Weekly Canadian music sales and streaming stats: 20 March 2023

As winter officially turns into spring, here’s how the Canadian recorded music industry is doing. We begin by comparing last week to the same week in 2022.

  • Total album sales, -5.5%
  • CD sales, -6.7%
  • Digital albums, -14.7%
  • Digital tracks, -7.7%
  • Vinyl LPs, +15.8%
  • On-demand audio streams, +16.3%

Let’s now go week by week, comparing last week to the one before.

  • Total album sales, +5.4%
  • CD sales, +16.8%
  • Digital albums, -12.0%
  • Digital tracks, -1.3%
  • Vinyl LPs, +16.2%
  • On-demand audio streams, -1.3% (2.398 billion streams in the country last week)

All figures courtesy 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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