It happened to me again last night. My wife and the dog went up to bed early, leaving the TV in my custody. But after cycling through Netflix, Amazon Prime, Apple TV+, Paramount,
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The trends in music sales and streaming numbers are holding steady this week, although it will be interesting to see what happens next weekend when the effect of The Tragically Hip’s Saskadelphia has
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What’s up with music sales and streams in this country? Let’s take a look at the latest stats starting with year-over-year comparisons. Total album sales, -10.5% CD sales, -12.6% Digital albums, -22.4% Digital
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I should have posted this last night when the email arrived, but I was too busy watching Family Guy. Here’s the latest update on how the Canadian recorded music industry is going this
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Every Monday night, the people at Nielsen/MRC send out a bulletin featuring the latest Canadian music sales and streaming statistics, something eagerly awaited by the music industry. How’s business? Let’s start with year-over-year
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As usual, MRC/Nielsen’s email featuring Canadian music sales and streaming stats appeared in my inbox Monday evening. Here’s how the recorded music industry shapes up this week, beginning with the comparison of today
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Time for a quick spin through Canadian music sales and streaming stats courtesy Nielsen/MRC starting with a look at things year-over-year. Total album sales, -24.9% CD sales, -43.0% Digital albums, -18.0% Digital tracks,
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The last couple of weeks have seen the unleashing of a tsunami of new releases, material that was written and recorded during the pandemic. This music has to come out sometime–and that time
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Okay, so I forgot to post this Monday evening when MRC/Nielsen sent out the email. Let’s get caught up on what happened with Canadian music sales and streaming from last week. Year-over-year stats:
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Monday may have been a stat in many provinces across Canada, but Nielsen/MRC came through with its weekly look at music sales and streaming stats for the country. Here are things as compared
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We’re well into February. How are things looking for Canadian music sales and streams now that we’re at almost the one year anniversary of COVID? Let’s start with the year-over-year figures courtesy Nielsen/MCR.
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