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Morgan Wallen Remains No. 1, But Giveon Is Now Red Hot

Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album remains at No.

Morgan Wallen Remains No. 1, But Giveon Is Now Red Hot

By FYI Staff

Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album remains at No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart for the sixth non-consecutive week and, once again, scores the highest on-demand stream total for the week. Dangerous is now the longest running No. 1 album by a Country artist since Shania Twain’s Up spent 11 straight weeks at the top in December 2002.


Pop Smoke’s Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon jumps 4-2 and The Weeknd’s After Hours drops one position, to No. 3.

With the release of a deluxe 14-track edition of Ariana Grande’s Positions, the album kicks up its heels, moving 8-4 on the chart. It's the highest position for the album since its fifth week on the chart in December. Positions was originally released by Republic Records/UMC on Oct. 30, 2020.

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The top new entry of the week goes to Staten Island rapper CJ’s Loyalty Over Royalty, at No. 35, and American R&B singer Giveon’s Take Time bullets 99-49 on the heels of the announcement that he's a Grammy contender in the best R&B album category.

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

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Val Blavatnik

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Val Blavatnik to Oversee Warner Music Canada in New Role at Warner Music Group

Blavatnik will oversee Warner Music Canada as managing director of Warner Music North America, U.K. and Corporate Development at WMG. As part of a slew of executive announcements, Simon Robson will be leaving the company, while Alejandro Duque takes the top international role.

Val Blavatnik, the 28-year-old son of Warner Music Group majority owner and vice chairman Len Blavatnik, has been named managing director of Warner Music North America, U.K. and Corporate Development at the Warner Music Group, the company announced Friday (Sept. 25). In his new role the younger Blavatnik, who has held several roles at the company in recent years, and has been a board member since 2023, expects to “unify and drive business and operational strategy across these markets while guiding the company’s investment strategy to support growth,” according to a press release.

The Blavatnik announcement is part of a flurry of new executive announcements that CEO Robert Kyncl made this morning. In addition, Atlantic Music Group chairman/CEO Elliot Grainge will take on ADA in the U.S. as its new chairman, while Alejandro Duque, who has held the dual roles of president of Warner Latin and president of ADA since last July, has been named president of Warner Music International, adding Asia-Pacific and Europe, the Middle East and Africa under his oversight. (Duque will continue to oversee ADA outside the U.S.) Zach Friedman, currently COO at Atlantic Music Group, will add the title of vice chair of ADA U.S. to his resume.

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