2020 Junos: Cara, Mendes top biggest night in Canadian music

Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya was a figure skater who left her native Russia to compete for Australia in the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.Alexandrovskaya was a native of Moscow and began skating as a child. In 2015, her coach paired her with Australian skater Harley Windsor, who had been seeking a partner.

Every month, Billboard asks readers to vote for the best collab released during the month. Fans have voted and crowned Los Dos Carnales as the best Latin collaboration of June with their single “El Fue Arturo” featuring El Fantasma.

Around 75 Black Canadian entertainment professionals, including top producers, actors and directors, have signed an open letter to the federal government in Ottawa — the top investor in local film and TV content —demanding an end to “systemically racist policies" that keep many from advancing their careers without heading to Los Angeles.

The Official Charts Company has published some charts showing the UK’s best-selling vinyl albums and singles for the first half of 2020. Despite everything, vinyl sales look set to increase for their thirteenth consecutive year.

Regional Mexican Airplay chart (dated July 11) as “El Envidioso” surges 18-10. It’s the Mexican duo’s first top 10 on any Billboard airplay chart.The act -- made up of brothers Poncho Quezada Jr.

Jenni Rivera's 51st birthday, Billboard honors La Diva de la Banda by remembering her five top hits on the Regional Mexican Airplay chart.With more than 30 entries on the tally, fourteen of those hit the top 10 and including her No. 1 hit "De Contrabando" and "Inolvidable."Also for her birthday today (July 2), Billboard exclusively premiered her third posthumous single "Quisieran Tener Mi Lugar" along with its music video.

American Top 40, a show that would become a pop-culture classic, and that would turn many people (including me) on to popular music in general and the Billboard charts in particular.Casey Kasem kicked off that first countdown with this welcome: “Here we go with the top 40 hits of the nation this week on American Top 40 -- the best-selling and most-played songs from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from Canada to Mexico.

When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down production, talk shows were forced to adapt to filming from home. Hosts took various approaches to setting their at-home studios: John Oliver chose a monochromatic background, while Samantha Bee has been filming from her backyard.

In recent weeks, a series of companies have banded together to boycott advertising on Facebook for the month of July in order to pressure the company to do more to combat racist, hateful and violent posts on its platform.

When the Junos took place in Saskatoon in 2007, Nelly Furtado hosted the ceremony and dominated the awards. This year, would-be host Alessia Cara was the evening’s big winner — but she missed out on the live event in the Bridge City.

A Canadian company planned something very special for Pride Month.

Linda Cristal was an actress who starred as Victoria Cannon in the popular Western series “The High Chaparral” from 1967 to 1970.A native of Argentina, Cristal began her acting career at home and in Mexico before transitioning to U.S. movies and TV.

Donald Trump after the killing of a top general. Qasem Soleimani, who led the Islamic Republic's elite Quds Force, was wiped out in an air strike on Baghdad airport on January 3.

Timothee Chalamet, 34, and Eiza González, 30, are one spicy duo! The sexy new couple packed on the PDA while vacationing in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and definitely couldn’t keep their hands off each other. Timothee and Eiza could be seen sharing a steamy kiss while in a hot tub on Thursday, June 25, and kept the make out session going as he snuggled and kiss her neck from behind.