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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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Michael Jackson performs in concert circa 1988.
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Michael Jackson performs in concert circa 1988.

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Michael Jackson Shatters His Best Streaming Week Total After Biopic Release, as Catalogue Floods Charts

The late icon more than doubles his previous best total, as Thriller and "Billie Jean" lead his albums and songs' returns.

Confirming projections reported in late April, Michael Jackson obliterates his personal-best domestic streaming week following the release of the Michael biopic. The King of Pop’s solo song catalogue registered a collective 137.5 million official on-demand streams for the week of April 24-30 in the United States, according to Luminate, up 146% and more than doubling his previous career high.

Before his nine-digit streaming haul, Jackson’s solo catalogue achieved a new personal benchmark last week at 55.9 million song clicks. Prior to the Michael era, the late icon, who died in 2009, recorded a high of 53.7 million for the week of Oct. 25-31, 2019, spurred by the now-annual Halloween resurgence for “Thriller.”

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