advertisement
Chart Beat

Michael Bublé's 'Christmas' Climbs Up The Chimney to No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums Chart

With Christmas around the corner, Bublé's album returns to the top while Mariah Carey holds fast at No. 1 on the Canadian Hot 100.

Michael Bublé
Michael Bublé
Evaan Kheraj

Michael Bublé is having himself a merry little Christmas at the top of the charts.

His 2011 Christmas album is back at No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart this week, climbing from No. 3. It marks that album's 15th cumulative week at the top of the chart — and it's also the only holiday music album in the top ten this week.


Bublé set a record in 2022 for times at No. 1 on the chart in different calendar years, and he adds to it in 2024.

Taylor Swift's Tortured Poets Department drops to No. 2 behind it and Kendrick Lamar's GNX is at No. 3, while Rosé of BLACKPINK notches her solo release Rosie at No. 4, confirming her burgeoning solo stardom.

advertisement

Over on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100, Mariah Carey holds strong at No. 1 with "All I Want for Christmas Is You," with Wham!'s "Last Christmas" and Brenda Lee's "Rockin Around the Christmas Tree" behind at No. 2 and No. 3. With a new Netflix documentary out about "Last Christmas," WHAM!: Last Christmas Unwrapped and a recent duet performance by Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan on Carpenter's own Netflix holiday special, the song could make a play for No. 1 before the end of the holiday season.

Bublé's "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" moves up 14-11 and his "Holly Jolly Christmas" climbs 27-21. Justin Bieber's "Mistletoe" also climbs 8 spots, 39-31.

That's it for Canadian Christmas hits, but non-holiday homegrown tracks are doing well this week. B.C.'s Cameron Whitcomb re-enters at No. 89 with "Quitter." Josh Ross' "Single Again" moves up 89-83 in its 20th week on the chart and Devon Cole's "I Got You" moves up 95-92.

Tate McRae's "2 Hands," one of our staff picks for 25 best songs of the year, saw a drop after its No. 22 debut, but it moves back up a few spots this week 72-69. Karan Aujla's "Wavy" drops 46-53 and PartyNextDoor's "Dreamin'" falls 82-87. It's hard to say where those tracks, all of which are fairly new to he chart, will shake out once Christmas music drops off in a couple weeks, though — they could be poised for resurgence.

advertisement

Check out the full charts here.

advertisement
Kneecap Blasts Norwegian Government at Oslo Festival, Accusing It of Funding ‘Genocide’ Against Palestinians
Matt Cardy/Getty Images

Mo Chara, DJ Provaí and Móglaí Bap of Kneecap performs on the West Holts Stage during during day four of Glastonbury Festival 2025 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 28, 2025 in Glastonbury, England.

Music News

Kneecap Blasts Norwegian Government at Oslo Festival, Accusing It of Funding ‘Genocide’ Against Palestinians

The Irish rap trio went after the Norwegian government over its investments, which are currently under scrutiny, at Øyafestivalen.

Irish rap group Kneecap – which has drawn a storm of criticism, support, attention and legal action over the past half-year – continued to speak out about the war in Gaza during an afternoon set at the Øyafestivalen in Oslo, Norway, on Friday (Aug. 8).

Right before the trio of Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvaí took the stage, an English-language white-text-on-black-background message played on a video screen, accusing the Norwegian government of “enabling” the “genocide” against the Palestinian people via investments held in the county’s sovereign wealth fund (referenced as “oil pension fund” in the message). “Over 80,000 people have been murdered by Israel in 21 months,” the band’s message continued. “Free Palestine.” The message was greeted readily by a cheering audience. Most estimates (including those from health officials in the area) place the Palestinian death toll at more than 60,000. That number does not distinguish between civilians and Hamas militants. An estimated 18,500 of those killed were children.

keep readingShow less
advertisement