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Alicia Keys' Alicia Debuts At No. 2, Right Behind Pop Smoke

Pop Smoke’s Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon remains at No.

Alicia Keys' Alicia Debuts At No. 2, Right Behind Pop Smoke

By FYI Staff

Pop Smoke’s Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon remains at No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart for the eighth non-consecutive week, earning 9,500 total consumption units and, again, achieving the highest on-demand stream total for the week. The album jumps to No. 2 on the year-to-date album consumption chart, behind The Weeknd’s After Hours.


Alicia Keys’ ALICIA is the top new entry of the week, debuting at No. 2, and earning the highest album sales total for the week. It is her first release since 2016’s Here peaked at No. 10 and it is her highest-charting album since 2007’s As I Am debuted at No. 2.

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Juice WRLD’s Legends Never Die and Taylor Swift’s folklore both drop one position, to Nos. 3 and 4 respectively.

Keith Urban’s The Speed Of Now, Part 1 debuts at 5. It is the hat star’s sixth top five album and fourth straight, including his last album, 2018’s Graffiti U, which reached No. 1.

The third album to debut in the top ten this week belongs to Lil Tecca’s Virgo World, at No. 6. His last release, 2019’s We Love You Tecca, peaked at No. 3.

Two other new releases debut in the top 50, with American ‘Psycho’ singer Ava Max’s Heaven & Hell landing at 16 and Belgian-Congolese rapper Damso’s Qalf at No. 36.

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

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Billboard Canada FYI Music News Digest: FONTINE, Leith Ross and William Prince Lead Western Canadian Music Awards Nominees

Also this week: A free music films series at Montreal Jazz Festival, Siibii is on a roll and new music from Tyler Ellis, David Occhipinti and Derek Downham.

The Western Canadian Music Alliance recently announced the nominees for the 2026 Western Canadian Music Awards. Three artists from Manitoba, FONTINE, Leith Ross and William Prince, head the nominees list with three nods apiece, followed by ARDN, Begonia, Blue Moon Marquee & Northern Cree, Boy Golden, Burnstick, Calling All Captains, Empanadas Ilegales, Foxwarren, Katie Tupper, Mariel Buckley and The Mbira Renaissance Band, with two nominations each. The winners will be named at a special evening event during BreakOut West, which takes place Sept. 30 - Oct. 4 in Victoria.

This 24th edition of the BreakOut West conference and festival is supported by Music BC, Creative BC and the British Columbia provincial government and is hosted by Victoria for the first time since 2015. Voting has begun and closes June 18 and is open to all members of all western Provincial and Territorial Music Industry Associations. The full list of nominees is on BreakOut West's website.

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