NIELSEN MUSIC & BILLBOARD PRESENT CANADA 150 CHARTS A CELEBRATION OF CANADA’S 150TH ANNIVERSARY — THE TOP CANADIAN ARTISTS, ALBUMS AND SONGS IN THE NIELSEN MUSIC CANADA ERA Copyright © 2017 The Nielsen Company 1 Copyright © 2017 The Nielsen Company In celebration of Canada's 150th birthday — Billboard's top Canadian artists, albums and songs in the Nielsen Music Canada era by Karen Bliss The official 150th birthday of Canada — commemorating confederation — is this Saturday, July 1, known as Canada Day, but it’s been a year-long celebration with the government putting in a half-billion dollars towards the branded A CELEBRATION OF CANADA’S ”Canada 150” festivities and businesses commemorating the sesquicentennial their own way. Nielsen Music Canada, in collaboration with Billboard, has compiled its own celebratory lists of the biggest artists, albums and songs since the TH data-tracking system came into Canada in 1996 (and cut off Dec. 31, 2016). 150 ANNIVERSARY “We’re excited to celebrate the success of Canadian artists at home, in partnership with Billboard, as we honour [sic] THE TOP CANADIAN ARTISTS, ALBUMS & SONGS Canada’s 150th anniversary,” said Paul Shaver, Head of Nielsen Music Canada. Nielsen Music Canada’s recap charts include all-format and radio charts (started April 1995), album sales (1996 -) and IN THE NIELSEN MUSIC CANADA ERA digital song sales (2005 - ). The most recent chart for streaming (July 2014 -) extends to March 2017. The top-selling Canadian artist (by album sales in Canada) during the 20-year “Nielsen Music Canada era,” is, not surprisingly, Celine Dion when tallying up all her physical and digital sales for the Top Overall Artist chart. She’s followed by Shania Twain and Michael Bublé at Nos. 2 and 3, both of whom are massive outside Canada. Next, TABLE OF CONTENTS however, is The Tragically Hip (No. 4), the rock band that does not have the same profile in the rest of the world as it does at home but has been one of the country’s biggest acts for decades and played its final tour in 2016 following Top 150 – Canadian Airplay Songs - All Formats Page 4 singer Gord Downie’s announcement he has brain cancer. Also among the top 25 artists: Sarah McLachlan (No. 5), Nickelback (No. 6), Diana Krall (No. 7) and Avril Lavigne (No. 8), but the appearance of DIY artists Johnny Reid (No. 17) Top 150 – Canadian Airplay Songs- AC (Adult Contemporary) Page 7 and Loreena McKennitt (No. 20) is impressive and francophone acts Francois Perusse (No. 19) and Isabelle Boulay (No. 24) show the power of the Quebec market. Top 150 – Canadian Airplay Songs – CHR (Mainstream Top 40) Page 10 The Top Overall Albums chart — combining physical and digital album sales — finds Twain holding two positions in the Top 150 – Canadian Airplay Songs - Rock Page 13 top 10, Nos. 1 and 3 for Come On Over and Up!, respectively. Dion’s Let’s Talk About Love is sandwiched between at No. 2, while the diva also holds down Nos. 9 and 10 with Falling Into You and These Are Special Times, respectively. The top 10 also includes McLachlan’s Surfacing at No. 4, Lavigne’s Let Go at No. 5 and Our Lady Peace’s Clumsy at No. 8. Top 150 – Canadian Airplay Songs - Country Page 16 When we get into the digital era, the dominating names are quite different, pointing to the buying habits of a younger Top 150 – Canadian Artist Digital Songs Page 19 generation. Sitting at No. 1 on the Top Digital Songs chart (ranking the best-selling digital song downloads) is Canadian passport-carrying Robin Thicke with “Blurred Lines,” featuring T.I. and Pharrell, followed by Carly Rae Top 150 – Canadian Streaming Songs Page 22 Jepsen’s breakthrough hit, “Call Me Maybe” (No. 2), and East Coast rapper Classified with “Inner Ninja” (No. 3), that comes in before hits by international smashes by Bieber, The Weeknd and Magic! Bieber takes three positions in the Top 150 – Overall Canadian Albums (by album sales, physical and digital) Page 25 top 10 with “Love Yourself” (No. 4), “Sorry” (No. 5) and “Beauty and a Beat,” featuring Nicki Minaj (No. 9), while pop band Hedley, which hasn’t broken the U.S. but headlines arenas at home, is at No. 6 with “Kiss You Inside Out.” The Top 150 – Overall Selling Canadian Artist (by album sales, physical and digital) Page 28 Weeknd’s “Can’t Feel My Face” is No. 7 while Magic!’s “Rude” takes No. 8 and Drake’s “One Dance,” featuring WizKid and Kyla, rounds out the top 10 at No. 10. Top 25 – Canadian Digital Songs - 1960’s Page 29 The same familiar Canadians that have been dominating the U.S. charts lately also pepper the top 10 of the Top Streamed Songs chart: Bieber, The Weeknd, Drake and Shawn Mendes. Bieber’s “Sorry” is No. 1 and “What Do You Top 25 – Canadian Digital Songs - 1970’s Page 29 Mean?” No. 2, but he also takes No. 5 with “Love Yourself.” Drake takes a pair of spots in the top 10 with “One Dance” and “Hotline Bling” at Nos. 4 and 7. The Weeknd claims a trio of tracks in the top 10 (“Starboy” at No. 3, “The Hills” at Top 25 – Canadian Digital Songs - 1980’s Page 30 No. 6 and “Can’t Feel My Face” at No. 8) while Mendes is at Nos. 9 and 10 with “Stitches” and “Treat You Better.” Top 25 – Canadian Digital Songs - 1990’s Page 30 When it comes to airplay, taking into account all format spins, the No. 1 on Top All Formats Songs belongs to Armin Van Burren’s “This Is What It Feels Like,” featuring Canadian Trevor Guthrie on vocals. The ubiquitous “Call Me Maybe” Top 25 – Canadian Digital Songs - 2000’s Page 31 by Carly Rae Jepsen comes in at No. 2, and Martin Solveig and Canadian band Dragonette with “Hello” at No. 3. A pair of songs by rock band Finger Eleven are next at Nos. 4 and 5, “One Thing” and “Paralyzer.” Top 25– Canadian Digital Songs - 2010’s Page 31 Scroll down to view Nielsen Music Canada's top Canadian artists, albums and songs of the Nielsen Music Canada era: 2 3 Copyright © 2017 The Nielsen Company TOP 150 CANADIAN AIRPLAY SONGS ALL FORMATS TOP 150 CANADIAN AIRPLAY SONGS ALL FORMATS 1 This Is What It Feels Like Trevor Guthrie 51 Heaven In Our Headlights Hedley 2 Call Me Maybe Carly Rae Jepsen 52 Breathing Underwater Metric 3 Hello Dragonette 53 Summer Of ‘69 Bryan Adams 4 One Thing Finger Eleven 54 Sweet Surrender Sarah McLachlan 5 Paralyzer Finger Eleven 55 Love Yourself Justin Bieber 6 Stompa Serena Ryder 56 Sorry Justin Bieber 7 Rude Magic! 57 Building A Mystery Sarah McLachlan 8 Complicated Avril Lavigne 58 Home Michael Buble 9 When The Night Feels My Song Bedouin Soundclash 59 Innocent Our Lady Peace 10 Hold On, We’re Going Home Drake Feat. Majid Jordan 60 Ironic Alanis Morissette 11 How You Remind Me Nickelback 61 Soundwave Trevor Guthrie 12 Kiss You Inside Out Hedley 62 Somewhere Out There Our Lady Peace 13 Bad Day Daniel Powter 63 Hideaway Kiesza 14 Say It Right Nelly Furtado 64 Up We Go Lights 15 I’m Like A Bird Nelly Furtado 65 Money Honey State Of Shock 16 Stereo Love Edward Maya & Mia Martina 66 Perfect Hedley 17 Red Hands Walk Off The Earth 67 Ahead By A Century The Tragically Hip 18 Closer Tegan And Sara 68 From This Moment On Shania Twain 19 What I Wouldn’t Do Serena Ryder 69 Night Like This Shawn Desman 20 Can’t Feel My Face The Weeknd 70 Inner Ninja Classified Feat. David Miles 21 Blurred Lines Robin Thicke Feat. T.I. + Pharrell 71 Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey) The Weeknd 22 Crazy For You Hedley 72 Life Of The Party Shawn Mendes 23 She’s So High Tal Bachman 73 One Week Barenaked Ladies 24 Beautiful U R Deborah Cox 74 Electric Shawn Desman 25 2 Heads Coleman Hell 75 Santa Monica Theory Of A Deadman 26 Africa Karl Wolf Feat. Culture 76 Everybody Wants To Be Like You Snow 27 Goodbye Glenn Morrison Feat. Islove 77 Someday Nickelback 28 That Don’t Impress Me Much Shania Twain 78 Up! Shania Twain 29 Man! I Feel Like A Woman! Shania Twain 79 I Will Remember You Sarah McLachlan 30 Stitches Shawn Mendes 80 Crazy All My Life Daniel Powter 31 Wasting My Time Default 81 Brand New Chick/B*tch Anjulie 32 Jealous (I Ain’t With It) Chromeo 82 Jet Lag Simple Plan 33 Love Song Sky 83 Cloud #9 Bryan Adams 34 You’re Still The One Shania Twain 84 Kiss Goodnight Tyler Shaw 35 Brother Down Sam Roberts 85 Wild Things Alessia Cara 36 Dangerous Kardinal Offishall Feat. Akon 86 Never Too Late Three Days Grace 37 Alone Again Alyssa Reid 87 I’m Gonna Getcha Good! Shania Twain 38 Summer Paradise Simple Plan 88 Seven Day Fool Jully Black 39 Ghost Fefe Dobson 89 All Good Things (Come To An End) Nelly Furtado 40 Stutterin Fefe Dobson 90 Faded Souldecision 41 Back To You Bryan Adams 91 For The Nights I Can’t Remember Hedley 42 Haven’t Met You Yet Michael Buble 92 Hello Hedley 43 I’m With You Avril Lavigne 93 Powerless (Say What You Want) Nelly Furtado 44 Anything Hedley 94 Before You Chantal Kreviazuk 45 Life Is A Highway Tom Cochrane 95 Gotta Be Somebody Nickelback 46 Something Big Shawn Mendes 96 Drive My Soul Lights 47 Steal My Sunshine Len 97 When You’re Gone Bryan Adams W/ Melanie C.