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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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Here’s Why ‘Shake It to the Max’ Was Deemed Ineligible at the 2026 Grammys — And Why Its Label Calls the Decision ‘Devoid of Any Common Sense’

Representatives from the Recording Academy and gamma. CEO Larry Jackson comment on one of this year's most shocking Grammy snubs.

Few phrases define the year in music and culture like Moliy’s scintillating directive to “shake it to the max.” The Ghanaian singer’s sultry voice reverberated across the globe, blending her own Afropop inclinations with Jamaican dancehall-informed production, courtesy of Miami-based duo Silent Addy and Disco Neil. Originally released in December 2024, Moliy’s breakthrough global crossover hit ascended to world domination, peaking at No. 6 on the Global 200, thanks to a remix featuring dancehall superstars Shenseea and Skillibeng. Simply put, “Max” soundtracked a seismic moment in African and Caribbean music in 2025.

Given its blockbuster success, “Shake It to the Max” was widely expected to be a frontrunner in several categories at the 2026 Grammys. In fact, had the song earned a nomination for either best African music performance or best global music performance, many forecasters anticipated a victory. So, when “Shake It to the Max” failed to appear on the final list of 2026 Grammy nominees in any category earlier this month (Nov. 7), listeners across the world were left scratching their heads — none more than gamma. CEO Larry Jackson.

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