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Patrick Watson Debuts At 2 As Post Malone Stays No. 1 In 6th Week

Post Malone’s Hollywood’s Bleeding remains at No.

Patrick Watson Debuts At 2 As Post Malone Stays No. 1 In 6th Week

By FYI Staff

Post Malone’s Hollywood’s Bleeding remains at No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart for the sixth non-consecutive week, with 10,000 total consumption units, picking up the highest audio on-demand streams and digital song downloads for the seventh straight week. It ties Billie Eilish for the most weeks at the top of the chart in 2019.


The top new entry belongs to Canuck, Patrick Watson’s Wave, which debuts at 2 with the highest album sales total for the week. It matches his highest chart peak to date with 2012’s Adventures In Your Own Backyard and surpasses the No. 3 peak of his last charted album, 2015’s Love Songs For Robots.

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Ed Sheeran’s No. 6 Collaborations Project and Taylor Swift’s Lover remain at Nos. 3 and 4 respectively and Lil Tjay’s True 2 Myself falls to No. 5.

Quebec superstar Pierre Lapointe’s Pour Dejouer L’ennui debuts at 11 with the second-highest album sales total for the week.

Other new entries in the top 50 include Orlando rock band Alter Bridge’s Walk the Sky, at 27; Gucci Mane’s Woptober II, at 28; and G-Eazy’s Scary Nights, at 30.

Travis Scott’s Highest In The Room holds at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart while Lewis Capaldi’s Someone You Loved remains at No. 1 on the Digital Songs chart.

– All data courtesy of SoundScan with additional detail provided by Nielsen Canada director, Paul Tuch.

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Warner Music Canada Lays Off at Least 24 People Amidst Global Restructuring
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Warner Music Canada Lays Off at Least 24 People Amidst Global Restructuring

The major record label has eliminated positions across the company, including marketing, A&R, catalogue and more. The cuts follow the departure of president Kristen Burke and reportedly came on the same day as the announcement of Julia Hummel and Madelaine Napoleone as co-general managers.

Warner Music Canada has laid off at least 24 people, Billboard Canada has learned. The cuts come amidst global restructuring and layoffs at Warner Music Group.

According to multiple former staffers, the layoffs came on Nov. 18, the same day Julia Hummel and Madelaine Napoleone were announced as new Warner Music Canada co-general managers.

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