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Music Industry 

Weekly Canadian music sales and streaming stats: 27 June 2022

June 27, 2022June 28, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Canada, Canadian music sales, CD sales, Luminate, Streaming

Have CD sales once against seen a ludicrous spike in sales this week? Let’s find out–but only after we look

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Music Industry 

Weekly Canadian music sales and streaming stats: 06 June 2022

June 7, 2022June 7, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Canada, Canadian music sales, CD sales, Luminate, Streaming

Just ahead of the start of Canadian Music Week where the industry gathers in Toronto to discuss the state of

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Music News 

52 Fascinating Things Learned in 2015

January 25, 2016January 25, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Better Records, CD sales, Viny Me Please

Writing in Medium.com, Tom Whitwell details 52 things he learned last year. You can read the whole list here, but

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Music Industry 

Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 04 November 2015

November 6, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adele, CD sales, Download Sales, Music sales, Streaming

It’s late again, but what are you gonna do?  Here’s what I can tell you about what music sold in

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Music Industry 

Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 08 July 2015

July 8, 2015July 15, 2015 Alan Cross 2 Comments 2015, CD sales, Download Sales, Music sales

Things are still on the “suck” side of the ledger this week despite four debuts in the Canadian Top 10.

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Music Industry 

The CD: STILL Not Dead

April 4, 2015April 4, 2015 Alan Cross 7 Comments CD sales, Compact Discs, Physical Music

It’s been awhile–Six months? Longer?–since I bought a regular CD. If I need to possess music, I’ll head over to

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Music News 

Streaming Income Takes Over Income from CDs in the US

March 19, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments CD sales, Music Revenue, Streaming Music Services

If you had any doubt, that streaming was here to stay and the future of music consumption, but it aside.

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Music Industry 

Is the Era of Buying Songs Over? Maybe.

January 26, 2015 Alan Cross 1 Comment CD sales, Music sales

There’s always going to be a market for selling songs. CDs, vinyl, digital tracks–a not-insignificant number of music consumers will

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Music Industry 

Comparing Music Purchases from Today to 10 Years Ago

January 24, 2015January 24, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments CD sales, Music sales

This analysis comes from Bobby Owsinski’s Music 3.0 Blog. In 2004, the largest demo of CD buyers was age 36

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Music Industry 

What Really Killed the CD?

August 22, 2014 Alan Cross 4 Comments CD sales, Compact Disc

CD sales have been in free fall since the beginning of the century and for years, we were told that

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Music Industry 

30 Years of Change in the Music Industry Told in 30 Seconds

August 17, 2014 Alan Cross 1 Comment CD sales, Music sales, Vinyl Sales

I’ve posted something like this before, but it’s worth posting again.  (Via Digital Music News)

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