Weekly Canadian music sales and streaming stats: 30 January 2023

January 30, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

That’s pretty much it for January. Here’s how the first twelfth portion of the year went.

Year-over-year stats:

Total album sales, -8.2%
CD sales, -6.1%
Digital albums, -19.3
Digital tracks, -6.9%
Vinyl LPs, +8.6%
On-demand audio streams, 0.0%

Last week compared to the week before:

Total album sales, -3.4%
CD sales, -5.8%
Digital albums, +1.6%
Digital tracks, -2.1%
Vinyl LPs, -6.3%
On-demand audio streams, 0.0% (2.366 billion streams in the country last week)

All figures courtesy Luminate.

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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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