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 |
