Nielsen presents the 2016 Canada Music mid-year report for the six-month period of Jan. 1, 2016, through June 30, 2016.

Highlights include:

• Total music consumption, which takes album sales, track-equivalent albums and streaming equivalent albums, is up 7.4% compared to the first six months of 2015.
• Streaming volume continues to grow, with over 18.6 billion songs streamed on-demand through audio and video platforms in the first six months of 2016.
• Total album sales are down 19.4% and total digital track sales are down 22.8% year-to-date over 2015.