Canadian Hot 100

The Canadian Hot 100 is a music industry record chart in Canada for singles, published weekly by Billboard magazine. The Canadian Hot 100 began with 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 Thursday.

The chart is similar to Billboard's U.S.-based Hot 100 in that it combines physical and download track and singles sales as measured by Nielsen SoundScan, on-demand streaming provided by online music sources, and radio audience levels as measured by Nielsen BDS. Canada's airplay chart is the result of monitoring more than 100 stations representing rock, country, adult contemporary and Top 40 genres.[1][2][3]

The first number-one song on this chart was "Umbrella" by Rihanna featuring Jay-Z on June 16, 2007.[4] As of the issue for the week ending May 9, 2015, the Canadian Hot 100 has had 94 different number-one hits. Its current number one is "See You Again" by Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth.

History

The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007.[5] With this launch, it marked the first time that Billboard created a Hot 100 chart for a country outside the United States. Billboard charts manager Geoff Mayfield announced the premiere of the chart, explaining "the new Billboard Canadian Hot 100 will serve as the definitive measure of Canada's most popular songs, continuing our magazine's longstanding tradition of using the most comprehensive resources available to provide the world's most authoritative music charts."

Song achievements

Songs with most weeks at number one

16 weeks
15 weeks
13 weeks
11 weeks
10 weeks
9 weeks

Number-one debuts

Artists with the most number-one hits

1. Katy Perry – 10
2. Rihanna – 9
3. Britney Spears – 6
4. Bruno Mars – 4 (tie)
4. Taylor Swift – 4 (tie)
4. Pitbull – 4 (tie)
4. Eminem – 4 (tie)
4. Flo Rida – 4 (tie)
4. Lady Gaga – 4 (tie)

Self-replacement at number one

Other achievements

See also

References

  1. Dixon, Guy (June 7, 2007). "Billboard launches Canadian chart". Globeandmail.com. Retrieved June 7, 2007.
  2. "Billboard to rank Canada's hottest songs". CBC. June 7, 2007. Retrieved June 7, 2007.
  3. "Billboard's Canadian Hot 100 Now Incorporates Spotify Listening". Billboard magazine. December 23, 2014. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  4. Cohen, Jonathan (June 7, 2007). "Rihanna Tops Hot 100 And New Canadian Tally". Billboard magazine. Retrieved June 7, 2007.
  5. "Billboard Launches Canadian Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.biz. June 7, 2007. Retrieved June 7, 2007.
  6. "Canadian Hot 100: Week of February 21, 2009". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. Retrieved January 19, 2011.
  7. "Canadian Hot 100: Week of February 20, 2010". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 19, 2011.
  8. "Canadian Hot 100: Week of March 27, 2010". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 19, 2011.
  9. "Canadian Hot 100: Week of May 22, 2010". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 19, 2011.
  10. "Canadian Hot 100: Week of May 29, 2010". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 19, 2011.
  11. "Canadian Hot 100: Week of January 29, 2011". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
  12. "Canadian Hot 100: Week of February 26, 2011". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
  13. "Canadian Hot 100: Week of March 3, 2012". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
  14. "Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. April 14, 2012. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
  15. "Canadian Hot 100: Week of September 1, 2012". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
  16. "Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. August 31, 2013. Retrieved August 22, 2013.
  17. "Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. November 16, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
  18. "Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. September 6, 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-28.

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