Canadian CD, DVD Sales Plummet

“Sales of CDs, music DVDs and other physical music formats in Canada fell 12 per cent in 2006, CRIA said in a statement released Thursday. And then things got worse — first quarter sales in 2007 were down 35 per cent, according to industry statistics.” Digital downloads didn’t make up the losses. “There were just 20 million songs downloaded legally in Canada in 2006, compared with 1.3 billion illegal downloads.”