RPM Year-End

RPM Year-End charts are a cumulative measure of a single or album's performance in Canada, based upon the RPM magazine charts during any given chart year. Throughout the magazine's existence, RPM published year-end charts for the best-selling singles and albums in Canada, and also published specialty year-end charts for Canadian content (singles and albums), country music (singles and albums), easy listening/MOR/adult contemporary (singles only), disco/dance music (singles only), alternative rock (singles/tracks only) and urban contemporary (singles/tracks only)

Number-one singles YearPopCountryEasy listening/MOR/adult contemporaryDanceAlternative rockSongAlbumSongAlbum 1967"The Letter"The Box Tops 1968"Hey Jude"The Beatles 1969"Get Back"The Beatles 1970"Bridge over Troubled Water"Simon & Garfunkel 1971"Joy to the World"Three Dog Night 1972"American Pie (song)"RPM 100 Top Singles of 1972.RPM. January 13, 1973 (Volume 18, Issue 21&22)Don McLean 1973"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree"Dawn 1974"Seasons in the Sun"Terry JacksBand on the RunPaul McCartney and Wings 1975"Love Will Keep Us Together"Captain & TennilleCaptain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt CowboyElton John"Thank God I'm a Country Boy"John Denver"I'm Sorry" John Denver 1976"Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)"Rod StewartFrampton Comes Alive!Peter Frampton 1977"You Light Up My Life"Debby BooneRumoursFleetwood Mac"Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)"Waylon Jennings 1978"Night Fever"Bee GeesSaturday Night FeverSoundtrack"Portrait in the Window"Carroll Baker 1979"The Logical Song"SupertrampBreakfast in AmericaSupertramp"You're the Only One"Dolly Parton 1980"Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)"Pink FloydThe WallPink Floyd"Hollywood Love"Carroll Baker 1981"Stars on 45 Medley"Stars on 45Face ValuePhil Collins"Crying"Don McLean 1982"I Love Rock 'n' Roll"Joan Jett & the BlackheartsBusiness as UsualMen at Work"Love Will Turn You Around"Kenny Rogers 1983"Every Breath You Take"The PoliceThrillerMichael Jackson"The Closer You Get"Alabama 1984"I Just Called to Say I Love You"Stevie WonderBorn in the U.S.A.Bruce Springsteen"The Lady Takes the Cowboy Everytime"Larry Gatlin 1985"Never Surrender"Corey HartNo Jacket RequiredPhil Collins"I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me"Rosanne Cash 1986"The Power of Love"Jennifer RushWhitney HoustonWhitney Houston"Rockin' with the Rhythm of the Rain"The Judds 1987"La Bamba"Los LobosThe Joshua TreeU2"No Place Like Home"Randy Travis 1988"Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car"RPM 100 Top Singles of 1988.RPM. December 24, 1988 (Volume 49, Issue 10)Billy OceanKickINXS"Streets of BakersfieldDwight Yoakam and Buck Owens 1989"Like a Prayer"MadonnaThe Raw and the CookedFine Young Cannibals"Full Moon Full of Love"k.d. lang 1990"I Wish It Would Rain Down"Phil CollinsI Do Not Want What I Haven't GotSinéad O'Connor"Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart"Randy Travis"Nothing Compares 2 U" Sinéad O'Connor 1991"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"Bryan AdamsOut of TimeR.E.M."The Thunder Rolls"Garth Brooks "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" Bryan Adams 1992"Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough"Patty Smyth with Don HenleyClassic QueenQueen"Achy Breaky Heart"Billy Ray Cyrus "Beauty and the Beast" Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson 1993"I Will Always Love You"Whitney HoustonUnpluggedEric Clapton"In the Heart of a Woman"Billy Ray CyrusSome Gave AllBilly Ray Cyrus "I Don't Wanna Fight" Tina Turner 1994"All for Love"Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart and StingThe SignAce of Base"Nobody Gets Too Much Love"Charlie MajorKickin' It UpJohn Michael Montgomery "Now and Forever" Richard Marx 1995"I'll Be There for You"The RembrandtsCracked Rear ViewHootie & the Blowfish"The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You)"Shania TwainThe HitsGarth Brooks"Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman"Bryan Adams"Scatman"Scatman John"Bullet with Butterfly Wings"The Smashing Pumpkins 1996"You Learn"Alanis MorissetteJagged Little PillAlanis Morissette"Every Time I Get Around You"David Lee MurphyThe Woman in MeShania Twain"Because You Loved Me"Celine Dion"Children"Robert Miles"Burden in My Hand"Soundgarden 1997"Building a Mystery"Sarah McLachlan"We Danced Anyway"Deana CarterDid I Shave My Legs for This?Deana Carter"Alone"Bee Gees"Wannabe"The Spice Girls"Walkin' on the Sun"Smash Mouth 1998"Torn"Natalie ImbrugliaTitanicSoundtrack"Honey, I'm Home"Shania TwainCome On OverShania Twain"My Heart Will Go On" Celine Dion"If You Could Read My Mind"Stars on 54"Poets" The Tragically Hip 1999"Livin' la Vida Loca"Ricky MartinMillenniumBackstreet Boys"Amazed"LonestarCome On OverShania Twain

See also Billboard Year-End

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