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Chart Beat: Benson Boone Claims First Canadian No. 1

The TikTok star is reaching new heights, claiming the top spot on the Canadian Hot 100 this week with "Beautiful Things."

Benson Boone
Benson Boone
Denis Leupold

Canadians are big fans of Benson Boone. The popular TikTok artist has claimed the No. 1 spot on this week's Canadian Hot 100 with his single "Beautiful Things," which debuted at No. 3 last week. Boone is doing well in the U.S., too, where "Beautiful Things" has moved up from No. 15 to No. 8, but in Canada he dethroned Jack Harlow's "Lovin On Me" to reach the top.

This is Boone's biggest success so far, following singles like "Ghost Town" and "In the Stars," both of which charted but didn't crack the top ten. "Beautiful Things" arrives ahead of an upcoming album, Fireworks and Rollerblades, and a world tour, with stops in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver this spring. Boone performed the hit single on Jimmy Kimmel Live! last week, accompanied by a three-piece backing band and rocky red cliffs behind him. Will Boone be able to build momentum even further, and break into the U.S. top five?


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Elsewhere on this week's chart, Canadian former professional wrestler Tom MacDonald debuts at No. 42 with "Facts." MacDonald has branded himself as an "anti-woke" rapper, and this song caters to rising right-wing movements, with lines lamenting the popularity of Black Lives Matter and rainbow flags positioned as truth-telling-slash-trolling. It also features former Breitbart editor Ben Shapiro, and it debuted at No. 16 on the American Hot 100, driven by iTunes downloads. "We are living in a South Park episode," says a YouTube commenter.

Megan Thee Stallion's "Hiss," which claimed the top spot on the American Hot 100, debuts in Canada at No. 18. Justin Timberlake, who had last week's Hot New Radio Track with "Selfish," debuts at No. 22.

Tate McRae's "greedy" drops from 2-5 on this week's chart, and Shubh's "King Shit" falls 50-73. Josh Ross' "Ain't Doin' Jack" is up 78-74 and Alexander Stewart's "i wish you cheated" is up 96-95.

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Check out the whole chart here.

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Lily Allen Coming to 3 Canadian Cities on 2026 North American Headlining Tour

The outing in support of the singer's provocative "West End Girl" album will be the singer's biggest U.S./Canada headlining outing to date.

Lily Allen is gearing up for her biggest North American headlining tour to date. The “Tennis” singer announced the dates for the nine-stop outing in support of her West End Girl album on Friday morning (Dec. 5), revealing that it is slated to kick off on April 3 in Chicago at The Auditorium, and feature stops in Toronto, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Atlanta and Los Angeles before winding down on April 28 at The Masonic in San Francisco.

Allen will perform the album in full on the tour, in the order the tracks appear on the LP, with tickets for Lily Allen Performs West End Girl slated to kick-off with an artist pre-sale sign-up open now through Monday (Dec. 8) at 11 p.m. ET. The artist pre-sale will then open at 10 a.m. local time on Dec. 10 and runt through 10 p.m. local time on Dec. 11. A general on-sale will then open at 10 a.m. local time on Dec. 12; click here for more ticketing information.

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