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The Weeknd Holds Tight At No. 1 In 2nd Week

The Weeknd’s Dawn FM remains at No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart for the second straight week and again picks up the highest on-demand stream total for the week.

The Weeknd Holds Tight At No. 1 In 2nd Week

By FYI Staff

The Weeknd’s Dawn FM remains at No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart for the second straight week and again picks up the highest on-demand stream total for the week.


The Encanto soundtrack edges 3-2, switching positions with Gunna’s Ds4ever, and Adele’s 30 holds at No. 4.

The top new entry of the week belongs to the Lumineers’ Brightside, at No. 5. The band racks up the highest album sales total for the week with the release. All four of their albums have reached the top five; this is their follow-up to the No. 2 III in 2019.

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Two other new releases debut in the top 50. American hip-hop collective Cordae’s From a Birds Eye View enters at 18, and Brit art-pop star FKA twigs’ Caprisongs comes in at 48.

 

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

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Cris Derksen
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Cris Derksen

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Obituaries: Acclaimed Cellist & Composer Cris Derksen Mourned by Canadian Musicians and Industry

Also this week: Bob Ezrin and others remember legendary rock producer Jack Douglas, tributes to Hamilton blues and rock bassist Bucky Buchanan and more.

Cris Derksen, a renowned Indigenous cellist and composer, died in a car accident on May 15, at age 45. They were returning from their father's funeral near Slave Lake, Alberta.

An obituary in the Edmonton Journal reports that "Derksen was a beloved fixture on Canada’s classical and stringed music scene. Their style sometimes fused modern electronic sounds and Indigenous rhythms. Derksen was known as a generous mentor.

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