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Mimi and Michael Bublé Topped the Charts In Christmas Week

Step aside, Mimi. Michael  Bublé's seasonal best-seller held the coveted No. 1 spot as the top-performing album in Christmas week - but Mariah had her wish come true, too.

Mimi and Michael Bublé Topped the Charts In Christmas Week

By FYI Staff

Michael Bublé's Christmas jumped to No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart for the seventh non-consecutive week, scoring the highest audio-on-demand stream total for the week with nearly 14 million. It is the album’s second straight year that the 2011 release has reached the summit. It is the eighth album from a Canadian artist to score a chart-topping album in 2019, compared to six in 2018.


The previous week’s No. 1 album, Harry Styles’ Fine Line, dropped to 2nd place over Christmas week, Post Malone’s Hollywood’s Bleeding held at 3, Billie Eilish’s When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go moved 10-4 and Mariah Carey’s Merry Christmas popped 17-5 as her classic holiday song All I Want For Christmas Is You moved to No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart.

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- Data courtesy of SoundScan with additional detail provided by Nielsen Canada Director Paul Tuch.

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Winter Olympics 2026 Opening Ceremony in Milan, Italy.
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Winter Olympics 2026 Opening Ceremony in Milan, Italy.

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Here’s What Happened at the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics 2026

The Games officially started at Milan’s San Siro Stadium on Friday (Feb. 6), with a show that included performances of Mariah Carey, Laura Pausini, and Andrea Bocelli.

The Winter Olympics of Milano Cortina 2026 is the major event that perpetuates Milan's renewed international momentum, which began more than a decade ago with Expo 2015. It's also a strategic opportunity for Italy in a geopolitical context where international relations are rapidly changing.

This is why last night (Friday, Feb. 6), all eyes were on the Opening Ceremony of Milano Cortina 2026, which took place across the various venues of this edition of the Games – Cortina d'Ampezzo, Predazzo, and Livigno – but centered at Milan’s San Siro Stadium. t was a three-and-a-half-hour mega-show created by Balich Wonder Studio, which specializes in the creative direction of major events and with extensive expertise in Olympic ceremonies.

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