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Olivia Rodrigo's 'Sour' Remains No. 1 In Its 5th Week

Following last week when four new releases entered the top ten, it is a light week for new entries.

Olivia Rodrigo's 'Sour' Remains No. 1 In Its 5th Week

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Following last week when four new releases entered the top ten, it is a light week for new entries.


Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour spends its fifth straight week at No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, again picking up the highest on-demand streams and digital song downloads for the week.

Last week’s No. 2 album, Polo G’s Hall of Fame, holds at No. 2, The Weeknd’s Highlights and Justin Bieber’s Justice both move ahead one spot, to Nos. 3 and 4 respectively, and Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia skips 7-5.

The top new entry for the week belongs to African-American/Filipino-American singer-songwriter H.E.R.’s first full-length studio album, Back of My Mind, at No. 32. It is Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson’s highest charting release so far, surpassing the No. 58 peak of her self-titled compilation in 2018.

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For the third time in its five weeks of release, The Tragically Hip’s Saskadelphia picks up the highest album sales total.

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

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Bloc Québécois Wants Streaming Services to Pay to Fund Canadian Content

The Canadian political party will use its Opposition Day today (Oct. 22) to file a motion calling for streaming services to contribute to funding the cultural sector. It is also asking the Liberal government to disburse the $600 million it promised to invest in June, as the debate surrounding the polarizing Online Streaming Act continues.

The Bloc Québécois is getting into the Online Streaming Act debate.

The Quebec political party is demanding immediate funding of the Canadian cultural sector and accountability on behalf of major streaming services.

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