Rankings / Metro

The Sound of Toronto

Canada · #10 origin · 1 Velvet Rock tracks

Combined (3:1)
505.8
US score
56.8
UK score
23.3
Attributed artists
21

Signature decade 2020s · era-distinctiveness 3.71 · score per artist 24.1

Decade fingerprint

1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020

Top artists

  1. 1Drake194.1
  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. 14Snow4.4
  15. 15Deborah Cox4.4

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

“Janice STFU”
2026
Drake
US
“Die for You”
2023
The Weeknd
US
“First Person Shooter”
2023
Drake
US
“Slime You Out”
2023
Drake
US
“Jimmy Cooks”
2022
Drake
US
“Wait for U”
2022
Drake
US
“Peaches”
2021
Daniel Caesar
US
“Save Your Tears”
2021
The Weeknd
US
“Way 2 Sexy”
2021
Drake
US
“What's Next”
2021
Drake
US
“Blinding Lights”
2020
The Weeknd
UK / US
“Toosie Slide”
2020
Drake
UK / US
“Heartless”
2019
The Weeknd
US
“Señorita”
2019
Shawn Mendes
UK / US
“God's Plan”
2018
Drake
UK / US
“In My Feelings”
2018
Drake
UK / US
“Nice for What”
2018
Drake
UK / US
“One Dance”
2016
Drake
UK / US
“Starboy”
2016
The Weeknd
US
“Stitches”
2016
Shawn Mendes
UK
“Work”
2016
Drake
US
“Can't Feel My Face”
2015
The Weeknd
US
“The Hills”
2015
The Weeknd
US
“Rude”
2014
Magic!
UK / US
“What's My Name?”
2010
Drake
UK / 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)