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On The Charts: July 15, 2019

Dreamville & J.

On The Charts: July 15, 2019

By FYI Staff

Dreamville & J. Cole’s Revenge of The Dreamers III debuts at number one on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, with 7,000 total consumption units, including the highest audio-on-demand streams total for the week. It is the second of the compilations from the label to reach the chart, surpassing the No. 99 peak of the second release back in December 2015. It is J. Cole’s third consecutive release to reach No. 1, following 2016’s 4 Your Eyez Only and 2018’s KOD.


The No. 1 album from the last two weeks, Lil Nas X’s 7, falls to No. 2. His single “Old Town Road” remains at No. 1 on both the Streaming and Digital Songs charts.

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Machine Gun Kelly’s Hotel Diablo debuts at 6. It is his third top ten album and first since 2017’s Bloom peaked at 6.

Post Malone’s Beerbongs & Bentleys rebounds 14-7 in its 63rd week on the chart, with a 10% consumption increase. His new single, Goodbyes, debuts at 3 on the Streaming Songs chart and No. 4 on the Digital Songs chart.

In its 12th week on the chart, Lizzo’s Cuz I Love You reaches the top ten for the first time, shifting 11-8.

The only other album to debut in the top 50 this week belongs to (American rapper) Jaden’s Erys at No. 18. It surpasses the No. 32 peak of his first album, 2017’s Syre.

-- All data courtesy of SoundScan with additional colour commentary provided by Nielsen Canada director Paul Tuch.

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