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Canadian Acts Hold Top 3 Spots On This Week's Albums Chart

For the second time in the last three weeks, Canadian artists hold the top three positions on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart.

Canadian Acts Hold Top 3 Spots On This Week's Albums Chart

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For the second time in the last three weeks, Canadian artists hold the top three positions on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart. Justin Bieber’s Justice boomerangs 3-1 with the highest on-demand streams for the week. It is the album’s fifth non-consecutive week at the top of the chart.


After holding the No. 1 position for the last two weeks, Charlotte Cardin’s Phoenix falls to 2nd place, but still achieves the highest album sales total for the third straight week.

The Weeknd’s The Highlights moves up one position to No. 3.

Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia skips 5-4 with the highest digital track download total for the week, and Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album moves 6-5.

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Weezer’s Van Weezer earns the highest debut for the week, at No. 18. It is the LA band’s highest chart peak since Weezer (White Album) reached No. 10 in April 2016 and surpasses the No. 69 peak of their last album, OK Human, in January.

The only other new release to enter in the top 50 is Michigan rapper Tee Grizzley’s Built for Whatever, at No. 46. It surpasses the No. 88 peak of his last release, 2020’s The Smartest.

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

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Grimes Says She’s Not Releasing Songs ‘About Elon’ on Upcoming Album ‘Psy Opera’ — Yet

The project is divided into two parts, with the second more heavily focused on her personal life.

Grimes‘ next album is finally ready for takeoff, but don’t expect any songs about ex Elon Musk — yet.

After announcing her first full-length in six years, an LP titled Psy Opera, the alternative pop singer-songwriter guested on the Sunday (Oct. 11) episode of Swiftologist’s Proto Pop podcast and revealed that the music is entirely conceptual and heavily inspired by her relationship to artificial intelligence. She did, however, share that the album will come in two parts, and that the second will feature way more insight into her personal life.

This article was first published by Billboard U.S.
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