January 14, 2014

Digital Sales Rising, Physicals Declining in Canada

Canadian music market scores positive results in digital sales area on year-on-year comparison. Digital singles scored 116.1 million sales in 2013 which is a 2% increase comparing to 2012, when sales were 114.3 million. Digital albums scored 9% increase with 11.4 million sales in 2013. The report comes shortly after it was announced that US digital market scored decrease in 2013 for the first time.

In physical sales, however, Canadian music market scored a decrease selling 17.6 million copies in 2013 which is a 15% decrease compared to 2012 (20.6 million). 

Universal Music Group is the leader for catalogue and current titles with 46.2% share, Sony Music Entertainment is second with 22.3%, Warner Music Group is third with 13.5% while independent record label make 18% of the sales.


Top Selling Digital Song

Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines
 706 000
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Thrift Shop
 554 000
Avicii – Wake Me Up
 523 000

Top Selling Albums

Eminem – The Marshall Matters LP 2
 242 000
Celine Dion – Loved Me Back To Life
 231 000
Imagine Dragons – Night Visions
 179 000

Top Selling Digital Albums

Imagine Dragons – Night Visions
 100 000
Eminem – The Marshall Matters LP 2
 87 000
The Lumineers – The Lumineers
 80 000

Top Physical Albums

Celine Dion – Loved Me Back To Life
 208 000
Eminem – The Marshall Matters LP 2
 150 000
Michael Buble – To Be Loved
 116 000

Top Selling Artists

Eminem
 365 000
Celine Dion
 304 000
Michael Buble
 256 000

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