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Mamma Mia S/T Shunts Drake Into Second Place

Drake has the consumption side beat but its fans of Mamma Mia who have purchased the soundtrack and made it the nation's best seller in the past week.

Mamma Mia S/T Shunts Drake Into Second Place

By FYI Staff

Drake’s Scorpion spends its fourth week at the top of the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, with 21,000 total consumption units tracked.


The album has achieved the highest audio-on-demand streams and digital song download totals for the week; meantime, his single, “In My Feelings,” remains at No. 1 on both the Streaming and Digital Songs charts.

Post Malone’s Beerbongs & Bentleys and XXXtentacion’s ? hold at 2 and 3 respectively.

The soundtrack to the movie “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” bullets  66-4 with a 262% consumption increase.

The album is this week’s top-selling title, supplanting Drake’s Scorpion. It is the highest charting soundtrack album since “Black Panther” debuted at No. 1 in February. The soundtrack to the first “Mamma Mia” film, which reached No. 1 in 2008, rockets 182-29 with a 181% consumption increase. Abba’s Gold best-of compilation vaults 76-15 with a 107% consumption gain.

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In another quiet week for new releases, the lone new entry in the top 50 belongs to 88rising’s Head In The Clouds, at 40. It is the first album release from the collective.

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

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Les Cowboys Fringants Debut ‘Merci ben!’ on the Billboard Canada AC Airplay Chart

The track from the Quebec band enters at No. 30 over a year after its release, picking up steam on the radio airwaves. Ariane Moffatt's “Jouer” also reaches a new peak, marking the second consecutive week with two charting French songs.

French-language music makes its mark on the Canadian charts this week.

Les Cowboys Fringants have made their latest Billboard debut with their song “Merci ben!” which arrives at No. 30 on the Canada AC chart for May 10. The country-folk track finds the band thanking its fans while reminiscing on its beginnings and milestones, from playing small bars to sold-out arenas. The track’s title is Quebec jargon for “Thank you very much!”

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