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Billie Eilish Eats Her Competition For Lunch With This Week's Hottest Radio Track in Canada

Canadian acts The Washboard Union, Devon Cole and Blonde Diamond also debut strong new radio tracks this week.

Billie Eilish 'Lunch' Video

Billie Eilish 'Lunch' Video

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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 May 24. Most Active Indies blends downloads and streams, with the affiliated label and radio promotions company in parentheses.

Top Downloads



  1. Billie Eilish “Lunch” (Interscope/Universal)
  2. Bebe Rexha “Chase It (Mmm Da Da Da)” (Warner)
  3. Post Malone (feat. Morgan Wallen) “I Had Some Help” (Mercury/Universal)
  4. Shaboozey “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” (American Dogwood/Empire/You Are Hear Promo)
  5. Nelly Furtado (feat. Tove Lo & SG Lewis) “Love Bites” (Nelstar Ent./21 Ent./Universal)
  6. Warren Zeiders “Betrayal” (Warner)
  7. Sabrina Carpenter “Espresso” (Island/Universal)
  8. The Washboard Union “Band on Her T-Shirt” (Washboard Union Prod./R. Chubey Promo)
  9. Hozier “Too Sweet” (Columbia/Sony)
  10. Devon Cole “I Got You” (Arista/Sony)

Top CanCon Downloads


  1. The Washboard Union “Band on Her T-Shirt” (Washboard Union Prod./R. Chubey Promo)
  2. Devon Cole “I Got You” (Arista/Sony)
  3. Blonde Diamond “I’m So F-ing Happy” (High Tide/Fontana North/Canvas Media Promo)
  4. Josh Strumpf “That Song In This Truck” (Indie/L. Tutty Promo)
  5. Sacha “Hey Mom I Made It” (Sony)
  6. Marianas Trench “Lightning and Thunder” (604/ADA/Warner)
  7. JoJo Mason “Bottom Shelf” (604/ADA/Warner)
  8. Kelly McMichael “Bomb” (LHM Records/Canvas Media Promo)
  9. Frank Walker “Gravity feat. Tyler Shaw” (Palm Tree Records/Sony)
  10. Damian Follett “Floatin’ On The Ocean” (Indie/B. Martineau Promo)

Most Active Indies


  1. The Washboard Union “Band on Her T-Shirt” (Washboard Union Prod./R. Chubey Promo)
  2. Royel Otis “Murder On The Dancefloor” (Ourness/The Orchard/Canvas Media Promo)
  3. Shaboozey “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” (American Dogwood/Empire/You Are Hear Promo)
  4. Blonde Diamond “I’m So F-ing Happy” (High Tide/Fontana North/Canvas Media Promo)
  5. Kelly McMichael “Bomb” (LHM Records/Canvas Media Promo)
  6. Josh Strumpf “That Song In This Truck” (Indie/L. Tutty Promo)
  7. Frozy x Jason Derulo x Tomo “From The Islands” (Ultra/You Are Hear Promo)
  8. Royal Castles “Stage Fright” (Indie/Canvas Media Promo)
  9. Damian Follett “Floatin’ On The Ocean” (Indie/B. Martineau Promo)
  10. Andrew Dupuis “Wake Up” (Music by Andrew)
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