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| Rank |
MP3 Brand |
2006 sales (million units) |
2005 sales (million units) |
Country |
Remark |
OEM or own plant |
| 1 |
Ipod |
39 |
32 |
USA |
No. 1 in the world. Mostly mini
hard disk MP3 (in the USA and Japan over 70% of the MP3 market are mini disk
MP3s. In China, S. Korea and the EU flash MP3 has over 70% market share). |
Foxconn OEMs almost all iPOD
MP3s. Apple has no independently owned
MP3 plants/lines |
| 2 |
CreATIve |
10 |
8 |
Singapore |
No.2 in the world, following only Apple iPod on the global market |
have factories in Singapore, Taiwan,
Shanghai China, Qingdao China four cities. And also have some products OEM
from Korea OEM partners.less than 25 OEM by others |
| 3 |
Iriver |
7.6 |
5.5 |
Korea |
No.1 in Korea. Focus on Flash MP3 |
Own MP3 factory in Dongguan, China
with over 8 million units annual capacity.
Also works with OEM partner HongKong AVCONCEPT (at OEM factory in
Shenzhen China). Less than 25% oursourcing to OEM partners. |
| 4 |
Samsung |
6.5 |
4.8 |
Korea |
No.2 in Korea. Famous electronics manufacturer. |
Samsung-owned MP3 manufacture
factory in Huizhou China. |
| 5 |
SONY |
5.5 |
4.5 |
Japan |
No.2 in Japan market |
OEM by others (Taiwan manufacturers) |
| 6 |
Aigo |
2.2 |
1.3 |
China |
No.2 in China, but total sales (world-wide) are no greater than Newman's
sales. |
No Aigo owned factories. All MP3
product OEMed TEG and other OEM/ODMs. |
| 7 |
SanDisk |
2 |
1.3 |
USA |
No.3 in USA |
Mostly OEM by Taiwan manufacturers. |
| 8 |
Newman |
1.9 |
1.4 |
China |
No.1 in China. Focus on Flash MP3. |
Almost all product OEMed by TEG. No
Newman owned MP3 factories. |
| 9 |
Iaudio |
1.3 |
0.9 |
Korea |
No.3 in Korea, only after Iriver and Samsung in 2005. But in 2006,
reached no.2. position following Iriver. Sells its MP3s to China, Japan and
other countries. |
Iaudio-owned factory, and also OEM
for others. |
| 10 |
Panasonic |
1.1 |
0.6 |
Japan |
No.3 in Japan, following only iPod and Sony. Also sells their MP3s to
other countries. |
OEMed by others (Taiwan
manufacturers). |
| Others |
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7.9 |
4.7 |
Most in China, Taiwan, S. Korea,
HongKong -- small MP3 brands. |
| Total |
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85 |
65 |
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| * Note: Does not include mobile phone based MP3 players. |
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| Source: THT
Research |
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