Music Industry

Weekly Canadian music sales and streaming stats: 13 February 2023

Here is your weekly summary of how things are shaping up for the Canadian recorded music industry as we navigate through 2023. All figures courtesy Luminate.

Year-over-year comparisons:

  • Total album sales, -8.9%
  • CD sales, -8.1%
  • Digital albums, -19.0%
  • Digital tracks, -6.9%
  • Vinyl LPs, +9.0%
  • On-demand audio streams: +17.6%

Here’s a comparison of last week to the one previous.

  • Total albums sales, +4.6%
  • CD sales, +4.3%
  • Digital albums, +7.1%
  • Digital tracks, +2.6%
  • Vinyl LPs, +1.1%
  • On-demand audio streams, +0.8% (2.393 billion streams in the country last week)

Alan Cross

is an internationally known broadcaster, interviewer, writer, consultant, blogger and speaker. In his 40+ years in the music business, Alan has interviewed the biggest names in rock, from David Bowie and U2 to Pearl Jam and the Foo Fighters. He’s also known as a musicologist and documentarian through programs like The Ongoing History of New Music.

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