I need data that gives me the number (not %) of CD sales over the years. From 1990-2006 possibly...?

Question

I need actual numbers they cannot be percents I have looked and looked and all I find is graphs, I need like a table that gives the years and the number of CD's sold in millions. PLEASE!

Answer 1

Stats are for the US, as quoted by the RIAA, in millions of CDs
1990 288
1991 333
1992 407
1993 495
1994 662
1995 723
1996 778
1997 753
1998 847
1999 939
2000 942
2001 881
2002 803
2003 746
2004 767
2005 705
2006 no data yet

These are the units shipped, the manufacture does not know when the dealer actually sells them, if at all.

Answer 2

theres a little article in rolling stone that says:
the top five selling CDs in 1996 were:
1 No Doubt-Tragic Kingdom 250,842 copies
2 Romeo and Juliet Suondtrack 172,965 copies
3 Celine Dion- falling into you 163,780 copies
4 The Preachers Wife soundtrack 143,812 copies
5 Space Jam Soubdtrack 133,745 copies

in 2001:
1 Creed- weathered 165,712 copies
2 Linkin Park- Hybrid Theory 124,346 copies
3 Ludacris- Word of Mouf' 105,603 copies
4 NickelBack- Silver Side Up 103,262 copies
5 Now 8 96,579 copies

in 2006
1 Dreamgirls soundtrack 66,355 copies
2 Akon- Konvicted 63,699 copies
3 Daughtry-Daughtry 55,916 copies
4 Justin Timberlake- future sex love sounds 51,638 copies
5 Now 23 48,094 copies