A historical chart of download progression is needed

[surflounge]

Thank you for the checks you've been sending me these past years Derek. I am wondering if you have a timeline from the past 10 years of how album sales vs digital download sales have changed. I remember when it was an 80 percent album ratio, now the receipts you send me add up to 80 percent download sales.

Do you (or any of the other Q&A guests) have a historical measure for this question, and when it really changed over? I'd love to see a simple chart for info sake. I bet it was in the recent years.

P.S. you are correct about having both CDs and digital downloads available for customers. You sell my CDs all over the world, and likewise downloads.

[Derek Sivers]

Originally Posted by surflounge

I'd love to see a simple chart for info sake.

Here ya go!

PHYSICAL SALES on cdbaby.com
2004-01 = $523959
2004-02 = $550847
2004-03 = $627880
2004-04 = $582572
2004-05 = $557398
2004-06 = $555623
2004-07 = $588001
2004-08 = $573450
2004-09 = $644905
2004-10 = $615394
2004-11 = $703826
2004-12 = $957216
2005-01 = $899291
2005-02 = $767315
2005-03 = $763020
2005-04 = $731834
2005-05 = $778324
2005-06 = $697984
2005-07 = $709250
2005-08 = $796799
2005-09 = $874173
2005-10 = $800716
2005-11 = $886581
2005-12 = $1121548
2006-01 = $971152
2006-02 = $932182
2006-03 = $1018782
2006-04 = $906598
2006-05 = $959964
2006-06 = $845201
2006-07 = $929059
2006-08 = $1066268
2006-09 = $1030873
2006-10 = $1050234
2006-11 = $1182013
2006-12 = $1641167
2007-01 = $1252582
2007-02 = $1134492
2007-03 = $1237179
2007-04 = $1207883
2007-05 = $1156856
2007-06 = $1122128
2007-07 = $1286732
2007-08 = $1179467
2007-09 = $1204930
2007-10 = $1263808

CD Baby Digital Distribution:
2004-01 = $11100
2004-02 = $19561
2004-03 = $33000
2004-04 = $33708
2004-05 = $46215
2004-06 = $58489
2004-07 = $67679
2004-08 = $68328
2004-09 = $101407
2004-10 = $100535
2004-11 = $129730
2004-12 = $162660
2005-01 = $172636
2005-02 = $200421
2005-03 = $260200
2005-04 = $228323
2005-05 = $238415
2005-06 = $277223
2005-07 = $332198
2005-08 = $346210
2005-09 = $358082
2005-10 = $481357
2005-11 = $545513
2005-12 = $651858
2006-01 = $127148
2006-02 = $720697
2006-03 = $575477
2006-04 = $538487
2006-05 = $742776
2006-06 = $542371
2006-07 = $588369
2006-08 = $889547
2006-09 = $1277440
2006-10 = $1111696
2006-11 = $1208269
2006-12 = $1159652
2007-01 = $1235338
2007-02 = $1266259
2007-03 = $1368981
2007-04 = $1306744
2007-05 = $1236906
2007-06 = $1327114
2007-07 = $1370211
2007-08 = $1432024
2007-09 = $1097361

[gsilbers]

wow... thats a big chunk of change. nice!

still Cds beats downloads.


do you see downloads replacing CDs 100%?? 80%?