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MCR/Nielsen’s year-end report for music in Canada has arrived. (There is a LOT of data here!)

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2020, Canada, MRC, Nielsen

MCR/Nielsen spends all its time looking at charts, sales, streams, and the music consumption habits of fans all over the

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Music Industry 

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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Music Industry 

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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Random music news for Saturday, December 12, 2020

December 12, 2020December 12, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Apple, Box Sets, Conan O'Brien, Def Leppard, Google Play Music, Grimes, Nielsen, Radio, Sonos, Super Bowl, TikTok, Whale, YouTube Music

Question: Humans have created hundreds of breeds of dogs. Why hasn’t anyone bred a dog that lives longer? Just a

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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 

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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Music Industry 

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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Music Industry 

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

October 20, 2020October 20, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music sales, Nielsen, Streaming

When it comes to music sales and streaming numbers, whatever rules applied in the Olden Days are useless during the

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Music Industry 

Weekly Canadian music sales and stream stats: How are things going during the pandemic?

October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music sales, Nielsen, Streaming

Each Monday, Nielsen/MRC releases statistics on how much music is selling and streaming in Canada. We’ll begin by comparing 2020

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Music Industry 

Our weekly look at Canadian music sales and streaming

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

After supper last night and right on time, Nielsen MCR delivered its weekly report on music sales and streaming across

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