Music Industry

Let’s wrap up 2025 sales of CDs and vinyl in Canada (08 Jan 2026)

Alan Cross ,  ,  ,  , 

Luminate has released the last CD and vinyl sales report for 2025. Here are those numbers along with the final stats for streams, too.

  • CDs sold in Canada last week: 20,857 (Down 67.8% from last week. That’s not a typo.)
  • Vinyl sales in Canada last week: 50,420 (Down 51.7% from a week ago)
  • CDs sold in Canada this year: 1,704,522 (Down 5.4% from the end of 2024.)
  • Vinyl sold in Canada this year: 2,053,881(Up 15.30% from a year ago).

  Streaming numbers:

  • Songs streamed in Canada last week: 2,564,016,074 (Down 14.3% from a week ago)
  • Songs streamed in Canada so far this year: 150,154,823,151 (Up 5.3% from the end of 2024)

Alan Cross

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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