This is our weekly check-up on Canadian music sales and streaming stats
Where do this stand with the pandemic and Canadian music sales and streaming? Let’s take a look, starting by comparing things to this point last year.
- Total album sales, -35.2%
- CD sales, -50.7%
- Digital album sales, -19.9%
- Digital tracks, -26.0%
- Vinyl LPs, -13.9%
- On-demand audio streams, +16.3%
A better indicator of the health/recovery of the recorded music industry are the week-over-week stats.
- Total album sales, -+1.7%
- CD sales, +0.2%
- Digital album sales, -0.3%
- Digital tracks, +3.1%
- Vinyl LPs, +10.4%
- On-demand audio streams, +1.1%
Figures courtesy Nielsen/MRC
