Here’s your weekly Canadian vinyl, CD, and streaming report (03 Oct 2025)

October 4, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Sorry for the delay this week, but I was traveling back from Asia (27 hours!) and things got a little behind. Here’s what happened with Canadian CD and vinyl sales this week along with a report on streaming numbers via Luminate.

CDs sold in Canada last week: 17,880 (Very anemic. Down 5.9% from last week)
Vinyl sales in Canada last week: 21,424 (flat within less than 200 copies from last week)
CDs sold in Canada this year: 1,106,474 (down 8.2% from this point last year)
Vinyl sold in Canada this year: 1,212,814 (up 14.5% from a year ago).

Streaming numbers:

Songs streamed in Canada last week: 2,963,874,477 (up 0.2% from last week)
Songs streamed in Canada so far this year: 109,330,759,245 (up 5.7% from this time in 2024)

Random music news for Saturday, October 4, 2025

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