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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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Coco Love Alcorn

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Music News Digest: Music Community Rallies to Support Coco Love Alcorn Through Cancer Journey

Also this week: more trouble for the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Toronto scene veteran Paul James turns 75 with a free hometown show at The Phoenix and a date is set for the first Canadian Blues Music Awards.

Canadian pop and jazz singer-songwriter and choir leader Coco Love Alcorn has just revealed that she is fighting an aggressive form of cancer. This will involve a long period of chemotherapy, immunotherapy and further surgery. Alcorn explains that "I have had to cancel all my touring, teaching, and performances for 2026 and my local choir is on hiatus till further notice. I also had 3 trips planned to BC this winter/spring to record my new album and that project is also on hold."

A GoFundMe campaign to assist her has been set up. Donate here. The rapid and generous response to her campaign reaffirms the peer respect she enjoys.

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