Three Days Grace has scored another No. 1 on the Airplay charts.
The Ontario band’s track “Kill Me Fast” rises to the top spot on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, dated Jan. 31. It knocks Aerosmith and YUNGBLUD’s “My Only Angel” to No. 2.
"Kill Me Fast" is the third No. 1 from Alienation, the first album since the band reunited with former frontman Adam Gontier to form a dual-lead-singer powerhouse lineup alongside Matt Walst.
The emotionally charged song leans into the band’s angsty post-grunge sound, balancing a heavy guitar-driven track with gritty melodic hooks and raw emotional vocals. Calling the track one of his “favourite songs this band has ever written,” Gontier says the song is about “ripping the band-aid off” in a relationship.
"It’s about the slow torture of not knowing where you stand," he says. "That moment when silence hurts more than the truth, and you’re begging for the cut just to stop the bleeding."
Alienation has proven to be a massive success, professionally and personally.
"It’s pretty crazy that more than two decades after the first song was released, we'd have a song that was the No. 1 song in rock," Walst told Billboard Canada in their cover story last year.
Now they have another under their belts.
On the Modern Rock chart, Aysanabee’s “Gone Baby Gone” has debuted at No. 30.
The soaring alt-pop ballad pulses with emotion, as the Toronto-based Oji-Cree singer-songwriter reflects on the aftermath of a relationship. Powered by a heartbeat-like drumline and a mid-tempo guitar riff, the song builds on the rock sound he hinted at on the soulfully groovy “Home,” which debuted on Modern Rock last July.
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“I watched you brave the storm / but I was gone," he sings, introspectively.
Two veteran Canadian groups have new debuts on the Modern Rock chart. The Rural Alberta Advantage arrives at No. 37 with “Falling Apart,” and Wintersleep’s “I Got A Feeling” ranks at No. 40. Over on Mainstream Rock, BAD CHILD hits “High Ground” entering at No. 40.
Over on the Canada Country chart, Alex Runions enters at No. 57 with "Missing Piece,” and Taya Lebel’s “Life We're Livin” arrives at No. 58.
At the top, Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” holds down the No. 1 spot on All-Format and AC, while Olivia Dean coasts for a second week at No. 1 on CHR/Top 40, and knocks Swift to No. 2 on Hot AC as “Man I Need" climbs to the top.
Ella Langley’s “Choosin' Texas” rises to No. 1 on Country, while Boy Golden’s “Suffer” spends its 10th week at No. 1 on Modern Rock — but the Winnipeg native might not hold down the top spot for long. This week, rising singer sombr climbs to No. 2 with “12 To 12.”
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Check out the Billboard Canada Airplay charts here.
