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

UMC hits a home run with Sudanese-Canadian singer Shareef, Arkells rack up yet another hit, and Floridian country singer Ashley Cooke makes good on her initial promise.

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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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Here’s Why ‘Shake It to the Max’ Was Deemed Ineligible at the 2026 Grammys — And Why Its Label Calls the Decision ‘Devoid of Any Common Sense’

Representatives from the Recording Academy and gamma. CEO Larry Jackson comment on one of this year's most shocking Grammy snubs.

Few phrases define the year in music and culture like Moliy’s scintillating directive to “shake it to the max.” The Ghanaian singer’s sultry voice reverberated across the globe, blending her own Afropop inclinations with Jamaican dancehall-informed production, courtesy of Miami-based duo Silent Addy and Disco Neil. Originally released in December 2024, Moliy’s breakthrough global crossover hit ascended to world domination, peaking at No. 6 on the Global 200, thanks to a remix featuring dancehall superstars Shenseea and Skillibeng. Simply put, “Max” soundtracked a seismic moment in African and Caribbean music in 2025.

Given its blockbuster success, “Shake It to the Max” was widely expected to be a frontrunner in several categories at the 2026 Grammys. In fact, had the song earned a nomination for either best African music performance or best global music performance, many forecasters anticipated a victory. So, when “Shake It to the Max” failed to appear on the final list of 2026 Grammy nominees in any category earlier this month (Nov. 7), listeners across the world were left scratching their heads — none more than gamma. CEO Larry Jackson.

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