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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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Thousands of Canadians to Join in Triumph's 'Hold On' As a Cross-Country Sing-Along to Celebrate Music Education

The 1979 hit song is this year's Music Monday selection, an annual event by the Coalition of Music Education that unites the country in performances of the same song, on the same day, at the same time.

"Hold On," one of the biggest hits of Canadian Music Hall of Famers Triumph, will gain fresh life from being chosen as the anthem for Music Monday 2025.

On May 5, 2025 Coalition for Music Education will celebrate Music Monday with a cross-country sing-along to raise awareness for music education. This annual event celebrates the unifying power of music as thousands of Canadians join in singing and performing its anthem at their schools and other community events.

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