Here is this week's MRC Data Market Watch report which features Canadian music stats for the current week and YTD with comparisons to last year. This chart is published every Tuesday.
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Here is this week's MRC Data Market Watch report which features Canadian music stats for the current week and YTD with comparisons to last year. This chart is published every Tuesday. The abbreviation "TEA" is a term used to describe the sale of music downloads or singles. A track equivalent album is equal to 10 tracks, or 10 songs.
The Weeknd
The latest update to the Canadian superstar's historic After Hours Til Dawn tour, the set piece is designed by Japanese artist Hajime Sorayama and officially the tallest fine art piece ever commissioned for a concert.
The Weeknd is continuing to break records on his historic After Hours Til Dawn tour.
The Canadian icon recently kicked off the second European leg of the tour, which now includes a major art piece. One of the tour's constants has been its centrepiece, a massive statue designed by Japanese artist Hajime Sorayama, and its latest iteration is reportedly the largest fine art commission for a live show ever, standing at 40 feet tall.
The robot statue, inspired by Sorayama's "Sexy Robot" series, was first introduced during the previous European leg of the tour in 2023, where it was coated in silver and featured the robot's hands stretched backwards as if it was ascending. The same statue was reintroduced in gold during the tour's second run in 2025, following the release of the singer's sixth album Hurry Up Tomorrow. Now, it's been revamped with a new pose featuring a bent knee, a new helmet and double the stature, as the previous statue stood 20 feet tall.
A fan of Sorayama's work, The Weeknd also previously teamed up with the Japanese artist in 2021 to commemorate the ten-year anniversary of Echoes of Silence, the third instalment in his trilogy of breakthrough mixtapes, with a limited edition merchandise capsule and special edition vinyl.
Since kicking off in 2022, the After Hours Til Dawn tour has become the highest-earning tour by a male solo artist in history, surpassing $1 billion in grosses, a feat it achieved after first surpassing Bruno Mars and Beyoncé to earn the top-selling R&B tour of all-time upon grossing $635.5 million and crossing 5.1 million tickets sold as of Aug. 2025.
The hitmaker also made history with his trek when he returned to Toronto last year for four nights at the Rogers Centre, breaking two records in the process. He became the first Canadian artist to play six concerts at the stadium, simultaneously notching the highest number of shows played at the venue by a male solo artist on a singular tour. He was also honoured during a special pre-show ceremony where Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow presented him with the key to the city.
As The Weeknd powers through another year on the road, his vast catalogue of hits continues to shine onstage. At the top of this year, he became the first artist to earn 30 songs with over a billion Spotify streams each, further stamping his legacy as one of Canada's greatest-ever hitmakers.
The After Hours Til Dawn tour continues in Europe until September, before wrapping up with a final leg in Asia this Fall.
