Stella Lefty is has her first top 10 hit on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100.
The emerging singer’s hit “Boston” enters the top 10 on the July 11-dated chart, climbing from No. 15 to No. 10 in its 13th week on the chart. It's her first top 10 hit on a Hot 100 chart, with the song peaking at No. 13 on this week’s U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
“Boston” was only released at the end of March, but it’s been skyrocketing since she first teased it on TikTok.
“It was just for fun and I wasn’t thinking anything about it,” Lefty tells Billboard. “So when people started to like it, I was like, ‘Oh, shoot, I need to finish this.’ I wasn’t thinking about anything so intensely, and that was honestly the most fun part.” The track also features a subtle interpolation of Noah Kahan’s hit “Stick Season,” and Kahan is a credited writer on the song.
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Since the track’s release, the Chicago native has been slotted in at major music festivals, toured with artists such as fellow country-pop breakout Cameron Whitcomb and continued to leave her impact on the charts.
Lefty actually has three charting songs on the Canadian Hot 100 this week. In addition to the rise of “Boston,” Lefty’s Vincent Mason-featuring track “Something to Lose” charts at No. 88, while the banjo-laced “I Know I Know” hits No. 91.
She's in good company on the charts right now. Another female country breakout star Ella Langley currently holds down the top spot on the Canadian Hot 100 with “Choosin’ Texas,” and secures a new peak at No. 6 with “Be Her.”
“Country is so specific about who they embrace and how they go about things, so to be accepted in that world is truly the greatest honour,” Lefty said.
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Lefty isn’t the only artist hitting a new peak. Tame Impala's “Dracula” is the Kevin Parker-led act's first top 3 hit, with the JENNIE duet moving up from No. 5.
Further down, Gracie Abrams scores a new entry on the Canadian Hot 100 with “Look At My Life,” the latest offering from her forthcoming album, Daughter from Hell. It debuts at No. 48. It’s a more upbeat single than its predecessor, “Hit The Wall” — which rises from No. 48 to No. 38 — but it still channels Abrams’ quintessential diaristic songwriting.
Canadian country singer Owen Riegling continues his hot streak on his home country's chart, as “Love Hate Love” debuts at No. 87. The high-energy track unpacks the push-and-pull of a relationship, highlighting how two polar opposites can be deeply in love despite their fiery fights.
“It has an infectious energy that sticks with you, Riegling said of the song. “It’s definitely an animated version of my relationship, but there is a lot of truth to it.” While the track has already been a hit on the Billboard Canada Airplay charts, it’s officially crossing over into the Canadian Hot 100.
It's a good week for Canadian country, as Morgan Griffiths debuts at No. 92 with "Just Being Me" and Nate Haller arrives at No. 93 with “Thought About You.” It’s a vulnerable moment for the Waterloo, Ontario, native as he captures the quiet aftermath of a love that never fully lets go.
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ameron Whitcomb’s song of the summer contender “Kingdom of Fear” climbs one spot to No. 17, while Charlotte Cardin’s “The Way We Touch,” moves from No. 44 to No. 40. After the debut on Karan Aujla’s “Low Fade” on last week’s chart, it climbs six spots to No. 61 and Preston Pablo rises 75-70 with “Cause I Do.”
