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Shawn Mendes Has This Week's Hottest New Radio Track in Canada

His new single "Why Why Why" is being added to many radio playlists, while up-and-coming Canadian singer-songwriter Billianne is also making noise with the infectious song "Crush."

Shawn Mendes

Shawn Mendes

Anthony Wilson

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 Aug. 9. Most Active Indies blends downloads and streams, with the affiliated label and radio promotions company in parentheses.

Top Downloads

  1. Shawn Mendes “Why Why Why” (Island/Universal)
  2. Jack White “That’s How I’m Feeling” (Third Man/Legacy/Sony)
  3. The Smashing Pumpkins “Sighommi” (Martha’s Music/Thirty Tigers/Sony)
  4. Katy Perry “LIFETIMES” (Capitol/Universal)
  5. Kenny Chesney “Just To Say We Did” (Warner Nashville/Warner)
  6. Halsey “Lucky” (Columbia/Sony)
  7. Billianne “Crush” (No Wonder/The Orchard/You Are Hear Promo)
  8. Quavo, Lenny Kravitz “FLY” (Quality Control/Motown/Universal)
  9. Sabrina Carpenter “Please Please Please” (Island/Universal)
  10. Isabel LaRosa “favorite” (Slumbo Labs/RCA/Sony)


Top CanCon Downloads

  1. Billianne “Crush” (No Wonder/The Orchard/You Are Hear Promo)
  2. Allison Daniels “The Way You Are” (604/ADA/Warner)
  3. Frank Walker “'Gravity' feat. Tyler Shaw” (Palm Tree/Sony)
  4. BBNO$ “It Boy” (BBNO$/You Are Hear Promo)
  5. Finger Eleven “Adrenaline” (Better Noise/Decker Promo)
  6. The Beaches “Takes One To Know One” (The Beaches/AWAL/Canvas Media Promo)
  7. MacKenzie Porter “Have Your Beer” (Big Loud)
  8. Aqyila “Most Wanted” (Sony)
  9. Sebastian Gaskin “Cherie Amour” (Ishkōdé Records/Universal)
  10. Classified “Amnesia (Remix)” (Half Life/Big Story/You Are Hear Promo)

Most Active Indies

  1. Billianne “Crush” (No Wonder/The Orchard/You Are Hear Promo)
  2. Classified “Amnesia (Remix)” (Half Life/Big Story/You Are Hear Promo)
  3. Jamie Fontaine “Long Live Cool” (Indie)
  4. The Wilderness “Strangers I Used To Love” (The Wilderness Band)
  5. BBNO$ “It Boy” (BBNO$/You Are Hear Promo)
  6. MacKenzie Porter “Have Your Beer” (Big Loud)
  7. NIIVA “Belladonna” (REVE MUSIC)
  8. Stella Standingbear “Paradise” (Stella Standingbear)
  9. Tracy Millar feat Duane Steele “Try Me” (Indie/L. Tutty Promo)
  10. Finger Eleven “Adrenaline” (Better Noise/Decker Promo)

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Executive of the Week: Justin West of Secret City Records on the Secrets of Independent Music Success​
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Executive of the Week: Justin West of Secret City Records on the Secrets of Independent Music Success​

The man behind one of Canada's most successful indie labels talks about the late-blooming success of French-language streaming record-holder Patrick Watson, why he builds long-term relationships with artists, and why it's important for the indie sector to work together.

Justin West is a leader and advocate in Canada’s independent music scene, but he didn’t plan it out that way. When he started his record label Secret City Records in Montreal in the mid-2000s, it was out of necessity. He had met an artist he loved and wanted to build a career with, and the label was a means to do it. That artist was Patrick Watson, and 20 years later he — and Secret City — are more successful than ever.

West — a multiple time Billboard Canada Power Player – leads one of the biggest indie labels in Canada while also advocating for the sector on multiple boards both locally and internationally. When we speak to him for this Executive of the Week interview, he’s just returned from Banff for the National Summit on Artificial Intelligence and Culture, and is a central figure in discussions around the Online Streaming Act and collective negotiations with online streaming platforms.

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