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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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Stevie Wonder Cancels House Full of Toys Benefit Concert: ‘Big Idea, Little Time’
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Stevie Wonder Cancels House Full of Toys Benefit Concert: ‘Big Idea, Little Time’

Slated to perform Dec. 18-21 at L.A.'s Fonda Theatre, the Grammy winner will give "a substantial donation for the children" instead.

To celebrate the 26th edition of his House Full of Toys holiday benefit concert, Stevie Wonder said in a promo video that he was “switching things up.” Instead of performing for one night, the 25-time Grammy-winning legend would perform across four nights — Dec. 18, 19, 20 and 21 — at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles. Unfortunately, however, Wonder is canceling his “big idea” owing to “little time” — with plans to present the benefit concert again next year.

In a statement Wonder read on his L.A. radio station KJLH, he explained, “A week and a half ago I came up with the idea of doing four nights at the Fonda Theatre to raise money for House Full of Toys. Big idea. Little time. So because of that little time, I’ve decided to cancel all four shows. Yet still I will this year put my money where my heart is by giving a substantial donation for the children for House Full of Toys. And next year, we will again do House Full of Toys with the big idea and enough time to put it together.”

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