Charts are continued from the previous issue of The Session. These are not comprehensive or all-inclusive, however, are intended to give you an idea of artist’ current chart activity.
DMDS NATIONAL CHARTS: DMDS = Digital Media Delivery System, which distributes singles and albums to most major radio stations in Canada. MAI (Most Active Indies) are the most streamed and downloaded singles in the given period on releases not directly promoted by any of the major record companies. Top Downloads are the most downloaded singles (major or indie) during the given period. Dates are for “week of” (blog.dmds.com).
Aces Wyld “Like A Country Song” #7 MAI May 8/17
Codie Prevost “You Won’t Sleep Tonight” #3 MAI May 22/17
Hunter Brothers “Getaway” #5 MAI Feb 20/17, #6 Top Downloads and #3 MAI Feb 27/17
Jackie Guy “Damned If I Do” #7 MAI May 15/17
Jess Moskaluke “Kill Your Love” - #10 Top Downloads and #3 MAI June 26/17, #9 Top Downloads and #4 MAI July 3/17
Jess Moskaluke “Drive Me Away” #8 Top Downloads and #3 MAI Feb 20/17, #6 MAI Feb 27/17
Justin LaBrash “Hooked On You” #4 MAI Feb 13/17
LJ Tyson “Locals” #7 MAI June 19/17
One Bad Son “Raging Bull” #7 MAI Mar 6/17, #4 MAI Mar 13/17
Samara Yung “Fireproof” #8 MAI June 5/17
Teagan Littlechief “Scar On My Heart” #7 MAI Apr 10/17
Tenille Arts “Wildfire and Whiskey” #2 MAI June 19/17 MAI
The Pistolwhips “Stickbreaker” #8 Top Downloads and
#5 MAI May 15/17
The Pistolwhips “Voices” #6 MAI Feb 7/17, #7 MAI Feb 20/17
Topher Mils “Right Place Right Time”#6 MAI July 17/17
Billboard charts (www.billboard.com/biz, powered by Nielsen BDS):
Jess Moskaluke
“Kill Your Love” - Canadian Country National Airplay #48 debut and Most Added July 22/17; #47 July 29/17
“Drive Me Away” - peak position #3 Canadian Country National Airplay, 20 weeks on the chart; re-entry at #50 July 22/17
“Drive Me Away” – peak position #24 Canada All-Format Airplay, 9 weeks on the chart
One Bad Son
“Raging Bull” – peak position #5 Canada Rock National Airplay, 19 weeks on the chart so far
Tenille Arts
“What He’s Into” – peak position #47 Canada Country National Airplay, 5 weeks on the chart
The Dead South
“Illusion & Doubt” – peak position #5 Bluegrass Albums, 12 weeks on the chart
“In Hell I’ll Be in Good Company” – peak position #50 Hot Rock Songs
“In Hell I’ll Be in Good Company” – peak position #46 Spotify Viral 50
Kacy & Clayton
“Strange Country” – Heatseekers West North Central, #10 first week on chart July 22/17
Andy Shauf
“The Party” – Heatseekers West North Central, #6 first week on chart July 22/17
Hunter Brothers
“Getaway” – peak position #31 Canada Country National Airplay, 14 weeks on the chart
Colter Wall
“Colter Wall” 1 week on the charts as of June 6/2017 with:
#2 Heatseeker Albums
#90 Billboard Canadian Albums
#16 Americana/Folk Albums “hot shot debut”
#50 Top Country Albums
#11 Independent Albums
#91 Top Album Sales
#6 Americana/Folk Album Sales
#14 Country Album Sales
#68 Top Current Albums
#2 Heatseekers - East North Central
#6 Heatseekers - Middle Atlantic
#3 Heatseekers - Mountain
#6 Heatseekers - Northeast
#3 Heatseekers - Pacific
#1 Heatseekers - South Atlantic
#3 Heatseekers - South Central
#1 Heatseekers - West North Central
CBC Radio 3
R3-30: Canada’s Top Indie Songs (www.cbcmusic.ca/radio3), all dates are “for the week of”
Close Talker, “Afterthought,” #28 July 10/17, #23 July 17/17;
SiriusXM CBC Radio 3 Classic #2 for the week of July 3/17
Close Talker, “Okay Hollywood” #19 May 1/17, #12 May 15/17, #7 May 22/17, #2 May 29/17, #14 June 5/17, #29 June 12/17;
SiriusXM CBC Radio 3 Classic: #2 for the week of May 29/17
National Aboriginal Music Countdown: The networks that broadcast the NAMC are included in a scoring system which determines the overall position of a song on the top #40 listing. The radio stations are part of a NAMC Advisory Group, which is made up of representatives from each of the Aboriginal radio networks across Canada. Dates noted are “for the week beginning”, where available (http://aboriginalmusiccountdown.ca).
LJ Tyson “Toy Guns” - #39 Feb 11/17, #34 Feb 18/25, #34 Feb 25/17, #32 Mar 4/17, #31 Mar 11/17, #28 Mar 25/17, #27 April 1/17, #25 Apr 8/17, #25 Apr 15/17, #24 Apr 22/17, #23 May 6/17, #23 May 13/17, #22 May 20/17, #21 May 27/17, #18 June 3/17, #17 June 10/17, #14 June 17/17, #14 June 24/17, #11 July 1/17, #10 July 8/17, #7 July 15/17
Teagan Littlechief “Scar On My Heart” - #39 June 3/17, #37 June 10/17, #35 June 17/17, #35 June 24/17, #33 July 1/17, #30 July 8/17, #29 July 15/17
Dale Mac “The Road Ahead” – #39 May 6/17, #40 May 13/17, #35 May 20/17, #33 May 27/17, #32 June 3/17, #31 June 10/17, #30 June 17/17, #28 June 24/17, #24 July 1/17, #21 July 8/17, #31 July 15/17
Elvis Ballantyne “Victory Road” -#39 June 10/17, #38 June 17/17, #37 June 24/17, #36 July 1/17, #35 July 8/17, #35 July 15/17
Awaken Aries “Wanna Be That Guy” -#39 Apr 1/17, #36 Apr 8/17, #32 Apr 15/17, #22 Apr 22/17, #21 May 6/17, #17 May 13/17, #17 May 20/17, #16 May 27/17, #13 June 3/17, #12 June 10/17, #15 June 17/17, #27 June 24/17, #37 July 1/17
Conrad Bigknife “Lovin’ Or Leavin’ “ – #40 Feb 18/17, #36 Feb 25/17, #34 Mar 4/17, #34 Mar 11/17, #31 Mar 25/17, #30 Apr 1/17, #28 Apr 8/17, #28 Apr 15/17, #27 Apr 22/17, #27 May 6/17, #26 May 13/17, #24 May 20/17
!EARSHOT CHARTS: National campus and community radio reports for charting albums, all dates are “for week ending:”
The National Top 50 weekly (overall)
The Garrys "Warm Buds” - #28 Mar 21/17
The Garrys “Surf Manitou” - #25 June 6/17, #32 June 27/17
Bombargo “We Are Bombargo” - #44 May 30/17, #26 June 6/17
Close Talker “Lens” - #45 May 23/17, #30 May 30/17, #50 June 13/17
Kacy & Clayton “The Siren’s Song” - #43 July 18/17
The Radiation Flowers “Summer Loop” - #45 May 16/17, #40 May 23/17
Top 20 Monthly (by genre)
Wolf Willow “The Darston Waltz” - #16 April 2017 Folk/Roots/Blues
National Hip Hop Top 10 weekly
Cquel “Aud Man Out: The Album” - #9 June 20/17, #9 June 27/17, #4 July 11/17
National Folk/Roots/Blues Top 10 weekly
West of Mabou “West of Mabou” -#7 May 9/17
Wolf Willow “The Darston Waltz” -#10 Apr 25/17, #9 June 27/17
