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Sudanese-Canadian Rapper Shareef Has This Week's Hot New Radio Track in Canada

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The following are tracks delivered to radio by digital distributor DMDS/Yangaroo in Canada and broken down into three categories. Top Downloads and Top Canadian Downloads represent the most copied tracks in the week ending Feb. 09. Most Active Indies blends downloads and streams, with the affiliated label and radio promotions company in parentheses.

Top Downloads:


  1. Shareef “OMG! (freestyle)” (Universal)
  2. d4vd “Leave Her” (Interscope/Universal)
  3. Medium Build “Crying Over Her” (Island/Universal)
  4. Nate Smith “Bulletproof” (RCA Nashville/Sony)
  5. Noah Kahan “Stick Season” (Mercury/Republic/Universal)
  6. Blake Shelton & Gwen Stefani “Purple Irises” (Warner Nashville/Interscope/Warner)
  7. Arkells “Nobody Gets Me Like You Do (First Dance Version)” (Universal)
  8. Scotty Berg “Better” (Indie/You Are Hear Promo)
  9. Victoria Monét “On My Mama” (Lovett Music/RCA/Sony)
  10. Ashley Cooke “Your Place” (Big Loud)

Top CanCon Downloads:

  1. Shareef “OMG! (freestyle)” (Universal)
  2. Arkells “Nobody Gets Me Like You Do (First Dance Version)” (Universal)
  3. Scotty Berg “Better” (Indie/You Are Hear Promo)
  4. Frank Walker, Nate Smith “Missing You” (Palm Tree Records/Sony)
  5. Tyler Shaw “Back To Me” (Sony)
  6. Reklaws “I Grew Up On A Farm” (Starseed/A. Wilson Promo)
  7. Lil Deezy “RIP DOOM” (Indie)
  8. Aaron Pritchett “Just Wanna Feel It” (Big Star)
  9. Vandelux “Right Now f/Parson James” (Awesome Prod./You Are Hear Promo)
  10. Lydia Sutherland ft. Alli Walker “girls at the bar” (Universal)

Most Active Indies:

  1. Ashley Cooke “Your Place” (Big Loud)
  2. Vandelux “Right Now f/Parson James” (Awesome Prod./You Are Hear Promo)
  3. Scotty Berg “Better” (Indie/You Are Hear Promo)
  4. Reklaws “I Grew Up On A Farm” (Starseed/A. Wilson Promo)
  5. Aaron Pritchett “Just Wanna Feel It” (Big Star)
  6. Quote The Raven “Already Gone” (Taylor Ent.)
  7. Jason Aldean “Let Your Boys Be Country” (Macon Music/BMG/A. Wilson Promo)
  8. Jessica Towler “I Don’t Like Your Boyfriend” (Indie)
  9. Lil Deezy “RIP DOOM” (Indie)
  10. DJC2 “Peanut Butter, Pickle & Pastrami Panini” (Indie)
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Kid Cudi speaks onstage at the Shorts: Playlist during the 2025 Tribeca Festival at Spring Studios on June 7, 2025 in New York City.

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