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Weekly Canadian music sales and streams stats: 23 May 2022

Monday may be a holiday in Canada., but the people at Luminate do not rest. They must report what happened

It was Juno Week in Canada, so there was plenty of promotion of music last week. Let’s see if it

Hot on the heels of the total failure of Truth Social, Donald Trump’s right-wing version of Twitter comes word that

If it’s Monday, it means that Luminate should have the weekly Canadian music sales and streaming stats. These are the

Back in 1984, Keanu Reeves worked for the CBC and did a report on a teddy bear convention. There’s video,

A little post-Earth Day discussion: What’s better for the planet? Downloading songs or streaming them? Because each uses energy, there

Luminate, the company that monitors the health of music sales and streaming for the recorded music industry, has issued the

No surprise, really, given that whenever a high-profile musician dies, there’s extra interest in their music. The death of Taylor

I may be in Southeast Asia for the next bit, but I have a responsibility to post the usual weekly

Yeah, this dog does look like Matt Damon. Moving on to music news for April 6, 2022. The ratings for

This week’s report marks the end of 25% of 2022. Let’s start with the year-over-year numbers. Total album sales, -9.0%

The Goldilocks of Canadian Production Companies – Mark Bishop in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 037 November 25, 2021
Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
Andrew Dick
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