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Charlotte Cardin's '99 Nights' Debuts on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100

Nearly a year after its release, the title track from the Quebec singer's Juno Award winning album charts at No. 97 — a tough week to debut as the Hot 100 is taken over by Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department.

Charlotte Cardin
Charlotte Cardin
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Though it's been more than 99 nights since her album release, Charlotte Cardin is still gaining steam.

The title track off of her sophomore record, which came out in August 2023, lands on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 this week for the first time. "99 Nights" is at No. 97 on the chart, a month after Cardin won the Juno Award for album of the year for the album of the same name. She performed the album's biggest single, "Confetti," at the awards ceremony.


Where "Confetti" is an understated dance track, "99 Nights" is more rock influenced, driven by a stable guitar strum and a heavy bass tone. The spacious, delayed vocals give the song a hazy feel, as Cardin describes the desperation and confusion of feeling a partner pull away.

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The rest of the Canadian Hot 100 is dominated by pop behemoth Taylor Swift, following the release of The Tortured Poets Department. Swift grabs the top spot from Benson Boone with her Post Malone collab "Fortnight," and has a few more songs debuting on the chart this week (30, to be exact). Boone does stay in the top 10 though, where Swift has all top 14 spots on the U.S. Hot 100.

Drake's diss track "Push Ups" also lands on the chart amidst his feud with Kendrick Lamar, coming in at No. 12 (though his follow-up, "Taylor Made Freestyle," was taken down from streaming services after a cease and desist from Tupac Shakur's estate, citing the AI-generated use of Shakur's voice.) Kendrick Lamar's response "Euphoria" since dropped, so it should be interesting to see how "Push Ups" fares next week.

Check out the full charts here.

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Owen Riegling

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Owen Riegling, The Washboard Union, MacKenzie Porter to play CCMA House in Kelowna

The lineup for the two-day event that is part of Country Music Week 2025 is crammed with past CCMA Award winners and many of this year's top nominees.

The Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) has announced CCMA House: Live at Waterfront Park, a two-day all-ages event set for Sept. 12 and 13 that appears poised to be a highlight of Country Music Week 2025, in Kelowna, B.C. A truckload full of established and emerging Canadian country stars will perform, including Jade Eagleson, Andrew Hyatt, James Barker Band, Alexandra Kay, JoJo Mason, Madeline Merlo, Tyler Joe Miller, Jess Moskaluke, Meghan Patrick, MacKenzie Porter, Restless Road, Owen Riegling, SACHA, Thelma & James, The Washboard Union and more.

Introducing the event (produced by Thick as Thieves Entertainment), Amy Jeninga, president of the CCMA, states that "Kelowna’s stunning waterfront provides the perfect backdrop for a celebration of community, connection, and the incredible depth of talent in country music." A vendor market, food trucks and a fully licensed area are also features of CCMA House.

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