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Hey Rosetta's Tim Baker Scores A Hit With 1st Solo Release

After two weeks in the runner-up position, Billie Eilish’s When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go returns to No.

Hey Rosetta's Tim Baker Scores A Hit With 1st Solo Release

By FYI Staff

After two weeks in the runner-up position, Billie Eilish’s When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go returns to No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart with close to 12,000 total consumption units. The album picks up the highest audio-on-demand streams and digital song download totals and the fourth highest album sales total for the week.


Khalid’s Free Spirit rebounds 3-2 and last week’s chart-topping album, BTS’ Map of The Soul…Persona falls to No. 3.

In its first full week of release, Beyoncé’s Homecoming…The Live Album pops 24-7 with an 85% consumption increase. Her last album, Lemonade, re-enters at 24 with a 689% consumption increase, thanks to its wide availability on streaming services.

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Post Malone’s Beerbongs & Bentleys shifts 10-8 in its 52nd week on the chart. Notably, the album has spent a total of 45 weeks in the top ten.

The top debut for the week belongs to Tim Baker’s Forever Overhead, at 13. It is the debut solo album from Hey Rosetta’s front-man, who scored two top ten albums with the band earlier in the decade.

Other debuts in the top 50 this week include Lizzo’s Cuz I Love You, at 17; Cage The Elephant’s Social Cue,s at 21; Mario Pelchat’s Pelchat Aznavour Desormais, at 22, and the Rolling Stones’ Honk at 38.

Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” remains at No. 1 for the third straight week on both the Streaming and Digital Songs charts.

Lil Dicky’s “Earth” debuts at 3 and 5 respectively on the Streaming and Digital Songs charts.

-- All data courtesy of SoundScan with additional material provided by Nielsen Music Canada Director Paul Tuch.

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Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Universal Music Group Sir Lucian Charles Grainge attends Universal Music Group Hosts 2020 Grammy After Party on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.
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Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Universal Music Group Sir Lucian Charles Grainge attends Universal Music Group Hosts 2020 Grammy After Party on January 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.


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