Trend of Physical Music Production

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Trend of Physical Music Production

(Thousand Units)

Yr	Japanese Calendar	Discs								Tapes			Total
		SPs	7" Vinyls		10/12" Vinyls		CDs			Cassettes	Cartridges	Open Reels
		SPs	33 rpm	45 rpm	33 rpm	45 rpm	3"	5"		Cassettes	Cartridges	Open Reels
1929	昭4	10,483											10,483
1930	昭5	14,400											14,400
1931	昭6	16,895											16,895
1932	昭7	17,016											17,016
1933	昭8	24,675											24,675
1934	昭9	25,731											25,731
1935	昭10	28,927											28,927
1936	昭11	29,638											29,638
1937	昭12	26,409											26,409
1938	昭13	19,634											19,634
1939	昭14	24,385											24,385
1940	昭15	20,928											20,928
1941	昭16	19,714											19,714
1942	昭17	17,085											17,085
'43-'45	昭18-20	no data											no data
1946	昭21	6,420											6,420
1947	昭22	8,847											8,847
1948	昭23	11,962											11,962
1949	昭24	16,860											16,860
1950	昭25	11,828											11,828
1951	昭26	14,904											14,904
1952	昭27	17,806											17,806
1953	昭28	19,357			52								19,409
1954	昭29	15,896		455	209								16,560
1955	昭30	12,781		1,172	547								14,500
1956	昭31	11,540		2,379	1,019								14,938
1957	昭32	9,877		3,889	1,821								15,587
1958	昭33	8,520		5,417	3,264								17,201
1959	昭34	5,536		8,726	5,127								19,389
1960	昭35	3,078	73	13,530	7,323								24,004
1961	昭36	1,976	765	19,428	10,653								32,822
1962	昭37	584	2,765	26,927	13,462								43,738
1963	昭38	25	6,606	39,234	13,730								59,595
1964	昭39		9,012	50,954	13,847								73,813
1965	昭40		14,693	61,887	14,354								90,934
1966	昭41		15,285	63,063	16,142								94,490
1967	昭42		15,686	65,338	18,863	213							100,101
1968	昭43		16,968	75,489	27,757	217				631	5,529	171	126,762
1969	昭44		16,712	78,473	38,332	55				1,250	12,394	206	147,422
1970	昭45		11,749	71,704	50,095	7				3,790	18,338	192	155,875
1971	昭46		10,453	81,414	58,443	1				5,837	14,844	279	171,271
1972	昭47		8,004	82,909	61,137	0				6,770	13,535	239	172,594
1973	昭48		6,997	86,744	78,520	0				10,591	15,606	242	198,700
1974	昭49		6,735	91,166	83,758	0				11,154	12,790	111	205,714
1975	昭50		6,307	86,399	84,665	0				14,090	12,160	44	203,665
1976	昭51		5,548	99,543	94,599	62				20,187	11,388	14	231,341
1977	昭52		5,896	85,759	92,189	219				25,612	9,055	15	218,745
1978	昭53		4,801	98,283	93,012	132				34,855	11,699	6	242,788
1979	昭54		4,036	106,302	88,346	120				46,220	15,087	2	260,113
1980	昭55		5,188	99,172	90,504	79				57,107	22,858	0	274,908
1981	昭56		2,756	84,929	80,383	466				60,627	26,152		255,313
1982	昭57		2,451	76,285	73,022	158				61,115	36,489		249,520
1983	昭58		2,569	76,649	69,049	469				64,618	33,113		246,467
1984	昭59		1,149	69,979	66,708	1,503		6,365		60,917	21,973		228,595
1985	昭60		1,180	60,959	58,057	4,320		20,638		60,694	13,826		219,673
1986	昭61		1,415	59,152	42,751	2,732		45,120		62,517	8,355		222,041
1987	昭62		818	45,432	25,996	1,749		64,992		68,925	5,893		213,804
1988	昭63		564	26,855	10,935	1,109	25,557	89,980		76,074	3,415		234,490
1989	平元		910	6,770	2,182	194	47,094	143,424		72,301	1,666		274,542
1990	平2		224	1,382	703	23	61,820	169,129		56,541	672		290,494
1991	平3		9	87	885	1	88,776	210,497		44,579	254		345,087
1992	平4		14	17	982	1	110,559	222,671		38,853	47		373,142
1993	平5		0	76	766	0	153,795	227,756		35,333	4		417,730
		Vinyls
1994	平6		620				138,271	241,699		29,860	0		410,450
1995	平7		534				164,581	275,369		25,031			465,515
1996	平8		944				166,294	282,556		22,512			472,305
1997	平9		1,034				167,827	289,313		22,534			480,706
1998	平10		1,186				154,260	302,913		21,818			480,177
							Singles	Albums		Others	Music Videos
1999	平11		2,985				86,333	61,145	276,279	17,608			444,351
2000	平12		1,914				33,124	104,601	276,327	17,174			433,140
2001	平13		1,297				9,788	99,605	259,233	15,160			385,083
2002	平14		697				7,967	74,793	245,919	12,972	968	14,909	358,224
2003	平15		580				20,815	67,323	227,129	11,733	807	32,183	360,570
2004	平16		894				15,363	66,473	220,420	8,999	531	34,772	347,451
2005	平17		306				1,943	62,745	237,116	7,425	418	43,267	353,219
2006	平18		248				1,693	65,861	222,698	6,665	476	49,137	346,778
2007	平19		324				371	61,324	198,646	5,557	594	51,846	318,662
2008	平20		212				239	53,488	188,724	4,586	498	55,742	303,490
2009	平21		102				155	44,742	165,162	3,777	391	59,164	273,492
2010	平22		105				107	50,503	155,929	2,866	369	46,475	256,354
2011	平23		210				3,152	59,247	134,164	2,104	635	60,174	259,685
2012	平24		453				51	64,807	150,311	1,800	609	72,632	290,663
2013	平25		268				44	60,556	128,137	1,387	453	56,857	247,702
2014	平26		401				30	55,428	114,925	1,071	455	53,680	225,989
2015	平27		662				38	55,106	112,696	800	348	54,070	223,719
2016	平28		799				78	54,493	104,652	700	467	51,794	212,983
2017	平29		1,063				42	50,461	101,791	571	443	48,078	202,449
2018	平30		1,116				63	48,553	88,652	441	509	55,297	194,631
2019	令元		1,219				43	43,318	88,964	336	422	46,371	180,673
2020	令2		1,095				26	32,613	71,293	291	349	40,669	146,335
2021	令3		1,907				9	32,430	71,113	141	395	45,038	151,032
2022	令4		2,133				34	33,912	66,969	49	369	43,067	146,532
2023	令5		2,691				186	37,295	71,305	119	373	47,113	159,081
2024	令6		3,149				326	41,656	62,523	85	412	33,218	141,370

(¥ Millions)

Yr	Japanese Calendar	Discs								Tapes			Total
		SPs	7" Vinyls		10/12" Vinyls		CDs			Cassettes	Cartridges	Open Reels
		SPs	33 rpm	45 rpm	33 rpm	45 rpm	3"	5"		Cassettes	Cartridges	Open Reels
1952	昭27												2,269
1953	昭28												3,016
1954	昭29												3,186
1955	昭30												3,018
1956	昭31	2,084		792	1,181								4,058
1957	昭32	1,774		1,191	2,007								4,972
1958	昭33	1,496		1,365	2,859								5,719
1959	昭34	962		1,870	4,089								6,921
1960	昭35	516	21	2,749	5,685								8,971
1961	昭36	334	206	3,789	8,233								12,562
1962	昭37	104	699	5,275	11,180								17,259
1963	昭38	4	1,760	7,722	11,433								20,919
1964	昭39		2,369	9,855	12,966								25,190
1965	昭40		4,140	12,557	12,696								29,393
1966	昭41		4,381	13,306	14,278								31,965
1967	昭42		3,983	14,009	16,413	242							34,646
1968	昭43		4,988	19,155	24,821	281							49,245
1969	昭44		5,114	20,830	34,352	73							60,369
1970	昭45		3,765	19,578	42,368	9							65,720
1971	昭46		3,249	22,498	50,829	1				4,879	30,434	352	112,242
1972	昭47		2,757	25,050	55,474	0				5,628	26,662	303	115,876
1973	昭48		2,535	29,706	75,310	0				10,007	33,475	280	151,314
1974	昭49		2,649	31,771	98,005	0				14,542	28,816	177	175,960
1975	昭50		2,533	30,159	104,442	0				20,997	26,674	78	184,883
1976	昭51		2,295	37,604	123,627	36				33,402	21,383	35	218,381
1977	昭52		2,495	34,745	126,030	269				44,723	14,334	42	222,638
1978	昭53		1,908	40,172	129,980	148				61,371	12,107	18	245,704
1979	昭54		1,659	43,753	125,884	103				76,993	14,191	6	262,589
1980	昭55		2,300	42,673	136,187	78				90,341	21,265		292,844
1981	昭56		1,191	39,766	130,652	798				91,718	24,529		288,654
1982	昭57		1,053	35,920	118,148	171				90,594	35,152		281,037
1983	昭58		1,366	36,724	114,092	500				96,691	32,290		281,663
1984	昭59		533	33,720	110,948	1,369		14,439		91,406	21,696		274,111
1985	昭60		1,150	29,425	95,910	3,761		47,931		89,453	13,708		281,337
1986	昭61		733	28,323	71,624	2,625		97,912		89,220	8,482		298,920
1987	昭62		448	21,956	45,967	1,562		139,016		96,295	6,340		311,584
1988	昭63		328	12,925	18,842	1,111	18,825	186,423		100,812	3,680		342,947
1989	平元		400	3,107	3,349	286	29,756	257,005		87,752	1,678		383,332
1990	平2		140	640	1,034	41	37,556	285,793		61,872	693		387,770
1991	平3		53	8	1,441	0	53,967	345,829		47,714	259		449,252
1992	平4		10	8	1,834	1	69,064	369,467		37,819	45		478,247
1993	平5		0	43	1,479	0	97,710	382,754		31,689	4		513,679
		Vinyls
1994	平6		1,081				88,371	403,870		25,924			519,246
1995	平7		881				100,565	450,604		21,982			574,031
1996	平8		1,312				104,418	458,164		19,969			583,862
1997	平9		1,369				103,891	463,187		19,573			588,019
1998	平10		1,484				95,478	492,400		18,132			607,494
							Singles	Albums		Others	Music Videos
1999	平11		3,575				54,077	46,850	450,369	14,680			569,551
2000	平12		2,069				15,046	82,393	426,440	13,868			539,816
2001	平13		1,351				3,885	76,432	409,261	12,132			503,061
2002	平14		782				3,861	56,677	371,268	10,542	642	37,683	481,454
2003	平15		676				3,128	51,310	333,550	9,867	1,159	56,489	456,179
2004	平16		520				1,393	50,591	316,627	7,437	802	53,900	431,269
2005	平17		406				424	48,431	310,945	6,322	710	54,973	422,210
2006	平18		337				383	50,464	293,671	5,613	1,096	56,844	408,408
2007	平19		563				156	46,788	280,230	4,506	1,046	57,823	391,113
2008	平20		352				107	39,837	251,321	3,740	791	65,626	361,775
2009	平21		190				58	33,999	211,914	2,943	527	66,883	316,515
2010	平22		170				40	37,239	184,755	2,300	495	58,614	283,612
2011	平23		336				225	43,015	165,260	1,727	1,090	70,197	281,850
2012	平24		673				39	44,358	180,234	1,461	957	83,106	310,828
2013	平25		408				22	42,947	153,217	1,144	723	72,008	270,468
2014	平26		678				19	41,766	142,303	905	771	67,733	254,176
2015	平27		1,175				23	41,665	138,422	695	586	71,883	254,449
2016	平28		1,455				52	42,835	131,986	614	765	67,950	245,657
2017	平29		1,916				27	40,970	129,657	482	803	58,195	232,048
2018	平30		2,077				98	39,411	114,690	382	952	82,726	240,337
2019	令元		2,146				30	36,210	113,308	318	761	76,357	229,129
2020	令2		2,117				18	30,622	96,298	210	607	64,529	194,400
2021	令3		3,900				6	29,016	94,233	137	700	65,646	193,638
2022	令4		4,336				32	32,404	97,364	62	674	67,476	202,349
2023	令5		6,267				132	36,891	102,072	212	679	74,469	220,722
2024	令6		7,887				241	42,006	97,991	153	685	56,187	205,151

Units since 1929

Value since 1952