From January 12 to November 22, 1980, RPM magazine published a chart for top-performing singles in the adult contemporary or easy listening categories in Canada. The chart, entitled Adult Oriented Playlist in 1980, has undergone numerous name changes and has become Adult Contemporary (or Contemporary Adult) from June 1981 to September 1988, and May 1989 until the magazine's final publication in November 2000. In 1980, thirty-two individual songs topped the chart, which contained 50 positions. By late 1980, the chart was only published every two weeks, and went into hiatus in November 29, restarting publication then simply as Adult Oriented in June 1981, and becoming Contemporary Adult and Adult Contemporary for the rest of the magazine's existence.
Chart history
An asterisk (*) indicates an unpublished weekly chart, either due to the special double issues RPM publishes for the year-end top singles charts or the chart being published only every two weeks (as from September 27 until the chart's hiatus).
+Issue dateTitleArtist(s)* "Babe" Styx "Baby and the Blues" Quarrington Worthy "Coward of the County" Kenny Rogers "Do That to Me One More Time" Captain & Tennille "Volcano" Jimmy Buffett "September Morn" Neil Diamond "I'd Rather Leave When I'm in Love"Rita Coolidge "Kiss Me in the Rain"Barbra Streisand "Years"Barbara Mandrell "Daydream Believer"Anne Murray "You Are My Miracle"Roger Whittaker "When I Wanted You"Barry Manilow "On the Radio"Donna Summer "Sexy Eyes"Dr. Hook "Lost in Love"Air Supply "Ride Like the Wind"Christopher Cross "I Have a Dream"ABBA "Lucky Me" Anne Murray "Gee Whiz"Bernadette Peters "Dream Street Rose"Gordon Lightfoot "Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer"Kenny Rogers & Kim Carnes "The Rose"Bette Midler "I Don't Want to Walk without You"Barry Manilow "Magic"Olivia Newton-John "I Don't Want to Walk without You"Barry Manilow "Cupid"/"I've Loved You for a Long Time"The Spinners "Let Me Love You Tonight"Pure Prairie League "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You"Anne Murray "Sailing"Christopher Cross "Magic"Olivia Newton-John "Don't Ask Me Why"Billy Joel "Upside Down"Diana Ross * *"Woman in Love"Barbra Streisand * *"Could I Have This Dance"Anne Murray
References
External links Search RPM charts collection at Library and Archives Canada