The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ)

Trend of Recorded Music Production

Units since 1929 | Value since 1952

(\ Millions)

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