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What Songs Were Played on Canadian Radio the Most This Year? Glad You Asked…

Sick of “Cake By the Ocean” from DNCE? ODed on Bieber? There’s a good reason for that.  Billboard has done some airplay analysis for 2016 and has come up with a list of the 25 most-played songs on Canadian radio in 2016. (Via MusicCanada)

1. Cake by the Ocean, DNCE
2. Love Yourself, Justin Bieber
3. Sorry, Justin Bieber
4. Can’t Stop the Feeling, Justin Timberlake
5. Cheap Thrills, Sia
6, Stressed Out, Twenty One Pilots
7. Wild Things, Alessia Cara
8. This Is What You Came For, Calvin Harris
9. One Dance, Drake
10. Hello, Adele
11. 7 Years, Lukas Graham
12. I Took a Pill in Ibiza, Mike Posner
13. Treat You Better, Shawn Mendes
14. 2 Heads, Coleman Hell
15. Send My Love (To Your New Lover), Adele
16. Work from Home, Fifth Harmony
17. Pillow Talk, Zayn
18. Just Like Fire, P!nk
19. Cold Water, Major Lazer Featuring Justin Bieber
20. Don’t Let Me Down, The Chainsmokers
21, Lay You Down Easy, Magic!
22. Hello, Hedley
23. Wildest Dreams, Taylor Swift
24. Like I’m Gonna Lose You, Meghan Trainor
25. Wicked, Tyler Shaw

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