MP3 Player Sales to Reach 18.2 Million Domestically

National sales of digital music players will grow 35 percent this year to 18.2 million units, and sales are expected to continue to grow at a compound annual growth rate of over 10 percent through 2010, when the national installed base will hit 56.1 million units.

Apple, whose iPod is one of the leaders in the digital music player market, is expected to dominate sales over the medium term, according to the research, but Jupiter expects that flash-based players will surpass the current hard drive-based models in 2007.