Cardi B‘s sold-out show streak has been preserved.
This week (March 31), the Bronx rapper performed at the newly renovated TD Coliseum — to a sold-out crowd. It comes a couple of weeks after Cardi B posted a video to social media sharing that the gig was the only show on her Little Miss Drama tour that had yet to sell out.
“It’s like 80% sold out. And I’m letting you Canadians know: if y’all break my sold out streak, I’m going to…” she joked. “Y’all better go buy them tickets. Y’all not breaking my perfectly sold-out streak. I’m not playing with y’all Banadians.”
The rapper’s Hamilton fans heard her loud and clear, promptly selling out the venue.
During the show, Cardi B jokingly discussed the slow ticket sales. “This was the only city that was moving kind of slow with the tickets,” she quipped. “And I like ‘n——s don’t got no money? They don’t got no money in Canada?’”
She continued her speech, thanking the audience for making it to the show despite the massive rainstorm. “Y’all sold this b—h out!” she exclaimed, doing a little cheer, which garnered praise from the crowd.
While it took the longest to sell out, concertgoers proved that Hamilton was the right city for the “WAP” rapper to make her final Canadian stop.
“I went to three cities in Canada,” she shared with the crowd. In February, she performed at Vancouver’s Rogers Arena — which received a similar threat before selling out — and later headed to Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena on March 30. “Hamilton is the winner of Canada’s crowds!” she revealed.
The feat makes Cardi B the first female artist to sell out and headline the stadium and is the highest-grossing rap concert at the recently upgraded venue.
This doesn’t include earlier incarnations of the venue (the long-running Copps Coliseum/FirstOntario Centre), so it’s a small sample size, but it marks some big early records for TD Coliseum, which opened its doors in November 2025 after 18 months of renovation by new owner Oak View Group Canada.
Read more here. — Heather Taylor-Singh
Cirkut Becomes the Second-Ever Canadian to Win Juno and Grammy Awards for Producer of the Year in the Same Year
Cirkut has been one of the most quietly influential sonic architects in the music industry for nearly two decades, and now he’s being recognized on both sides of the border.
At this last weekend’s 2026 Juno Awards, the Halifax native took home the Jack Richardson producer of the year award, just months after winning producer of the year at the 2026 Grammy Awards.
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The producer, born Henry Walter, became just the second producer ever to receive both awards in the same year and first since David Foster in 1985. Cirkut is a big admirer of the Canadian legend, who produced hits like Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You,” Celine Dion’s “The Power of Love,” Toni Braxton’s “Un-Break My Heart” and many more. Now, he gets to sit next to him in the record books.
“It’s mind-blowing,” he tells Billboard Canada. “It’s amazing to be in the same sentence as someone like David Foster, who I look up to and respect so much.”
Since getting his start in electronic trio Let’s Go To War and co-founding Dream House Studios in Toronto in the late 2000s, Cirkut has had one of the most impeccable production resumes in music.
From working on The Weeknd’s House of Balloons to Katy Perry’s “Roar” to several tracks on Charli scx’s Brat, he’s left his fingerprint on several tracks and records that have redefined the modern pop landscape in the past two decades.
After landing an early placement on Britney Spears’ Circus in 2008, the Canadian producer crafted a handful of chart-topping hits in the 2010s, including Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” and Miley Cyrus’ internet-breaking “Wrecking Ball” in 2013.
Now, he remains a pop mainstay and is being lauded for some of his most prolific work to date, much of which made 2025’s biggest music moments. Along with being one of the main producers on Lady Gaga’s No. 1 album Mayhem (2025), Cirkut produced the viral Bruno Mars and ROSÉ collaboration “APT.,” a chart juggernaut that topped the Canadian Hot 100 for several weeks and finished at No. 3 on the 2025 Year-End Canadian Hot 100 Songs chart.
Soft-spoken and modest, Cirkut might not be a household name in the same way as producers like Max Martin or Jack Antonoff, but his impact is undeniable. He’s No. 4 on Billboard’s list of Top Producers of the 21st Century and remains a go-to for artists all over the spectrum, from pop auteurs like Gaga and The Weeknd to K-pop stars like Jung Kook.
Asked to define his signature sound, he demurs, saying it’s more of a quality: “trust.” Artists know they can trust him with their vision, their sounds and their collaboration.
Cirkut took a break from a studio session in Los Angeles to talk to Billboard Canada about the recognition.
Read the full interview here. — Richard Trapunski
