Stats: Canada: Pink Floyd #1 31K, Taylor #2 LP 27K & #1 Single

It was a big week for music sales. But was it big enough.

First, to Canada. There are five new albums in the Top 10, providing a nice boost over last week (+15%) but the market is still down 6% from 2013. CD sales are down 6% while digital albums are down 8% and digital tracks are at -13% for the year.

Thanks to strong sales in Quebec–they’re big prog fans–Endless River from Pink Floyd finished the week at #1 with sales of 31,000 units. It’s their first chart-topper in the Soundscan era (i.e. after 1991). Floyd pushed Taylor Swift down to #2, but 1989 still sold 27,000 copies, pushing its three-week total to 170,000 units. Another 30,000 copies and it’ll pass the Frozen soundtrack as the biggest selling album of the year.

And the Foo Fighters? Sonic Highways pulls in at #3 with a solid 25,000 copies (it’s #1 on the Digital Albums chart), making it the highest first-week sales for a Foos record since In Your Honor sold 33,000 copies in week one back in 2005.

The other debuts involve Man Against Machine from Garth Brooks (#4 with a surprisingly low 8,500 copies) and My Favourite Faded Fantasy from Damien Rice finishing at #8 with 4,000 units.

The biggest digital single in the country is “Blank Space” from Taylor Swift, moving 24,000 downloads. Her new single, “Blank Space,” leaps 21-1 on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100, moves 6-1 on the Digital Songs chart and debuts at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart with 2.2 million streams. The song picks up Greatest Gainer honours for both Digital and Streaming. It is her fourth chart-topper on the Hot 100 and eighth number one Digital Song. “Blank Space” replaces “Shake It Off” at the top of the Canadian Hot 100. It is the first time that an artist has reached No. 1 on the chart with two different songs in consecutive weeks since 2009 when the Black Eyed Peas accomplished the feat..