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Dallas Smith Has This Week's Top Album Debut, But Ariana's No. 1

Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next returns to No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart with a total of 7,000 total consumption units. It is the album’s third week at the top.

Dallas Smith Has This Week's Top Album Debut, But Ariana's No. 1

By FYI Staff

Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next returns to No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart with a total of 7,000 total consumption units. It is the album’s third week at the top. The single “7 Rings” holds at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart.


Juice Wrld’s Death Race for Love drops to 2nd place, Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born soundtrack holds at 3, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie’s Hoodie SZN bullets 6-4, and Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody soundtrack drops to 5th place.

It was an unusually quiet week for new releases, with the loftiest debut for a first-week album belonging to Dallas Smith with The Fall, at 91-earning it the highest selling Country release of the week.

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-- All data courtesy of SoundScan with additional notes provided by Nielsen Music 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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