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BTS achieves Its First No. 1 With New Album Release

South Korean boy band BTS’ Love Yourself: Answer debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, with 10,000 total consumption units.

BTS achieves Its First No. 1 With New Album Release

By FYI Staff

South Korean boy band BTS’ Love Yourself: Answer debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, with 10,000 total consumption units. The septet’s third album picks up the highest album and digital track download totals and the eighth highest audio-on-demand stream total in the week. This is also the group’s first chart-topping album in the market, surpassing the No. 2 peak of their last release, Love Yourself: Tear, in May. The single “Idol,” featuring Nicki Minaj, debuts at 2 on the Digital Songs chart and 5 on the Streaming Songs chart.


Drake’s Scorpion and Travis Scott’s Astroworld hold at Nos. 2 and 3 respectively, last week’s No. 1 album, Ariana Grande’s Sweetener, falls to 4, and Post Malone’s Beerbongs & Bentleys remains at 5.

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Alice In Chains’ Rainier Fog debuts at 11, picking up the second highest album sales total for the week. It’s their first album since 2013’s The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here peaked at 2.

Other new entries in the top 50 include (Puerto Rican reggaeton and Latin trap singer) Ozuna’s Aura, at 25; Florida Georgia Line’s self-titled EP, at 28; and Manhattan rock ensemble Interpol’s Marauder, at 36.

Drake’s “In My Feelings” remains at the top of the Streaming Songs chart as Maroon 5’s “Girls Like You” holds at No. 1 on the Digital Songs chart.

– All data courtesy of SoundScan with colour commentary added by Nielsen Canada Director, Paul Tuch.

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CNE 2026 Bell SOUNDSTAGE Lineup: Charlotte Day Wilson, JoJo, Finger Eleven and More

As part of its partnership with NXNE and a renewed focus on live music, CNE will also welcome a special soon-to-be revealed global headliner presented by Billboard Canada on Aug. 28.

The Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) is embracing its musical roots with a high-profile lineup for 2026.

The beloved long-running fair, baptized The Ex by Torontonians, has unveiled the full list of artists who will be headlining the newly-named Bell SOUNDSTAGE at the Bandshell to celebrate the event's 147th edition. Canadian stars like Charlotte Day Wilson and Finger Eleven as well as international pop star JoJo have been added to this year's programming, which reflects a diverse mix of renowned names and rising stars across a multitude of genres including pop, hip-hop, Punjabi music and soca, among others. They join previously announced acts like Lights, Lupe Fiasco, Shaggy and more.

This year, the exhibition is partnering with Toronto music festival NXNE, to modernize its musical programming with chart-topping artists and newer acts, and revamping the Bandshell as the Bell SOUNDSTAGE. “Music is such a massive part of who we are,” Mark Holland, CEO of the CNE, told Billboard Canada in April during his Executive of the Week interview. "Connecting everybody to that is a democratic mission that we are really invested in."

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