World Record Sales, 1997/98

Contents:

Table 1: Trade Deliveries, 1997/98
Table 2: Market Values, 1997/98

Table 1: Trade Deliveries, 1997/98

Country	Pop.	Singles		LPs		Cassettes		CDs		Total Albums
Country	Pop.	98	97	98	97	98	97	98	97	98	97
	(M)	(M units)		(M units)		(M units)		(M units)		(M units)
Ghana	16
Ivory Coast	13
Kenya	26					0.40	0.40	0.10	0.10	0.50	0.50
Nigeria	105
RSA	40	2.20	2.40			7.30	8.40	13.00	11.80	20.30	20.20
Zimbabwe	11	0.01	0.03	0.03	0.05	1.50	0.90	0.20	0.30	1.73	1.25
Africa	212	2.21	2.43	0.03	0.05	9.20	9.70	13.30	12.20	22.53	21.95
China	1178				0.10	144.50	175.10	12.50	16.10	157.00	191.30
Hong Kong	6	0.10	0.20			0.20	0.60	10.30	12.50	10.50	13.10
India	898					414.70	406.50	5.10	5.10	419.80	411.60
Indonesia	188					37.20	63.70	3.00	2.80	40.20	66.50
Japan	125	144.00	147.20	8.40	8.30	7.90	7.30	286.10	272.30	302.40	287.90
Malaysia	19	0.20	0.30			8.10	13.20	2.80	3.70	10.90	16.90
Pakistan	123					5.00		0.10		5.10
Philippines	65	0.10	0.20	0.04	0.10	9.50	9.70	1.90	1.70	11.44	11.50
Singapore	3	0.10	0.20			0.40	1.10	4.60	5.30	5.00	6.40
S Korea	44	0.04	0.10			15.90	26.00	12.90	20.10	28.80	46.10
Taiwan	21	1.10	0.70			11.80	18.90	27.50	28.50	39.30	47.40
Thailand	59					44.00	55.40	4.20	4.10	48.20	59.50
Asia	2728	145.64	148.90	8.44	8.50	699.20	792.70	371.00	372.40	1078.64	1158.20
Australia	18	10.50	11.50	0.02	0.03	1.70	2.50	41.40	38.10	43.12	40.63
New Zealand	3	1.00	1.40	0.01	0.01	1.20	1.40	6.70	6.30	7.91	7.71
Australasia	21	11.50	12.90	0.03	0.04	2.90	3.90	48.10	44.40	51.03	48.34
Austria	8	3.10	3.20	0.02	0.01	0.90	1.30	19.20	19.90	20.12	21.21
Belgium	10	8.70	6.20	0.05		0.30	0.40	21.40	20.40	21.75	20.80
Bulgaria	9					1.70		0.10		1.80
Croatia	5					1.10	0.70	0.60	0.60	1.70	1.30
Czech Rep.	10	0.10	0.10			4.50	5.70	4.90	5.20	9.40	10.90
Cyprus	1					0.30	0.30	0.80	0.70	1.10	1.00
Denmark	5	1.10	1.10	0.00		0.20	0.50	16.90	17.60	17.10	18.10
Finland	5	0.40	0.40	0.00		1.30	1.80	9.90	8.70	11.20	10.50
France	57	40.90	44.30	0.30	0.20	14.50	16.20	108.90	106.70	123.70	123.10
Germany	81	51.80	49.30	0.50	0.50	25.00	27.20	193.30	191.00	218.80	218.70
Greece	10			0.03	0.10	0.50	0.50	8.30	7.70	8.83	8.30
Hungary	10	0.10	0.20	0.00	0.02	3.40	5.30	3.20	3.60	6.60	8.92
Iceland	0					0.02	0.01	0.80	0.70	0.82	0.71
Ireland	4	1.90	1.80	0.02	0.02	1.50	1.70	5.60	4.60	7.12	6.32
Italy	57		2.20		0.10		16.30		41.80		58.20
Latvia	3
Lithuania	4					1.30		0.20		1.50
Netherlands	15	6.60	8.90	0.20	0.10	0.40	0.70	34.20	46.50	34.80	47.30
Norway	4	1.90	2.00			0.30	0.50	14.90	12.90	15.20	13.40
Poland	38	0.20	0.40			21.20	22.00	13.20	7.80	34.40	29.80
Portugal	10	0.60	0.30			3.80	3.40	15.30	10.80	19.10	14.20
Romania	23					2.80	5.30	0.40	0.30	3.20	5.60
Russia	149			0.10	0.10	80.00	100.00	6.00	8.00	86.10	108.10
Slovakia	5	0.01	0.01	0.00		1.20	1.70	1.60	1.20	2.80	2.90
Slovenia	2					0.50		1.00		1.50
Spain	39	1.50	1.90	0.03	0.20	12.90	14.10	50.20	42.80	63.13	57.10
Sweden	9	4.70	3.50	0.02	0.02	0.90	1.20	23.20	21.10	24.12	22.32
Switzerland	7	3.40	4.80	0.10	0.10	1.50	1.50	22.50	20.50	24.10	22.10
UK	58	79.20	87.02	2.20	2.48	32.20	36.63	175.70	158.75	210.10	197.86
Ukraine	52					7.00		0.50		7.50
Europe	691	206.21	208.73	3.57	3.85	221.22	267.74	752.80	714.15	977.59	985.74
Bahrain	1					0.50		0.10		0.60
Egypt	56					25.00	20.00	0.10	0.10	25.10	20.10
Israel	5					0.30	0.50	3.10	4.40	3.40	4.90
Kuwait	2					2.00		0.10		2.10
Lebanon	4					2.50		0.50		3.00
Oman	2					0.40		0.05		0.45
Qatar	1					0.60		0.10		0.70
Saudi Arabia	17					15.60	22.70	0.70	2.50	16.30	25.20
Turkey	60					44.20	45.00	4.70	4.00	48.90	49.00
UAE	2					4.40	4.60	1.80	1.70	6.20	6.30
Middle East	149					95.50	99.10	11.25	13.55	106.75	112.65
Argentina	34					6.70	7.80	18.40	19.60	25.10	27.40
Bolivia	7			0.00		0.30		0.30		0.60
Brazil	156	0.00	0.70			0.20	0.90	105.10	106.80	105.30	107.70
Chile	14					4.20	5.30	4.90	4.70	9.10	10.00
Colombia	36	0.20	0.30	0.70	1.60	2.70	4.50	11.90	12.40	15.30	18.50
Costa Rica	3
Ecuador	11			0.00		0.10		1.00		1.10
El Salvador	6
Guatemala	10
Honduras	5
Mexico	90	0.30	0.20	0.02	0.03	26.70	28.80	45.10	39.60	71.82	68.43
Nicaragua	4
Panama	3
Paraguay	5					0.30	0.30	0.30	0.80	0.60	1.10
Peru	23	0.00				0.51	0.50	0.91	0.70	1.42	1.20
Uruguay	3					0.20		0.90		1.10
Venezuela	21	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.04	0.50	1.10	5.90	4.70	6.41	5.84
Central Am.	31	0.03	0.01			1.30	1.40	2.60	2.30	3.90	3.70
adjust.					0.01		0.70		1.80		2.51
Latin America	430	0.54	1.22	0.73	1.68	43.71	51.30	197.31	193.40	241.76	246.38
Canada	28	1.00	2.90			11.20	15.20	77.20	70.20	88.40	85.40
USA	258	87.70	117.00	3.40	2.70	158.70	171.90	846.10	752.90	1008.20	927.50
North America	286	88.70	119.90	3.40	2.70	169.90	187.10	923.30	823.10	1096.60	1012.90
adjust.					1.10	30.00	19.50	45.00	0.50	75.00	21.10
World	4517	454.80	494.08	16.21	17.92	1271.63	1431.04	2362.06	2173.70	3649.90	3607.26

Table 2: Market Values, 1998

Country	Market Value		Share of World Market		Per Capita Sales				Total Per Capita Value
	Market Value		Share of World Market		Singles		Albums		Total Per Capita Value
	98	97	98	97	98	97	98	97	98	97
	(US-$ M)		(per-cent)		(units)		(units)		(US-$)
Ghana
Ivory Coast
Kenya	2.1	2.1	0.01%	0.01%			0.02	0.02	0.08	0.08
Nigeria
RSA	195.7	222.2	0.51%	0.58%	0.05	0.06	0.50	0.50	4.86	5.52
Zimbabwe	9.2	9.1	0.02%	0.02%	0.00	0.00	0.16	0.11	0.85	0.84
Africa	207.0	233.4	0.54%	0.61%	0.01	0.01	0.11	0.10	0.98	1.10
China	256.2	284.3	0.66%	0.75%			0.13	0.16	0.22	0.24
Hong Kong	118.2	148.6	0.31%	0.39%	0.02	0.03	1.79	2.23	20.15	25.34
India	298.7	333.6	0.77%	0.88%			0.47	0.46	0.33	0.37
Indonesia	63.9	146.8	0.17%	0.39%			0.21	0.35	0.34	0.78
Japan	6521.0	6261.7	16.87%	16.44%	1.16	1.18	2.43	2.31	52.38	50.29
Malaysia	51.3	102.6	0.13%	0.27%	0.01	0.02	0.57	0.89	2.69	5.39
Pakistan	5.2		0.01%				0.04		0.04
Philippines	44.9	57.1	0.12%	0.15%	0.00	0.00	0.18	0.18	0.69	0.88
Singapore	53.8	76.6	0.14%	0.20%	0.04	0.07	1.77	2.27	19.08	27.16
S Korea	153.0	334.6	0.40%	0.88%	0.00	0.00	0.65	1.04	3.47	7.58
Taiwan	319.7	427.8	0.83%	1.12%	0.05	0.03	1.88	2.26	15.26	20.43
Thailand	114.7	170.6	0.30%	0.45%			0.82	1.02	1.96	2.92
Asia	8000.6	8356.4	20.69%	21.94%	0.05	0.05	0.40	0.42	2.93	3.06
Australia	606.7	739.1	1.57%	1.94%	0.60	0.65	2.45	2.31	34.48	42.00
New Zealand	100.1	114.5	0.26%	0.30%	0.29	0.40	2.27	2.21	28.71	32.84
Australasia	706.8	853.6	1.83%	2.24%	0.55	0.61	2.42	2.29	33.52	40.48
Austria	346.6	356.4	0.90%	0.94%	0.39	0.40	2.51	2.64	43.16	44.38
Belgium	367.8	346.8	0.95%	0.91%	0.87	0.62	2.16	2.07	36.60	34.51
Bulgaria	3.1		0.01%				0.20		0.35
Croatia	17.4	17.0	0.05%	0.04%			0.38	0.29	3.86	3.77
Czech Rep.	77.5	90.9	0.20%	0.24%	0.01	0.01	0.91	1.06	7.51	8.80
Cyprus	18.4	16.7	0.05%	0.04%			1.52	1.38	25.34	23.00
Denmark	262.1	273.2	0.68%	0.72%	0.21	0.21	3.30	3.49	50.59	52.73
Finland	138.5	126.9	0.36%	0.33%	0.08	0.08	2.20	2.07	27.26	24.98
France	2134.8	2199.5	5.52%	5.78%	0.71	0.77	2.15	2.14	37.15	38.27
Germany	2832.8	2836.8	7.33%	7.45%	0.64	0.61	2.69	2.68	34.76	34.81
Greece	115.4	116.4	0.30%	0.31%			0.85	0.80	11.13	11.23
Hungary	55.0	74.3	0.14%	0.20%	0.01	0.02	0.64	0.87	5.35	7.23
Iceland	17.1	14.5	0.04%	0.04%			3.12	2.70	65.02	55.13
Ireland	113.6	109.0	0.29%	0.29%	0.54	0.51	2.01	1.78	32.03	30.73
Italy	597.7	593.3	1.55%	1.56%		0.04		1.02	10.46	10.39
Latvia
Lithuania	6.3		0.02%				0.40		1.70
Netherlands	561.1	600.1	1.45%	1.58%	0.43	0.58	2.28	3.10	36.72	39.27
Norway	276.2	261.0	0.71%	0.69%	0.44	0.47	3.54	3.12	64.26	60.73
Poland	172.0	160.3	0.44%	0.42%	0.01	0.01	0.90	0.78	4.48	4.18
Portugal	183.2	162.5	0.47%	0.43%	0.06	0.03	1.94	1.44	18.58	16.48
Romania	7.3	16.1	0.02%	0.04%			0.14	0.25	0.32	0.71
Russia	206.8	249.8	0.53%	0.66%			0.58	0.73	1.39	1.68
Slovakia	21.7	20.6	0.06%	0.05%	0.00	0.00	0.52	0.54	4.06	3.85
Slovenia	22.5		0.06%				0.77		11.62
Spain	680.8	599.9	1.76%	1.58%	0.04	0.05	1.60	1.45	17.24	15.19
Sweden	393.3	371.6	1.02%	0.98%	0.54	0.40	2.77	2.56	45.14	42.65
Switzerland	328.5	309.1	0.85%	0.81%	0.49	0.69	3.46	3.17	47.14	44.35
UK	2855.6	2729.7	7.39%	7.17%	1.37	1.50	3.63	3.42	49.30	47.13
Ukraine	21.0		0.05%				0.15		0.41
Europe	12834.1	12076.9	33.20%	31.71%	0.30	0.30	1.41	1.43	18.57	17.48
Bahrain	2.5		0.01%				1.13		4.69
Egypt	53.1	42.8	0.14%	0.11%			0.44	0.36	0.94	0.76
Israel	48.8	66.0	0.13%				0.62	0.89	8.89	12.02
Kuwait	8.2		0.02%				1.17		4.56
Lebanon	8.5		0.02%				0.78		2.20
Oman	1.9		0.00%				0.23		0.96
Qatar	2.9		0.01%				1.34		5.53
Saudi Arabia	55.3	99.9	0.14%				0.94	1.45	3.18	5.74
Turkey	127.0	183.0	0.33%				0.82	0.82	2.13	3.07
UAE	36.8	34.5	0.10%				3.43	3.49	20.37	19.09
Middle East	345.0	454.1	0.89%	1.19%			0.72	0.76	2.32	3.05
Argentina	315.7	385.7	0.82%	1.01%			0.74	0.81	9.35	11.42
Bolivia	6.6		0.02%				0.09		0.93
Brazil	1055.7	1199.1	2.73%	3.15%	0.00	0.00	0.67	0.69	6.75	7.67
Chile	84.8	99.9	0.22%	0.26%			0.66	0.72	6.14	7.23
Colombia	157.7	233.0	0.41%	0.61%	0.01	0.01	0.43	0.52	4.42	6.53
Costa Rica
Ecuador	14.5		0.04%				0.10		1.32
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico	543.3	472.3	1.41%	1.24%	0.00	0.00	0.80	0.76	6.03	5.25
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay	6.5	18.1	0.02%	0.05%			0.13	0.23	1.38	3.85
Peru	17.3	16.6	0.04%	0.04%	0.00		0.06	0.05	0.76	0.73
Uruguay	16.3		0.04%				0.35		5.18
Venezuela	95.9	82.7	0.25%	0.22%	0.00	0.00	0.31	0.28	4.59	3.95
Central Am.	47.1	36.3	0.12%	0.10%	0.00	0.00	0.13	0.12	1.53	1.18
adjust.		29.3		0.08%
Latin America	2361.4	2573.0	6.11%	6.76%	0.00	0.00	0.56	0.57	5.49	5.98
Canada	969.3	977.5	2.51%	2.57%	0.04	0.10	3.17	3.07	34.81	35.11
USA	13193.4	11906.0	34.12%	31.26%	0.34	0.45	3.91	3.60	51.18	46.18
North America	14162.7	12883.5	36.63%	33.83%	0.31	0.42	3.84	3.55	49.58	45.10
adjust.	45.0	51.9	0.12%	0.14%
World	38662.6	38082.9	100.00%	100.00%	0.10	0.11	0.81	0.81	8.56	8.43

Sources:
The basic data is taken from:

MBI, 8. 1998, 3 (London : Miller Freeman)

MBI, 9. 1999, 3 (London : Miller Freeman)

Ed. by Dipl.-Bibl.(FH) Tobias Zywietz, 1999

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[Created 3.07.1999, last revised 13.07.1999]