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Alessia Cara's 'Dead Man' Is This Week's Hottest Radio Track in Canada

Other artists making waves on radio this week: MacKenzie Porter, The Beaches and Warren Zeiders.

Alessia Cara

Alessia Cara

Def Jam

The following are tracks delivered to radio by digital distributor Yangaroo in Canada and broken down into three categories. Top Downloads and Top Canadian Downloads represent the most copied tracks in the week ending July 26. Most Active Indies blends downloads and streams, with the affiliated label and radio promotions company in parentheses.

Top Downloads



  1. Alessia Cara “Dead Man” (Def Jam/Universal)
  2. Warren Zeiders “Relapse” (Warner)
  3. Joe Jonas “Work It Out” (Republic/Universal)
  4. Chris Stapleton “I Think I’m In Love With You” (Mercury Nashville/Universal)
  5. MacKenzie Porter “Have Your Beer” (Big Loud/Mercury/Republic)
  6. Madison Beer “Make You Mine” (Sing It Loud/Epic/Sony)
  7. The Beaches “Takes One To Know One” (AWAL/Canvas Media Promo)
  8. Post Malone, Blake Shelton “Pour Me A Drink” (Mercury/Republic/Universal)
  9. Jade Eagleson feat. Jake Worthington “Do It Anyway” (Starseed/A. Wilson Promo)
  10. Halsey “Lucky” (Columbia/Sony)

Top CanCon Downloads


  1. Alessia Cara “Dead Man” (Def Jam/Universal)
  2. MacKenzie Porter “Have Your Beer” (Big Loud/Mercury/Republic)
  3. The Beaches “Takes One To Know One” (AWAL/Canvas Media Promo)
  4. Jade Eagleson feat. Jake Worthington “Do It Anyway” (Starseed/A. Wilson Promo)
  5. Charlie Houston “Pink Cheetah Print Slip” (Arts & Crafts/Canvas Media Promo)
  6. Jordan Hart “Dark Side” (baselineMUSIC)
  7. Owen Riegling “Moonshines” (Universal)
  8. Jason Blaine “Somewhere Tonight” (Indie/Pitbull Promo)
  9. Art d’Ecco “I Feel Alive” (Paper Bag/Canvas Media Promo)
  10. Nelly Furtado, Bomba Estéreo “Corazón” (Nelstar/21 Ent. /Universal)

Most Active Indies


  1. The Beaches “Takes One To Know One” (AWAL/Canvas Media Promo)
  2. Jordan Hart “Dark Side” (baselineMUSIC)
  3. MacKenzie Porter “Have Your Beer” (Big Loud/Mercury/Republic)
  4. Charlie Houston “Pink Cheetah Print Slip” (Arts & Crafts/Canvas Media Promo)
  5. Finger Eleven “Adrenaline” (Better Noise Can./Decker Promo)
  6. Jade Eagleson feat. Jake Worthington “Do It Anyway” (Starseed/A. Wilson Promo)
  7. Jane’s Addiction “Imminent Redemption” (Indie/Decker Promo)
  8. SPORTS TEAM “I'm In Love (Subaru)” (Distiller/Bright Antenna/B. Chick Promo)
  9. Jason Blaine “Somewhere Tonight” (Indie/Pitbull Promo)
  10. Ash Molloy “About Me” (Wax/You Are Hear Promo)
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Ed Sheeran performs onstage at iHeartRadio Z100's Jingle Ball 2025 Presented by Capital One held at Madison Square Garden on December 12, 2025 in New York, New York.
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Ed Sheeran performs onstage at iHeartRadio Z100's Jingle Ball 2025 Presented by Capital One held at Madison Square Garden on December 12, 2025 in New York, New York.

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Ed Sheeran Addresses Controversy at First Show Since Openers, Backing Band Dropped Off Tour, Calls It ‘The Best Show of My Life’

Before his show in Philadelphia, Sheeran read a statement acknowledging the issue of Israel and Palestine, but still tried to keep things neutral.

Ed Sheeran needed to address the situation before he could start playing guitar. It wasn’t how he wanted to start his show, and he’s made it abundantly clear that the last thing he wants around him is controversy or, in his words, to be an “activist musician.”

But here he was, at the first show after his opener and friend Macklemore was kicked off the tour, following pressure by a group of venue owners led by Robert Kraft who took issue with Macklemore’s statement of support toward Palestine. That led to the rest of the tour’s openers and even Sheeran’s backing band for the tour dropping off the tour in solidarity with Macklemore — all of which became a huge news story and PR nightmare for the usually very un-controversial Sheeran. And though he had already made one highly scrutinized statement online while the news story was at its most potent, Sheeran felt the need to address the crowd at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field on Saturday night (Sept. 19) in person, before the show really started.

This article was first published by Billboard U.S.

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