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Adele's 30 Returns For Sixth Week At No.1

After making way for Michael Buble’s Christmas over the holidays, Adele’s 30 returns to No.

Adele's 30 Returns For Sixth Week At No.1

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After making way for Michael Buble’s Christmas over the holidays, Adele’s 30 returns to No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart for the sixth week and earns the highest album sales total for the week.


The soundtrack for the Disney movie Encanto, featuring songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda, bullets 24-2 in its second week on the chart, picking up the highest on-demand streams and digital song sales for the week. It matches the peak position of the Hamilton cast recording, Miranda’s highest-charting release.

Ed Sheeran’s = holds at No. 3, Taylor Swift’s Red (Taylor’s Version) slides 9-4, and The Weeknd’s The Highlights glides 11-5.

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– All data courtesy of SoundScan with additional detail provided by MRC Data's Paul Tuch

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Last year, the CBC announced a financial shortfall, cut 141 employees and eliminated 205 vacant positions.

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