RPM was a Canadian magazine that published the best-performing singles of Canada from 1964 to 2000. Seventeen singles peaked atop the RPM Singles Chart in 1993. "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston held the top position from 1992 into 1993, and Bryan Adams achieved the final number-one hit of the year with "Please Forgive Me". Six musical acts peaked at number one in Canada for the first time this year: Boy George, P.M. Dawn, Soul Asylum, Meat Loaf, Blind Melon, and Ace of Base. Whitney Houston was the only artist to peak at number one more than once.

The only Canadian to top the chart this year was Bryan Adams. Whitney Houston had the most successful single of the year with her cover of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You", which topped the chart for eight weeks in January and February 1993. Together with "I Have Nothing", Houston totalled eleven weeks at the summit. Janet Jackson and Mariah Carey both spent six weeks at number one with "That's the Way Love Goes" and "Dreamlover", respectively, while Duran Duran topped the RPM Singles Chart for five weeks with "Ordinary World". The other acts that spent at least three weeks at number one were Sting, Tina Turner, Soul Asylum, and Bryan Adams.

+Key Indicates best-performing single of 1993

Chart history

Issue dateSongArtistReference2 January"I Will Always Love You"Whitney Houston9 January16 January23 January30 January6 February13 February20 February27 February"Steam"Peter Gabriel6 March"Ordinary World"Duran Duran13 March20 March27 March3 April10 April"If I Ever Lose My Faith in You"Sting17 April24 April1 May"I Have Nothing"Whitney Houston8 May15 May22 May"The Crying Game"Boy George29 May"Looking Through Patient Eyes"P.M. Dawn5 June"That's the Way Love Goes"Janet Jackson12 June19 June26 June3 July10 July17 July"Have I Told You Lately"Rod Stewart24 July"I Don't Wanna Fight"Tina Turner31 July7 August14 August"(I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You"UB4021 August28 August"Runaway Train"Soul Asylum4 September11 September18 September"Dreamlover"Mariah Carey25 September2 October9 October16 October23 October30 October"I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)"Meat Loaf6 November13 November"No Rain"Blind Melon20 November"All That She Wants"Ace of Base27 November4 December"Please Forgive Me"Bryan Adams11 December18 December25 December

Notes

See also 1993 in music List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1993

References

External links Read about RPM Magazine at the AV Trust Search RPM charts here at Library and Archives Canada