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FYI Now Carrying Mediabase Canada Radio Charts

After a longstanding and fruitful relationship with BDS, owned by Luminate (formerly known as Nielsen Music), Billboard partnered with Mediabase and in doing so the era of two separate airplay moni

FYI Now Carrying Mediabase Canada Radio Charts

By FYI Staff

After a longstanding and fruitful relationship with BDS, owned by Luminate (formerly known as Nielsen Music), Billboard partnered with Mediabase and in doing so the era of two separate airplay monitoring charts ended in December 2022.


FYI is pleased to report a successful agreement with Mediabase effective last week that allows us access to a menu of the Top 30 charts compiled from monitoring over 450 radio stations covering multiple formats in Canada.

Details about and further research materials can be had by writing mediabase.com.

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Cris Derksen
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Cris Derksen

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Obituaries: Acclaimed Cellist & Composer Cris Derksen Mourned by Canadian Musicians and Industry

Also this week: Bob Ezrin and others remember legendary rock producer Jack Douglas, tributes to Hamilton blues and rock bassist Bucky Buchanan and more.

Cris Derksen, a renowned Indigenous cellist and composer, died in a car accident on May 15, at age 45. They were returning from their father's funeral near Slave Lake, Alberta.

An obituary in the Edmonton Journal reports that "Derksen was a beloved fixture on Canada’s classical and stringed music scene. Their style sometimes fused modern electronic sounds and Indigenous rhythms. Derksen was known as a generous mentor.

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