List of artists by number of Canadian number-one singles (RPM)
RPM (1964–2000) was the oldest music industry publication in Canada and was considered the country's "music bible".[1][2][3] It published Canadian national record charts from June 22, 1964 until its final issue on November 13, 2000.[2] British band the Beatles and American singer Madonna tied for having the most number-one singles in Canada during this period, each with 18. Nevertheless, after the end of RPM, Madonna continued to score an additional four number ones on Nielsen SoundScan's Canadian Singles Chart between 2000 and 2007, and two number ones on Billboard's Canadian Hot 100 since 2007, thus making her the artist with the most number-one singles in the history of Canadian recorded music.[4][5]
Bryan Adams was the Canadian artist with the most Canadian number-one singles during the RPM era, with 10 number-one singles. Nevertheless, after the end of RPM, Canadian singer Justin Bieber surpassed his accomplishment, scoring 13 chart-toppers on Billboard's Canadian Hot 100.[6]
Artists with 10 number ones or more[]
Artist | Nationality | Total of no. ones |
Singles | Album | First reached no. one |
Total weeks at no. one |
Ref. |
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The Beatles | United Kingdom | 18 | "A Hard Day's Night" | A Hard Day's Night | 17 August 1964 | 1 | [7] |
"I Feel Fine" | Standalone single | 28 December 1964 | 1 | [8] | |||
"Eight Days a Week" | Standalone single | 8 March 1965 | 2 | [9] | |||
"Ticket to Ride" | Help! | 24 May 1965 | 2 | [10] | |||
"Help!" | 31 August 1965 | 1 | [11] | ||||
"We Can Work It Out" | Standalone single | 24 January 1966 | 1 | [12] | |||
"Nowhere Man" | Standalone single | 28 March 1966 | 1 | [13] | |||
"Paperback Writer" | Standalone single | 4 July 1966 | 1 | [14] | |||
"Yellow Submarine"/"Eleanor Rigby" | Standalone single | 19 September 1966 | 1 | [15] | |||
"Penny Lane" | Standalone single | 25 March 1967 | 1 | [16] | |||
"All You Need Is Love" | Standalone single | 26 August 1967 | 2 | [17] | |||
"Hello, Goodbye" | Standalone single | 23 December 1967 | 3 | [18] | |||
"Hey Jude" | Standalone single | 30 September 1968 | 3 | [19] | |||
"Get Back" with (Billy Preston) | Let It Be | 19 May 1969 | 6 | [20] | |||
"Something" | Abbey Road | 15 November 1969 | 4 | [21] | |||
"Let It Be" | Let It Be | 11 April 1970 | 3 | [22] | |||
"The Long and Winding Road" | 20 June 1970 | 2 | [23] | ||||
"Got to Get You into My Life" | Rock 'n' Roll Music | 14 August 1976 | 1 | [24] | |||
Madonna | United States | 18 | "Like a Virgin" | Like a Virgin | 19 January 1985 | 1 | [25] |
"Crazy for You" | Vision Quest | 25 May 1985 | 1 | [26] | |||
"Live to Tell" | True Blue | 24 May 1986 | 2 | [27] | |||
"Papa Don't Preach" | 9 August 1986 | 2 | [28] | ||||
"True Blue" | 22 November 1986 | 1 | [29] | ||||
"La Isla Bonita" | 6 June 1987 | 1 | [30] | ||||
"Who's That Girl" | Who's That Girl | 29 August 1987 | 1 | [31] | |||
"Like a Prayer" | Like a Prayer | 29 April 1989 | 5 | [32] | |||
"Express Yourself" | 29 July 1989 | 2 | [33] | ||||
"Cherish" | 14 October 1989 | 2 | [34] | ||||
"Vogue" | I'm Breathless | 16 June 1990 | 3 | [35] | |||
"Justify My Love" | The Immaculate Collection | 2 February 1991 | 1 | [36] | |||
"This Used to Be My Playground" | Standalone single | 15 August 1992 | 3 | [37] | |||
"I'll Remember" | With Honors | 16 May 1994 | 5 | [38] | |||
"Secret" | Bedtime Stories | 14 November 1994 | 3 | [39] | |||
"Take a Bow" | 6 March 1995 | 2 | [40] | ||||
"Beautiful Stranger" | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | 26 July 1999 | 2 | [41] | |||
"Music" | Music | 11 September 2000 | 9 | [42] | |||
Elton John | United Kingdom | 17 | "Crocodile Rock" | Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player | 17 February 1973 | 4 | [43] |
"Daniel" | 2 June 1973 | 2 | [44] | ||||
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | 22 December 1973 | 1 | [45] | |||
"Bennie and the Jets" | 13 April 1974 | 2 | [46] | ||||
"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" | Caribou | 10 August 1974 | 2 | [47] | |||
"The Bitch Is Back" | 2 November 1974 | 1 | [48] | ||||
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" | Standalone single | 11 January 1975 | 4 | [49] | |||
"Philadelphia Freedom" | Standalone single | 19 April 1975 | 2 | [50] | |||
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (with Kiki Dee) |
Standalone single | 21 August 1976 | 3 | [51] | |||
"Little Jeannie" | 21 at 33 | 19 July 1980 | 2 | [52] | |||
"I'm Still Standing" | Too Low for Zero | 16 July 1983 | 1 | [53] | |||
"I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" | Reg Strikes Back | 13 August 1988 | 3 | [54] | |||
"You Gotta Love Someone" | Days of Thunder | 26 January 1991 | 1 | [55] | |||
"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (with George Michael) |
Standalone single | 15 February 1992 | 3 | [56] | |||
"The One (Elton John song)" | The One | 5 September 1992 | 2 | [57] | |||
"Can You Feel the Love Tonight" | The Lion King | 8 August 1994 | 4 | [58] | |||
"Believe" | Made in England | 17 April 1995 | 4 | [59] | |||
Bee Gees | United Kingdom/ Australia |
12 | "Words" | Standalone single | 9 March 1968 | 1 | [60] |
"I Started a Joke" | Idea | 20 January 1969 | 2 | [61] | |||
"Lonely Days" | 2 Years On | 6 February 1971 | 1 | [62] | |||
"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" | Trafalgar | 28 August 1971 | 2 | [63] | |||
"Jive Talkin'" | Main Course | 16 August 1975 | 1 | [64] | |||
"You Should Be Dancing" | Children of the World | 11 September 1976 | 1 | [65] | |||
"How Deep Is Your Love" | Saturday Night Fever | 24 December 1977 | 6 | [66] | |||
"Stayin' Alive" | 18 February 1978 | 4 | [67] | ||||
"Night Fever" | 1 April 1978 | 5 | [68] | ||||
"Too Much Heaven" | Spirits Having Flown | 20 January 1979 | 3 | [69] | |||
"Tragedy" | 24 March 1979 | 4 | [70] | ||||
"Love You Inside Out" | 23 June 1979 | 1 | [71] | ||||
Phil Collins | United Kingdom | 10 | "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" | Against All Odds | 21 April 1984 | 4 | [72] |
"Easy Lover" (with Philip Bailey) | Chinese Wall | 9 February 1985 | 2 | [73] | |||
"One More Night" | No Jacket Required | 23 March 1985 | 1 | [74] | |||
"Separate Lives" (with Marilyn Martin) | White Nights | 23 November 1985 | 2 | [75] | |||
"A Groovy Kind of Love" | Buster | 29 October 1988 | 3 | [76] | |||
"Two Hearts" | 21 January 1989 | 4 | [77] | ||||
"Another Day in Paradise" | ...But Seriously | 16 December 1989 | 8 | [78] | |||
"I Wish It Would Rain Down" | 24 March 1990 | 6 | [79] | ||||
"Do You Remember?" | 14 July 1990 | 1 | [80] | ||||
"Something Happened on the Way to Heaven" | 13 October 1990 | 2 | [81] | ||||
Rod Stewart | United Kingdom | 10 | "Maggie May" | Every Picture Tells a Story | 9 October 1971 | 1 | [82] |
"Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" | A Night on the Town | 27 November 1976 | 6 | [83] | |||
"You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)" | Foot Loose & Fancy Free | 4 February 1978 | 1 | [84] | |||
"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" | Blondes Have More Fun | 24 February 1979 | 4 | [85] | |||
"Downtown Train" | The Best of Rod Stewart | 10 February 1990 | 3 | [86] | |||
"Rhythm of My Heart" | Vagabond Heart | 25 May 1991 | 2 | [87] | |||
"The Motown Song" (featuring The Temptations) |
5 October 1991 | 1 | [88] | ||||
"Have I Told You Lately" | Unplugged...and Seated | 17 July 1993 | 1 | [89] | |||
"All for Love" (with Bryan Adams and Sting) | The Three Musketeers | 17 January 1994 | 5 | [90] | |||
"Leave Virginia Alone" | A Spanner in the Works | 3 July 1995 | 2 | [91] | |||
Bryan Adams | Canada | 10 | "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | 3 August 1991 | 9 | [92] |
"Can't Stop This Thing We Started" | Waking Up the Neighbours | 26 October 1991 | 4 | [93] | |||
"Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven" | 25 April 1992 | 1 | [94] | ||||
"Please Forgive Me" | So Far So Good | 4 December 1993 | 6 | [95] | |||
"All for Love" (with Rod Stewart and Sting) | The Three Musketeers | 17 January 1994 | 5 | [90] | |||
"Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" | Don Juan DeMarco | 29 May 1995 | 5 | [96] | |||
"The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You" | 18 til I Die | 15 July 1996 | 1 | [97] | |||
"Let's Make a Night to Remember" | 14 October 1996 | 2 | [98] | ||||
"Back to You" | Unplugged | 19 January 1998 | 3 | [99] | |||
"On a Day Like Today" | On a Day Like Today | 2 November 1998 | 1 | [100] |
See also[]
- List of artists who reached number one on the Canadian Hot 100
- List of artists by number of UK Singles Chart number ones
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- ^ "RPM 100 Hit Tracks – April 25, 1992". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ "RPM 100 Hit Tracks – December 4, 1993". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ "RPM 100 Hit Tracks – May 29, 1995". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
- ^ "RPM 100 Hit Tracks – July 15, 1996". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ "RPM 100 Hit Tracks – October 14, 1996". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ "RPM 100 Hit Tracks – January 19, 1998". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
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External links[]
- RPM Magazine at the AV Trust
- RPM chart search at Library and Archives Canada
- Lists of artists by record chart achievement
- RPM (magazine) charts