Year-End Music Market Results for Canada by the Numbers

So where did the Canadian music market finish in 2014? FYI Music News lays it out like this:

1 – The number of Canadian artists that sold more than 100,000 copies of an album. That was Bobby Bazini’s Where I Belong, moving 102,000 copies.
7 – The number of albums sold over 100,000 copies with Taylor Swift’s 1989 leading the way with 314,000 units. In 2013, 16 albums sold more than 100,000 copies.
14% – The decline in sales in the Alternative category.
7% – Overall album sales were down to 37.9 million from last year. CD sales were down 7%, too.
39% – The percentage of all album sales that were digital
51% – The decline in sales in the rap and R&B categories.
71% – The increase in vinyl sales over 2013
207,000 – The number of time a Hedley song was played on Canadian radio, the highest of any artist in 2013.
6 billion – The number of songs were streamed in just six months