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AC/DC's Power Up Debuts At No. 1

AC/DC’s Power Up debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, scoring the highest album sales for the week.

AC/DC's Power Up Debuts At No. 1

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AC/DC’s Power Up debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, scoring the highest album sales for the week. This is the band’s fourth chart-topping album in the SoundScan era and its first release since 2014’s Rock Or Bust.


Chris Stapleton’s Starting Over debuts at No. 2. All four of his studio albums have peaked in the top five. It’s his first charted album since From A Room: Volume 2 peaked at No. 5 in December 2017 and his second-highest peak to date, surpassed only by the No. 1 From A Room: Volume 1 in May 2017.

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Ariana Grande’s Positions, the number one album the last two weeks, falls to No. 3 and Pop Smoke’s Shoot for The Stars, Aim for The Moon falls two positions to No. 4, despite scoring the highest on-demand stream total for the week.

Future & Lil Uzi Vert’s Pluto x Baby Pluto debuts at 5. It is Future’s 10th top five album and fourth as a duo with another artist, following releases with Drake, Young Thug and Juice WRLD. All three of Lil Uzi Vert’s albums have peaked in the top five.

Quebec multi-media star Roxane Bruneau’s Acrophobie debuts at 6. It's her first top ten album. Her last release, 2017’s Dysphorie, peaked at 19.

Other new entries include Quebec pop singer Beyries’ Encounter, at 25, and Quebec hip-hop duo Souldia & Tizzo’s Off at 59.

– All data courtesy of SoundScan with additional detail provided by MRC’s Paul Tuch.

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Lylette Pizarro McLean attends Billboard Women in Music 2022 at YouTube Theater on March 02, 2022 in Inglewood, Calif.
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Lylette Pizarro McLean attends Billboard Women in Music 2022 at YouTube Theater on March 02, 2022 in Inglewood, Calif.

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It’s Official: Influence Media to Buy Anthem for Over $600 Million

The deal includes certain rights to songs by Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and Timbaland, and is expected to close by the end of the year.

Influence Media Partners, backed by BlackRock, said on Wednesday (July 29) it has signed an agreement to acquire Anthem Entertainment’s portfolio of music publishing and master recording rights and film & TV publishing assets in a deal worth more than $600 million.

The transaction includes Anthem’s stake in more than 24,000 released songs, including Britney Spears‘ “Oops!… I Did It Again,” Justin Timberlake‘s “SexyBack,” Timbaland’s “The Way I Are,” Cody Johnson’s “Til You Can’t,” Rush‘s “Tom Sawyer” and OneRepublic’s “Counting Stars,” according to a press release. It also includes soundtracks from the Spider-Man and Men in Black franchises, and The LEGO Ninjago Movie. Based in Canada, the acquisition of Anthem’s assets is subject to approval from the Canadian Heritage regulator, with Influence saying it is expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year.

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