Weekly Canadian music sales and streaming stats: 15 August 2022

August 16, 2022August 16, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments

Like clockwork, the weekly Luminate report appeared in my inbox Monday evening. Here’s the state of the Canadian recorded music industry as of August 15, 2022.

Year-over-year comparisons:

Total album sales, -10.2%
CD sales, -4.7%
Digital albums, -3.9%
Digital tracks, -18.0%
Vinyl LPs, -4.7%
On-demand audio streams: +13.6%

Comparing last week to the week before:

Total album sales, -9.3%
CD sales, -11.3%
Digital albums, -7.9%
Digital tacks, -2.1%
Vinyl LPs, -7.3%
On-demand audio streams, +0.9% (2.358 billion streams in the country last week)

Last Weeks Canadian music sales and streaming stats

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