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Encanto S/T Remains No. 1 For 5th Consecutive Week

The Encanto soundtrack remains No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, for the fifth consecutive week and earned the highest on-demand stream total in this weekly period.

Encanto S/T Remains No. 1 For 5th Consecutive Week

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The Encanto soundtrack remains No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, for the fifth consecutive week and earned the highest on-demand stream total in this weekly period.


Ed Sheeran’s = holds at No. 2, Eminem’s Curtain Call remains at No. 3, The Weeknd’s Dawn Fm edges 5-4 and Gunna’s Ds4ever rebounds 8-5.

The top new entry of the week belongs to Portland rapper Yeat’s 2 Alive, at 19. It surpasses the No. 81 peak of his 2021 album Up 2 Me.

Other debuts include Jack Harlow’s That's What They All Say, at No. 34 and comical American singer-songwriter Oliver Tree’s Cowboy Tears at 92.

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For the second straight week, Guylaine Tanguay picks up the highest album sales total with Ginette A Ma Facon.

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

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Babbulicious at Zohran Mamdani's inauguration in New York City on Jan. 1, 2026.

Babbulicious at Zohran Mamdani's inauguration in New York City on Jan. 1, 2026.

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As 2026 gets under way, the headlines are emerging, including the demise (and grassroots resurrection) of MTV, potential legal action by Ashley MacIsaac against Google and some interesting moves by Universal Music Group.

Read these stories and more in this week's roundup of music biz headlines of the week from Canada and beyond.

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