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Kendrick Lamar's 'GNX' Debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums Chart

Gracie Abrams holds onto the top spot on the Canadian Hot 100, while the Belgian/French duo of Stromae and Pomme enter at No. 44 with "Ma Meilleure Ennemie" from the Arcane League of Legends: Season 2 soundtrack, which also debuts on the Canadian Albums chart.

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Kendrick Lamar has claimed a new No. 1 album in the home country of his biggest rival.

GNX, K-Dot's surprise sixth studio release, arrives in the top spot on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, dated December 7.


But unlike in the U.S., Lamar didn't manage to hit No. 1 on the Canadian Hot 100.

Gracie Abrams holds onto that spot with "That's So True" for the second week as the Eras Tour (where she's performing as Taylor Swift's opening act) rolls into Vancouver this week from Dec. 6-8.

Kendrick Lamar is still well represented at the top of the Canadian Hot 100, though. His sleek slow jam "Luther" featuring SZA is at No. 2, and "Squabble Up" — which claimed the No. 1 spot south of the border — is at No. 3.

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Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)," meanwhile, drops to No. 5, indicating his record-setting run might really be done.

Those are strong numbers for Kendrick Lamar in Drake's home country, even if the Compton rapper hasn't hit the same highs as in the U.S. just yet.

Lamar will be taking his GNX on the road next year on the Grand National tour, with one Canadian date in Drake's hometown, at the Rogers Centre stadium on June 12 with SZA.

Elsewhere on the Canadian Hot 100, it's Christmas galore. With the holidays approaching and new releases winding down, seasonal entries are edging out new songs.

But a notable one this week is Belgian singer Stromae and French artist Pomme with "Ma Meilleure Ennemie." The track arrives at No. 44 — 51 places higher than its No. 95 debut in the U.S. — and features on the soundtrack for the League of Legends animated Netflix show Arcane: Season 2, which is at No. 7 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart. It's easy to see how the song could work for a video game adaptation: the song has a mesmerizing slow dembow beat, paired with ethereal vocals and heavy vocoder use, giving it the sense of a sweeping epic.

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Lily Allen Coming to 3 Canadian Cities on 2026 North American Headlining Tour

The outing in support of the singer's provocative "West End Girl" album will be the singer's biggest U.S./Canada headlining outing to date.

Lily Allen is gearing up for her biggest North American headlining tour to date. The “Tennis” singer announced the dates for the nine-stop outing in support of her West End Girl album on Friday morning (Dec. 5), revealing that it is slated to kick off on April 3 in Chicago at The Auditorium, and feature stops in Toronto, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Atlanta and Los Angeles before winding down on April 28 at The Masonic in San Francisco.

Allen will perform the album in full on the tour, in the order the tracks appear on the LP, with tickets for Lily Allen Performs West End Girl slated to kick-off with an artist pre-sale sign-up open now through Monday (Dec. 8) at 11 p.m. ET. The artist pre-sale will then open at 10 a.m. local time on Dec. 10 and runt through 10 p.m. local time on Dec. 11. A general on-sale will then open at 10 a.m. local time on Dec. 12; click here for more ticketing information.

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