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The music industry is observing Black Out Tuesday today. What exactly does that mean?

With all the strife across the US–there were protests in support of George Floyd in 147 cities yesterday–there’s a sense

The numbers are in for last week’s Canadian CD sales and streaming. Here’s what you need to know. Total album

In a normal year, Record Store Day would have already come and gone. But because its regular date was in

There has been much handwriting and moaning about the death of rock–at least in the United States. And yes, hip-hop

Let’s be very, very clear. There is no legal way to include music in podcasts. Trust me. I’ve spoken to

Every Monday, Nielsen offers up music sales and stream stats for the prior week across Canada. Needless to say, the

Nielsen Entertainment tracks all manner of music consumption, from radio play to streaming. They’ve been keeping very close tabs on

There will be plenty of unexpected and unintended consequences from the coronavirus pandemic. There will be few areas of our

COVID-19 continues to ravage all areas of the Canadian retail sector, including the sales of recorded music. Here are the

Music Canada, the organization that monitors and lobbies for the Canadian recorded music industry, commissioned a study of 2500 Canadians

MIDIA Research spends a lot of time looking how how we consume music in the digital age. The company has