advertisement
FYI

Tory Lanez Releases 2nd Hit Album In Seven Month Stretch

Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born soundtrack spends its fourth week at No. 1, marking it as the longest running soundtrack chart-topper since Frozen spent seven weeks at the top in 2014, but it's Lanez (pictured here) who grabs the glory with his second album this year.

Tory Lanez Releases 2nd Hit Album In Seven Month Stretch

By FYI Staff

Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper’s A Star Is Born soundtrack spends its fourth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, with 12,000 equivalent units, marking it as the longest running soundtrack chart-topper since Frozen spent seven weeks at No. 1 beginning in March 2014.


Ginette Reno’s A Jamais jumps 3-2 with just under 12,000 equivalent units, up 4% over last week and earning the highest album sales total for the week.

Andrea Bocelli’s Si is the top new entry of the week, debuting at 3, achieving the second highest album sales tally in the week and becoming his 4th top-three album and first since My Christmas peaked at 2 in November 2009.

advertisement

Tory Lanez’s Love Me Now debuts at 4, earning the highest on-demand stream total for the week and giving the Canadian hip-hop his third straight top-five album, following his sophomore set, Memories Don’t Die, which hit No. 1 in March.

Joji, the alias used by a Japanese-born record producer, singer, songwriter, rapper and retired YouTube personality, picks up his first top ten album as Ballads 1 enters at 7. He previously peaked at 62 with his EP In Tongues in November 2017.

Other new entries in the top 50 include Roman Catholic trio Les Pretres’ Quand Les Hommes Vivront D’amour, at No. 19; Quebec rapper Souldia’s Sirvivant, at 22 and Swedish pop singer Robyn’s Honey at 33.

advertisement
Jim Cuddy and Molly Johnson
Courtesy UMC

Jim Cuddy and Molly Johnson

FYI

Music News Digest: The Cameron House Turns 45 With The Sadies, Molly Johnson, Jim Cuddy and More

Also this week: The launch of a new music non-profit in Hamilton, submissions open for Canada House at The Great Escape and the full lineup for Nova Scotia Music Week.

Toronto's historic Cameron House is turning 45.

That is a milestone anniversary for the Toronto bar and venue that has played a crucial role in the city's Queen Street West music, theatre and art scene since launching in 1981. As a music venue it played a major role in launching the careers of such stars as Blue Rodeo, Molly Johnson, Handsome Ned, Leslie Spit Treeo, Justin Rutledge, Whitney Rose and countless others and it is still going strong today.

keep readingShow less
advertisement