Weekly Music Sales Report: 18 December 2013
Any week with nine releases selling more than 10,000 copies would be a good one. But given that this same week last year saw fourteen releases with sales of 10,000+, 2013 continues to disappoint.
Year-to-date sales in Canada are at -6% for the year with CD sales down by 15%. Digital albums are higher by 10% while digital tracks are struggling with just a 3% increase.
Beyonce’s self-titled surprised debuted at #1 with 35,000 copies, 100% of which were digital. It’s followed by Christmas Gift to You from Johnny Reid (18,000). Then it’s Michael Buble’s Christmas at #6. It’s sold more than 700,000 copies over the years.
As for the top digital track, it’s still “Timber” from Pitbull with 26,000 downloads.
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