Music sales climb 25% in Canada

Canadian artists have seen their sales increase since 2001. Sales of Canadian albums have increased from 6.8 million units in 2001 to 8.5 million in 2004, an increase of 25.3%. In contrast, foreign artists have seen their sales fall 20.2% over the same period. The result is a remarkable increase in Canadian artists’ share of sales in Canada from 16% in 2001 to 25% in 2004.

Are Canucks just that more honest? Seriously though, this is quite a huge climb. Apparently Canada is doing something right that the RIAA just wouldn’t understand apparently. No surprise though.