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Shawn Mendes Single 'Why Why Why' Is Still The Hottest Radio Track in Canada

Former Hollerado leader Menno Versteeg is also making waves on radio with his solo song "Why We Run," while Canadian country singer Jamie Fontaine has a hot track with "Long Live Cool."

Shawn Mendes 'Why Why Why' music video

Shawn Mendes 'Why Why Why' 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 Aug. 16. Most Active Indies blends downloads and streams, with the affiliated label and radio promotions company in parentheses.

This week, Shawn Mendes leads for the second week in a row with his new single "Why Why Why."


Top Downloads

  1. Shawn Mendes “Why Why Why” (Island/Universal)
  2. Jack White “That’s How I’m Feeling” (Third Man/Legacy/Sony)
  3. Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars “Die With A Smile” (Interscope/Universal)
  4. Myles Smith “Stargazing” (RCA/Sony)
  5. Kenny Chesney “Just To Say We Did” (Warner Nashville/Warner)
  6. Katy Perry “LIFETIMES” (Capitol/Universal)
  7. Quavo, Lenny Kravitz “FLY” (Quality Control/Motown/Universal)
  8. Ella Lang & Riley Green “you look like you love me” (SAWGOD/Columbia/Sony)
  9. The Killers “Bright Lights” (Island/Universal)
  10. The Smashing Pumpkins “Sighommi” (Martha’s Music/Thirty Tigers/Sony)

Top CanCon Downloads

  1. Jamie Fontaine “Long Live Cool” (Indie)
  2. Devon Cole “I Got You” (Arista/Sony)
  3. Matt Von “still in my heart” (Indie)
  4. Gordo & Drake “Sideways” (Ultra/You Are Hear Promo)
  5. Menno Versteeg “Why We Run” (Royal Mountain/Canvas Media Promo)
  6. Owen Riegling “Moonshines” (Universal)
  7. Japandroids “D&T” (Arts & Crafts/Canvas Media Promo)
  8. Allison Daniels “The Way You Are” (604/ADA/Warner)
  9. Frank Walker, Tyler Shaw, Flight School, GESES “Gravity (Flight School & GESES Remix)” (Palm Tree Crew JV/Frank Walker/Sony)
  10. Stephen Dowd Project “Heaven Won’t Wait” (Indie)

Most Active Indies

  1. Menno Versteeg “Why We Run” (Royal Mountain/Canvas Media Promo)
  2. Gordo & Drake “Sideways” (Ultra/You Are Hear Promo)
  3. Papa Roach and Carrie Underwood “Leave A Light On (Talk Away The Dark)” (New Noize/.Coady Promo)
  4. Matt Von “still in my heart” (Indie)
  5. Japandroids “D&T” (Arts & Crafts/Canvas Media Promo)
  6. Jamie Fontaine “Long Live Cool” (Indie)
  7. Falling In Reverse feat. Jelly Roll “All My Life” (Epitaph/Canvas Media Promo)
  8. Cold Creek County “Life Goes On” (Taylor Ent.)
  9. Stephen Dowd Project “Heaven Won’t Wait” (Indie)
  10. Classified “Amnesia” (Remix) (Half Life/Big Story/You Are Hear Promo)
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Justin Bieber’s Coachella Set Had Nothing to Do With Catalog Sale
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Justin Bieber’s Coachella Set Had Nothing to Do With Catalog Sale

"There are no restrictions on what he can or can't do in live performance," a source close to Bieber's catalog sale tells Billboard.

Fan and media speculation that Justin Bieber played mostly newer songs during his headlining set at Coachella on Saturday (April 11) due to the $203 million sale of his catalog are misguided, music industry insiders say.

In 2023, the pop superstar sold 100% of his publishing rights and his artist royalties from his master recordings and neighboring rights to some 290 songs released before Dec. 31, 2021 — from “Baby” to “Love Yourself” — to Hipgnosis Songs Capital, now called Recognition Music Rights. During his Coachella performance over the weekend, Bieber briefly performed some of those songs. However, he spent most of the first 50 minutes of his set performing songs from his 2025 albums SWAG and SWAG II on a stage featuring just the artist and a laptop. The Daily Mail on Monday (April 13) ran a story that said the “real reason Justin Bieber couldn’t play his old music in full … could be” that he sold his back catalog.

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