Getting near the end: The second-last report on Canadian music sales and streaming stats for 2020.
Holidays or not, Nielsen/MRC Canada issued its weekly report on Canadian music sales and stats yesterday (December 28). This is the second-last chart report for the year. The final chart week of the year ends at 11:59 pm December 31. Convenient!
Let’s start by looking at the dismal year-over-year numbers. Things were already trending down. Then the pandemic hit.
- Total album sales, -33.7%
- CD sales, -48.2%
- Digital albums, -18.7%
- Digital tracks, -26.0%
- Vinyl LPs, -12.1%
- On-demand audio, +15.9%
So are things recovering? Here’s how things compare this weekly report to the last one.
- Total album sales, -8.0%
- CD sales, -5.0%
- Digital albums, -3.6%
- Digital tracks, +6.3%
- Vinyl LPs, -20.8%
- On-demand audio, +3.1%
