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South Africa's Tyla Has This Week's Hot New Radio Hit in Canada

Also earning strong support is Vancouver's sinewy rhythmic Boslen and Jess Moskaluke's "White Christmas"

Tyla

Tyla

Annie Reid

The following are tracks delivered to radio by digital distributor DMDS/Yangaroo in Canada and broken down into three categories. Top Downloads and Top Canadian Downloads represent the most copied tracks in the week ending Dec. 1. Most Active Indies blends downloads and streams, with the affiliated label and radio promotions company in parentheses

Top Downloads:


  1. Tyla “Water” (FAX Records/Epic/Sony)
  2. Jess Moskaluke “White Christmas” (MDM/Dale Speaking Promo)
  3. Amir & Jason Derulo “Il y a” (Parlophone France/Warner)
  4. Boslen “Tell Me Why” (Chaos Club Digital/You Are Hear Promo)
  5. Shinedown “Happy X-Mas [War Is Over]” (Atlantic/Warner)
  6. The Prairie States “Christmas Time With You” (Universal)
  7. Mother Mother “Cry Christmas” (Warner)
  8. Brett Kissel “I Want A Massey Ferguson For Christmas” (Big Star Recordings)
  9. Pentatonix “Please Santa Please” (RCA Records/Sony)
  10. Justin Moore “This Is My Dirt Road” (Valory Music Co.)

Top CanCon Downloads:

  1. Jess Moskaluke “White Christmas” (MDM/Dale Speaking Promo)
  2. Boslen “Tell Me Why” (Chaos Club Digital/You Are Hear Promo)
  3. The Prairie States “Christmas Time With You” (Universal)
  4. Mother Mother “Cry Christmas” (Warner)
  5. Brett Kissel “I Want A Massey Ferguson For Christmas” (Big Star Recordings)
  6. Mother Mother “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” (Warner)
  7. Owen Riegling “Old Dirt Roads” (Universal)
  8. Tyler Shaw “Christmas All Over Again” (Sony)
  9. Hailey Benedict “Freeze” (Sakamoto/Warner/GPS Promo)
  10. Preston Pablo “Dance Alone” (Universal)

Most Active Indies:

  1. Jess Moskaluke “White Christmas” (MDM/Dale Speaking Promo)
  2. Boslen “Tell Me Why” (Chaos Club Digital/You Are Hear Promo)
  3. John Raays ft. Roc Scan “Moonlight In Paris” (Redroll Station)
  4. Thirty Seconds To Mars “Seasons” (Concord/You Are Hear Promo)
  5. Brett Kissel “I Want A Massey Ferguson For Christmas” (Big Star Recordings)
  6. Hailey Benedict “Freeze” (Sakamoto/Warner/GPS Promo)
  7. MacKenzie Porter “Bet You Break My Heart” (Big Loud)
  8. Lynne Taylor Donovan “Dear Santa” (Pacific Records)
  9. Clerel “Lemon Water (Ft. Zach Zoya)” (N.O.T.E.)
  10. Ian Phinney “Santa, Santa, Santa Claus” (Sonitus Records)
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