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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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’10 Things I Hate About You’ Broadway Musical Adaptation With Music By Carly Rae Jepsen Coming in 2027
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’10 Things I Hate About You’ Broadway Musical Adaptation With Music By Carly Rae Jepsen Coming in 2027

The reboot of the 1999 Shakespeare-inspired film will feature a book co-written by Girls' Lena Dunham.

A Broadway musical adaptation of the beloved movie 10 Things I Hate About You is coming to the Great White Way next summer. On Monday morning (Aug. 17), producer Mike Bosner announced that the show will begin performances on Aug. 17, 2027, with a book co-written by Golden Globe winner Lena Dunham (Girls) and award-winning playwright Jessica Huang (Mother of Exiles).

In addition, Grammy nominee Carly Rae Jepsen will team up with Grammy-winner Ethan Gruska (boygenius) to write the project’s music and lyrics, with Tony winner Christopher Wheeldon (MJ The Musical) on hand as director and choreographer and Grammy winner Tom Kitt (Next to Normal) on board for music supervision, arrangements and orchestrations.

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