Checking on the sales battle between CDs and vinyl in Canada

March 20, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Vinyl continues to expand its sales lead over CDs in Canada. Who would have ever guessed that this would ever happen again? Here’s the latest from Luminate.

CDs sold in Canada last week: 30,532 (down 2.4% from last week)
Vinyl sold in Canada last week: 31,111 (down 0.4% from a week ago)
CDs sold in Canada so far this year: 292,639 (up 2.2% from a year ago)
Vinyl sold in Canada so far this year: 326,039 (up 16.7% from this point in 2024)

Streaming numbers:

Songs streamed last week: 2,796,140,822 (up 0.2% from last week)
Songs streamed in Canada so far this year: 26,783,764,501 (up 5.9% from a year ago)

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