Here’s your weekly check on Canadian music sales and streams

December 8, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

With just a couple of weeks to go before Christmas, here’s how the Canadian recorded music industry is doing, starting with the ugly comparisons between this time in 2019 and today.

Total album sales, -34.0%
CD sales, -48.9%
Digital albums, -43.2%
Digital tracks, -25.9%
Vinyl LPs, -10.3%
On-demand audio streams, +16.0%

Now let’s compare week-over-week (which includes Black Friday sales).

Total album sales, +4.2%
CD sales, +3.2%
Digital albums, -1.2%
Digital tracks, +1/4%
Vinyl LPs, +16.0%
On-demand audio streams, +3.1% (1.819 billion streams in the country last week)

All figures courtesy Nielsen/MRC

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is an internationally known broadcaster, interviewer, writer, consultant, blogger and speaker. In his 40+ years in the music business, Alan has interviewed the biggest names in rock, from David Bowie and U2 to Pearl Jam and the Foo Fighters. He’s also known as a musicologist and documentarian through programs like The Ongoing History of New Music.

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