Here are the most downloaded/most-used apps of 2021
A site called App Annie has gone through all the most popular apps to determine which apps were the most
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Proof that 2021 was not great for new music
Quick: Name an album released in 2021 that will go down in history as an all-time classic. Other than Adele’s
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Here’s the final word on Canadian music sales and streaming for 2021
With the calendar flipping to a new year, it’s time to look back on what music Canadians bought and streamed
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Despite supply chain issues, vinyl had another MONSTER year
When vinyl sales ticked back up in 2008, it was easy to look at this as an anomaly, a blip
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Weekly survey: How would you grade the new music of 2021?
Now that we’re getting very close to the end of the year, it’s time for some reflection on the overall
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TikTok’s year in music report is out
If it wasn’t for music, TikTok wouldn’t exist. And given the explosive growth of the platform over the last couple
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What were the biggest streamers on Spotify in 2021?
If you’re a user of Spotify, you might have already received your Unwrapped report which goes through all your listening
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YouTube Canada’s top videos, creators, and moments for 2021
Now that we’re into December, here come all the year-end lists. YouTube Canada has published several such lists. Let’s go
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Cadence Weapon’s Parallel World Wins the 2021 Polaris Music Prize
Cadence Weapon, born in Edmonton and raised in Toronto, took home the $50,000 cheque for the 2021 Polaris Music Prize
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Will Lollapalooza end up being a COVID superspreader event?
Give what you know about the rise of the Delta variant of COVID, would you have gone to Lollapalooza last
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Some are calling this year’s Lollapalooza “COVIDpalooza”…
…and you can see why. The AV Club also has this story. “Is it safe?” That’s the number-one question I
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