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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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Cameron Whitcomb at LASSO Festival in Montreal on August 16, 2026.
Lucas Domínguez / Billboard Canada

Cameron Whitcomb at LASSO Festival in Montreal on August 16, 2026.

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