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Shawn Mendes Achieves His Fourth No. 1 Debut with Wonder Album

Shawn Mendes’ Wonder debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, earning the highest sales and digital song downloads and the second-highest on-demand streams for the week.

Shawn Mendes Achieves His Fourth No. 1 Debut with Wonder Album

By FYI Staff

Shawn Mendes’ Wonder debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, earning the highest sales and digital song downloads and the second-highest on-demand streams for the week. All four of his full-length studio albums have debuted in the No. 1 position, including his last release, 2018’s self-titled album. It is the sixth album from a Canadian artist to reach No. 1 in 2020, following Justin Bieber, The Weeknd, Tory Lanez, Drake and NAV.


Michael Buble’s Christmas remains at No. 2 and having the highest on-demand streams for the week. Pop Smoke’s Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon holds at 3, last week’s No. 1 album, Miley Cyrus’s Plastic Hearts, falls to 4, and The Kid Laroi’s F*ck Love edges 6-5. Mariah Carey’s Merry Christmas moves 13-8.

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Five more holiday albums place in the top 30 this week, with Dolly Parton’s A Holly Dolly Christmas jumping 20-14 and classics from Vince Guaraldi Trio (No. 20), Bing Crosby (No. 21), Nat King Cole (No. 22) and Frank Sinatra (No. 26).

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

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Sarah McLachlan, Diana Krall & More to Perform as Elton John Receives Glenn Gould Prize

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UPDATE (April 9): Sarah McLachlan and the National Ballet’s Noah Parets have been added to the roster of Canadian performers taking the stage at The Glenn Gould Prize Gala Honouring Elton John. The event will be hosted by Will & Grace star Eric McCormack (who is also Canadian) on May 9 at The Theatre at Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto. The award was first announced in March 2025 and was originally going to be presented in Toronto last fall.

The event, with John in attendance, will feature live performances of John’s songs by a hand-selected group of Canadian artists. Previously announced performers include Diana Krall, The Beaches, Ron Sexsmith, Jeremy Dutcher, LOONY and Ryan Wang.

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