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Songs With Messages For Us All Top Radio's Fave New Trax This Week

This last week proved a strong one for Canadian artists with (pictured) Alessia Cara, Jessica Mitchell and Dan Mangan breaking through with personal songs that speak to these turbulent times. Topping the list of new radio ads is Death Cab For Cutie with a requiem for the neighbourhood.

Songs With Messages For Us All Top Radio's Fave New Trax This Week

By FYI Staff

The following are tracks delivered to radio by digital distributor DMDS/Yangaroo in Canada and broken down into two categories. Top Downloads represents the most downloaded songs in the week ending June 15 and the Most Active Indies blends downloads and streams, with the affiliated label and radio promotions company in parenthesis.


Top Downloads

 

 

  1. Death Cab For Cutie “Gold Rush” (Warner)

  2. Alessia Cara “Growing Pains” (Universal)

  3. Nicki Minaj f. Ariana Grande “Bed” (Universal)

  4. Jessica Mitchell “Heart of Glass” (RGK)

  5. Clean Bandit f. Demi Lovato “Solo” (Warner)

  6. Dan Mangan “Troubled Mind” (Arts & Crafts/Canvas Promo)

  7. Little Big Town “Summer Fever” (Capitol Nashville/Universal)

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  8. Backstreet Boys “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” (RCA/Sony)

  9. Childish Gambino “This Is America” (RCA/Sony)

  10. Weezer “Africa” (Warner)

Most Active Indies

 

 

  1. Jessica Mitchell “Heart of Glass” (RGK)

  2. Dan Mangan “Troubled Mind” (Arts & Crafts/Canvas Promo)

  3. Johnson’s Creek “I Like It Dirty” (Indie/L. Tutty Promo)

  4. Mary Anne Message “Kiss Me in the Rain” (Indie/B. Anderson Promo)

  5. Jess Moskaluke “Camouflage” (MDM/Dale Speaking Promo)

  6. DVBBS x Blackbear “IDWK” (Ultra/DMD Promo)

  7. Secret Broadcast “Cause and The Cure” (eOne)

  8. Charissa “Feel Good Song” (Indie)

  9. Michael Daniels “Betting on Red” (Grand Artist Svc/Catchin’ Waves Promo)

  10. Jesse Slack “Lip Sync” (Indie/Stark Ravings Promo)

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Kneecap Blasts Norwegian Government at Oslo Festival, Accusing It of Funding ‘Genocide’ Against Palestinians
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Mo Chara, DJ Provaí and Móglaí Bap of Kneecap performs on the West Holts Stage during during day four of Glastonbury Festival 2025 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 28, 2025 in Glastonbury, England.

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Kneecap Blasts Norwegian Government at Oslo Festival, Accusing It of Funding ‘Genocide’ Against Palestinians

The Irish rap trio went after the Norwegian government over its investments, which are currently under scrutiny, at Øyafestivalen.

Irish rap group Kneecap – which has drawn a storm of criticism, support, attention and legal action over the past half-year – continued to speak out about the war in Gaza during an afternoon set at the Øyafestivalen in Oslo, Norway, on Friday (Aug. 8).

Right before the trio of Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvaí took the stage, an English-language white-text-on-black-background message played on a video screen, accusing the Norwegian government of “enabling” the “genocide” against the Palestinian people via investments held in the county’s sovereign wealth fund (referenced as “oil pension fund” in the message). “Over 80,000 people have been murdered by Israel in 21 months,” the band’s message continued. “Free Palestine.” The message was greeted readily by a cheering audience. Most estimates (including those from health officials in the area) place the Palestinian death toll at more than 60,000. That number does not distinguish between civilians and Hamas militants. An estimated 18,500 of those killed were children.

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