Fact Sheet: RIN 2005
- Well over 100,000 album titles - both new and re-issues - were released in 2004
- Per capita album sales are higher in the UK than anywhere else in the world - with an average 2.9 albums bought by every man, woman and child in
the country every year. Norway is second at 2.7, with the USA third at 2.6
- The average age of music consumers is increasing. In 1999 music consumers over 30 accounted for less than half of all music sales. Now 55% of
music is bought by the over 30s. The world’s ‘oldest consumers’ (% of over 30s) are in:
Hungary (73%), Netherlands (73%), Austria (71%) and Germany (69%). ‘Youngest consumers’: Brazil (37%), Mexico
(26%) and Japan (30%)
- Singapore has the highest number of CD players per household in the world - at almost four (390%). The USA is next (257%) followed by Hong Kong
(212%) and the UK (166%)
- At 94%, US households have more DVD players than anywhere else in the world. The top ten markets for music DVD sales are USA, Japan, Germany,
France, UK, Brazil, Netherlands, Canada, Australia and Spain
- Canada has the highest broadband uptake in North America (46%). Denmark has the highest broadband penetration in Europe (44%) and Chile has the
highest broadband penetration in Latin America (8%)
- Taiwan has biggest number of mobile phones per household (110%) - at least one for every person in the country. Mobile penetration reached 100%
in three other markets in 2004 - Czech Republic, Portugal and Sweden
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