RPM was a Canadian music industry magazine that published the best-performing singles charts in Canada from 1964 to 2000. In 1995, RPM published a chart for top-performing singles played in adult contemporary radio stations in Canada. The chart, entitled Adult Contemporary Tracks, undergone numerous name changes throughout its existence, becoming Adult Contemporary in August 1984. In April 1992, it became Adult Contemporary Tracks, reflecting its increased inclusion of radio-only singles, and the chart maintained that naming until the magazine ceased publication in November 2000. In 1995, twenty-three individual songs topped the chart, which contained 60 positions and is compiled based on a song's cumulative adult contemporary radio airplay points.
RPM's first number-one adult contemporary track for 1995 was "The Sweetest Days" by Vanessa Williams, continuing from the 1994 charts. It would then be replaced on the top of the chart by "So Blind" by Canadian artist Alan Frew, then by "Take a Bow" by Madonna, which topped the chart for four non-consecutive weeks, broken by "Sukiyaki" by 4 P.M. and "You Gotta Be" by Des'ree. The best-performing single of the year was "Have You Every Really Loved a Woman" by Bryan Adams, recorded for the soundtrack of the 1994 film Don Juan DeMarco and topped the chart for six consecutive weeks from the final week of May to the first week of July. The final number-one of the year was "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" by Whitney Houston, which topped the chart from late November of 1995 until January of 1996.
+Key Indicates best-performing adult contemporary single of 1995
Chart history +Issue dateTitleArtist(s) "The Sweetest Days" Vanessa Williams "So Blind" Alan Frew "Take a Bow" Madonna "Sukiyaki" 4 P.M. "You Gotta Be" Des'ree "Take a Bow" Madonna "O Siem" Susan Aglukark "Believe" Elton John "No More "I Love You's"" Annie Lennox "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" Bryan Adams "Leave Virginia Alone" Rod Stewart "I'll Be There for You" The Rembrandts "I Can Love You Like That" All-4-One "Colors of the Wind" Vanessa Williams "Unloved" Jann Arden and Jackson Browne "Made in England" Elton John "Big Sky" Hemingway Corner "Only Wanna Be with You" Hootie & the Blowfish "Walk in the Sun" Bruce Hornsby "I Could Fall in Love" Selena "Back for Good" Take That "Can I Touch You...There?" Michael Bolton "I Could Fall in Love" Selena "Runaway" Janet Jackson "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" Whitney Houston
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External links Search RPM charts collection at Library and Archives Canada