Here is your weekly Canadian CD, Vinyl, and streaming report (22 Jan 2026)

January 22, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Luminate has the latest numbers for consumption of recorded music via CD, vinyl, and streaming for last week and for the year to date.

CDs sold in Canada last week: 27,184 (Down 13.7% from last week.)
Vinyl sales in Canada last week: 36,762 (Down 13.6% from a week ago.)
CDs sold in Canada this year: 58,701 (Down 2.7% from a year ago)
Vinyl sold in Canada this year: 81,583 (Up 16.3% from this time last year.)

Streaming numbers:

Songs streamed in Canada last week: 2,903,814,993 (Up 5.7% from a week ago)
Songs streamed in Canada so far this year: 5,652,038,639 (Up 2.9% from this time in 2025)

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