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Here is this week's Nielsen 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.
Launched in 2019, New Colossus has built a reputation as a vibrant music discovery festival in Manhattan's Lower East Side. Its model is focused exclusively on emerging artists — the festival has no headliners — and it operates out of independent venues packed close together, giving the festival a truly buzzy feel for attendees.
Part of the impetus behind the festival was to create a stopover for artists on their way down to SXSW in Austin. (OBGMs and Knitting are both heading down to Texas after their Manhattan gigs.) Thanks in part to its proximity to the Canadian border, though, the festival has become a key play for Canadian acts in its own right. For many, it's their first American gig, and entry point into an important market.
The festival is also growing its industry component: partnerships this year include festivals like M for Montreal, Focus Wales, and Iceland Airwaves, as well as booking agency Anniversary Group, Born Losers Records, and promotion company Planetary Group.
Check out the lineup-to-date below. The New Colossus Festival takes place March 4-9, 2025. Festival badges are on sale here.
