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NIELSEN MUSIC

MID-YEARREPORTCANADA 2018

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INTRODUCTIONWelcome to the Nielsen Music Mid-Year Report, which provides an exclusive glimpse at the music industry’s leading trends, data and insights from the past six months. The music industry is still in the midst of an exciting growth spurt that led to 15-year record revenues for the major label groups in 2017 and has continued to break new consumption milestones for the first half of 2018.

That included a 18.1% increase in total album equivalent audio consumption (album sales + track equivalent albums + audio on-demand streaming equivalent albums), led by a 53.3% increase in audio on-demand streams, which reached a six-month record of nearly 27 billion.

Canadian artists achieved major successes in the first half of 2018. The Weeknd, Shawn Mendes and Tory Lanez scored number one consumption albums, while Jim Cuddy, Éric Lapointe and Coeur De Pirate picked up chart-topping album sellers. At radio, The Weeknd, Dallas Smith, Dean Brody, The Sheepdogs and Arcade Fire landed format chart-toppers while Loud Luxury, Lindsay Ell and Black Pistol Fire scored their first airplay number one songs. And then of course there’s Drake, whose two singles “God’s Plan” and “Nice For What” spent a combined total of 14 weeks at the top of the Billboard Canadian Hot 100.

And with streaming records still being broken on a regular basis in recent months, there’s no reason to expect this momentum to slow down any time soon. In fact, we’re thrilled to now have Amazon Prime Music fully integrated across our Music Connect desktop and mobile app platforms. For a full list of updates to our products and services, see the highlights on the following page.

Over the course of the next 20-plus pages, Nielsen Music has compiled all the essential learnings you need to power the rest of your 2018. And as always, we’d love to hear from you to learn how we can provide more tools to prepare you for the coming months.

CANADIANARTISTS

ACHIEVED MAJOR

SUCCESSES IN THE FIRST

HALF OF 2018

Paul ShaverVice PresidentNielsen Entertainment Canada - Music | Sports

Copyright © 2017 The Nielsen Company


WHAT’S NEW FROM NIELSEN MUSIC

Amazon Canada is now fully integrated into Music Connect, informing Nielsen Streaming On-Demand (Total and Audio splits) data.

Music Connect subscribers in the U.S. and Canada can now upgrade for greater customization and control via real-time, direct access to the Music Connect API.

Plays measured by Nielsen Music on paid-subscription tiers of streaming services will be given more weight on Music Connect calculations than those on ad-supported services. These will be reflected on the Billboard charts as well.

Daily building charts are now available in Nielsen’s Music Connect Mobile app in the U.S. and Canada.


CONTENTS2018 MID-YEAR INDUSTRY HIGHLIGHTS

2018 MID-YEAR MOMENTS

2018 MID-YEAR TIMELINE 2018 IN MEMORIAM

2018 MID-YEAR CHARTS

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NOTE: The term “total album equivalent consumption” in this report describes the number of

physical and digital albums that were sold and the total number of album equivalent songs from

downloads and song streaming volume. For the sake of clarity, the definition of album equivalent

consumption does not include listening to music on broadcast radio or digital radio broadcasts.

Unless otherwise noted, all numbers are volume.



TOTAL ALBUM EQUIVALENT CONSUMPTION*(ALBUM + TE A + ON-DEMAND AUDIO/ VIDEO SE A)

2018 2017 % CHG.

31.3M 26.1M +19.8%

(ALBUM + TE A + ON-DEMAND AUDIO SE A)

2018 2017 % CHG.

27.0M 22.9M +18.1%

2018 2017 % CHG.

26.8B 17.5B

ON-DEMAND SONG STREAMING - AUDIO

+53.3%

% CHG.

2018 2017 % CHG.

6.4B 4.8B +32.0%

ON-DEMAND SONG STREAMING - VIDEO*(AUDIO + VIDEO)

2018 2017 % CHG.

33.1B 22.3B +48.7%

ON-DEMAND SONG STREAMING*

TOTAL ALBUM SALES + TEA2018 2017 % CHG.

9.2M 11.2M -18.4%

MID-YEAR 2018

*A video streaming provider does not report full depth data.

* Track Equivalent Albums (TEA) ratio of 10 tracks to 1 album and Streaming Equivalent Albums (SEA) ratio of 1,500 streams to 1 album.

Data figures represent 12/29/2017-6/28/2018.


TOTAL ALBUM SALES (PHYICAL + DIGITAL)

2018 2017 % CHG.

6.7M 8.1M -17.1%

DIGITAL ALBUM SALES2018 2017 % CHG.

2.5M 3.2M -22.0%

2018 2017 % CHG.

22.9M 18.1M +26.6%

PHYSICAL ALBUM SALES (INCLUDES VINYL LP)

2018 2017 % CHG.

4.2M 4.8M -13.7%

VINYL LP SALES

2018 2017 % CHG.

0.4M 0.3M +66.6%

DIGITAL TRACK SALES2018 2017 % CHG.

24.9M 31.8M -21.8% Data figures represent 12/29/2017-6/28/2018

ALBUM EQUIVALENT CONSUMPTION DIGITAL (DIGITAL ALBUMS + TE A + ON-DEMAND AUDIO SE A)



Data figures represent 12/29/2017-6/28/2018

CATALOGUE VS. CURRENT SALES(CATALOGUE IS DEFINED AS OVER 18 MONTHS)

OVER ALL ALBUMS CURRENT 45.2% 45.9% -18.4%CATALOGUE 54.8% 54.1% -15.9%

DIGITAL ALBUMS

PHYSICAL ALBUMS

DIGITAL TR ACKS

CURRENT 44.7% 47.8% -27.0%CATALOGUE 55.3% 52.2% -17.5%

OVER ALL ON-DEMAND AUDIO STRE AMS



CURRENT 42.5% 43.0% 51.3%CATALOGUE 57.5% 57.0% 54.7%

CURRENT 42.9% 43.6% 17.9%CATALOGUE 57.1% 56.4% 21.3%

Data figures represent 12/29/2017-6/28/2018.

ALBUM EQUIVALENT CONSUMPTION DIGITAL (DIGITAL ALBUMS + TE A + ON-DEMAND AUDIO SE A)

TOTAL ALBUM EQUIVALENT CONSUMP TION


ALESSIA CARABest New Artist - 421% album sales gain, 153% digital track gain, 25% On-Demand streaming gain

LEONARD COHEN Best Rock Performance - 9% Audio consumption increase

THE WEEKNDThe Weeknd - Best Urban Contemporary Album

BRUNO MARS205% sales gain for 24K Magic, 10% On-Demand streaming increase for “That’s What I Like”. 3.5 million On-Demand streams for “Finesse (Remix)” with Cardi B

TOP MID-YEAR MOMENTS

GRAMMY GAINSThe 60th Annual Grammy Awards proved to be a big night in sales bumps for Canadian artists, led by Alessia Cara, who took home the coveted Best New Artist trophy, and Bruno Mars, who swept all six of his nominated categories.



Total album audio consumption continues to surge in 2018, surpassing 2017’s record figures. Overall album audio consumption increased 18.1% to 27 million units, up from 23 million during the same period in 2017. Leading the charge was substantial growth for on-demand audio and video streaming, which grew a combined 48.7%. The increased activity helped offset continued declines in album sales, which declined 17.1% to 6.7 million units and digital song sales, which slipped 21.8% to 24.9 million units.

ALBUM AUDIO, ON-DEMAND DRIVES RECORD FIRST HALF FOR MUSIC CONSUMPTION

R&B/HIP-HOP CONTINUES TO LE AD AT STRE AMING SERVICES, R ADIO

R&B/Hip-hop continues to grow, with 21.3% of total album audio equivalent volume (album + TEA + audio SEA.) Along with big consumption numbers from international stars of the genre and the continued success of Canadians Drake and The Weeknd, a number of breakout Canadian urban acts have contributed to the genre’s explosion.

Juno Award-winning singer-songwriters Daniel Caesar and Jessie Reyez have accumulated over 28 million and 11 million audio on-demand streams, respectively, during the first half of 2018, while rappers Nav and Tory Lanez have totaled 58 million and 62 million audio on-demand streams, respectively, after releasing new albums during the first six months of 2018.

STREAMING SURGE

HIP-HOP’S ASCENT


RADIO SPOTLIGHT

DRAKE

HOW CANADIAN ARTISTS RULED THE AIRWAVES

At CHR, The Weeknd’s team-up with Kendrick Lamar, “Pray For Me,” spent two weeks at No. 1, marking the singer’s third chart-topping hit at the format. With “Body,” dance duo Loud Luxury became the first Canadian act to top the format chart with their first charted single since Avril Lavigne’s “Complicated” in 2002. In the Country format, Dallas Smith scored his fifth No. 1 (and fourth straight) Country hit with “Sleepin’ Around.” Dean Brody (pictured right) picked up his third No. 1 and first since 2013 with “8th Day.” And newcomer Lindsay Ell scored her first No. 1 song with “Criminal.”

The Sheepdogs picked up their third No. 1 song on the Mainstream Rock chart with “I’ve Got A Hole Where My Heart Should Be.” In Modern Rock, Arcade Fire’s “Creature Comfort” gave the band it’s third chart-topper at the format, while breakouts Black Pistol Fire scored a No. 1 hit with their first charted song, “Lost Cause.”

THE R AP SUPERSTAR’S REIGN CONTINUES WITH 14 WEEKS AT NO. 1 ON THE HOT 100 AND BLOCKBUSTER NE W ALBUM

Drake made a triumphant return to the chart with singles “God’s Plan” and “Nice For What,” which have spent a combined 14 of the first 26 weeks of the year at No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100, with 98 million and 49 million on-demand streams, respectively.

The singles previewed Drake’s blockbuster album Scorpion, which kicked off its first weekend of release on June 29 with a combined 33 million streams for its tracks.

He also scored a top 5 peak with “Yes Indeed,” a duet with Lil Baby and a No. 2 peak as a featured artist on BlocBoy JB’s first charted song, “Look Alive.”



DANIEL CAESAR, JESSIE RE YEZ, SHAWN MENDES POST BIGGEST GAINS FROM AWARDS BROADCAST

The 2018 Juno Awards, which aired March 25 on CBC Television, marked Canada’s biggest celebration of its homegrown artists. The ceremony prompted double-digit gains for many of the night’s biggest winners, including: Daniel Caesar (R&B/Soul Recording Of The Year), whose album sales received a 160% increase; Shawn Mendes (Fan Choice, Single Of The Year), who saw a 134% increase in On-Demand Streams; Jessie Reyez (Breakthrough Artist Of The Year), who posted a 129% lift in On-Demand Streams, and the late Gord Downie (Artist Of The Year, Adult Alternative Album Of The Year, Songwriter Of The Year) whose catalogue saw a 111% boost in On-Demand Streams.

JUNOS BY THE NUMBERS


THE WEEKND, SHAWN MENDES LE AD A SUCCESSFUL FIRST SIX MONTHS FOR CANADIAN ACTS

Canadian superstars The Weeknd’s My Dear Melancholy and Shawn Mendes’ self-titled album each debuted at the top of the album equivalent consumption chart in the first half of 2018, with 19,000 in album equivalent consumption in its first week and 32,000 in album equivalent consumption, respectively. Each artist tallied their third consecutive No. 1 album.

Tory Lanez scored his first No. 1 album with Memories Don’t Die (8,400 album equivalent units). Three other Canadian artists, Jim Cuddy, Éric Lapointe and Coeur de pirate, each picked up the top-selling album sales total during each of their albums’ first week of release.

CANADIAN ARTISTS SCORE NO. 1 ALBUMS

WORLD CUP 2018

As World Cup fever continues in Moscow through July 15 (and comes to Canada in 2026), FIFA’s two official anthems have begun to find an audience in Canada. Nicky Jam’s “Live It Up,” featuring Will Smith and Era Istrefi, posted big gains in the week prior to the June 14 kickoff: a 320% lift in Digital Track Sales, an 8% increase in Audio Streams, a 444% surge in On-Demand Video Streams and a 93% increase in Airplay Audience.

Jason Derulo’s anthem for Coca-Cola, “Colors,” posted a 10% lift in song consumption during the same time period, while Pitbull’s 2014 anthem “We Are One” saw a 60% combined bump in song sales and streaming as fans revisited past favorites. Canadian superstar Shawn Mendes recorded a Portuguese-language version of his current hit single “In My Blood” which was adopted as the theme song for the Portugal team.

OFFICIAL ANTHEMS OF PRESENT AND PAST SCORE BIG AUDIENCE GAINS



RECORD STORE DAY RECAP ANNUAL CELEBR ATION POSTS YE AR-OVER-YE AR VINYL SALES LIF T

Now in its 11th year, Record Store Day exclusive releases helped vinyl sales total over 27,000 units for the week of the celebration (April 20-26). The total accounted for a 96% increase in vinyl sales over Record Store Day in 2017.

Neil Young’s Roxy: Tonight’s the Night Live, Prince’s 1999, The Doors’ Live At The Matrix Part 2, David Bowie’s Bowie Now and Arcade Fire’s EP were among the top album sellers, while titles from Led Zeppelin, The Sheepdogs and Bowie were popular among single releases.

Record Store Day continues the growth of vinyl sales, which YTD are up 66.6% compared to the first six months of 2017.


Camila Cabello tops the Billboard

Canadian Hot 100 and Billboard Canadian

Albums charts with her single “Havana”

(127 million streams to date) and

debut solo album, Camila (12,000

first-week album equivalent

consumption units), respectively.

Justin Timberlake headlines the Pepsi

Super Bowl LII Halftime Show two days

after releasing his latest album, Man Of

The Woods. The widely seen performance

helps Timberlake accumulate 18,000

total album equivent units

for Woods’ first week.

Philly native Meek Mill sees a 1,200%

digital download sales lift for his song

“Dreams and Nightmares” after his

hometown team the Philadelphia

Eagles uses the track for their

walkout to support his #freemeekmill

campaign to get released from prison.

Kendrick Lamar’s all-star

soundtrack to Black Panther is

released, eventually becoming

the year’s third most-consumed

album to date.

Barenaked Ladies reunite with

Steven Page for a performance at the

Juno Awards in Vancouver and are

inducted into the Canadian Music Hall

of Fame. Their catalogue scored a

220% album equivalent consumption

increase for the week of the Awards.

XXXTentacion’s album ? debuts

at No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian

Albums chart, powered by 15 million

audio on-demand streams in its first

week. Following the rapper’s death

on June 18, sales of the album surged

to 10,400 in album equivalent units.

MORE MID-YEAR HIGHLIGHTSJA

NUAR

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Music executive Scott Borchetta

premieres new Canadian music show

“The Launch” with superstar mentors

including Shania Twain, Alessia Cara,

Fergie, Boy George, Ryan Tedder of

OneRepublic and Nikki Sixx of Motley

Crue. The song “Ain’t Easy” by Elijah

Woods x Jamie Fine reached the top 10

at the three pop radio formats.



The SOCAN Awards take place

in Toronto, with Songwriter

of the Year honours going to

Shawn Mendes and Adam

“Frank Dukes” Feeney, and

performances from Sarah

McLachlan, Rose Cousins and

Dear Rouge.

Beyoncé headlines

Coachella and live-

streams her extensively

choreographed 90-minute

set on YouTube. The set

breaks YouTube’s live-

stream record for the

festival and leads to a 119%

increase in album sales of

Beyoncé’s solo catalogue.

Childish Gambino releases

the politically charged, instantly

viral video for new single “This Is

America.” The song debuts at No. 1

on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100

the following week with 6.9 million

on-demand streams.

Post Malone’s second album

beerbongs & bentleys breaks the

record for the highest audio

on-demand streams from an

album in a single week, with

43.3 million. The album has the

highest consumption total for

the first half of 2018.

Cardi B debuts at No. 1 on the

Billboard Canadian Albums chart

with debut album Invasion of

Privacy, fueled by 12 million audio

on-demand streams and over

12,000 in total album

equivalent consumption.

JULY

Tom Cochrane releases a new

version of his 1988 single “Big

League” to benefit victims,

survivors and families affected by

the April 6th bus crash involving the

Humboldt Broncos ice hockey team.

Cochrane’s 2018 mix posts 15,000

streams in its first week, while

the original version sees a 658%

increase in on-demand streaming

the week after the tragedy.

Daniel Caesar wins the

inaugural Nielsen Talent

Development Story of the Year at

Canadian Music Week. His debut

album, Freudian, has totaled

over 40,000 album equivalent

consumption units since its

2017 release.


2018 I N M E M O R I A M

AVICIIThe Swedish DJ-producer’s death on April 20 sent his best-known single, “Wake Me Up,” into the No. 8 position on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 on May 1, fueled by 2.7 million Canadian streams (a 953% increase from the week before). His 2013 album True re-entered the Billboard Canadian Albums chart at No. 12.

DOLORES O’RIORDAN The Cranberries frontwoman’s passing on January 15 sparked a 2,158% growth in the band’s total catalogue consumption for the reporting week. The group’s best-of album, 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection, landed at No. 9 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, while three singles, “Zombie,” “Dreams” and “Linger” each entered the top 10 on the Digital Songs chart.

XXXTENTACION The Florida rapper already had 2018’s 15th most-consumed album with ? at the time of his death on June 18. For the reporting week following his passing, the album jumped to No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart while his single, “Sad!,” jumped to No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart and No. 2 on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100. His catalogue posted a total album equivalnet consumption increase of 477% over the previous week.

1998-2018

1971-2018

RONNIE PROPHETThe Quebec-born country star hosted and performed on numerous Canadian TV shows in the 1970s, including “Grand Old Country” and “The Ronnie Prophet Show.” Between the ‘70s and ‘80s, he won two Juno Awards and he was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999. Prophet had 11 Canadian Top 20 hits and three Top 50 hits in the US.

1989-2018

1937-2018



1 Drake God's Plan 759,000

2 Drake Nice For What 373,000

3 Loud Luxury Feat. Brando Body 297,000

4 The Weeknd & Kendrick Lamar Pray For Me 252,000

5 The Weeknd Call Out My Name 199,000

1 Drake 290,000

2 The Weeknd 125,000

3 Shawn Mendes 112,000

4 The Tragically Hip 71,000

5 Tory Lanez 47,000

ALBUM + TEA + ON-DEMAND AUDIO SEA

1 Shawn Mendes Shawn Mendes 71,000

2 The Weeknd My Dear Melancholy 53,000

3 Drake More Life 42,000

4 The Weeknd Starboy 38,000

5 Éric Lapointe Délivrance 38,000

TOP 5 ALBUMS


THE YEAR SO FAR FOR CANADIAN ARTISTS (DECEMBER 29, 2017 - JUNE 28, 2018)

1 Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine Ain't Easy 43,000


3 Felix Cartal Get What You Give 40,000


5 Scott Helman PDA 32,000


1 Ed Sheeran Perfect 644,000

2 Camila Cabello Feat. Young Thug Havana 589,000

3 Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line Meant To Be 392,000

4 Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey The Middle 329,000

5 Marshmello & Anne-Marie Friends 319,000

1 Ed Sheeran 202,000

2 Shawn Mendes 112,000

3 P!nk 103,000

4 Taylor Swift 97,000

5 Camila Cabello 94,000


1 Ed Sheeran Divide 148,000

2 Camila Cabello Camila 94,000

3 Various Artists The Greatest Showman 73,000

4 P!nk Beautiful Trauma 73,000


TOP 5 ALBUMS


THE YEAR SO FAR IN POP (DECEMBER 29, 2017 - JUNE 28, 2018)








THE YEAR SO FAR IN ROCK (DECEMBER 29, 2017 - JUNE 28, 2018)

1 Imagine Dragons Thunder 314,000

2 Imagine Dragons Believer 228,000

3 Portugal. The Man Feel It Still 167,000

4 Halsey Bad At Love 164,000

5 Bad Wolves Zombie 158,000

1 Imagine Dragons 107,000

2 The Beatles 90,000

3 Metallica 80,000

4 The Tragically Hip 71,000

5 Elvis Presley 59,000


1 Imagine Dragons Evolve 75,000


3 The Tragically Hip Yer Favourites 33,000

4 Vance Joy Nation Of Two 29,000

5 Queen Platinum Collection 27,000




3 Imagine Dragons Whatever It Takes 35,000

4 Halsey Bad At Love 32,000

5 Alice Merton No Roots 20,000


THE YEAR SO FAR IN R&B/HIP-HOP (DECEMBER 29, 2017 - JUNE 28, 2018)


2 Post Malone Feat. Ty Dolla $ign Psycho 458,000

3 Post Malone Feat. 21 Savage Rockstar 437,000

4 Drake Nice For What 373,000

5 BlocBoy JB Feat. Drake Look Alive 359,000

1 Post Malone 290,000

2 Drake 249,000

3 Eminem 196,000

4 XXXTentacion 134,000

5 Migos 126,000


1 Post Malone beerbongs & bentleys 206,,000

2 Various Artists Black Panther: The Album 107,000

3 Migos Culture Ii 990,000

4 Cardi B Invasion Of Privacy 86,000

5 Post Malone Stoney 84,000


1 Bruno Mars & Cardi B Finesse 48,000



4 The Weeknd Die For You 26,000

5 NF Let You Down 22,000




2 Kane Brown Heaven 135,000

3 Thomas Rhett Marry Me 134,000

4 Dan + Shay Tequila 127,000

5 Sam Hunt Body Like A Back Road 120,000

1 Keith Urban 96,000

2 Luke Bryan 58,000

3 Chris Stapleton 56,000

4 Jason Aldean 48,000

5 Alan Jackson 48,000


1 Keith Urban Graffiti U 71,000

2 Jason Aldean Rearview Town 31,000

3 Luke Combs This One's For You 30,000

4 Thomas Rhett Life Changes 29,000

5 Kane Brown Kane Brown 26,000


THE YEAR SO FAR IN COUNTRY (DECEMBER 29, 2017 - JUNE 28, 2018)


2 Dierks Bentley Woman, Amen 22,000

3 Thomas Rhett Marry Me 21,000

4 Luke Bryan Most People Are Good 21,000

5 Jordan Davis Singles You Up 20,000


2018 BILLBOARD MID-YEAR CHARTS POWERED BY NIELSEN MUSIC

On-Demand Audio Streams

1 Post Malone 333,000 38,000 223,000 344,765,000

2 Drake 283,000 8,000 226,000 328,136,000

3 Ed Sheeran 276,000 59,000 312,000 167,702,000

4 Eminem 240,000 64,000 193,000 169,300,000

5 XXXTentaction 161,000 8,000 84,000 177,338,000

6 Migos 151,000 9,000 72,000 164,153,000

7 The Weeknd 144,000 21,000 67,000 146,303,000

8 Imagine Dragons 143,000 28,000 255,000 80,006,000

9 Kendrick Lamar 132,000 18,000 73,000 136,854,000

10 Shawn Mendes 130,000 40,000 123,000 90,753,000

ArtistRank Total Album Equivalent Consumption Album Sales Digital Songs

On-Demand Audio

Streaming

TOP 10 ARTISTS

TOP CANADIAN ARTISTS BY CONSUMPTION

Digital Song SalesOn-Demand Audio Streams

1 Drake 283,000 8,000 226,000 328,136,000

2 The Weeknd 144,000 21,000 67,000 146,303,000

3 Shawn Mendes 130,000 40,000 123,000 90,753,000

4 The Tragically Hip 74,000 39,000 43,000 40,903,000

5 Tory Lanez 51,000 4,000 12,000 62,665,000

6 Éric Lapointe 48,000 41,000 19,000 6,408,000

7 Shania Twain 44,000 26,000 26,000 16,987,000

8 Celine Dion 43,000 11,000 41,000 17,449,000

9 NAV 43,000 1,000 9,000 57,913,000

10 Justin Bieber 41,000 3,000 22,000 35,947,000

ArtistRank Total Album Equivalent Consumption Album Sales Digital Songs On-Demand Audio

Streaming



1 Post Malone 344,765,000

2 Drake 328,136,000

3 XXXTentacion 177,338,000

4 Eminem 169,300,000

5 Ed Sheeran 167,702,000

6 Migos 164,153,000

7 The Weeknd 146,303,000

8 Kendrick Lamar 136,854,000

9 Kanye West 123,476,000

10 J. Cole 107,934,000

ArtistRank STREAMING ON-DEMAND AUDIO

TOP 10 ARTIST RANKED BY ON-DEMAND AUDIO STREAMS

1 Post Malone Beerbongs & Bentleys 206,000 29,000 162,000 241,600,000

2 Ed Sheeran Divide 148,000 50,000 266,000 107,589,000

3 Various Artists Black Panther: The Album 107,000 16,000 100,000 121,726,000

4 Camila Cabello Camila 94,000 16,000 196,000 87,473,000

5 Migos Culture Ii 90,000 3,000 55,000 122,587,000

6 Cardi B Invasion Of Privacy 86,000 8,000 92,000 103,234,000

7 Post Malone Stoney 84,000 9,000 61,000 103,132,000

8 XXXTentacion ? 77,000 3,000 51,000 102,150,000

9 Imagine Dragons Evolve 75,000 21,000 209,000 49,987,000

10 Eminem Revival 74,000 25,000 89,000 59,013,000

ArtistRank TitleTotal Album Equivalent

Consumption

Album Sales

Song Sales

TOP 10 ALBUMS (ALBUM SALES + TE A + ON-DEMAND AUDIO SE A)









7 Post Malone beerbongs & bentleys 29,000

8 Justin Timberlake Man Of The Woods 26,000

9 Eminem Revival 25,000

10 Elvis Presley 40 Years On 23,000

ArtistRank Title Sales

TOP 10 ALBUMS



3 Justin Timberlake Man Of The Woods 14,000

4 Post Malone beerbongs & bentleys 13,000

5 Imagine Dragons Evolve 11,000


7 The Weeknd My Dear Melancholy 11,000

8 Eminem Revival 10,000

9 Jim Cuddy Constellation 9,000

10 Various Artists Black Panther: The Album 9,000


TOP 10 DIGITAL ALBUMS

(TOTAL SALES)







5 Elvis Presley 40 Years On 23,000


7 BTS Love Yourself: Tear 18,000

8 Various Artists 2018 Grammy Nominees 17,000

9 Jack White Boarding House Reach 17,000

10 Marc Hervieux Nos Chansons 16,000


TOP 10 PHYSICAL CD ALBUMS

1 Various Artists Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix 7,000

2 Jack White Boarding House Reach 4,000

3 Kendrick Lamar Damn. 2,000

4 Bob Marley & The Wailers Legend 2,000

5 Arctic Monkeys Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino 2,000

6 Amy Winehouse Back To Black 2,000

7 Leon Bridges Good Thing 2,000

8 Pink Floyd The Dark Side Of The Moon 2,000

9 Childish Gambino Awaken My Love 1,000

10 Metallica Garage Days 1,000


TOP 10 LP VINYL ALBUMS


1 Drake God's Plan 591,000 107,000 72,614,000

2 Ed Sheeran Perfect 410,000 165,000 36,841,000

3 Post Malone Feat. Ty Dolla $ign Psycho 351,000 50,000 45,126,000

4 Camila Cabello Feat. Young Thug Havana 335,000 122,000 31,882,000

5 Post Malone Feat. 21 Savage Rockstar 326,000 57,000 40,389,000

6 Drake Nice For What 306,000 45,000 39,053,000

7 BlocBoy JB Feat. Drake Look Alive 291,000 23,000 40,187,000

8 Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line Meant To Be 283,000 91,000 28,837,000

9 Loud Luxury Feat. Brando Body 276,000 66,000 31,485,000

10 Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey The Middle 252,000 63,000 28,419,000

ArtistRank Song Song Sales w/ SES On-Demand Audio

Song Sales Streaming On-Demand Audio

TOP 10 DIGITAL SONG CONSUMPTION

1 Drake God's Plan 97,772,000

2 Ed Sheeran Perfect 71,907,000

3 Camila Cabello Feat. Young Thug Havana 69,969,000

4 Post Malone Feat. Ty Dolla $ign Psycho 61,244,000

5 Post Malone Feat. 21 Savage Rockstar 57,006,000

6 BlocBoy JB Feat. Drake Look Alive 50,465,000

7 Drake Nice For What 49,088,000

8 Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line Meant To Be 45,166,000

9 Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Despacito 42,245,000

10 Marshmello & Anne-Marie Friends 40,382,000

ArtistRank Song On-Demand Streams

TOP 10 SONGS ON-DEMAND STREAMS(AUDIO + VIDEO)




2 Post Malone Feat. Ty Dolla $ign Psycho 45,126,000


4 BlocBoy JB feat. Drake Look Alive 40,187,000

5 Drake Nice For What 39,053,000



8 Loud Luxury Feat. Brando Body 31,485,000

9 Kendrick Lamar & Sza All The Stars 30,164,000


ArtistRank Song On-Demand Audio Streams

TOP 10 SONGS ON-DEMAND AUDIO STREAMS




4 Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Despacito 23,995,000

5 Ed Sheeran Shape Of You 18,300,000

6 Childish Gambino This Is America 17,852,000

7 Bruno Mars & Cardi B Finesse 17,469,000

8 Imagine Dragons Thunder 17,427,000



ArtistRank Song On-Demand Video Streams

TOP 10 SONGS ON-DEMAND VIDEO STREAMS





4 Bruno Mars & Cardi B Finesse 48,000





9 Selena Gomez x Marshmello Wolves 41,000


ArtistRank Song Plays

TOP 10 RADIO SONGS BASED ON PLAYS






6 Bad Wolves Zombie 77,000

7 Imagine Dragons Whatever It Takes 73,000


9 Justin Timberlake Feat. Chris Stapleton Say Something 66,000

10 Eminem Feat. Ed Sheeran River 65,000

ArtistRank Song Sales

TOP 10 DIGITAL SONG SALES



TOP 10 CANADIAN ARTISTS BY AIRPLAY



3 Felix Cartal Get What You Give 40,000


5 Scott Helman PDA 32,000

6 Ria Mae Bend 31,000

7 Shawn Mendes In My Blood 27,000

8 Tyler Shaw Cautious 26,000


10 Bulow Not A Love Song 26,000

ArtistRank Song Play


SHARE OF TOTAL AUDIO ALBUM EQUIVALENT CONSUMPTION BY FORMAT

R&B / Hip-Hop 21.3% 10.8% 14.7% 13.9% 16.2% 25.9%

Alt. Rock 12.1% 17.5% 16.1% 19.8% 11.2% 10.2%

Hard Rock 6.1% 13.5% 14.7% 11.5% 5.2% 3.5%

Country 7.4% 10.3% 12.0% 7.4% 10.2% 6.0%

Latin 1.3% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 1.7% 1.6%

Electronic / Dance 5.4% 1.9% 1.2% 3.0% 6.7% 6.6%

Christian / Gospel 1.1% 1.6% 1.2% 2.4% 1.4% 0.9%

Children 0.6% 0.5% 0.6% 0.4% 0.8% 0.6%

Jazz 0.8% 1.6% 1.7% 1.4% 0.5% 0.6%

Classical 1.0% 2.2% 2.2% 2.1% 0.6% 0.6%

Total Volume*

Total Album Sales

Physical Album Sales

Digital Album Sales

Digital Song Sales


Genre

Read as 21.3% of Total Album Sales comes from R&B/Hip-Hop genre

* Total Volume = Albums + TEA + On-Demand Audio SEA

SHARE OF TOTAL VOLUME BY FORMAT & GENRE

36%

33%

16%

16%

2%

25%

37%

20%

6%

15%

19%

17%

6%

19%

5%

2%

13%

15%

6%

9%

6%

5%

12%

11%

11%

12%

9%

8%

9%

7%

9%

38%

46%

66%

53%

80%

84%

53%

37%

56%

80%

66%

Classical

Jazz

Children

Christian/Gospel

Electronic/Dance

Latin

Country

Hard Rock

Alt. Rock

R&B/Hip Hop

Industry Total

Physical Albums Digital Albums Digital Track Sales (TEA) On-Demand Audio Streams (SEA)

3%

18%



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