UK Record Sales 1964-2011

UK Record Sales 1964–2011

Singles by Quarter & Format 1964–2008, million units. Trade Deliveries

Year	Quarter	7"	%	12"	%	MCS	%	CDS	%	Total

1929	T									60.000

1938	T									6.000

1945	T									10.000

1959	T									60.000

1964	T									64.000

1965	T									56.000

1966	T									46.000

1967	T									46.000

1968	T									44.000

1969	T									41.000

1970	T									41.000

1971	T									43.000

1972	T									46.200

1973	T									54.600

1974	T									62.700

1975	T									56.900

1976	Q1									13.800
1976	Q2									12.800
1976	Q3									13.700
1976	Q4									16.600
1976	T									56.900

1977	Q1									15.300
1977	Q2									12.300
1977	Q3									14.700
1977	Q4									19.800
1977	T									62.100

1978	Q1									18.400
1978	Q2									19.900
1978	Q3									23.800
1978	Q4									26.700
1978	T									88.800

1979	Q1									23.100
1979	Q2									23.100
1979	Q3									19.700
1979	Q4									23.200
1979	T									89.100

1980	Q1									19.400
1980	Q2									16.500
1980	Q3									18.000
1980	Q4									24.000
1980	T									77.900

1981	Q1									19.100
1981	Q2									18.000
1981	Q3									18.100
1981	Q4									22.200
1981	T									77.400

1982	Q1									20.500
1982	Q2									17.100
1982	Q3									19.400
1982	Q4									21.600
1982	T									78.600

1983	Q1									18.800
1983	Q2									15.800
1983	Q3									17.200
1983	Q4									22.200
1983	T									74.000

1984	Q1									17.900
1984	Q2									16.400
1984	Q3									18.800
1984	Q4									23.900
1984	T									77.000

1985	Q1									18.300
1985	Q2									16.500
1985	Q3									17.300
1985	Q4									21.700
1985	T									73.800

1986	Q1									15.200
1986	Q2									17.100
1986	Q3									16.200
1986	Q4									19.000
1986	T									67.500

Year	Quarter	7"	%	12"	%	MCS	%	CDS	%	Total
1987	Q1	10.763	67.87%	5.096	32.13%					15.859
1987	Q2	9.009	69.52%	3.765	29.06%			0.184	1.42%	12.958
1987	Q3	9.967	65.77%	4.990	32.93%	0.155	1.02%	0.043	0.28%	15.155
1987	Q4	13.624	70.08%	5.464	28.11%	0.120	0.62%	0.233	1.20%	19.441
1987	T	43.363	68.38%	19.315	30.46%	0.275	0.43%	0.460	0.73%	63.413

1988	Q1	9.527	64.99%	4.676	31.90%	0.043	0.29%	0.413	2.82%	14.659
1988	Q2	8.540	66.91%	3.713	29.09%	0.016	0.13%	0.494	3.87%	12.763
1988	Q3	9.501	65.54%	4.454	30.72%	0.035	0.24%	0.507	3.50%	14.497
1988	Q4	12.723	69.91%	4.813	26.45%	0.019	0.10%	0.644	3.54%	18.199
1988	T	40.291	67.02%	17.656	29.37%	0.113	0.19%	2.058	3.42%	60.118

1989	Q1	9.368	63.82%	4.487	30.57%	0.050	0.34%	0.773	5.27%	14.678
1989	Q2	8.815	64.26%	3.941	28.73%	0.130	0.95%	0.832	6.07%	13.718
1989	Q3	8.997	59.11%	4.933	32.41%	0.368	2.42%	0.923	6.06%	15.221
1989	Q4	10.357	59.19%	5.399	30.86%	0.593	3.39%	1.148	6.56%	17.497
1989	T	37.537	61.42%	18.760	30.70%	1.141	1.87%	3.676	6.01%	61.114

1990	Q1	7.757	50.07%	5.529	35.69%	0.880	5.68%	1.325	8.55%	15.491
1990	Q2	6.571	48.99%	4.723	35.21%	0.946	7.05%	1.174	8.75%	13.414
1990	Q3	6.692	48.79%	4.235	30.88%	1.433	10.45%	1.355	9.88%	13.715
1990	Q4	7.883	48.55%	4.602	28.34%	2.127	13.10%	1.626	10.01%	16.238
1990	T	28.903	49.11%	19.089	32.43%	5.386	9.15%	5.480	9.31%	58.858

1991	Q1	5.698	41.48%	4.093	29.80%	2.012	14.65%	1.933	14.07%	13.736
1991	Q2	5.625	42.13%	3.560	26.66%	2.151	16.11%	2.017	15.11%	13.353
1991	Q3	5.286	37.72%	3.371	24.06%	2.962	21.14%	2.393	17.08%	14.012
1991	Q4	5.287	34.78%	3.082	20.27%	3.473	22.85%	3.359	22.10%	15.201
1991	T	21.896	38.89%	14.106	25.05%	10.598	18.82%	9.702	17.23%	56.302

1992	Q1	3.485	28.89%	2.814	23.32%	2.627	21.77%	3.139	26.02%	12.065
1992	Q2	3.143	26.27%	2.691	22.49%	2.813	23.51%	3.317	27.72%	11.964
1992	Q3	2.910	22.68%	2.217	17.28%	3.591	27.99%	4.112	32.05%	12.830
1992	Q4	3.389	21.10%	2.150	13.39%	4.720	29.39%	5.803	36.13%	16.062
1992	T	12.927	24.43%	9.872	18.65%	13.751	25.98%	16.371	30.93%	52.921

1993	Q1	2.054	16.44%	2.091	16.74%	3.312	26.51%	5.035	40.31%	12.492
1993	Q2	1.992	14.19%	2.132	15.19%	3.996	28.47%	5.914	42.14%	14.034
1993	Q3	1.869	13.96%	2.125	15.87%	3.925	29.32%	5.468	40.85%	13.387
1993	Q4	2.022	12.36%	2.211	13.51%	5.105	31.20%	7.025	42.93%	16.363
1993	T	7.937	14.10%	8.559	15.21%	16.338	29.03%	23.442	41.66%	56.276

1994	Q1	1.531	10.49%	2.180	14.94%	3.981	27.29%	6.896	47.27%	14.588
1994	Q2	1.142	7.75%	2.116	14.36%	4.385	29.77%	7.089	48.12%	14.732
1994	Q3	0.874	5.42%	2.333	14.48%	5.342	33.15%	7.564	46.94%	16.113
1994	Q4	0.961	5.46%	1.984	11.26%	6.418	36.43%	8.253	46.85%	17.616
1994	T	4.508	7.15%	8.613	13.66%	20.126	31.92%	29.802	47.27%	63.049

1995	Q1	0.797	4.71%	2.195	12.98%	4.880	28.86%	9.035	53.44%	16.907
1995	Q2	0.653	3.81%	2.188	12.77%	5.138	29.98%	9.161	53.45%	17.140
1995	Q3	0.642	3.75%	2.003	11.70%	4.854	28.35%	9.625	56.21%	17.124
1995	Q4	0.536	2.74%	1.869	9.56%	5.832	29.85%	11.303	57.85%	19.540
1995	T	2.628	3.72%	8.255	11.67%	20.704	29.28%	39.124	55.33%	70.711

1996	Q1	0.665	3.58%	2.111	11.38%	4.291	23.13%	11.486	61.91%	18.553
1996	Q2	0.598	3.30%	1.966	10.84%	4.606	25.39%	10.969	60.47%	18.139
1996	Q3	0.488	2.80%	1.704	9.78%	4.385	25.16%	10.848	62.26%	17.425
1996	Q4	0.472	1.95%	1.764	7.31%	6.980	28.91%	14.931	61.83%	24.147
1996	T	2.223	2.84%	7.545	9.64%	20.262	25.89%	48.234	61.63%	78.264

1997	Q1	0.447	2.26%	1.890	9.55%	3.594	18.16%	13.858	70.03%	19.789
1997	Q2	0.491	2.72%	1.829	10.12%	3.642	20.15%	12.108	67.01%	18.070
1997	Q3	0.496	2.04%	1.666	6.84%	5.969	24.51%	16.226	66.62%	24.357
1997	Q4	0.304	1.23%	1.646	6.64%	7.171	28.91%	15.684	63.23%	24.805
1997	T	1.738	2.00%	7.031	8.08%	20.376	23.42%	57.876	66.51%	87.021

1998	Q1	0.346	1.87%	1.749	9.43%	4.020	21.69%	12.423	67.01%	18.538
1998	Q2	0.322	1.72%	1.401	7.48%	4.331	23.13%	12.674	67.67%	18.728
1998	Q3	0.212	1.07%	1.399	7.06%	5.015	25.31%	13.188	66.56%	19.814
1998	Q4	0.192	0.86%	1.332	5.97%	5.554	24.91%	15.215	68.25%	22.293
1998	T	1.072	1.35%	5.881	7.41%	18.920	23.84%	53.500	67.40%	79.373

1999	Q1	0.184	0.91%	1.552	7.67%	4.729	23.38%	13.759	68.03%	20.224
1999	Q2	0.159	0.84%	1.520	8.01%	4.626	24.37%	12.675	66.78%	18.980
1999	Q3	0.121	0.64%	1.891	9.93%	4.871	25.57%	12.164	63.86%	19.047
1999	Q4	0.201	0.92%	1.991	9.13%	5.449	24.99%	14.167	64.96%	21.808
1999	T	0.665	0.83%	6.954	8.69%	19.675	24.58%	52.765	65.91%	80.059

2000	Q1	0.120	0.76%	2.162	13.66%	3.149	19.90%	10.397	65.69%	15.828
2000	Q2	0.161	0.95%	2.173	12.76%	3.488	20.48%	11.212	65.82%	17.034
2000	Q3	0.105	0.65%	2.092	13.02%	3.273	20.37%	10.601	65.96%	16.071
2000	Q4	0.128	0.75%	2.081	12.14%	3.682	21.47%	11.256	65.64%	17.147
2000	T	0.514	0.78%	8.508	12.88%	13.592	20.57%	43.466	65.78%	66.080

2001	Q1	0.110	0.63%	2.450	13.95%	3.204	18.24%	11.797	67.18%	17.561
2001	Q2	0.121	0.82%	2.285	15.54%	2.392	16.27%	9.907	67.37%	14.705
2001	Q3	0.103	0.77%	1.960	14.62%	2.161	16.12%	9.182	68.49%	13.406
2001	Q4	0.095	0.69%	1.828	13.19%	2.137	15.42%	9.800	70.71%	13.860
2001	T	0.429	0.72%	8.523	14.32%	9.894	16.62%	40.686	68.34%	59.532

2002	Q1	0.136	0.91%	2.121	14.27%	1.695	11.40%	10.913	73.41%	14.865
2002	Q2	0.146	1.13%	2.166	16.72%	1.337	10.32%	9.306	71.83%	12.955
2002	Q3	0.127	1.05%	1.891	15.65%	1.243	10.29%	8.821	73.01%	12.082
2002	Q4	0.120	0.95%	1.577	12.49%	1.412	11.18%	9.521	75.38%	12.630
2002	T	0.529	1.01%	7.755	14.76%	5.687	10.83%	38.561	73.40%	52.532

2003	Q1	0.137	1.60%	1.707	19.88%	0.406	4.73%	6.336	73.79%	8.586
2003	Q2	0.189	2.46%	1.457	18.93%	0.315	4.09%	5.737	74.53%	7.698
2003	Q3	0.234	2.81%	1.528	18.38%	0.150	1.80%	6.402	77.00%	8.314
2003	Q4	0.201	1.70%	1.400	11.84%	0.032	0.27%	10.194	86.19%	11.827
2003	T	0.761	2.09%	6.092	16.72%	0.903	2.48%	28.669	78.71%	36.425

Year	Quarter	7"	%	12"	%	MCS	%	CDS	%	Total

Year	Quarter	7"	%	12"	%	MCS	%	CDS	%	DL	%	Total
2004	Q1	0.219	2.88%	1.417	18.65%	0.000	0.00%	5.697	75.00%	0.263	3.46%	7.596
2004	Q2	0.300	3.39%	1.284	14.49%	0.000	0.00%	6.618	74.68%	0.660	7.45%	8.862
2004	Q3	0.326	3.58%	1.315	14.44%	0.000	0.00%	5.703	62.62%	1.764	19.37%	9.108
2004	Q4	0.419	3.60%	1.426	12.25%	0.002	0.02%	6.709	57.64%	3.084	26.49%	11.640
2004	T	1.264	3.40%	5.442	14.63%	0.002	0.01%	24.727	66.46%	5.771	15.51%	37.206

2005	Q1	0.507	4.21%	1.082	8.99%	0.001	0.01%	5.647	46.92%	4.798	39.87%	12.035
2005	Q2	0.481	3.89%	1.028	8.31%	0.001	0.01%	5.366	43.36%	5.500	44.44%	12.376
2005	Q3	0.405	3.24%	0.865	6.92%	0.001	0.01%	4.515	36.12%	6.715	53.72%	12.501
2005	Q4	0.484	2.97%	1.034	6.34%	0.002	0.01%	5.399	33.13%	9.378	57.54%	16.297
2005	T	1.877	3.53%	4.009	7.53%	0.005	0.01%	20.927	39.33%	26.391	49.60%	53.209

2006	T	-		-		-		-		-		71.500
2007	T	-		-		-		-		-		89.300
2008	T	-		-		-		-		-		116.900
2009	T	-		-		-		-		-		n/a

Singles by Format 2000–2011, million units. Retail Sales

Year	Quarter	7"	%	12"	%	MCS	%	CDS	%	DL	%	Total
2000	T	0.201	0.36%	4.012	7.20%	12.822	23.02%	38.660	69.41%			55.695
2001	T	0.179	0.35%	3.962	7.74%	9.731	19.00%	37.337	72.91%			51.209
2002	T	0.265	0.60%	3.469	7.90%	5.592	12.73%	34.611	78.77%			43.937
2003	T	0.401	1.30%	2.814	9.11%	1.368	4.43%	26.305	85.16%			30.888
2004	T	0.631	1.96%	2.598	8.05%	0.027	0.08%	23.240	72.02%	5.771	17.89%	32.267
2005	T	1.073	2.24%	2.076	4.34%	0.001	0.00%	18.288	38.19%	26.444	55.23%	47.882
2006	T	1.046	1.56%	1.252	1.87%			11.528	17.23%	53.098	79.34%	66.924
2007	T	1.040	1.20%	0.803	0.93%			6.761	7.81%	77.956	90.06%	86.560
2008	T	0.486	0.42%	0.254	0.22%			4.124	3.58%	110.274	95.78%	115.138
2009	T	0.222	0.15%	0.110	0.07%			2.764	1.81%	149.652	97.97%	152.748
2010	T	0.152	0.09%	0.067	0.04%			1.877	1.16%	159.715	98.70%	161.811
2011	T	0.123	0.07%	0.063	0.04%			1.120	0.63%	176.607	99.27%	177.913

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.