Data suggests the COVID-19 pandemic halted momentum of audio streaming across several genres, with alternative rock taking a big hit.
TORONTO — For the first half of 2020, R&B superstar The Weeknd dominated multiple Nielsen Music Canada charts, including physical albums, total consumption album sales, Canadian albums, Canadian radio, and, overall, the most consumed of all Canadian artists, according to the just-released midyear report from Nielsen Music/MRC Data.
The Toronto native's latest album, After Hours, came in at 163,000 total album equivalent consumption (album + TEA + on-demand SEA), putting him above Changes by fellow Canadian Justin Bieber (127k) and Eminem’s Music to Be Murdered By (125k), with Post Malone’s Hollywood
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