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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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Cameron Whitcomb at LASSO Festival in Montreal on August 16, 2026.
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Cameron Whitcomb at LASSO Festival in Montreal on August 16, 2026.

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