The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) and have announced that singer-songwriter Corey Hart will be the 2019 inductee into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. Hart, who has sold over 16 million albums worldwide and had a big hit with "Sunglasses at Night" in 1983,

Canada’s national live music association, formerly known as Music Canada Live, has taken on a new name and logo as it enters its fifth year of operations. It is new called The Canadian Live Music Association. “This is an important milestone for our organization,” says board chair Jesse Kumagai.

Canada's largest vinyl distributor, RPM, has told its clients that it is shutting down, effectively immediately. The announcement comes as surprising and bad news for independent record stores in Canada. RPM President Paul Herzog informed clients this week in a letter that the distributor is ceasing operations and closing all

Nielsen Music Canada has released its 2018 Year-End Highlights, reporting on the key industry trends and behaviors that shaped the year in music for the 12 month period beginning Dec. 29, 2017 through Jan. 3, 2019. The highlights reflect consumer engagement across the music industry’s most popular platforms, including