Weekly Canadian music sales and streaming stats: 20 March 2023

March 20, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

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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