More year-end sales numbers: Who sold the most CDs and vinyl in Canada in 2023? Do you have to ask?

Luminate, the monitor of all kinds of music consumption, has published its year-end report for Canada in 2023. That includes lists of the best-selling CDs and vinyl records in the country last year.

CDs

1. Taylor Swift, 1989 (Taylor’s Version): 30,000
2. Metallica, 72 Seasons: 17,000
3. Alexandra Stréliski, Neo-Romance: 16,000
4. Taylor Swift, Speak Now (Taylor’s Version): 13,000
5. Rolling Stones, Hackney Diamonds: 11,000
6. Taylor Swift, Lover: 10,000
7. Salebarbes, A Boire Deboutte: 10,000
8. Taylor Swift, Midnights: 10,000
9. Pink, Trustfall: 8,000
10. Ed Sheeran – (Minus): 8,000

Vinyl

1. Taylor Swift, 1989 (Taylor’s Version): 43,000 units
2. Taylor Swift, Speak Now (Taylor’s Version): 18,000
3. Taylor Swift, Midnights: 18,000
4. Olivia Rodrigo, Guts: 8,000
5. Pink Floyd, The Dark Side of the Moon: 8,000
6. Lan Del Rey, Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Boulevard: 7,000
7. Taylor Swift, Red (Taylor’s Version): 6,000
8. Fleetwood Mac, Rumours: 6,000
9. Arctic Monkeys, AM: 5,000
10. Rolling Stones, Hackney Diamonds: 5,000

Other facts:

• Album consumption (sales plus streaming) was up to 107.2 million units from 93.2 million in 2022. That’s up 15% and better than America’s 12.6% gain.
• Most people (73.1%) listened to catalogue music (i.e. material more than two years old).
• Older Canadian albums did really well.
• More stats can be found here.