CD sales volume

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Discs

X	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
US	?	?	5.8MM	22.6MM	?	?	?	?	?
UK	?	300k	800k	3.1MM	?	?	?	?	?
WG	?	?	3MM (IFPI)	5.5MM (Philips); 6.7MM (IFPI)	?	?	?	?	?
FR	?	?	1MM	1.4MM	?	?	?	?	?
EU	?	?	?	15MM	?	?	?	?	?
World	?	?	?	50MM	?	?	?	?	?

Players

	1982	1983	1984	1985
US	?	?	?	~1.1MM?
WG	?	?	?	200k
JP	?	?	?	970k
World			965k	3.2MM

Scratch

Musical Sales Total deliveries of recorded music (in millions) to U.S. retailers and market shares, per RIAA?

1983	453.2 total units	LP Records 46.2%	Cassettes 52.3%
1984	458.3 total units	LP Records 37.3%	Cassettes 60.5%	8-Track Tapes 1.1%	CDs 1.1%
1985	532.2 total units	LP Records 31.4%	Cassettes 63.7%	8-Track Tapes .6%	CDs 4.3%