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Eminem's 'Houdini' Is This Week's Hottest New Radio Track in Canada

Also making waves on radio this week: Bob Marley grandson King Cruff's "Proppa Ghanda" team-up with Montreal production duo Banx & Ranx, Julian Taylor's "Running Away" and Victoria, B.C. indie group The Bankes Brothers' "Walkin'."

Eminem 'Houdini' music video

Eminem 'Houdini' music 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 June 7. Most Active Indies blends downloads and streams, with the affiliated label and radio promotions company in parentheses.

Top Downloads



  1. Eminem “Houdini” (Aftermath/Interscope/Universal)
  2. Foster The People “Lost In Space” (Atlantic/Warner)
  3. Ariana Grande “The Boy Is Mine” (Republic/Universal)
  4. Bailey Zimmerman “Holy Smokes” (Elektra/Warner)
  5. Gracie Abrams “Risk” (Interscope/Universal)
  6. King Cruff, Banx & Ranx “Proppa Ghanda” (Universal)
  7. Myles Smith “Stargazing” (RCA/Sony)
  8. The Offspring “Make It All Right” (Concord/Universal)
  9. The Bankes Brothers “Walkin’” (Blue Heron/Canvas Media Promo)
  10. Julian Taylor “Running Away” (Howling Turtle)

Top CanCon Downloads


  1. King Cruff, Banx & Ranx “Proppa Ghanda” (Universal)
  2. The Bankes Brothers “Walkin’” Blue Heron/Canvas Media Promo)
  3. Julian Taylor “Running Away” (Howling Turtle)
  4. Devon Cole “I Got You” (Arista/Sony)
  5. Arkells “Big Feelings” (Universal)
  6. Hillside Outlaws “Here For The Whiskey” (Royalty/TandemTracks Promo)
  7. Sacha “Hey Mom I Made It” (Sony)
  8. Easy Tiger “I Don’t Mind” (Indie/RPMpromo)
  9. Tim Hicks “One More” (Open Road)
  10. Jessie T “Almost Beautiful” (Jessie T Music)

Most Active Indies


  1. The Bankes Brothers “Walkin’” (Blue Heron/Canvas Media Promo)
  2. Julian Taylor “Running Away” (Howling Turtle)
  3. Easy Tiger “I Don’t Mind” (Indie/RPMpromo)
  4. Hillside Outlaws “Here For The Whiskey” (Royalty/TandemTracks Promo)
  5. Jackie “Perfume” (White Rabbit/Canvas Media Promo)
  6. Shelley Lynch “Different Kind of Lonely” (Lynch Records/CDX/Sony/The Orchard)
  7. Milky Chance “Naked and Alive” (Indie/Frontside Promo)
  8. Tim Hicks “One More” (Open Road)
  9. Jessie T “Almost Beautiful” (Jessie T Music)
  10. Yung Leo “Too Good” (Indie/B. Chick Promo)
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Obituaries: Canadian Artists Remember Paul Martin of The Blushing Brides, Max Webster's Terry Watkinson & John Hammond

This week we also acknowledge the passing of hit songwriter and recording artist Neil Sedaka and American guitar ace Travis Wammack.

Paul Martin, a Toronto guitarist, singer-songwriter and music publisher best known as a member of the Blushing Brides, died on Feb 24, his 67th birthday. A cause of death has not been officially reported

The origins of the Blushing Brides date back to the late '70s when vocalist Maurice Raymond agreed to join Martin's Kingston band Consilium. The Canadian Pop Encyclopedia reports that "In early 1979, two Kingston, Ontario, musicians, Maurice Raymond (vocals) and Paul Martin (guitar), decided to fill the musical gap left with the absence of a tour every four or five years by their mutually favourite band The Rolling Stones. Soon they laid down the groundwork for a tribute band called, simply, The Blushing Brides.

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