Gracie Abrams Hits No. 1 on Billboard Canadian Albums Chart Amidst Taylor Swift's Eras Tour in Toronto
The Eras Tour opener's "That's So True" has also reached a new peak at No. 2 on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100, while "Us" re-enters at No. 95 after an onstage duet with Taylor Swift at Toronto's Rogers Centre.
Gracie Abrams
Gracie Abrams is hitting new heights in Canada, with a little help from her mentor Taylor Swift.
Her single "That's So True" is at No. 2 this week on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100. The track comes from Abrams' brand new deluxe edition of The Secret of Us, which is at No. 1 on the Canadian Albums chart, marking Abrams' first leader on that chart. It's also one higher than the album peaked on the U.S. Billboard 200 Albums chart, where it sits at No. 5 this week.
The chart success comes as Abrams is opening for her friend Taylor at all six of Swift's Toronto Eras Tour stops, three of which took place this past weekend, Nov. 14-16.
During the third night of the residency, on Saturday Nov. 16, Swift brought Abrams up for a rendition of their duet "Us." That track re-enters the Canadian Hot 100 this week as well at No. 95, and recently picked up a Grammy nomination for best pop duo/group performance.
Abrams is also achieving some firsts south of the border, with "That's So True" cracking the top ten on the U.S. Hot 100, but Canadians are showing her some extra love as she prepares to take the Rogers Centre stage for three more nights this week from Nov. 21-23.
Abrams' Swift-assisted big week isn't enough to knock Shaboozey's juggernaut "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" out of the top spot, however. The song spends its 25th week at No. 1, extending the record for the longest-leading hit on the Canadian Hot 100. The song is now just one week away from tying a similar record in the U.S.
Homegrown artists are also having a great week on the Canadian charts, with three new debuts on the Canadian Hot 100.
PartyNextDoor's new single "Dreamin" lands at No. 70 on the chart. Powered by a spacey synth riff, the track is the stuff of legend amongst Party fans, supposedly first leaking around 2015 and circulating on the internet since in the form of YouTube edits. Now Party has made the track official, ahead of a hotly-anticipated collab album with Drake, expected before the end of the year.
Canadian country is also doing well on the charts, with sibling duo The Reklaws debuting their uplifting summer single "One Beer Away" at No. 96 and Owen Riegling's blues rock-inspired "Moonshines" taking the No. 100 spot. Riegling might continue to see a boost in weeks to come from his Grey Cup-opening performance on Sunday, November 17.
Rising Canadian and French singer Billie du Page arrives on the chart with the bilingual sleek-pop track "Fake Friends," first released six months ago but gaining steam with the release of her self-titled EP. At just 20 years old, du Page has already opened for Coeur de Pirate in Paris and bears the influence of Quebec pop breakout Charlotte Cardin.
On the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, meanwhile, The Tragically Hip's debut album Up To Here re-enters at No. 46, thanks to a box set reissue this month celebrating the 35th anniversary of its release.
Check out the full charts here.
