It’s the week of Canada Day (July 1), and a few of the nation’s favorite legacy artists are again on the charts.
On the Billboard Canadian Albums chart dated July 5, L’amerique Pleure, the live performance movie soundtrack by Quebec rock band Les Cowboys Fringants, reemerges at No. 97. Loosely translating to “America cries,” the soundtrack’s identify comes from a observe on the group’s 2019 album, Les Antipodes.
The live performance movie follows Les Cowboys Fringants, one among Quebec’s most beloved bands, by way of the open areas and suburbs of Quebec, as they carry out 16 songs from their discography, together with the movie’s title observe.
Following the dying of former lead singer Karl Tremblay, the album peaked at No. 3 on the Canadian Albums chart dated Dec. 2, 2023. That very same week, songs from the live performance movie entered the Billboard Canadian Hot 100, together with “L’amerique Pleure” at No. 27 and “Sur Mon Epaule” at No. 36.
Two spots down, Shania Twain has re-entered the chart at No. 99 with Best Hits. The 2004 album spans the primary decade of Twain’s masterful profession, boasting country-pop bangers like “Man! I Really feel Like a Lady!” and “Up!” and ballads like “From This Second On” and “You’re Nonetheless the One.”
The album peaked at No. 1 on the Canadian Albums chart, holding the highest spot for 5 consecutive weeks. Best Hits charted for 130 weeks in Canada and have become Twain’s fourth consecutive Diamond album within the nation. Throughout the border, it simply missed the highest spot on the Billboard 200, peaking at No. 2.
Moreover, The Tragically Hip had a dramatic rise this week, climbing 59 spots to No. 28 with Yer Favourites. Typically a mainstay on the charts, the 2005 compilation album contains over 30 remastered basic songs (together with hits like “Bobcaygeon” and “New Orleans Is Sinking”) chosen by the band’s followers on its web site, together with two new tracks.
Upon its launch, the document debuted at No. 8 on the Canadian Albums chart and has been out and in of the rating since. Following the Hip’s last exhibits in 2016, the compilation reached No. 1 on the Canadian Albums Chart. Over a yr later, after lead singer Gord Downie‘s passing in October 2017, it once more climbed 80 spots to No. 2.
Learn extra here. – Heather Taylor-Singh
Stay Nation Opens Rogers Stadium, Certainly one of Canada’s Greatest Music Venues
Toronto’s largest live performance venue has opened its doorways.
Billboard Canada received a tour of Rogers Stadium, the brand new 50,000-capacity music-first venue from Stay Nation, earlier than its opening on June 29 with its first live performance of the summer season season, a efficiency by Okay-pop stars Stray Kids.
Sitting in an workplace in a brief trailer simply outdoors the stadium bowl, Wayne Zronik, Stay Nation Canada’s president of enterprise operations, was able to welcome followers in.
“We’ve had an awesome workforce on this from the start. BaAM Productions and Nathalie Burri, who’s main the undertaking for us, have constructed these sorts of serious large-scale occasions earlier than, so we’ve got nice confidence,” he stated.
Since Stay Nation unveiled plans for Rogers Stadium at YZD (previously Downsview Airport Lands) final September, anticipation has been excessive.
Although the capability is 50,000 (and typically extra, relying on configuration), it’s truly solely 32,000 seats. The remaining — between 16,000 and 20,000 — is flooring seating and common admission standing tickets. That’s significantly greater than any baseball stadium or hockey enviornment (like Toronto’s Rogers Centre and Scotiabank Area), and even an NFL or European soccer stadium.
With its open and spacious concrete atmosphere, Rogers Stadium in some methods feels extra like a summer season music competition website than a typical sports activities venue that hosts concert events. That’s nearer to what it’s, since no sports activities groups will play there. It’s purpose-built solely for music, which is uncommon for music venues this measurement however changing into extra of a actuality because the mega-concert market expands.
Not often is a stadium constructed with music in thoughts, so Stay Nation and its companions have been in a position to concentrate on fan and artist expertise first, ensuring there are good sightlines and facilities for each followers and expertise backstage.
The venue is non permanent, each seasonally — as it’ll solely be open through the summer season — and within the long-term. Because the land is owned by Northcrest Developments to ultimately be redeveloped into residential and retail house, the stadium, which got here collectively shortly and out of necessity, will solely be there for 5 to 6 years.
Zronik says they knew they might pull it off as a result of Stay Nation has executed it earlier than in different markets. He cites large-scale occasions just like the non permanent 75,000-capacity venue in Munich that housed Adele‘s residency final yr, in addition to the FivePoint Amphitheater in Irvine, Calif., which existed for six years earlier than reaching its deliberate finish date.
“Festivals are nice multi-day occasions. They drive lots of financial affect for the communities during which they function. They’re nice autos to show artists,” he says. “However on the identical time, they’re an enormous enterprise. It’s three days or so, and also you construct all of it up and you’re taking it down. This can be a bit totally different than that. You may depart the infrastructure for a couple of months and use it for a number of exhibits, which lets you profit from the dimensions of it.”
Coldplay would be the second act to carry out at Rogers Stadium, taking part in 4 nights: July 7, 8, 11 and 12.
Learn extra here. – Richard Trapunski
Three Days Grace Turns into Second Canadian Group in Spotify’s Billions Membership
Three Days Grace is making historical past. The Canadian rock band’s 2003 single, “I Hate All the things About You,” has surpassed one billion streams on Spotify. The track, which explores the strain of a love-hate relationship, initially appeared on the band’s self-titled debut album.
Since its launch, the observe has been embedded in rock music historical past and shines as one of many band’s signature songs. The observe earned Gavin “Golden” Brown producer of the yr on the 2004 Juno Awards.
The track peaked at No. 2 on the U.S. Trendy Rock chart and No. 4 on the Mainstream Rock chart. Whereas it by no means reached No. 1, it holds the document because the band’s longest-running track on each charts, remaining on them for 45 and 46 weeks, respectively.
“As loopy as it’s to suppose that this band of ours fashioned as teenagers from a small city in Canada would have a track that has a billion streams, the craziest factor is how many individuals’s wedding ceremony songs it’s,” Three Days Grace shared in a press release.
In January, the multi-platinum band’s comeback single, “Mayday,” hit No.1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart in each the U.S. and Canada.
That includes authentic frontman Adam Gontier and present lead singer Matt Walst, the dual-vocal observe marked the band’s 18th No. 1 and stays on the chart, at present sitting at No. 13 in Canada.
Three Days Grace is now the second Canadian band to hitch Spotify’s Billions Membership, after Magic! with its 2014 hit “Rude.”
The band joins fellow Canadians Justin Bieber, Drake, Tate McRae, Alessia Cara and Shawn Mendes in crossing the milestone, in addition to Quebec’s Patrick Watson, whose track “Je te laisserai des mots” is the first French-language song to enter the Billions Membership.
Learn extra here. – HTS