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Billboard Canada 40 Under 40

Richard Trapunski, National Editor, Billboard Canada

Billboard Canada is celebrating the next generation of music industry leaders.

Billboard’s influential 40 Under 40 has long recognized the executives and innovators shaping the global music business. For the first time, Billboard Canada brings this recognition north of the border, spotlighting the next generation of leaders driving the country’s evolving music industry.


Welcome to the inaugural edition of Billboard Canada 40 Under 40. Creative visionaries, savvy marketers, boundary-pushing artist managers, cultural curators and live leaders highlight the list of young leaders pushing music forward.

Throughout, you’ll find wise words from the young leaders about the challenges they have overcome and the opportunities that motivate them most about Canadian music right now. It shows the ambition and talent that will define the future of the industry.

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Toronto's First Class Fest Revamps Lineup After 'Heartwrenching' Last-Minute Artist Cancellations

OsamaSon will now play both days of the Toronto underground rap festival (Aug. 28-29), which has added Xaviersobased, ApolloRed1 and 1oneam to the bill after Nettspend, Che and more have dropped out. "It's been the craziest 24 hours of my life," co-founder Leo Strang tells Billboard Canada.

First Class Fest is facing some serious turbulence, but is stabilizing before liftoff.

Just days before the Toronto festival, which lands at the Bowl at Sobeys Stadium on Aug. 28-29, multiple artists dropped off the bill, including one of its biggest names. Nettspend, who recently notched his first Billboard Canadian Albums placement with Early Life Crisis in March, abruptly announced that he would "not be making it to Toronto" via his Instagram story on Tuesday night (Aug. 25).

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