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The Sound of Toronto

Canada · #10 origin · 1 Velvet Rock tracks

Combined (3:1)
508.2
US score
57.5
UK score
23.5
Attributed artists
21

Signature decade 2020s · era-distinctiveness 3.81 · score per artist 24.2

Decade fingerprint

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2020

Top artists

  1. 1Drake196.5
  2. 2The Weeknd125.2
  3. 3Shawn Mendes47.8
  4. 4Rush28.6
  5. 5Percy Faith16.6
  6. 6The Band14.6
  7. 7Gordon Lightfoot14.3
  8. 8Alessia Cara12.8
  9. 9Barenaked Ladies10.4
  10. 10Daniel Caesar7.6
  11. 11Dan Hill5.1
  12. 12Glass Tiger5
  13. 13Magic!5
  14. 14Deborah Cox4.4
  15. 15Snow4.4

Signature songs

  1. 1“Blinding Lights” — The Weeknd · UK / US #1 (2020)
  2. 2“God's Plan” — Drake · UK / US #1 (2018)
  3. 3“The Hills” — The Weeknd · UK / US #1 (2015)
  4. 4“Can't Feel My Face” — The Weeknd · UK / US #1 (2015)
  5. 5“Nice for What” — Drake · UK / US #1 (2018)
  6. 6“Stitches” — Shawn Mendes · UK / US #1 (2015)
  7. 7“Rude” — Magic! · UK / US #1 (2014)
  8. 8“Hotline Bling” — Drake · UK / US #2 (2015)
  9. 9“In My Feelings” — Drake · UK / US #1 (2018)
  10. 10“Toosie Slide” — Drake · UK / US #1 (2020)
  11. 11“Informer” — Snow · UK / US #1 (1993)
  12. 12“Earned It” — The Weeknd · UK / US #3 (2015)
  13. 13“Save Your Tears” — The Weeknd · UK / US #1 (2021)
  14. 14“Theme from A Summer Place” — Percy Faith · UK / US #1 (1960)
  15. 15“Die for You” — The Weeknd · UK / US #1 (2023)

Chart-topping #1 singles

Year ▼SingleArtistChart
2026“Janice STFU”DrakeUS
2023“Die for You”The WeekndUS
2023“First Person Shooter”DrakeUS
2023“Slime You Out”DrakeUS
2022“Jimmy Cooks”DrakeUS
2022“Wait for U”DrakeUS
2021“Peaches”Daniel CaesarUS
2021“Save Your Tears”The WeekndUS
2021“Way 2 Sexy”DrakeUS
2021“What's Next”DrakeUS
2020“Blinding Lights”The WeekndUK / US
2020“Toosie Slide”DrakeUK / US
2019“Heartless”The WeekndUS
2019“Señorita”Shawn MendesUK / US
2018“God's Plan”DrakeUK / US
2018“In My Feelings”DrakeUK / US
2018“Nice for What”DrakeUK / US
2016“One Dance”DrakeUK / US
2016“Starboy”The WeekndUS
2016“Stitches”Shawn MendesUK
2016“Work”DrakeUS
2015“Can't Feel My Face”The WeekndUS
2015“The Hills”The WeekndUS
2014“Rude”Magic!UK / US
2010“What's My Name?”DrakeUK / US
25 of 31 #1 singles · click a column to sort

Velvet Rock

1 Master Tape track by Toronto artists: Marina Del Rey (Marc Jordan)