Tate McRae, Celine Dion, Alanis Morissette & More Canadian Women Who Topped the Billboard 200

Tate McRae doesn’t just score her first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200, as So Close to What soars in atop the tally dated March 8 — she also becomes the first Canadian woman to lead the list during the 2020s.

The Calgary, Alberta, native is the first woman to proudly fly the Canadian flag atop the Billboard 200 since Celine Dion debuted at No. 1 on the chart dated Nov. 30, 2019, with Courage. Dion boasts the most leaders on the chart among Canadian women, with five dating to her first in 1996.

McRae further makes her mark as the first woman from the province of Alberta to top the Billboard 200.

Alanis Morissette has earned three Billboard 200 No. 1s — and became the first Canadian woman to reign when her pop-culture juggernaut Jagged Little Pill rose to the top of the chart dated Oct. 7, 1995.

Fellow Canadian chanteuses Avril Lavigne and Shania Twain have also each notched multiple Billboard 200 No. 1s.

Shoutout to two revered Canadian women singer-songwriters who have both hit No. 2 highs on the Billboard 200: Joni Mitchell and Sarah McLachlan. Mitchell, from Fort Macleod, Alberta, sent Court and Spark and Miles of Aisles to the runner-up spot in 1974-75. McLachlan, from Halifax, Nova Scotia, took Surfacing and Afterglow in 1997 and 2003, respectively.

Plus, soft rock/country icon Anne Murray, from Springhill, Nova Scotia, has charted more than 30 titles on the Billboard 200, along with 18 top 10s on the Top Country Albums chart.

Meanwhile, McRae succeeds two Canadian men atop the Billboard 200, as $ome $exy $ongs 4 U by PARTYNEXTDOOR and Drake dips to No. 2 in its second week. Canadian soloists rule back-to-back for the first time since October 2016, when Shawn Mendes’ Illuminate dethroned Drake’s Views. Adding to Canada’s legacy atop the Billboard 200, $ome $exy $ongs 4 U became Drake’s 14th No. 1 — tying him with Jay-Z and Taylor Swift for the most among soloists.

Below, celebrate the achievements of the Canadian women who have hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200.