Canada Country was a chart that was published weekly by Radio & Records magazine. It was first published on April 16, 2004, when Radio & Records introduced five airplay charts for the Canadian market, country being one of them. It was the first record chart Canadians had for country music since RPM ceased publication in November 2000. This 30-position chart listed the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by airplay from 21 Canadian stations as monitored by Mediabase Research. It finished for the year on December 17. Like most music charts, the Canada Country Top 30 had a rule when songs entered recurrent rotation. A song entered recurrent if it had been on the chart for 20 weeks or more and is ranked below number 15. This was the country music chart Canada had before Billboard magazine started their version of Canada Country in July 2006.
Seven artists topped the chart this year. Technically, the first number one hit of the year was "When the Sun Goes Down" by Kenny Chesney and Uncle Kracker, but this is due to the chart only beginning publishing on April 16. Chesney would score another number one hit with "I Go Back". The only other artist to score multiple number one hits this year was Tim McGraw, with "Live Like You Were Dying" and "Back When". Keith Urban, Lonestar, and Gretchen Wilson also each scored a multiple-week number one single. LeAnn Rimes would achieve the final number one hit of the year with "Nothin' 'bout Love Makes Sense", which was her first number one single in Canada since "Blue" spent a single week at number one back in 1996. Despite not topping the weekly chart, Canadian artist Terri Clark had the number-one year-end song with "Girls Lie Too".
These are the Canadian number-one country songs of 2004, per the R&R Canada Country Top 30. Note that no issues were published on December 17 and December 24.
Number ones
April 16, 2004April 23, 2004April 30, 2004May 7, 2004May 14, 2004May 21, 2004May 28, 2004June 4, 2004June 11, 2004June 18, 2004June 25, 2004July 2, 2004"I Go Back"Kenny ChesneyJuly 9, 2004"Live Like You Were Dying"Tim McGrawJuly 16, 2004"I Go Back"Kenny ChesneyJuly 23, 2004July 30, 2004August 6, 2004August 13, 2004August 20, 2004August 27, 2004September 3, 2004September 10, 2004September 17, 2004September 24, 2004October 1, 2004October 8, 2004October 15, 2004October 22, 2004October 29, 2004November 5, 2004November 12, 2004November 19, 2004November 26, 2004December 3, 2004December 10, 2004"Back When"Tim McGrawDecember 17, 2004"Nothin' 'bout Love Makes Sense"LeAnn Rimes
Year-end chart
+List of songs on Radio & Records 2004 Canada Country Year-End ChartTitleArtist(s)1"Girls Lie Too"Terri Clark2"Live Like You Were Dying"Tim McGraw3"Suds in the Bucket"Sara Evans4"Days Go By"Keith Urban5"Redneck Woman"Gretchen Wilson6"I Go Back"Kenny Chesney7"Die of a Broken Heart"Carolyn Dawn Johnson †8"My Way"Aaron Pritchett9"That's What It's All About"Brooks & Dunn10"Here for the Party"Gretchen Wilson11"If You Ever Stop Loving Me"Montgomery Gentry12"Whiskey Lullaby"Brad Paisley featuring Alison Krauss13"Mr. Mom"Lonestar14"Let's Be Us Again"Lonestar15"Too Much of a Good Thing"Alan Jackson16"Never Be Another"Adam Gregory †17"I Hate Everything"George Strait18"I Feel a Sin Comin' On"Jason McCoy19"That's What She Gets for Loving Me"Brooks & Dunn20"Leavin'"Paul Brandt †21"Nothing On but the Radio"Gary Allan22"North Dakota Boy"Doc Walker †23"I Got a Feelin'"Billy Currington24"Stays in Mexico"Toby Keith25"Turn It Up (I Like the Sound of That)"Aaron Lines26"In a Real Love"Phil Vassar27"Loco"David Lee Murphy28"Mayberry"Rascal Flatts29"Whiskey Girl"Toby Keith30"Heroes"Gord Bamford † † indicates Canadian content (Cancon)
See also
2004 in music List of number-one country singles of 2004 (U.S.)
References