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Canadian music sales and streaming stats for the first week of 2021

January 12, 2021January 11, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments MRC, Music sales, Nielsen, Streaming

As usual, MRC/Nielsen’s weekly round-up of music sales and streams popped into my inbox Monday evening. What does the first

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Let’s wrap up Canadian music sales and streaming stats for 2020

January 5, 2021January 4, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music sales, Streaming

Well, that’s convenient. The last chart week of 2020 ended at 11:59 pm December 31, 2020. Here’s the final look

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Getting near the end: The second-last report on Canadian music sales and streaming stats for 2020.

December 29, 2020December 28, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music sales, Nielsen, Streaming

Holidays or not, Nielsen/MRC Canada issued its weekly report on Canadian music sales and stats yesterday (December 28). This is

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Music Industry 

The second-last report on Canadian music sale and streaming stats of 2020

December 22, 2020December 21, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music sales, Streaming

Outside of the growth in streaming, it has not been a good year for the recorded music industry for all

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Our weekly check on Canadian music sales and streaming stats

December 15, 2020December 14, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music sales, Streaming

Another week, another health checkup on what’s happening with the Canadian recorded music industry starting with the ugly year-over-year comparison

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Music Industry 

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

December 8, 2020December 7, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music sales, Nielsen, Streaming

With just a couple of weeks to go before Christmas, here’s how the Canadian recorded music industry is doing, starting

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Music Industry 

Checking on weekly Canadian music sales and streaming data

December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music sales, Nielsen

Nielsen/MRC delivered the weekly music stats. Here they are starting with the scary year-over-year figures. Total album sales, -34.4% CD

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Music Industry 

Another weekly check on Canadian music sales and streaming stats

November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments AC/DC, Music sales, Streaming

Nielsen/MRC’s report on Canadian music sales and streaming stats for the week ending November 20 appeared in my inbox right

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Music Industry 

This is our weekly check-up on Canadian music sales and streaming stats

November 17, 2020November 16, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music sales

Where do this stand with the pandemic and Canadian music sales and streaming? Let’s take a look, starting by comparing

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Here’s our weekly check on Canadian music sales and streaming stats

November 10, 2020November 10, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music sales, Nielsen, Streaming

If it’s Monday evening, then Nielsen/MRC has the weekly sales and streaming stats for Canada. As has become our habit

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Our weekly check-up on Canadian music sales and streaming stats

November 3, 2020November 3, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music sales, Nielsen

The latest Canadian sales and streaming figures from MRC/Nielsen Canada came in on schedule last night. Here’s how the recorded

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