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Drake Continues To Hold At No. 1 In 8th Week

Drake’s Certified Lover Boy spends its eighth straight week at No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, once again scoring the highest on-demand stream total.

Drake Continues To Hold At No. 1 In 8th Week

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Drake’s Certified Lover Boy spends its eighth straight week at No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, once again scoring the highest on-demand stream total.


Lil Nas X’s Montero jumps back to No. 2, Doja Cat’s Planet Her shifts 6-3, and The Kid Laroi’s F*ck Love rebounds 7-4.

The top debut of the week belongs to Elton John’s collaborations album The Lockdown Sessions, at No. 5. The album, which contains the hit single Cold Heart with Dua Lipa, matches his highest ever chart peak since the start of the SoundScan era with his 2017 best of release Diamonds.

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Lana Del Rey’s Blue Banisters debuts at 10, marking her seventh straight top 10 album release.

Brampton, Ontario rapper NorthSideBenji debuts at No. 17 with his first full-length album, The Extravagant Collection. Toronto R&B duo Majid Jordan enters at No. 30 with Wildest Dreams, matching the peak of their last album, 2017’s The Space Between.

Other debuts this week include Dream Theater’s A View From the Top Of The World, at No. 32 (picking up the highest album sales total of the week); Seventeen’s Attacca at No. 48, and Duran Duran’s Future Past at No. 53.

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

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Les Cowboys Fringants Debut ‘Merci ben!’ on the Billboard Canada AC Airplay Chart

The track from the Quebec band enters at No. 30 over a year after its release, picking up steam on the radio airwaves. Ariane Moffatt's “Jouer” also reaches a new peak, marking the second consecutive week with two charting French songs.

French-language music makes its mark on the Canadian charts this week.

Les Cowboys Fringants have made their latest Billboard debut with their song “Merci ben!” which arrives at No. 30 on the Canada AC chart for May 10. The country-folk track finds the band thanking its fans while reminiscing on its beginnings and milestones, from playing small bars to sold-out arenas. The track’s title is Quebec jargon for “Thank you very much!”

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