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James Blake Assumes 'Form' On the Chart ... Again!

For the first time in 2019, new releases debut in the upper part of the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, with three landing in the top ten.

James Blake Assumes 'Form' On the Chart ... Again!

By FYI Staff

For the first time in 2019, new releases debut in the upper part of the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, with three landing in the top ten.


Future’s Future Hndrxx Presents: The Wizrd debuts at No. 1 with close to 7,000 total consumption units, scoring the highest audio-on-demand stream total in the week. This marks his fourth chart-topping album and first since Hndrxx in March 2017.

A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie’s Hoodie SZN, Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born soundtrack and the soundtrack for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse all fall one position to Nos. 2, 3 and 4 respectively, and Travis Scott’s Astroworld moves 7-5.

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James Blake’s Assume Form debuts at 8, earning him his first top ten album that surpasses the No. 31 peak of 2016’s The Colour In Anything.

American musician, singer-songwriter, and producer Maggie Rogers picks up her first charted album as Heard It In A Past Life debuts at 10.

Other new entries in the top 50 include Xxxtentacion’s Xxxtentacion Presents: Members, at 33 and Weezer’s covers album Weezer (Teal Album), at 48.

Ariana Grande’s “7 Rings” debuts at No. 1 on both the Streaming and Songs charts. It is her second chart-topping streaming song and fourth No. 1 digital song.

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

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Sam Fender on stage accepting the Mercury Music Prize for the album 'People Watching' at the "Mercury Music Awards 2025" at the Utilita Arena on October 16, 2025 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
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Sam Fender on stage accepting the Mercury Music Prize for the album 'People Watching' at the "Mercury Music Awards 2025" at the Utilita Arena on October 16, 2025 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

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Sam Fender Triumphs in Hometown 2025 Mercury Prize Ceremony

Fender saw off competition from FKA Twigs, Fontaines D.C., CMAT & more

Sam Fender‘s People Watching won the Mercury Prize on Thursday (Oct. 16) in a ceremony held in his hometown of Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

Launched in 1992, The Mercury Prize is an esteemed annual prize that celebrates the best of British and Irish music across a range of music genres. For the first time in its history, this year the ceremony was held outside of London, taking place at the Utilita Arena in Newcastle upon Tyne.

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