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SZA's 'SOS' Rises To No. 2 as Michael Bublé's 'Christmas' Reigns Atop The Billboard Canadian Albums Chart

The deluxe edition of SOS claimed the top spot in the U.S. this week, but in Canada Bublé still has the No. 1 album, with the king of Christmas also landing a new entry on the Canadian Hot 100, his Carly Pearce duet "Maybe This Christmas."

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It's a battle between SOS and Christmasthis week on the Canadian Billboard charts.

SZA's new deluxe edition of her 2022 award-winner has pushed SOS back to the top spot on the Billboard 200. But in Canada, Michael Bublé's Christmas continues to reign at No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, with SOS rising to No. 2.


SOS Deluxe: Lana features 15 new SZA tracks, 10 of which are also on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 this week, though all debuting in that chart's back half. The laid-back and loose "30 For 30" — featuring SZA's favourite current collaborator, Kendrick Lamar — scores the highest debut at No. 64. (Canadians can expect to hear that one live during Lamar and SZA's upcoming June performances at Toronto's Rogers Centre.)

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Christmas — the holiday, not the Bublé album — is still in charge on the Canadian Hot 100, with Mariah Carey, Wham! and Brenda Lee holding steady in the top three spots. Bublé's "It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas" also moves up 10-7 and his "Holly Jolly Christmas" rises 17-12.

There's a few Christmas songs entering the chart for the first time, too. Composer John Williams' frantic "Carol of the Bells," featured in Home Alone, arrives at No. 47, while that movie's soundtrack debuts on the Canadian Albums chart at No. 71.

Bublé's newest Christmas song, "Maybe This Christmas," enters the Canadian Hot 100 at No. 79. Featuring American country singer Carly Pearce and with a writing credit from Jann Arden, the waltzing ballad tells a story about regret and loneliness. (It's not to be confused with Canadian singer-songwriter Ron Sexmith's "Maybe This Christmas," a lovely and understated holiday composition.)

B.C. singer Tyler Shaw also has a new Christmas entry this week, the upbeat "What Christmas Means To Me." The song comes from the recent physical release of his Juno-nominated 2021 album A Tyler Shaw Christmas, and it's got a jaunty spring in its step that definitely connotes seasonal cheer.

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Now that Christmas is over, we'll start to see those holiday songs declining on the charts next week, making space for new contenders to kick off the year. Will SZA dominate the start of 2025? Will Rosé get a post-Christmas bump? Here's to the new year.

Check out the full charts here.

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Not By Choice on MuchOnDemand on MuchMusic in 2002.
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Not By Choice on MuchOnDemand on MuchMusic in 2002.

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Obituary: Mike Bilcox of Ajax, Ontario Pop-Punk Band Not By Choice

Former drummer and now head of Round One Sports & Entertainment Liam Killeen pens this tribute to his former bandmate, with words from The Feldman Agency's Jeff Craib, Sum 41's Dave Baksh, Simple Plan's Chuck Comeau and more.

Mike Bilcox, lead singer and guitarist of Ajax, Ontario’s second most famous pop-punk band, Not By Choice, passed away on June 21, at age 48.

Mike started Not By Choice with his Ajax High School friend Glenn ‘Chico’ Dunning back in 1997. They had initially played a few shows under different names that may or may not be suitable for print, but our moniker came from Mike bothering his younger sister Chrissy at the dinner table. When she couldn’t take any more of his taunting, she promptly told her Mom, Pat, that he was annoying her – Pat yelled ‘Well, he’s your brother!’ to which Chrissy quickly replied ‘Yeah, not by choice!’. With that, a real band was born.

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