Canada's Hit Makers, By The Numbers

Earlier this week we published Nielsen Music Canada's Q3 report on best-sellers and streaming giants in the market this year, and today we follow up with an all-Canadian artists' breakdown that is chock full of surprises.

3rd Quarter YTD Canadian artist top tens:

Top Airplay Songs by Canadian Artists - All format  
       
1 The Weeknd I Feel It Coming 83,000
2 Alessia Cara Scars To Your Beautiful 74,000
3 Shawn Mendes There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back 59,000
4 The Weeknd Starboy 51,000
5 Virginia To Vegas Lights Out 45,000
6 Shawn Mendes Mercy 44,000
7 Scott Helman Kinda Complicated 41,000
8 Shawn Hook Reminding Me 40,000
9 Hedley Can't Slow Down 39,000
10 Virginia To Vegas Selfish 37,000
       
Top Albums w/TEA w/SEA On-Demand Audio by Canadian Artists  
       
1 Drake More Life 232,000
2 The Weeknd Starboy 160,000
3 Shawn Mendes Illuminate 80,000
4 Drake Views 74,000
5 Arcade Fire Everything Now 69,000
6 Mario Pelchat & Les Pretres Agnus Dei 50,000
7 Bryan Adams Icon 43,000
8 Justin Bieber Purpose 41,000
9 The Tragically Hip Yer Favourites 37,000
10 The Weeknd Beauty Behind The Madness 36,000
       
Top Songs w/SES On-Demand Audio by Canadian Artists  
       
1 Drake Passionfruit 284,000
2 Shawn Mendes There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back 276,000
3 The Weeknd I Feel It Coming 251,000
4 The Weeknd Starboy 234,000
5 Drake Fake Love 206,000
6 Drake Portland 161,000
7 Shawn Mendes Mercy 157,000
8 Drake Signs 156,000
9 Drake One Dance 144,000
10 The Weeknd Reminder 144,000
       
Top Audio On-Demand Streaming by Canadian Artists  
       
1 Drake Passionfruit 34.0M
2 The Weeknd Starboy 25.6M
3 Drake Fake Love 25.5M
4 Shawn Mendes There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back 24.7M
5 The Weeknd I Feel It Coming 23.0M
6 Drake Portland 22.4M
7 Drake Signs 20.1M
8 Drake Gyalchester 19.9M
9 Drake Blem 19.1M
10 The Weeknd Reminder 18.4M
       
Top Pop Audio On-Demand Streaming by Canadian Artists  
       
1 Shawn Mendes There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back 24.7M
2 Shawn Mendes Mercy 14.7M
3 Shawn Hook Reminding Me 10.7M
4 Shawn Mendes Treat You Better 10.3M
5 Alessia Cara Scars To Your Beautiful 10.1M
6 Justin Bieber Friends 9.1M
7 Justin Bieber Love Yourself 8.5M
8 Justin Bieber Sorry 8.3M
9 Justin Bieber What Do You Mean? 6.5M
10 Ruth B. Lost Boy 5.9M
       
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Audio On-Demand Streaming by Canadian Artists  
       
1 Drake Passionfruit 34.0M
2 The Weeknd Starboy 25.6M
3 Drake Fake Love 25.5M
4 The Weeknd I Feel It Coming 23.0M
5 Drake Portland 22.4M
6 Drake Signs 20.1M
7 Drake Gyalchester 19.9M
8 Drake Biem 19.1M
9 The Weeknd Reminder 18.4M
10 Drake  One Dance 18.0M
       
Top Rock Audio On-Demand Streaming by Canadian Artists  
       
1 Coleman Hell Devotion 4.7M
2 Bryan Adams Summer Of '69 4.3M
3 The Strumbellas Spirits 3.7M
4 Coleman Hell Fireproof 3.1M
5 Three Days Grace (I Hate) Everything About You 2.8M
6 Arcade Fire Everything Now 2.4M
7 Nickelback How You Remind Me 2.4M
8 The Tragically Hip Wheat Kings 2.4M
9 Arkells Knocking At The Door 2.3M
10 Nickelback Burn It To The Ground 2.2M
       
Top Country Audio On-Demand Streaming by Canadian Artists  
       
1 James Barker Band Chills 3.8M
2 Aaron Goodvin Lonely Drum 3.3M
3 Dean Brody Beautiful Freakshow 3.2M
4 James Barker Band Just Sayin' 2.8M
5 Dallas Smith Side Effects 2.6M
6 Chad Brownlee Somethin' We Shouldn't Do 2.5M
7 Shania Twain Man! I Feel Like A Woman 2.1M
8 Dean Brody Bring Down The House 2.1M
9 Brett Kissel Cool With That 2.0M
10 Shania Twain Life's About To Get Good 1.9M

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