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Weekly Canadian music sales and streaming stats (22 March 2021)

March 23, 2021March 22, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music sales, Nielsen, Streams

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

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Music News 

Random music news for Tuesday, October 23, 2018

October 23, 2018October 22, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beastie Boys, FACTOR, Headphones, Hologram, Kimye, Music sales, Ozzy Osbourne, Roy Orbison, Streams

Is it October 23, 2018, already? Time to start thinking about when to switch to snow tires, I guess. And

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Random music news for Tuesday, October 16, 2018

October 16, 2018October 16, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beyonce, Bryan Adams, Country Music, Disturbed, Harmonica, India, Johnny Lydon, Music sales, Piracy, Roger Daltrey, Streams, Wilco, Winamp

It was on this day in October 1970 when Pierre Trudeau enacted the War Measures Act. It was a scary

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Music News 

Fun with metrics: Coldplay is bigger than The Beatles. Here’s why and how.

June 5, 2018 Alan Cross 2 Comments Beatles, Coldplay, Streams

Determining The Biggest Band of All Time® was once easy. Which group sold the most records? Case closed, right? Not

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Music Industry 

Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 01 April 2015

April 3, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Downloads, Music sales, Streams

Apologies on the lateness of this week’s report, but it’s been another week of traveling. Let’s start in Canada where

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Music Industry 

Weekly Music News and Sales Report: 20 August 2014

August 22, 2014August 23, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Album sales, Streams

We have a couple more weeks before the industry kicks into high gear for the make-or-break fourth quarter.  Let’s see

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Ongoing History of New Music Podcast

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Each week, the podcast looks at something from the alt-rock universe, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

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Podcast – The Backstage Project

The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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