FYI Calendar of Grant and Funding Deadlines: Aug. 3, 2021
Chasing some dollars to fund your next recording or cross-country tour? Hoping to enter your songs into a lucrative competition? Seeking showcase opportunities at festivals and conferences? Check our calendar and get into the groove. Keep in mind that ongoing pandemic fears may affect some of the events listed. Applications are now open for Music PEI's Golden Ticket (pictured) and Taking Care Of Business programs.
By Kerry Doole
Festivals and Conference Submission Deadlines
CIMA Road Gold certification. Awarded to artists selling at least 25K tickets during their Canadian tour(s) over a 12-month period
Grants and Funding Deadlines
Canada Council Grants
FACTOR Songwriting Development Program
Passport: Music Export Summit
Applications for Live Music Events Funding Program - FACTOR
Applications for SOCAN Foundation Relief Fund
Applications for FACTOR Comprehensive Artist program
Submissions to showcase at Contact East 2021
Applications for SOCAN Foundation Travel Grants
Submissions for Allan Slaight Juno Master Class
Applications for eMERGEnce Music Incubator
Submissions for Ontario Creates IDM Fund
Submissions for Music PEI Golden Ticket & TCOB programs
Submissions open for MVP Project funding Round 7
Applications for FaCTOR Juried Sound Recording program
Other Conferences and Business Opportunities
Music Pro Summit. Virtual
CMAOntario Awards and Festival, Ancaster, ON
AmericanaFest and Conference, Nashville, TN
Indie Week, Toronto, ON
CCMA Country Music Week, London, ON
BreakOut West, Winnipeg, MB
Canadian Folk Music Awards, Charlottetown, PEI
East Coast Music Awards, Fredericton, NB
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Ed Sheeran Topples Drake's 8-Week Chart Supremacy
Ed Sheeran’s = debuts at No.
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Ed Sheeran’s = debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, achieving the highest album and digital song sales, and on-demand streams for the week and ending Drake’s eight consecutive weeks run at the top of the chart. It is Sheeran’s fourth consecutive album to debut at No. 1.
The remainder of the top five falls one position from last week’s chart, with Drake’s Certified Lover Boy, Lil Nas X’s Montero, Doja Cat’s Planet Her and The Kid Laroi’s F*ck Love sitting at Nos. 2 through 5.
Francophone rapper Enima debuts at No.15 with Resilience, his highest-charted album to date. His previous top peak was #35 with his 2018 release OPN.
Mastodon’s Hushed and Grim debuts at No. 18, the American metal band’s first release since Emperor Of Sand reached No. 4 in March 2017.
The War On Drugs’ I Don’t Live Here Anymore debuts at No. 33, their first release since A Deeper Understanding peaked at No. 8 in 2017.
Thanks to consumption activity around Halloween for the title cut, Michael Jackson’s Thriller bullets 90-26, the album’s highest chart position in the SoundScan era.
– All data courtesy of SoundScan with additional detail provided by MRC Data's Paul Tuch