Weekly Canadian music sales and streaming stats: 18 September 2023

September 18, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments

Where are things at with the Canadian recorded music industry this week? Let’s take a look beginning by comparing last week to the week before:

Total album sales, -4.9%
CD sales, -10.6%
Digital albums sales, -12.0%
Digital tracks, -11.2%
Vinyl LP sales, +22.9%
On-demand audio streams, +15.5%

Here’s a comparison of last week to the same week in 2023.

Total album sales, +4.0%
CD sales, +0.8%
Digital albums sales, -3.1%
Digital tracks, -4.6%
Vinyl LP sales, +21.6%
On-demand audio streams, +2.4% (2.568 billion streams in the country last week. That’s close to an all-time record)

All figures courtesy of Luminate.

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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