These are the CD sales per person from 2006 as reported in The Guardian:
Britain 2.7 US 2.1 Norway 2.1 Ireland 1.9 Australia 1.9 Denmark 1.8 Belgium 1.7 Sweden 1.7 Switzerland 1.7 Japan 1.5 New Zealand 1.5 Canada 1.5
and here's the whole article: http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2103600,00.html
But wait, is that 2.6 CDs per year???? Am I missing something? Doesn't that sound a bit low? Anyone here manage less than that in a week?
― Kim Tortoise, Friday, 15 June 2007 20:18 (eighteen years ago)
Make that 2.7, OK!!!!!
― Kim Tortoise, Friday, 15 June 2007 20:19 (eighteen years ago)
we r best mugs!
(kidding)
― Frogman Henry, Friday, 15 June 2007 20:23 (eighteen years ago)
These numbers always lack context. How is this being measured? What is the demoninator, total population or only those over a certain age?
I've long heard the typical adult buys only 3 CDs per year. Anyone on ILM is pretty far down the bell curve to be typical. As per the old rule of thumb, I'd guess 80% of CDs are bought by 20% of people.
― Mr. Odd, Friday, 15 June 2007 21:32 (eighteen years ago)
The denominator is total pop i guess... 160M CDs sold according to thz article and around 60M people in Britain. 160/60 = approx. 2.7.
― Jibe, Saturday, 16 June 2007 10:37 (eighteen years ago)
I guess it's fine since, for a fairly unimportant statistic, units divided by population is OK. But if we use demographics I can't link to right now (sorry), 50% of most Western nations is under 15 and over 60...perhaps we can tentatively double these numbers?
― paulhw, Sunday, 17 June 2007 03:42 (eighteen years ago)
-- Kim Tortoise, Saturday, June 16, 2007 2:18 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link
jon's right, everyone is a fucking aspie.
this is a board for people who spend a lot of time on music. is it really a big newsflash to you that not the whole population is like ilm?
― That one guy that quit, Sunday, 17 June 2007 09:43 (eighteen years ago)
ILM will be weirdly skewed between the people who buy five CDs a week and the downloaders who haven't bothered to buy a CD in the past year.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 17 June 2007 11:06 (eighteen years ago)
a lot of people i know don't buy cds at all, and if they do it's one or two a year at best. and many of these are people who like and/or play music regularly.
― electricsound, Sunday, 17 June 2007 11:40 (eighteen years ago)
but still, 2.7 a year, I buy that in 4 days
perhaps Japan doesn't have the CD player yet, they're a bit behind
― bakerstreetsaxsolo, Sunday, 17 June 2007 12:19 (eighteen years ago)
wow quitney was cranky this morning
i've been buying more CDs recently but only older ones thru amazon marketplace, not much new at all.
― blueski, Sunday, 17 June 2007 19:32 (eighteen years ago)
It's low because numbers exclude non-physical and secondhand purchases. I also assume CD singles weren't counted either.
I don't think I bought a single CD in 2006...this year I had someone buy me one when they went to the UK, and that's it.
― musically, Sunday, 17 June 2007 19:45 (eighteen years ago)
I wonder how much vinyl is sold.
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Sunday, 17 June 2007 19:50 (eighteen years ago)
-- blueski, Monday, June 18, 2007 1:32 AM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
lol me too
― That one guy that quit, Sunday, 17 June 2007 19:52 (eighteen years ago)
wasn't there a British surfers lead the way in music downloading a few months back also (for Europe at least)
― blueski, Sunday, 17 June 2007 20:28 (eighteen years ago)