Weekly Canadian music sales and streaming stats: 17 January 2022

January 18, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

The new year is officially underway for the Canadian recorded music industry. Here’s how things looked for the first week of 2022 compared to the first week of 2021.

Total album sales, -0.9%
CD sales, +24.7%
Digital album sales, -23.3%
Digital tracks, -20.0%
Vinyl LPs, +15.0%
On-demand audio streams, +11.3%

Now let’s compare things Week 1 with Week 2 of 2022.

Total album sales, -16.0%
CD sales, -15.7%
Digital album sales, -4.8%
Digital tracks, -3.7%
Vinyl LPs, -32.5%
On-demand audio streams, +5.1% (1.911 billion streams in the country last week)

All figures courtesy MRC Data.

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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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