2005 the recording industry world sales value change by format share one overview this is best year on result achieved for five years it reflects some positive factors including economic recovery strong repertoire and progress in online mobile sectors digital recorded music market would have been flat however trends vary markedly between different regions countries us uk saw growth cd while canada germany japan rate of long term decline slowed very significantly france spain sweden steep falls linked to internet piracy slow retail generally australia italy netherlands also with dvd video slowing down these markets up 2 north america maintains a large impact 36 global 2004 6 units at normal rose 4 3 but were tempered sharp direct special record club has
