs were shipped globally, a decline from over 2,000 in 2004.
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Unit sales of CDs worldwide from 1991 to 2015 (in millions)
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The statistic shows the unit sales of CDs worldwide from 1991 to 2015. In 2015, approximately 569 million units of CDs were shipped globally, a decline from over 2,000 in 2004.
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The statistic shows the unit sales of CDs worldwide from 1991 to 2015. In 2015, approximately 569 million units of CDs were shipped globally, a decline from over 2,000 in 2004.
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- November 2016
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- 1991 to 2015
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- Worldwide
- Survey time period
- 1991 to 2015
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- Digital music revenue in the United States from 2008 to 2017, by type (in million U.S. dollars)
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- Most popular devices used to listen to music in the United States in 2017
- Penetration rate of listening to online radio via mobile phone while in a car in the United States from 2010 to 2018
- Share of time spent listening to music via selected sources in the United States as of July 2018, by age group
- Number of on-demand music streams in the United States from 2013 to 2018 (in billions)
- Reach of selected music sources in the United States as of July 2018, by age group
- Most popular music streaming services in the United States as of March 2018, by sessions per user per month
- Share of total music album consumption* in the United States in 2018, by genre
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- Retail value of physical CD shipments in the United States from 1999 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Top-selling albums in the United States in first half of 2018, based on unit sales (in thousands)
- Retail value of LP / EP shipments in the United States from 1999 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)
- Music album sales in the United States from 2008 to 2014, by genre (in millions)
- Local music as a percentage of top 10 best-selling albums in selected countries in 2013
- Year-over-year change of music album sales in the United States from 2009 to 2014, by genre
- Market share of record companies based on physical album sales in the United States from 2009 to 2012
- Shipments of physical music singles in the United States from 1999 to 2015 (in millions)
- Market share of record companies based on catalog album sales in the United States from 2009 to 2012
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- Weekly time spent with online radio in the United States from 2008 to 2018 (in minutes)
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- Distribution of streamed music consumption in the United States in 2017, by genre
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