So What Did Canadians Buy on Record Store Day?
Did you go shopping on Record Store Day? What did you buy? Nielsen Canada has the numbers. (And there’s more coverage here.)
- RSD week saw a 349% increase in vinyl LPs at retailers, compared to a week earlier.
- RSD pushed an 8% increase in overall album sales at retail
- Physical singles sales grew by 1,600% over the prior week
Top Vinyl LP Albums (RSD Exclusives)
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Top Singles (RSD Exclusives)
| 1 | Pink Floyd | Interstellar Overdrive |
| 2 | Pearl Jam | State of Love & Trust/Breath |
| 3 | John Williams | Star Wars: A New Hope |
| 4 | The Smiths | The Boy with the Thorn in his Side |
| 5 | U2 | Red Hill Mining Town |
| 6 | Toto | Africa |
| 7 | Alice In Chains | What the Hell/Get Born |
| 8 | Lumineers | Song Seeds |
| 9 | Deee-Lite | Groove is in the Heart |
| 10 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Go Robot/Dreams of a Samurai |
