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Toronto Rapper Duvy Hits A Homer With 'Grasswayz

The Encanto soundtrack spends its seventh straight week at No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart and again earns the highest on-demand stream total for the week.

Toronto Rapper Duvy Hits A Homer With 'Grasswayz

By FYI Staff

The Encanto soundtrack spends its seventh straight week at No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart and again earns the highest on-demand stream total for the week. It is the longest-running No. 1 album since Drake’s Certified Lover Boy held the position for eight consecutive weeks beginning in mid-September 2021.


Ed Sheeran’s = remains at No. 2 for the fourth straight week, picking up the highest digital song download total for the week.

The top new entry belongs to Chicago rapper King Von’s What It Means To Be King, at No. 3. It surpasses the No. 12 peak of his debut album, 2020’s Welcome To O’Block.

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Belgian singer Stromae rockets 119-4 with Multitude, his first album in over eight years, picking up the highest album sales total for the week. It is his highest-charting album to date, surpassing the No. 10 peak of his 2013 album Racine Carree.

The week that his current single, Sand in My Boots, reached No. 1 on the Country airplay chart, Morgan Wallen’s former No. 1 album, Dangerous: The Double Album, edges 6-5.

The only other album to enter in the top 60 belongs to Toronto-based Duvy with Grasswayz, debuting at 53.

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

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Music News Digest: NBA Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Is Now Part-Owner of Hamilton's TD Coliseum

Also this week: The Canadian Country Music Association announces a new board of directors, the beloved Steve's Music Store closes all of its stores except one,

Canadian basketball star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has now heavily invested in his hometown of Hamilton, purchasing an ownership stake in that city's downtown arena, the recently rejuvenated TD Coliseum. The facility's developer, U.S. company Oak View Group (OVG), announced the investment Monday (Feb. 9) but did not reveal any financial terms. The 18,000-seat TD Coliseum, originally Copps Coliseum and FirstOntario Centre, was renamed last year after a $300-million renovation and reopened as a music-first venue. Next month it will host the 2026 Juno Awards.

The NBA's reigning most valuable player and this week's Billboard Sports Issue cover star, the 27-year-old Gilgeous-Alexander plays for the NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder. His investment is made through his charitable organization, the SGA Foundation, and the partnership includes naming the Ares Atrium inside the venue, as a tribute to his son.

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