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Encanto S/T Holds At No. 1 For 8th Straight Week

Two new releases debut in the top three on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, but the Encanto soundtrack continues its run at the top to spend its eighth straight week at No. 1.

Encanto S/T Holds At No. 1 For 8th Straight Week

By FYI Staff

Two new releases debut in the top three on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, but the Encanto soundtrack continues its run at the top to spend its eighth straight week at No. 1.


However, for the first time since it reached No. 1, it does not have the highest on-demand stream total for the week. That honour belongs to Lil Durk’s 7220, which enters at No. 2. It is the Chicago rapper’s highest-charting album to date, surpassing the No. 6 peak of The Voice, his previous album released in December 2020.

Swedish rock band Ghost’s Impera debuts at No. 3, earning the highest album sales total for the week. It is the ensemble’s highest-charting album to date, topping the No. 6 peak of their last release, 2018’s Prequelle.

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Rounding out the top five is Ed Sheeran’s = which falls two positions to No. 4, and Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album holding at No. 5.

The only other new entry in the top 50 belongs to Brit singer-songwriter Rex Orange County’s Who Cares? at 16, the follow-up to his 2019 No. 3 release Pony.

– All data courtesy of Luminate Entertainment Data with additional detail provided by LED's Paul Tuch.

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Obituaries: Edmonton Rock Frontman Malcolm Swann, L7 Bassist and Songwriter Jennifer Finch

This week we also acknowledge the passing of Southern rock pioneer Alan Walden and Joe Melson, a writer of classic Roy Orbison hits.

Malcolm Swann, a vocalist, songwriter and musician best known for his 1980s work in Edmonton bands Office and Voice, died on July 9, at the age of 65.

Dave Bacon (SNFU), a bandmate and close friend of Swann, noted that ''Malcolm got his chops at Shawnigan Lake, a private/boarding school on Vancouver Island, where music was a main part of the curriculum.'' Swann also studied in the music program at Grant MacEwan College (now MacEwan University) in Edmonton.

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