The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ)

Trend of Recorded Music Production

Units since 1929 | Value since 1952

(Thousand Units)

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