Category Archives: Column

The Number Crunch: Zeus’ Busting Visions Finally Tops The Chart

Zeus’ Busting Visions makes a surprise turn jumping four places to end its ‘bridesmaid never a bride’ history topping the chart this week. Continue reading

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The Number Crunch: 5 Weeks For Grimes & Yukon Blonde Top Debut

While Grimes’ Visions holds on to the #1 album slot for a fifth week, Yukon Blonde’s Tiger Talk debuts at #8 and Damien Jurado’s Maraqopa re-enters at #15 this week. Continue reading

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The Number Crunch: Grimes Visions Three-peats At #1

While Grimes’ Visions three-peats at #1 this week, Plants And Animals’ The End Of That provides some competition jumping up a spot to #2, while Elfin Saddles’ Devastates rockets back up the chart 40 places and Lee Ranaldo’s Between The Times & The Tides debuts at #13, the highest new entry of the week. Continue reading

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The Number Crunch: Grimes’ Visions Is The Biggest #1 Album Ever!!

Grimes’ Visions remains at #1 and sets a new points total with 2,213 points leaving Islands’ A Sleep & A Forgetting and Plants And Animals’ The End Of That in the dust this week on the chart. Continue reading

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The Number Crunch: Grimes’ Visions Bests The Boys Arriving At #1

Grimes’ Visions jumps two places to grab the #1 album spot this week ahead of Plants And Animals’ The End Of That falling to #2. Ericx Chenaux’ Guitar & Voice is the top debut at #16 while Cousins’ The Palm At The End Of The Mind jumps 23 places to #9 as this week’s Chart Bullet. Continue reading

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The Number Crunch : Ex-Nova Scotia ‘Pats, End Up At #1

Plants And Animals’ The End Of That. rises two places to become the #1 album this week followed by Islands A Sleep & A Forgetting at #2 and Grimes’ Visions at #3. Memoryhouse’s The Slideshow Effect is the top debut at #11 while Frankie Rose’s Interstellar is the Chart Bullet this week rising 26 places to #17. Continue reading

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The Number Crunch: John K. Samson Regains #1 – A Provincial Feat

John K. Samson’s Provincial recapturesd the #1 album posiiton thisweek followed by Kathleen Edwards’ Voyageur at #2. The Chart Bullet goes to the 39-place rise by Island;s A Sleep & A Forgetting moving to #6 while the Chart Sizzler is Damien Jurado’s Maraqopa debuting at #22. Continue reading

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The Number Crunch: The Black Keys Recapture #1

The Black Keys’ El Camino zooms back up the chart recapturing the #1 album spot while Plants and Animals’ The End Of That debuts at #13 and Feist’s Metals returns to the top 50 chart for a 16th week. Continue reading

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The Number Crunch: Black Keys Dominate A Chart Amid Rough Seas Below

The Black Keys’ El Camino remains at #1 for a third week while a couple of new entries debut in the top ten. Also Ferriswhee returns to the chart this week in the top ten and Wilco’s The Whole Love makes it 15 on the top 50. Continue reading

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The Number Crunch: A Look At The 2011 Year-End Chart

Chad VanGaalen’s Diaper Island is the #1 album on the Canadian Campus charts n the year-end top 100 for 2011. Sub Pop leads the record company entries with six while Arts & Crafts and Paper Bag Records have five entries each. Continue reading

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