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The Top 10 Best-Selling Vinyl Records and CDs of 2023

Data company Luminate provided these exclusive lists to Billboard Canada, plus the top 10 streaming country and R&B/hip-hop songs.

Taylor Swift's '1989 (Taylor's Version)'

Taylor Swift's '1989 (Taylor's Version)'

Last week, Luminate put out its 2023 year-end report. While Luminate, the data company that tabulates Billboard's charts, as well as providing data for the film and TV industries, usually puts out a separate Canadian report, this year's was instead a report on the global music industry as a whole.

Billboard Canada FYIasked the company if they could supply any more data on who and what was hot in Canada in 2023, and they dug in for four more exclusive lists.


Head here for stats on total album consumption, on-demand song streaming and album sales in Canada, as well as catalogue vs. current release consumption and other charts.

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Below, you can find four exclusive charts: the top-selling vinyl records, CDs and on-demand streams for two of the country's most popular genres: country and R&B/hip-hop.

Top 10 Vinyl Sales

  1. Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor's Version) - 43,000
  2. Taylor Swift - Speak Now (Taylor's Version) - 18,000
  3. Taylor Swift - Midnights - 18,000
  4. Olivia Rodrigo - Guts - 8,000
  5. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon - 8,000
  6. Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd - 7,000
  7. Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version) - 6,000
  8. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - 6,000
  9. Arctic Monkeys - Am - 5,000
  10. Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds - 5,000

Top 10 CD Sales

  1. Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor's Version) - 30,000
  2. Metallica - 72 Seasons - 17,000
  3. Alexandra Stréliski - Neo-Romance - 16,000
  4. Taylor Swift - Speak Now (Taylor's Version) - 13,000
  5. Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds - 11,000
  6. Taylor Swift - Lover - 10,000
  7. Salebarbes - A Boire Deboutte - 10,000
  8. Taylor Swift - Midnights - 10,000
  9. P!nk - Trustfall - 8,000
  10. Ed Sheeran - - 8,000

Top 10 Country On-Demand Streams

  1. Morgan Wallen - Last Night - 131,000,000
  2. Zach Bryan - Something In The Orange - 76,000,000
  3. Luke Combs - Fast Car - 75,000,000
  4. Morgan Wallen - You Proof - 54,000,000
  5. Luke Combs - The Kind Of Love We Make - 49,000,000
  6. Bailey Zimmerman - Rock And A Hard Place - 48,000,000
  7. Morgan Wallen - Wasted On You - 48,000,000
  8. Morgan Wallen - Thinkin' Bout Me - 47,000,000
  9. Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves - I Remember Everything - 41,000,000
  10. Chris Stapleton - Tennessee Whiskey - 32,000,000

Top 10 R&B/Hip-Hop On-Demand Streams

  1. SZA - Kill Bill - 95,000,000
  2. J. Cole feat. Amber Coffman - She Knows - 82,000,000
  3. The Weeknd - Die For You - 73,000,000
  4. Metro Boomin, Future & Chris Brown - Superhero (Heroes & Villains) - 65,000,000
  5. Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red - 65,000,000
  6. Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage - Creepin' - 64,000,000
  7. Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow - Industry Baby - 63,000,000
  8. Gunna - Fukumean - 57,000,000
  9. Miguel - Sure Thing - 56,000,000
  10. Lil Uzi Vert - Just Wanna Rock - 51,000,000

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