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Weekly Canadian music sales and streaming stats: 25 May 2021

The trends in music sales and streaming numbers are holding steady this week, although it will be interesting to see

What’s up with music sales and streams in this country? Let’s take a look at the latest stats starting with

I should have posted this last night when the email arrived, but I was too busy watching Family Guy. Here’s

Every Monday night, the people at Nielsen/MRC send out a bulletin featuring the latest Canadian music sales and streaming statistics,

As usual, MRC/Nielsen’s email featuring Canadian music sales and streaming stats appeared in my inbox Monday evening. Here’s how the

Time for a quick spin through Canadian music sales and streaming stats courtesy Nielsen/MRC starting with a look at things

The last couple of weeks have seen the unleashing of a tsunami of new releases, material that was written and

Okay, so I forgot to post this Monday evening when MRC/Nielsen sent out the email. Let’s get caught up on

Monday may have been a stat in many provinces across Canada, but Nielsen/MRC came through with its weekly look at

We’re well into February. How are things looking for Canadian music sales and streams now that we’re at almost the

So how is 2021 looking this week? Let’s begin by comparing things to a year ago. Total album sales, -29.5%

Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver