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Slipknot Has This Week's No. 1 Album

Slipknot’s We Are Not Your Kind debuts at Number 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart with 13,000 total consumption units, achieving the highest album sales total for the week.

Slipknot Has This Week's No. 1 Album

By FYI Staff

Slipknot’s We Are Not Your Kind debuts at Number 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart with 13,000 total consumption units, achieving the highest album sales total for the week. It is the band’s fourth chart-topping album to date and first since their last release, 2014’s .5: The Gray Chapter.


The remainder of the top six hold their positions from last week, with Ed Sheeran’s No. 6 Collaborations Project at No. 2 (with the highest audio-on-demand stream total for the week; Billie Eilish’s When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? at No. 3; Shawn Mendes’ self-titled album at No. 4 (with the highest digital song download total for the week); Lil Nas X’s 7, at 5; and Khalid’s Free Spirit, at 6.

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Rick Ross’ Port of Miami 2 debuts at 8, marking it as his third top ten album and first since 2014’s Mastermind peaked at 5.

Trippie Redd’s ! debuts at 10, his third straight top ten album. It matches the debut and peak of his last release, 2018’s A Love Letter to You 3.

Other debuts in the top 50 include Bon Iver’s i,I, at 14; Bazzi’s Soul Searching, at 18, Social House’s Everything Changed at 33, Lil Tjay’s F.N. at 35, and Blueface’s Dirt Bag at 41.

Lil Nas X’s“Old Town Road remains at No. 1 on the both the Streaming and Digital Songs chart.

-- All data courtesy of SoundScan with colour commentary provided by Nielsen Canada director, Paul Tuch.

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Calgary Jazz Artist Jairus Sharif Wins the First-Ever Meridian Prize

Sharif's album Basis of Unity is the first recipient of the FACTOR-partnered award that recognizes an album of exceptional artistic achievement from Western and Northern Canada. The award was presented at BreakOut West in Victoria this weekend (Oct. 3).

Jairus Sharif has won the first-ever Meridian Prize.

This weekend, the Calgary experimental jazz musician was awarded the inaugural Meridian Prize for his 2025 album Basis of Unity at BreakOut West festival and conference in Victoria, British Columbia. The brand new prize was introduced this year to recognize an album of exceptional artistic achievement from Western and Northern Canada, serving a similar role as the Polaris Music Prize. In addition to a trophy, Sharif also receives a $5,000 honorarium.

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