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Quick Facts About the Mexican Music Market
- Population - 103.3 mil
- Official language - Spanish
- Total physical unit sales (2006) - 40.2 mil units
- Total physical unit revenues (2006) - $357.1mil US
- Top three best-selling international albums of 2006 - Monkey Business - Black Eyed Peas; Oral Fixation - Shakira; Il Divo - Il Divo
- Up until two years ago, was consistently ranked amongst the top 10 international music markets
- Mobile sales account for nearly 10% of net sales for some labels
- Mexican produced music is the primary source of material for the U.S. Latin market
- Mexico hosts two legitimate digital retailers: Tarabu (owned by Televisa), and Bion (owned by telephone company Telmex)
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