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It's Christmas Time So Michael Bublé Must Be No. 1 On the Chart

Michael Bublé’s Christmas skips 3-1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, achieving the highest on-demand streams for the week.

It's Christmas Time So Michael Bublé Must Be No. 1 On the Chart

By FYI Staff

Michael Bublé’s Christmas skips 3-1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, achieving the highest on-demand streams for the week. It is the album’s seventh week at the top of the chart and has reached No. 1 in each of the last three years during Christmas week.


With the addition of a number of new songs, Eminem’s enhanced Music To Be Murdered By moves 55-2. The album spent four weeks at No. 1 back in January and February.

Last week’s No. 1 album, Taylor Swift’s evermore, falls to 3rd place, Mariah Carey’s Merry Christmas bullets 12-4 and Pop Smoke’s Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon drops to No. 5.

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Paul McCartney’s McCartney III debuts at 7, picking up the highest album sales for the week. It is his follow-up to the No. 3 Egypt Station in September 2018.

Three more holiday albums move into the top ten, with Bing Crosby’s White Christmas at No. 8, Nat King Cole’s Christmas Song at No. 9 and Vince Guaraldi Trio’s Charlie Brown Christmas at No. 10.

– All data courtesy of SoundScan with additional detail provided by MRC’s Paul Tuch.

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Toronto’s Harris Institute to Close After Nearly 40 Years: ‘We’ve Had a Good Run’

The long-running music school's decision is reportedly a result of the provincial government's changes to post-secondary education, including visa restrictions for international students and the elimination of grants for private college students.

In December, Toronto’s Harris Institute close its doors. The Canadian music education institution, located at 118 Sherbourne Street, will cease operations after 37 years.

According to the organization, the decision follows major changes to the Ontario government’s post-secondary education plans, including the restriction of student visas for private colleges, the Ontario Student Assistance Program’s (OSAP) freeze on student loan payments and the elimination of grants for private college students.

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