Here’s our weekly look at Canadian CD and vinyl sales

February 13, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

For the first time since at least 1990, Canadians continue to buy more new vinyl than new CDs, although CDs got something of a bump last week. Luminate has the latest figures.

CDs sold in Canada last week: 31,086 (up 17.6% from last week)
Vinyl sold in Canada last week: 25,093 (up 10.5% from last week)
CDs sold so far this year: 144,598 (down 0.3% from this point in 2024)
Vinyl sold so far this year: 163,962 (up 8.1% from a year ago)

As for streaming…

Songs streamed last week: 2,794,173,133 (down 0.6% from last week)
Songs streamed so far this year: 13,830,475,422 (up 8.3% from a year ago)

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