It’s the first CD vs vinyl battle report of 2025. Guess what’s ahead?
In case you missed the news, vinyl had a late year surge in sales to pull past CDs when it comes to which format sold the most. According to Luminate, 1,854,710 CDs were
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If you follow my reports on this site, you’ll know that CD sales have been in a steep decline week after week, month after month, and year after year. If the trend lines
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With just a couple of weekly reports to go, the CD will remain the most popular physical music format in Canada–at least if we’re talking about new product. New vinyl is snapping at
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With only days left in 2024, the number of CDs sold will once again be greater than that of vinyl–but not by much. Who knows what will happen in 2025? Will we end
Read MoreTime for our weekly check on the Canadian CDs vs. vinyl battle
Just a few more weeks left in 2024 and once again, the top-selling pre-recorded music format will be the CD. But based on current sales trends, that will probably change as sales of
Read MoreHere’s the latest in the Canadian sales battle between CDs and vinyl.
There’s not enough time left in the year for sales of fresh vinyl to surpass CDs. But at the pace things are going, the two sales lines will cross sometime in 2025. Meanwhile,
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I have a feeling that vinyl is going to have a good holiday season, especially with the Black Friday edition of Record Store Day. CDs will still outsell vinyl in terms of sheer
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I did a lot of record shopping when I was in the UK last week. One of the things that surprised me was how so many stores have shifted almost entirely away from
Read MoreHow goes the CDs vs vinyl battle in Canada this week?
Apologies for delivering this info a day late, but I was traveling to the UK to see the Cure tonight. I’ll have more on that later. Meanwhile, here’s how the CDs vs vinyl
Read MoreA check-in on the weekly Canadian sales battle between vinyl and CDs
Executive summary: Vinyl sales continue to go up while CD sales are still dropping. CDs will outsell vinyl in terms of units this year (at least in terms of fresh vinyl) but revenues
Read MoreHere’s our weekly look at the Canadian sales battle between CDs and vinyl
CDs will still be the best-selling physical format in Canada by the end of this year. However, the revenue generated by vinyl will be much higher simply because vinyl is more expensive. But
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