UK Record Releases, 1979-2010


 


 

Table 1: Singles Releases by Format

Year 7'' 12'' MCS CDS DVDS DL Sum Formats Ratio
1979 3686
1980 4823
1981 4666
1982 5126
1983 5907
1984 5033
1985 4240 3660 7900 4700 1.68
1986
1987
1988 3187 4041 56 1130 8414 4101 2.05
1989 3320 4743 608 1804 10475 3932 2.66
1990 3152 5519 1259 2237 12167 4742 2.57
1991 2330 4874 1339 2249 10792 4928 2.19
1992 2037 4358 1377 2767 10539 5003 2.11
1993 1826 4106 1611 3126 10669 4468 2.39
1994 1374 4031 1595 3129 10129 5047 2.01
1995 908 3675 1502 3199 9284 5412 1.72
1996 1047 3909 1414 3406 9776 5809 1.68
1997 932 4110 1090 3466 9598 5928 1.62
1998 806 3662 943 3190 8601 5407 1.59
1999 631 3607 834 2983 8055 5047 1.60
2000 512 3625 728 2362 7227 4892 1.48
2001 690 4210 577 2126 40 7643 5078 1.51
2002 717 3943 416 2329 69 7474 5383 1.39
2003 797 4278 214 2217 131 7637 5631 1.36
2004 951 4571 6 2213 104 7845 6127 1.28
2005 1235 4622 2 2328 123 8363 16673 8764 1.90
2006 1596 3676 2 2180 72 9686 17212 8473 2.03
2007 1695 2786 0 1590 26 10939 17036 8325 2.05
2008 1462 1746 0 1093 10 9049 13360 7039 1.90
2009 825 907 0 721 4 9278 11735 7719 1.52
2010 893 962 3 423 2 5955 8238 6481 1.27
Notes:
  • 7" includes 7" picture discs and shaped discs.
  • 12" includes 12" picture dics and 10" discs.
  • CDS includes both 3" and 5" discs and all "other" formats.
  • DL includes digital bundles

Table 2: Album Releases by Format

Year LP MC CD MD DVD DL Sum Formats Ratio
1984 5000 5500 1000 11500 5910 1.95
1985 5540
1986
1987
1988 5631 3729 4767 14127 7000 2.02
1989 5811 5685 6260 17756 8752 2.03
1990 4981 6055 8291 19327 11021 1.75
1991 3128 5662 8975 17765 10141 1.75
1992 2493 5647 10766 18906 11988 1.58
1993 2087 4884 10686 17657 10716 1.65
1994 1735 4814 10415 16964 11654 1.46
1995 1699 4796 12623 19118 13551 1.41
1996 1792 3555 14439 19786 15393 1.29
1997 1798 3335 17430 22563 18386 1.23
1998 1706 2495 16761 166 21128 17597 1.20
1999 2185 2011 17299 241 21736 17865 1.22
2000 2389 1383 17958 181 21911 19312 1.13
2001 2787 709 20474 33 24 24027 21316 1.13
2002 2778 711 23993 6 59 27547 25048 1.10
2003 2537 406 25793 84 28820 26537 1.09
2004 2656 183 28513 153 31505 29510 1.07
2005 2237 80 25805 55 9699 37876 31291 1.21
2006 1796 17 27673 3 13914 43403 33524 1.29
2007 1820 12 25936 1 15614 43383 32459 1.34
2008 2468 2 26774 1 16018 45263 33685 1.34
2009 2280 4 23386 4 26878 52552 41184 1.28
2010 2980 6 22225 4 21269 46484 38161 1.22

Sources:

Statistical Handbooks and Yearbooks of the BPI -- British Phonographic Industry Ltd., and surveys by the BPI and IFPI published by
Music Week, MBI, IFPI, and the BPI Website.
Note that from 2011 onwards, the BPI no longer report releases statistics.

[First created in 1995, last revised 8.12.2012]
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