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Tate McRae doesn’t just score her first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, as So Close to What soars in atop the tally dated March 8 — she also becomes the first Canadian woman to lead the list during the 2020s.
The Calgary, Alberta, native is the first woman to proudly fly the Canadian flag atop the Billboard 200 since Celine Dion debuted at No. 1 on the chart dated Nov. 30, 2019, with Courage. Dion boasts the most leaders on the chart among Canadian women, with five dating to her first in 1996.
McRae further makes her mark as the first woman from the province of Alberta to top the Billboard 200.
Alanis Morissette has earned three Billboard 200 No. 1s — and became the first Canadian woman to reign when her pop-culture juggernaut Jagged Little Pill rose to the top of the chart dated Oct. 7, 1995.
Fellow Canadian chanteuses Avril Lavigne and Shania Twain have also each notched multiple Billboard 200 No. 1s.
Shoutout to two revered Canadian women singer-songwriters who have both hit No. 2 highs on the Billboard 200: Joni Mitchell and Sarah McLachlan. Mitchell, from Fort Macleod, Alberta, sent Court and Spark and Miles of Aisles to the runner-up spot in 1974-75. McLachlan, from Halifax, Nova Scotia, took Surfacing and Afterglow in 1997 and 2003, respectively.
Plus, soft rock/country icon Anne Murray, from Springhill, Nova Scotia, has charted more than 30 titles on the Billboard 200, along with 18 top 10s on the Top Country Albums chart.
Meanwhile, McRae succeeds two Canadian men atop the Billboard 200, as $ome $exy $ongs 4 U by PARTYNEXTDOOR and Drake dips to No. 2 in its second week. Canadian soloists rule back-to-back for the first time since October 2016, when Shawn Mendes’ Illuminate dethroned Drake’s Views. Adding to Canada’s legacy atop the Billboard 200, $ome $exy $ongs 4 U became Drake’s 14th No. 1 — tying him with Jay-Z and Taylor Swift for the most among soloists.
Below, celebrate the achievements of the Canadian women who have hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
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At once soft and hard, fiery and vulnerable, Lola Young’s precise, revelatory songs thrive in their multi-facetedness. The introspective but musically adventurous This Wasn’t Meant For You Anyway – the south Londoner’s first full-length album, which dropped last June – served as an uncompromising portrait of inner turmoil, detailed with 808s and scratchy guitars that […]
Fans hoping for a future reunion announcement from Hall & Oates needn’t hold their breath, with Daryl Hall claiming such a possibility will never happen.
Hall made his recent comments in an interview with The Times, where he reflected on the “betrayal” he felt from longtime bandmate John Oates that soon led to a lawsuit which split the pair. When asked about whether the enduring pop-rock duo could ever reunite, Hall was concise in his response.
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“That ship has gone to the bottom of the ocean,” he explained. “I’ve had a lot of surprises in my life, disappointments, betrayals, so I’m kind of used to it.” Though he didn’t elaborate on the latter, he did allude to having “been involved with some pretty shady characters over the years.”
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The Hall & Oates dissolution first began back in November 2023 when the pair became embroiled in a legal dispute. Described by Oates as “a very boring business issue,” the crux of the issue began when Hall filed suit against his former partner over Oates’ attempt to sell his half of the duo’s joint venture Whole Oates Enterprises to Primary Wave Music without Hall’s consent.
Though Hall still isn’t able to speak to the specifics of their legal showdown, both men agreed in 2024 that their creative partnership was over.
“John and I did not have a creative relationship for decades; the last song I wrote with John was in 2000 and that was with somebody else,” Hall told Billboard in June 2024. “We toured and we toured and we toured, and it was very restrictive to me, and to John. The real truth of it all is John just said one day he didn’t want to do it anymore. I said ‘OK,’ but the problem is (Oates) didn’t make the parting and breakup easy, and that’s where the difficulties lay and still lay, and that’s all it is.
“I always say I’ve been a solo artist my whole life, I was just working with John, mostly.”
Having first formed in 1970, the Pennsylvania performers rose to fame throughout the ‘70s thanks to albums such as 1976’s Bigger Than Both of Us, which peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard 200, and spawned their first single to top the Hot 100, “Rich Girl.”
The duo reached their commercial zenith in the early ’80s, where albums such as Voices, Private Eyes, and H2O all went Platinum, with the latter giving them their highest album peak, hitting No. 3. Across two years, Hall & Oates would chart atop the Hot 100 four times thanks to “Kiss on My List,” “Private Eyes,” “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do),” and “Maneater.” They’d nab their final chart-topper with 1984’s “Out of Touch.”
Despite not splitting until 2024, Hall & Oates’ last studio album arrived 18 years earlier by way of Home for Christmas. Their last full album of original material was 2003’s Do It for Love.
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Tate McRae is more than OK following the reveal of this week’s Billboard 200, which puts her new album So Close to What at No. 1 — her first time ever reaching the chart’s summit. And in a couple of posts on social media Sunday (March 2), the Canadian pop star reacted to the news […]
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Jessica Biel turned 43 years old on Monday (March 3), and to celebrate, her husband Justin Timberlake took to Instagram to share a heartfelt post about the actress. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Happy Birthday to my rock. My best friend. My favorite. My GOAT. To […]
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ROSÉ and Bruno Mars’ “APT.” leases the penthouse for a record-extending 16th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart. The collaboration first led the list in November.
Meanwhile, Lady Gaga and Mars’ “Die With a Smile” scores a milestone 10th week atop the Billboard Global 200 chart, dating to its first frame at No. 1 last September.
The Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts, which began in September 2020, rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the United States.
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Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.
“APT.” rebounds 2-1 on Global Excl. U.S. with 88.8 million streams and 8,000 sold (down 5% in each metric week-over-week) outside the U.S. Feb. 21-27.
“Die With a Smile” dips to No. 2 after 10 weeks atop Global Excl. U.S.; Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” is steady at its No. 3 best; Lamar and SZA’s “Luther” holds at its No. 4 high; and Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather” remains at No. 5, after three weeks on top last August.
“Die With a Smile” rises 2-1 on the Global 200 with 119.3 million streams (down 7%) and 8,000 (down 13%) worldwide. The song becomes the sixth to have logged at least 10 weeks atop the chart; Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” leads with 19 weeks at No. 1 dating to its first in December 2020.
“APT.” ascends 4-2 following 12 weeks atop the Global 200 beginning in October; “Luther” repeats at its No. 3 high; “Not Like Us” falls to No. 4 following four weeks at No. 1 beginning last May; and “Birds of a Feather” keeps at No. 5 after three weeks at No. 1 last August.
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