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On-Demand Streaming Grew 75%
in Canada in 2017
Nielsen Music Canada has revealed some of the biggest stories and trends in
Canadian music consumption from 2017.
Year-over-year in Canada, on-demand music streaming grew 75 per cent
in 2017 with the week ending Nov. 30, 2017 marking the first week since
Nielsen Music began tracking streaming in Canada that audio on-demand
streams surpassed the 900 million mark. The Latin music genre saw the largest
streaming increase, 163 per cent, due mostly to the popularity of the global
hits “Despacito” and “Mi Gente.”
The big increase in streaming helped offset a 16 per cent decline in album sales and 19 per cent decline in digital track downloads.
As usual, there were very significant increases for artists who died. The week of Gord Downie’s death saw The Tragically Hip’s overall
consumption increase by 1,000 per cent over the previous week.
THE
award
goes to...
STOMPIN' TOM
Stompin’ Tom
Posthumously
Inducted into Canada’s
Walk of Fame
The late Stompin’ Tom Connors is among
the six honourees who were inducted into
Canada’s Walk of Fame on Nov. 15, 2017,
at the Liberty Grand Theatre in Toronto.
The award organizers say Connors’ legacy
of uniquely Canadian songs extends far
beyond the nearly five million records sold
in his career, and deep into the hearts,
homes, and classrooms of countless Cana-
dians across the country.
At the same ceremony, pop sing-
er-songwriter Shawn Hook received the
Walk of Fame’s 2017 Allan Slaight Honour,
which recognizes young, inspirational
Canadians who’ve achieved international
success in the music industry.
For more information, go to www.
canadaswalkoffame.com.
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