> I keep hearing this from people - artists, record labels, record stores, > etc. but is there any source for stats? I'd like to see some numbers > compared from year to year about the drop in sales of DJ vinyl to back up > what people are saying. Not that I do or do not believe them, I just would > like to know if any group has tracked the sales figures either in a > specific country or globally. > > any DJ trade magazines cover this?
Hi Michael, I really don't think these statistics are available. In the US, these are kept by the RIAA (http://www.riaa.org) and internationally it is keptby International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (http://www.ifpi.org). But they don't break it down into Genre's. And I'm sure that you're average small "mom and pop" record store isn't reporting their sales to the RIAA. So you have a breakdown. The only people that really know in the Techno world are the artists, record labels, distributors, and record stores that are seeing that they aren't selling as much now as what they were. If I'm wrong, please point me to these statistics, as I and many other people would love to see the break down of Dance Music sales over the last 10 years. Cheers... Dave
