Canadian Music Charts

CANADIAN HOT 100 (and Other Canadian Music Charts)

The Canadian Hot 100 is a music industry record chart in Canada for singles, published weekly by Billboard magazine. The Canadian Hot 100 was launched on the issue dated June 16, 2007, and is currently the standard record chart in Canada; a new chart is compiled and officially released to the public by Billboard on Tuesdays. The chart is similar to Billboard’s U.S. based Hot 100 in that it combines physical and digital sales as measured by Nielsen SoundScan, streaming activity data provided by online music sources, and radio airplay as measured by Nielsen BDS. RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that previously featured song and album charts for Canada. A national chart was introduced beginning with the June 22, 1964 issue, with its first-ever national #1 single being “Chapel of Love” by The Dixie Cups. The final #1 single in the magazine was “Music” by Madonna. (More from Wikipedia)

I recently picked up a reissue of the 1967 debut album, Somewhere Outside by the Ugly Ducklings from Toronto, Ontario; they are widely regarded as the greatest Canadian garage rock band. Their 1967 hit “Gaslight” hit #17 on the national Canadian charts and was #1 in Toronto.

(April 2013)

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Kris Kristofferson is probably better known as a songwriter – such as Janis Joplin’s posthumous hit song, “Me and Bobby McGee”, plus “For the Good Times” (a hit by Ray Price, among others), “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down” (recorded by Johnny Cash) and “Help Me Make It Through the Night” (Sammi Smith’s version being the most successful), which were all #1 hits on one Billboard or Canadian chart or other.

(July 2014)