Time for the weekly Canadian music sales report. How’s the CDs vs vinyl battle going?

March 6, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Luminate has new numbers for us when it comes to tracking the sales and streaming of music across the country. We’ll start with a look at the CD vs vinyl sales battle.

CDs sold in Canada last week: 28,631 (up 4.4% from last week)
Vinyl sold in Canada last week: 30,156 (down 6.6%
CDs sold in Canada so far this year: 230,836 (up 1.5% from this point in 2024)
Vinyl sold in Canada so far this year: 263,667 (up 15.3% from a year ago)

As for streaming:

Songs streamed in Canada last week: 2,992,064,255 (a jump of 4.3% from a year ago)
Songs streamed in Canada so far this year: 22,198,372,034 (up 6.6% from a year ago)

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