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Backstreet Boys' Magic Returns With Latest Chart Topper

The Backstreet Boys’ DNA debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, the group’s sixth chart-topping album and first since The Hits – Chapter One in 2001.

Backstreet Boys' Magic Returns With Latest Chart Topper

By FYI Staff

The Backstreet Boys’ DNA debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, the group’s sixth chart-topping album and first since The Hits – Chapter One in 2001. DNA also achieves the highest one-week consumption total since Drake’s Scorpion picked up 70,000 consumption units in July 2018, and with 47,000 album sales, DNA has the highest one-week total since Taylor Swift’s Reputation sold 80,000 copies in November 2017.


Following the announcement that both films picked up an Oscar nomination for Best Picture, the soundtracks for A Star Is Born rebounds 3-2 with a 17% consumption increase, and Bohemian Rhapsody pops 9-6 with a 14% consumption increase.

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In its first full week of activity, Weezer’s Weezer (Teal Album) bullets 48-8 with a 197% increase. It is their highest charting album since Weezer (Red Album) peaked at 2 in 2008.

Other debuts in the top 50 include Brit rock band Bring Me the Horizon’s Amo, at 12, Quebec pop singer Ingrid St-Pierre’s Petite Plage, at 24, and the 2019 Grammy Nominees collection, at 28.

Ariana Grande’s “7 Rings” remains at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart while Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper’s “Shallow” returns to the No. 1 on the Digital Songs chart.

J. Cole’s “Middle Child” rockets 52-2 on the Streaming Songs chart and 33-10 on the Digital Songs chart.

 

 

-- All data courtesy of SoundScan with colour commentary provided by Nielsen Director of Operations, Paul Tuch

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Dani Oliva Launches 'Proudly Trans-Owned and LGBTQ+ Run' Label and Management Company Errant Records

Founded by entertainment attorney and business strategist Oliva, the new company is by former Arista president David Massey and Sony Music Canada president Shane Carter (current President of Sony Music Canada) and distributed by The Orchard.

The past few weeks have seen the launch of multiple new Canadian independent record labels. We have reported on the birth of country-focused imprints Arts & Crafts Country and New Motor Records, and they are now joined by Errant Records.

This new label and management company is founded by entertainment attorney and business strategist Dani Oliva, celebrated for his work with Grammy Award winners, Billboard No. 1 songwriters and leading music companies.

Oliva is a music lawyer and business strategy with 20+ years of experience and he has worked on albums ranging from Ariana Grande’s Positions, Keke Palmer’s latest, Just Keke, Kaytranada and Aminé’s KAYTRAMINÉ and Paramore’s Grammy-winning This Is Why, and music for TV/films like Nickelodeon’s Monster High, Dora The Explorer and Barbie. He has managed Canadian artists Carole Pope and Sumo Cyco and guided artist Jayli Wolf to a Juno nomination. Other clients include Grammy winners Ariel Loh and Mikhail Beltran.

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