Canadian Singles Chart

The Canadian Singles Chart is compiled by the American-based music sales tracking company, Nielsen SoundScan. The chart is compiled every Wednesday, and is published by Jam! Canoe on Thursdays.^[1]

History

In November 1996, Nielsen started compiling sales charts,^[2] before that, sales figures were provided by The Record from a sampling of retailers. Originally, when the chart was started in 1996, there were 200 positions (with the top 50 being published by Jam!). However, because of the reduced singles market in Canada, only the top 10 positions now appear on the SoundScan chart (SoundScan has a policy that at least 10 copies have to be sold in order to make its singles chart).

Since the early 1990s, single sales in Canada have decreased dramatically, and most songs were not available as commercial singles. As a result, the chart rarely reflected the listening habits of Canadians. In perhaps the most notorious example, Elton John's charity single "Candle in the Wind '97"/"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" stayed in the top twenty for three years.^[3] By 2004, sales in Canada declined even further, because of the growing popularity of digital downloading of music. As a result, Canadian sales are not as substantial as they had been before in the 1990s and early 2000s, and singles remained on the chart for even lengthier periods of time. In 2006, most Canadian number-one singles sold less than 200 copies.^[4]

Billboard introduced their own singles chart for Canada, called the Canadian Hot 100, on June 7, 2007. It is based on digital download single sales data from Nielsen SoundScan and radio audience levels from Nielsen BDS.^[5]

Other Canadian singles chart

RPM Magazine – Charted singles from 1964–2000.
CRIA Top 50 singles (September 1977 to 1980)^[6]
CBC Singles chart (starting 1980)
Canadian Hot 100 – Charted singles from 2007–present.

References

↑ "Hits of the World: Canada (IFPI/Nielsen Marketing Research) 06/24/00". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 112 (26): 98. 24 June 2000. ISSN 0006-2510.
↑ "Canadian Business Has Troubled '96 12/28/96". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 108 (52): 52. 28 December 1996. ISSN 0006-2510.
↑ "Chart Beat 09/2/00". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 112 (33): 102. 2 September 2000. ISSN 0006-2510.
↑ "Canadian Digital Chart Bows; Jaheim's Third Charms 03/04/06". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. 118 (9): 47. 4 March 2006. ISSN 0006-2510.
↑ "Billboard Launches Canadian Hot 100 Chart". Billboard. June 7, 2007. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
↑ David Farrell (October 29, 1977). "Diversity is the Key to Maple Leaf Market". Billboard.

Further research

Lwin, Nanda (August 1996). The Canadian Singles Chart Book – Music Data Canada. ISBN 1-896594-09-3.
Lwin, Nanda (September 1999). Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide – Music Data Canada. p. 384. ISBN 1-896594-13-1.

List of number-one singles in Canada

CHUM Chart	1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964

RPM Top Singles	1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

RPM Alternative 30/Rock Report	1995-2000

RPM Country singles chart	1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

RPM Dance Chart	1976 1977 1978 1979 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

Canadian Singles Chart	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Canadian Hot 100	2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Canada Country Airplay	2013 2014 2015 2016

See also	RPM Year-End

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