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George Returns But Billie's Album Remains No. 1

Billie Eilish’s Happier Than Ever remains No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart for the second week and again earning the highest album sales total for the week.

George Returns But Billie's Album Remains No. 1

By FYI Staff

Billie Eilish’s Happier Than Ever remains No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart for the second week and again earning the highest album sales total for the week.


The remainder of the top five repeats static, with The Kid Laroi’s F*ck Love at No. 2 (picking up the highest on-demand stream total of the week), Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour at No. 3, Doja Cat’s Planet Her at No. 4 and Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia at No. 5.

The top new entry of the week belongs to Nas’ King’s Disease II at 9. It is his sixth top ten album and surpasses the No. 12 peak of his last release, 2020’s King’s Disease.

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BTS’ Japanese language compilation album, BTS–The Best, debuts at 44, ringing up the second-highest album sales total in the week.

American hat star Chris Young’s Famous Friends enters at 45; it’s his first release since 2017’s Losing Sleep peaked at 22.

The deluxe 50th anniversary edition of George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass enters at 49.

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

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Jennifer Brown, CEO of SOCAN (left) and ​Tobias Holzmüller, CEO of GEMA
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Jennifer Brown, CEO of SOCAN (left) and Tobias Holzmüller, CEO of GEMA

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SOCAN Joins GEMA's Live Music Royalty Network, One Arena

The Canadian music rights company is the first organization outside of Europe to join the network, whose goal is to provide more transparency regarding live music royalties.

SOCAN has joined GEMA's live royalty network, One Arena.

The Canadian music rights society has become the first non-European rights collection company to join the initiative, which is meant to provide transparency surrounding live music and concert royalties. One Arena's mission is to track concerts worldwide and provide information about licensing and royalty payments, giving a clearer picture of how performance royalties are calculated and distributed to musicians.

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