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Pop Smoke's Legacy Now Includes 2nd Posthumous No. 1 Album

Faith, Pop Smoke’s second posthumous album, debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, earning the highest on-demand stream total for the week.

Pop Smoke's Legacy Now Includes 2nd Posthumous No. 1 Album

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Faith, Pop Smoke’s second posthumous album, debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, earning the highest on-demand stream total for the week. It is the follow-up to Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon, which spent 10 weeks at No. 1 and was the most consumed album in 2020.


Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour drops to No. 2, ending her run of eight consecutive weeks at the top of the chart, and Doja Cat’s Planet Her drops one position, to 3.

John Mayer’s Sob Rock debuts at No. 4, and was the best-selling album in the week. All eight of his studio albums have reached the top ten. This latest is his follow-up to The Search for Everything in 2017.

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Three more new releases debut in the top 50. KSI’s All Over the Place lands at No. 16, surpassing the No. 33 peak of his first album, 2020’s Dissimulation.

Tones And I’s first full-length album, Welcome to The Madhouse, enters at 36. An earlier EP, The Kids Are Coming, peaked at 9.

Illenium’s Fallen Embers debuts at 49. It’s the follow-up to the 2019 album, Ascend.

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

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From left to right: Matthew Burnett, Jordan Evans and Daniel Caesar at Billboard Canada Managers to Watch 2026
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From left to right: Matthew Burnett, Jordan Evans and Daniel Caesar at Billboard Canada Managers to Watch 2026

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Daniel Caesar's Surprise Tribute to His Managers & More of the Best Moments From Billboard Canada Managers to Watch 2026

Caesar presented the Managers of the Year Award to his longtime managers Matthew Burnett and Jordan Evans as industry luminaries gathered to celebrate at Billboard Canada Managers to Watch x MMF Canada Honour Roll at SOUNDSTAGE at NXNE on June 11. Angine de Poitrine manager Sébastien Collin and Yungblud manager Tommas Arnby also received special awards.

The most influential managers from across the globe gathered at SOUNDSTAGE in Toronto on June 11 at NXNE to celebrate Billboard Canada Managers to Watch. The celebration spotlighted the people who put in the behind-the-scenes work to elevate artists across the country following the release of this year's coveted Managers to Watch list.

“If you want to get something done, call the manager,” said Billboard Canada national editor Richard Trapunski in his opening remarks. "You are the ones who are closest to the artists, the unsung heroes of the music industry. You have the vision and the tools to open doors and build careers, yet you are rarely in the spotlight yourselves."

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