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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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Ed Sheeran performs onstage at iHeartRadio Z100's Jingle Ball 2025 Presented by Capital One held at Madison Square Garden on December 12, 2025 in New York, New York.
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Ed Sheeran performs onstage at iHeartRadio Z100's Jingle Ball 2025 Presented by Capital One held at Madison Square Garden on December 12, 2025 in New York, New York.

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Ed Sheeran Addresses Controversy at First Show Since Openers, Backing Band Dropped Off Tour, Calls It ‘The Best Show of My Life’

Before his show in Philadelphia, Sheeran read a statement acknowledging the issue of Israel and Palestine, but still tried to keep things neutral.

Ed Sheeran needed to address the situation before he could start playing guitar. It wasn’t how he wanted to start his show, and he’s made it abundantly clear that the last thing he wants around him is controversy or, in his words, to be an “activist musician.”

But here he was, at the first show after his opener and friend Macklemore was kicked off the tour, following pressure by a group of venue owners led by Robert Kraft who took issue with Macklemore’s statement of support toward Palestine. That led to the rest of the tour’s openers and even Sheeran’s backing band for the tour dropping off the tour in solidarity with Macklemore — all of which became a huge news story and PR nightmare for the usually very un-controversial Sheeran. And though he had already made one highly scrutinized statement online while the news story was at its most potent, Sheeran felt the need to address the crowd at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field on Saturday night (Sept. 19) in person, before the show really started.

This article was first published by Billboard U.S.

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