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Grammy Halo Impacts Chart, But Eminem Maintains No. 1 Slot

Eminem’s Music to Be Murdered By remains No.

Grammy Halo Impacts Chart, But Eminem Maintains No. 1 Slot

By FYI Staff

Eminem’s Music to Be Murdered By remains No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart for the second straight week, with 14,000 total consumption units and achieving the highest album sales and on-demand streams for the week. Each of his ten solo chart-topping albums has spent multiple weeks at No. 1.


Roddy Ricch’s Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial rebounds 4-2 as his single, The Box, remains at the top of the Streaming Songs chart.

After taking home five Grammys last week, Billie Eilish’s debut album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go, glides 8-3, with a 68% consumption increase.

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Post Malone’s Hollywood’s Bleeding edges 5-4 and Halsey’s Manic drops to 5.

Other artists who picked up chart gains following the Grammys include Lizzo’s Cuz I Love You (17-12), Lil Nas X’s 7 (35-26) and Ariana Grande’s Thank U Next (47-39), while the 2020 Grammy Nominees album jumps 57-32.

The top debut of the week falls outside of the top 50, as Breaking Benjamin’s Aurora comes in at  56.

--- All data courtesy of SoundScan with additional detail provided by Nielsen Canada director, Paul Tuch.

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New & Upcoming Album Releases: U.S. Girls Delivers 'Scratch It,' Aysanabee Releases 'Edge of the Earth'

This week also sees new releases from Punjabi artist Sultaan, Montreal indie pop artist Meggie Lennon and more.

The summer album release calendar is heading up.

Toronto singer-songwriter Meg Remy, aka U.S. Girls, a critical favourite and Polaris Prize shortlister is releasing her new album Scratch It this week. She recruited a strong group of Nashville players including Dillon Watson (D. Watusi, Savoy Motel), Jack Lawrence (The Dead Weather, The Raconteurs, Loretta Lynn), Domo Donoho on drums and harmonica legend Charlie McCoy (Elvis, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison). In just ten days, Remy and the band recorded Scratch It live off the floor with minimal overdubs, mixed to tape, old-school style. It's a max of country, gospel, garage rock, soul, disco, folk and more.

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