Trends indicate that CDs will emerge as the sales champions in Canada for 2024–at least in raw numbers of units sold. Vinyl isn’t far behind. However, because vinyl costs more, vinyl will be
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The Quebec government have always been hardasses when it comes to protecting and promoting the French language. It’s also true that some of the rules they put in place and enforce are onerous
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David Gilmour has his wish: He no longer has to deal with Roger Waters now that Pink Floyd’s catalogue has been purchased by Sony for US$400 million. I’m surprised that the sale price
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American fans using YouTube or YouTube Music were annoyed to find that a lot of songs by big artists (including Nirvana, Green Day, Adele, and Bob Dylan) disappeared and were no longer available.
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We haven’t seen this kind of format horserace since sometime in the early 90s. Who would have ever thought that vinyl would come back to the point where it’s challenging CDs for the
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Well, this is interesting. A year ago, bets were that TikTok was in the process of creating its own streaming music service. The thinking was that an in-house platform would prevent users from
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Yes, Canadians are still buying CDs–a lot of them. But each year, they’re buying fewer and fewer. Meanwhile, we’re picking up plenty of vinyl. What Luminate reports each week are the numbers of
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Last year, Miley Cyrus had a massive hit with the song “Flowers.” It’s been streamed more than 2.2 billion times and the view is approaching one billion views on YouTube. It’s been a
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The American Hockey League is now caught up in an alleged copyright infringement case. Sony and APM (a music production company owned by Universal) both say the AHL has engaged in “rampant” copyright
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Once music is released, copies flood the planet: CDs, vinyl, digital tracks and files, maybe a few tapes. But all those copies come from master recordings. Should anyone need to make more copies,
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The way things are going, CD sales will end 2024 higher than of fresh vinyl, but each week, the gap between the two is getting smaller. If the trend continues, vinyl records will
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