List of artists by number of Canadian number-one singles (RPM)

The Beatles (left) and Madonna each scored 18 Canadian number-one hits during the RPM era.

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 singers Justin Bieber and Drake both surpassed his accomplishment, scoring 13 chart-toppers each on Billboard's Canadian Hot 100.[6][7]

Artists with 10 number ones or more

Artist Total of
no. ones 		Singles Album First reached
no. one 		Total weeks
at no. one 		Ref.
The Beatles 18 "A Hard Day's Night" A Hard Day's Night 17 August 1964 1 [8]
"I Feel Fine" Standalone single 28 December 1964 1 [9]
"Eight Days a Week" Standalone single 8 March 1965 2 [10]
"Ticket to Ride" Help! 24 May 1965 2 [11]
"Help!" 31 August 1965 1 [12]
"We Can Work It Out" Standalone single 24 January 1966 1 [13]
"Nowhere Man" Standalone single 28 March 1966 1 [14]
"Paperback Writer" Standalone single 4 July 1966 1 [15]
"Yellow Submarine"/"Eleanor Rigby" Standalone single 19 September 1966 1 [16]
"Penny Lane" Standalone single 25 March 1967 1 [17]
"All You Need Is Love" Standalone single 26 August 1967 2 [18]
"Hello, Goodbye" Standalone single 23 December 1967 3 [19]
"Hey Jude" Standalone single 30 September 1968 3 [20]
"Get Back" with (Billy Preston) Let It Be 19 May 1969 6 [21]
"Something" Abbey Road 15 November 1969 4 [22]
"Let It Be" Let It Be 11 April 1970 3 [23]
"The Long and Winding Road" 20 June 1970 2 [24]
"Got to Get You into My Life" Rock 'n' Roll Music 14 August 1976 1 [25]
Madonna 18 "Like a Virgin" Like a Virgin 19 January 1985 1 [26]
"Crazy for You" Vision Quest 25 May 1985 1 [27]
"Live to Tell" True Blue 24 May 1986 2 [28]
"Papa Don't Preach" 9 August 1986 2 [29]
"True Blue" 22 November 1986 1 [30]
"La Isla Bonita" 6 June 1987 1 [31]
"Who's That Girl" Who's That Girl 29 August 1987 1 [32]
"Like a Prayer" Like a Prayer 29 April 1989 5 [33]
"Express Yourself" 29 July 1989 2 [34]
"Cherish" 14 October 1989 2 [35]
"Vogue" I'm Breathless 16 June 1990 3 [36]
"Justify My Love" The Immaculate Collection 2 February 1991 1 [37]
"This Used to Be My Playground" Standalone single 15 August 1992 3 [38]
"I'll Remember" With Honors 16 May 1994 5 [39]
"Secret" Bedtime Stories 14 November 1994 3 [40]
"Take a Bow" 6 March 1995 2 [41]
"Beautiful Stranger" Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 26 July 1999 2 [42]
"Music" Music 11 September 2000 9 [43]
Elton John 17 "Crocodile Rock" Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player 17 February 1973 4 [44]
"Daniel" 2 June 1973 2 [45]
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 22 December 1973 1 [46]
"Bennie and the Jets" 13 April 1974 2 [47]
"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" Caribou 10 August 1974 2 [48]
"The Bitch Is Back" 2 November 1974 1 [49]
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" Standalone single 11 January 1975 4 [50]
"Philadelphia Freedom" Standalone single 19 April 1975 2 [51]
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
(with Kiki Dee) 		Standalone single 21 August 1976 3 [52]
"Little Jeannie" 21 at 33 19 July 1980 2 [53]
"I'm Still Standing" Too Low for Zero 16 July 1983 1 [54]
"I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" Reg Strikes Back 13 August 1988 3 [55]
"You Gotta Love Someone" Days of Thunder 26 January 1991 1 [56]
"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me"
(with George Michael) 		Standalone single 15 February 1992 3 [57]
"The One (Elton John song)" The One 5 September 1992 2 [58]
"Can You Feel the Love Tonight" The Lion King 8 August 1994 4 [59]
"Believe" Made in England 17 April 1995 4 [60]
Bee Gees 12 "Words" Standalone single 9 March 1968 1 [61]
"I Started a Joke" Idea 20 January 1969 2 [62]
"Lonely Days" 2 Years On 6 February 1971 1 [63]
"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" Trafalgar 28 August 1971 2 [64]
"Jive Talkin'" Main Course 16 August 1975 1 [65]
"You Should Be Dancing" Children of the World 11 September 1976 1 [66]
"How Deep Is Your Love" Saturday Night Fever 24 December 1977 6 [67]
"Stayin' Alive" 18 February 1978 4 [68]
"Night Fever" 1 April 1978 5 [69]
"Too Much Heaven" Spirits Having Flown 20 January 1979 3 [70]
"Tragedy" 24 March 1979 4 [71]
"Love You Inside Out" 23 June 1979 1 [72]
Phil Collins 10 "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" Against All Odds 21 April 1984 4 [73]
"Easy Lover" (with Philip Bailey) Chinese Wall 9 February 1985 2 [74]
"One More Night" No Jacket Required 23 March 1985 1 [75]
"Separate Lives" (with Marilyn Martin) White Nights 23 November 1985 2 [76]
"A Groovy Kind of Love" Buster 29 October 1988 3 [77]
"Two Hearts" 21 January 1989 4 [78]
"Another Day in Paradise" ...But Seriously 16 December 1989 8 [79]
"I Wish It Would Rain Down" 24 March 1990 6 [80]
"Do You Remember?" 14 July 1990 1 [81]
"Something Happened on the Way to Heaven" 13 October 1990 2 [82]
Rod Stewart 10 "Maggie May" Every Picture Tells a Story 9 October 1971 1 [83]
"Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" A Night on the Town 27 November 1976 6 [84]
"You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)" Foot Loose & Fancy Free 4 February 1978 1 [85]
"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" Blondes Have More Fun 24 February 1979 4 [86]
"Downtown Train" The Best of Rod Stewart 10 February 1990 3 [87]
"Rhythm of My Heart" Vagabond Heart 25 May 1991 2 [88]
"The Motown Song"
(featuring The Temptations) 		5 October 1991 1 [89]
"Have I Told You Lately" Unplugged...and Seated 17 July 1993 1 [90]
"All for Love" (with Bryan Adams and Sting) The Three Musketeers 17 January 1994 5 [91]
"Leave Virginia Alone" A Spanner in the Works 3 July 1995 2 [92]
Bryan Adams 10 "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 3 August 1991 9 [93]
"Can't Stop This Thing We Started" Waking Up the Neighbours 26 October 1991 4 [94]
"Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven" 25 April 1992 1 [95]
"Please Forgive Me" So Far So Good 4 December 1993 6 [96]
"All for Love" (with Rod Stewart and Sting) The Three Musketeers 17 January 1994 5 [91]
"Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" Don Juan DeMarco 29 May 1995 5 [97]
"The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You" 18 til I Die 15 July 1996 1 [98]
"Let's Make a Night to Remember" 14 October 1996 2 [99]
"Back to You" Unplugged 19 January 1998 3 [100]
"On a Day Like Today" On a Day Like Today 2 November 1998 1 [101]

See also

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