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Another check on the weekly sales battle between CDs and vinyl.

Alan Cross 1 min read

Over the last few months, CD sales in Canada have widened its sales lead on vinyl, but not by much–and for not much longer. CD sales continue to drop while more people are buying vinyl at an increasing clip. At this rate, the trend lines will cross sometime in 2025. Meanwhile, here’s where things stand this week. And keep in mind that these figures include sales from the Black Friday edition of Record Store Day.

  • Total CDs sold in Canada last week: 57,062 (up a solid 25% from a week ago).
  • Total vinyl sold in Canada last week: 87,306 (up 54.8% from the previous week. Yay, Record Store Day!)
  • CDs sold in all of Canada this year: 1,594,909 (down 12.7% from a year ago)
  • Vinyl sold in Canada this year: 1,487,771 (up 25.2% from this point last year)

Streaming stats? Sure.

  • Songs streamed in Canada last week: 2,849,102,476 (up 2.0% from a week earlier)
  • Songs streamed in Canada this year: 131,922,954,114 (up 9.7% from a year ago)

All figures via Luminate.

Alan Cross

is an internationally known broadcaster, interviewer, writer, consultant, blogger and speaker. In his 40+ years in the music business, Alan has interviewed the biggest names in rock, from David Bowie and U2 to Pearl Jam and the Foo Fighters. He’s also known as a musicologist and documentarian through programs like The Ongoing History of New Music.

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