Music Industry

Time for another weekly Canadian CD and vinyl sales report (27 Aug 2026)

These are all the relevant Canadian weekly sales and streaming numbers courtesy of Luminate.

  • CDs sold in Canada last week: 33,745 (Up 4.27% from last week.)
  • Vinyl sales in Canada last week: 33,887 (Up 1.97%)
  • CDs sold in Canada so far this year: 970,608 (Down 0.40% from last year.)
  • Vinyl sold in Canada this year: 1,140,092 (Up 5.90% from this time last year.)

  Streaming numbers:

  • Songs streamed in Canada last week: 2,898,899,0043 (Up 0.55% from the same week last year.)
  • Songs streamed in Canada so far this year: 98,004,658,9084 (Up 3.00% from last year. We’ll break 100 million next week.)

Alan Cross

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