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Taylor Swift's 'Fearless' Remake Debuts At No. 1

Taylor Swift’s Fearless (Taylor’s Version), the re-recorded version of her 2008 sophomore album (and first Canadian No. 1), debuts at No.

Taylor Swift's 'Fearless' Remake Debuts At No. 1

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Taylor Swift’s Fearless (Taylor’s Version), the re-recorded version of her 2008 sophomore album (and first Canadian No. 1), debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, with the highest album sales and on-demand streams for the week. It is her ninth consecutive chart-topping album.


Justin Bieber’s Justice, a chart-topper for the past three weeks, drops to 2nd place.

Following his passing on April 9th, DMX’s 2010 collection The Best of DMX re-enters at 3 with the highest digital track download total for the week. It is his third-highest chart peak to date following 2001’s No. 1 The Great Depression and 2003’s No. 2 Grand Champ.

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Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album drops to 4 and Lil Tjay’s Destined 2 Win falls to 5.

American hip-hop boy band Brockhampton’s Roadrunner: New Light New Machine debuts at 17, and Quebec’s popular Vincent Vallieres' debuts at 40 with Toute Beaute N’est Pa Perdue that is the second best-selling album in the week.

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

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Influence Media Wins Bid to Acquire Anthem Entertainment’s Music Assets
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Influence Media Wins Bid to Acquire Anthem Entertainment’s Music Assets

Sources say the BlackRock-backed company bid slightly above $650 million for the assets, though the deal has yet to close.

Apparently, the third time really can be the charm, as sources say Influence Media Partners has emerged as the winner in the auction for the music assets of Anthem Entertainment, the Canadian music firm that houses music publishing assets and recorded masters royalties from the likes of Rush and Timbaland.

While two earlier efforts to sell the firm in 2017 and 2022 came up short, sources suggest that in the third go-round, the successful Goldman Sachs-shopped deal saw at least two bids come in above the $600 million mark, even though most other bidders were said to be in the $500 million to $600 million range before dropping out. In all, sources suggested that about a dozen suitors kicked the tires on Anthem.

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