Here is this week's Luminate Data Market Watch report which features Canadian music stats for the current week and YTD with comparisons to last year. This chart is published every Tuesday.
By External Source
Here is this week's Luminate Data Market Watch report which features Canadian music stats for the current week and YTD with comparisons to last year. This chart is published every Tuesday. The abbreviation "TEA" is a term used to describe the sale of music downloads or singles. A track equivalent album is equal to 10 tracks, or 10 songs.
The Weather Station
Also this week, there are new album release dates for the debut solo album from Frigs/Orville Peck bands' Bria Salmena, post-punk band Gloin and more.
Following our look-ahead to the most notable upcoming Canadian albums of 2025, we're back with a full calendar of new releases.
This week features the philosophical new album Humanhood from acclaimed singer-songwriter The Weather Station (Tamara Lindeman).
She joins the new year's first busy release week along Montreal psych rockers Elephant Stone, L.A.-based Canadian artist/producer Maddie Jay, Simply Saucer's Edgar Breau, '90s-rooted rockers Jonas & the Jaguar Moon, plus Ken Presse of The Franklin Electric and Montreal singer-songwriter Marlaena Moore.
There have also been some new release dates to add to our upcoming calendar, including Gloin, Frog Eyes, Population 11, Bria Salmena , Envy of None and Brock Geiger.
Here is the full album release calendar:
10: Maddie Jay, I Can Change Your Mind
17: Marlaena Moore, Because You Love Everything (Session/Bonsound)
17: The Weather Station, Humanhood ( Next Door Records)
17:Edgar Breau, Acadian Drifter
17: Elephant Stone, Back Into The Garage
17: Strat Andriotis, Exits
17: Jonas & the Jaguar Moon, S/T
17: Drop It First, Fundamentals
17: Ken Presse, Someday
24: Motherhood, Thunder Perfect Mind (Forward Music)
24: Holly Cole, Dark Moon
24: Tariq, Scroll Before You Sleep (Tiny Kingdom)
24: Sarah Page & Patrick Graham, Littoral States
25: Murray Kinsley & Wicked Grin, The Eye Of The Storm
31: Christian Sean , Hallelujah Showers (Bonsound)
31: Charlie Houston, After I Die (Arts & Crafts)
31: The Weeknd, Hurry Up Tomorrow (XO and Republic Records)
31: Gus Engelhorn, The Hornbook (Secret City)
31: N NAO, Nouveau Langage ( Mothland)
31: Featurette, Panic Pills (via Division11)
31: Jann Arden, MIXTAPE
3: Nia Nadurata, Still Living With My Parents (Arts & Crafts)
7: Gino Vannelli, THE LIFE I GOT (TO MY MOST BELOVED)(COA Productions)
7: Naya Ali, We Did The Damn Thing (Bonsound)
14: Peter Dreams and MOONRIIVR, S/T (Six Shooter)
14: Customer Service, to you, after 2000 years (Royal Mountain)
14: Fernie, Hopeless Dreams
14: Raj Ramayya, Love Thy Brown Brother
14: Alessia Cara, Love & Hyperbole
14: Neil Young, Oceanside Countryside(Reprise)
18: Mark McLaughlin, All I Can Say
21: Basia Bulat, Basia’s Palace (Secret City Records)
21: Tate McRae, So Close To What (RCA Records)
21: Silverstein, Antibloom (UNFD)
21: Laurie Torres, Après coup (Tonal Union)
27: JJ Miller, Hometown Believer
28: CJ Wiley, So Brand New (Tiny Kingdom)
28: Filmmaker, An Invitation to an Accident(Record Record Label)
28: The Hylozoists, La Fin Du Monde (Record Record Label)
28: hHead, Jerk/Fireman (Record Record Label)
28: Don Amero, Broken Record: Part 1 - Heart
6: The Shuffle Demons, Are You Really Real (ALMA Records)
7: No Frills, Sad Clown(We Are Busy Bodies)
7: Spiritbox, Tsunami Sea, (Pale Chord /Rise Records)
7: Frog Eyes, The Open Up
28: Salin, Rammana
28: Destroyer, Dan’s Boogie (Merge)
28: Bria Salmena, Big Dog (Royal Mountain)
28: Gloin, All of your anger is actually shame (and I bet that makes you angry) (Mothland)
8: Terry Gomes, Some Chunes
25: Rachella Wred, Leave The Light On
9: Hanorah, Closer Than Hell (Ensoul Records)
