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Olivia Rodrigo’s 'Sour' Maintains 2nd Week At No. 1

In a quiet week for new releases, Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour spends a second consecutive week at number one on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart and again scoring the highest on-demand stream

Olivia Rodrigo’s 'Sour' Maintains 2nd Week At No. 1

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In a quiet week for new releases, Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour spends a second consecutive week at number one on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart and again scoring the highest on-demand streams and digital track sales. After just two weeks, the album is already the No. 3 most consumed album so far in 2021.


J. Cole’s The Off-Season edges 3-2, Justin Bieber’s Justice moves up to No. 3, Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia skips6-4 and Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album moves 7-5.

The top new entry of the week belongs to DMX’s posthumous release, Exodus, at No. 26. It is the rapper’s first studio album since 2012.

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

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Influence Media Wins Bid to Acquire Anthem Entertainment’s Music Assets
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Influence Media Wins Bid to Acquire Anthem Entertainment’s Music Assets

Sources say the BlackRock-backed company bid slightly above $650 million for the assets, though the deal has yet to close.

Apparently, the third time really can be the charm, as sources say Influence Media Partners has emerged as the winner in the auction for the music assets of Anthem Entertainment, the Canadian music firm that houses music publishing assets and recorded masters royalties from the likes of Rush and Timbaland.

While two earlier efforts to sell the firm in 2017 and 2022 came up short, sources suggest that in the third go-round, the successful Goldman Sachs-shopped deal saw at least two bids come in above the $600 million mark, even though most other bidders were said to be in the $500 million to $600 million range before dropping out. In all, sources suggested that about a dozen suitors kicked the tires on Anthem.

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