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Independent Country Artists Morgan Griffiths and Kelsi Mayne Both Debut Songs on Canadian Airplay Charts

Other Canadian acts including The Trews, Tia Wood and Devon Cole are also having a strong week on the airplay charts. Check out a breakdown here.

Kelsi Mayne

Kelsi Mayne

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Two independent Canadian country singers are making a splash on the airplay charts this week.

Morgan Griffiths and Kelsi Mayne are both notching new debuts on the Canada Country airplay chart dated March 15.


Griffiths arrives at No. 36 with "Bourbon," a classic-themed lovelorn tune about drowning your sorrows in a bottle. It shows off a slight growl in Griffiths' vocal and wouldn't be out of place on a playlist alongside breakout Canadian stars Josh Ross and Owen Riegling.

The B.C.-based singer grew up in a musical family hailing from Newfoundland, and he's gaining strong radio traction for the independently released song, which is seeing spins on iHeartRadio stations and adds to Apple Music playlists. This is only his third single and he's still building his online presence — the radio entry could be an early sign of hits to come.

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Toronto's Kelsi Mayne has a few more releases under her belt than Griffiths, including her 2020 album As I Go, and is steadily growing her profile in the Canadian country scene. The independent artist has three CMAOntario nominations and is arriving on the Canada Country chart this week with her new single "Breaking Bad" at No. 54.

The song is both gentle and propulsive, with a steady beat behind a lightly strummed acoustic guitar. Mayne describes the song as an "anthem for second wives," and the song is about gratitude for finding the love of your life, whether or not someone else got there first.

Other Canadians on the rise on the Canadian Airplay charts this week include Tia Wood, whose "Sky High" hits a new peak at No. 15 on the AC Airplay chart; Devon Cole, whose friendship ode "I Got You" cracks the top ten at No. 9 on the Hot AC; and The Trews, who score a debut with "The Breakdown" at No. 36 on the Mainstream Rock chart.

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At the top of the charts, Myles Smith's "Stargazing" rules All-Format, AC Airplay, and Hot AC Airplay. Gracie Abrams' "That's So True" holds at No. 1 on CHR/Top 40 and Jordan Davis' "I Ain't Sayin" rises to the top of Canada Country. Three Days Grace's "Mayday" and Hozier's "Nobody's Soldier" continue to lead the Mainstream Rock and Modern Rock charts, respectively.

Check out the full charts here.

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Oasis’ Noel and Liam Gallagher Stoke Excitement For Reunion Tour With Private Shoot at London Club

Of course the neighbors reportedly complained that the brothers were being too noisy.

Noel and Liam Gallagher are just 67 days from kicking off their first tour in more than 16 years. And while the formerly battling brothers have kept a tight lid on what fans can expect from Oasis 2.0, according to reports from the U.K., they recently took the stage together for the first time in nearly two decades and, as you might expect, the neighbors complained about the noise.

According to The Guardian, the Gallaghers were pictured arriving at the Mildmay club in North London on Thursday, where they were reportedly filming a promo video for their sold-out summer reunion tour. They reportedly spent an hour at the club and made such a racket that the neighbors lodged a noise complaint. At press time a spokesperson for the group had not returned Billboard‘s request for additional information on the shoot.

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