The Canadian Hot 100 is a music industry
record chart in
Canada for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine. The Canadian Hot 100 was launched on the issue dated March 31, 2007, and is the standard record chart in Canada; a new chart is compiled and released to the public by Billboard on Tuesdays, but post-dated to the following Saturday.
The first number-one song of the Canadian Hot 100 was "
Girlfriend" by
Avril Lavigne on March 31, 2007.[3][4] As of the issue for the week ending April 27, 2024, the Canadian Hot 100 has had 203 different number-one songs. The current number-one song is "
Beautiful Things" by
Benson Boone.[5]
History
The chart was launched on the issue dated March 31, 2007 and was made available for the first time via Billboard online services on June 7, 2007. With this launch, it marked the first time that Billboard created a Hot 100 chart for a country outside the United States.
Billboard charts manager Geoff Mayfield announced the premiere of the chart, explaining "the new Billboard Canadian Hot 100 will serve as the definitive measure of Canada's most popular songs, continuing our magazine's longstanding tradition of using the most comprehensive resources available to provide the world's most authoritative music charts."[6]
The Billboard Canadian Hot 100 is managed by Paul Tuch, director of Canadian operations for Nielsen BDS, in consultation with Silvio Pietroluongo, Billboard's associate director of charts and manager of the Billboard Hot 100.[1]
On the issue dated October 24, 2009, "
3" by
Britney Spears broke the record for the biggest jump to number one, leaping from number 86 to number one.[94]
On the issue dated February 27, 2010,
Nikki Yanofsky became the youngest artist to top the Canadian Hot 100 at 16 years, 19 days old with the song "
I Believe".[95]
On the issue dated October 6, 2012, "
Gangnam Style" by
Psy became the first non-English single to top the Canadian Hot 100.[96]
On the issue dated October 31, 2015,
The Weeknd's "
The Hills" reached the top spot seven weeks after "
Can't Feel My Face", becoming the first time in Canadian Hot 100 history that an album's lead single hit #1 after the second single did.
In 2016,
Justin Bieber became the first Canadian act to top the Year-End chart with "
Sorry".[97]
On the issue dated January 28, 2017,
Ed Sheeran became the first act to simultaneously debut at the top two positions with "
Shape of You" at number one and "
Castle on the Hill" at number two.[24]
On the issue dated May 25, 2019, "
I Don't Care" by
Ed Sheeran and
Justin Bieber jumped 90 spots to number 2, becoming the biggest single-week jump on the Canadian Hot 100's history.[102]
"
All I Want for Christmas Is You" by
Mariah Carey holds the record for largest gap between turns at #1, falling from the position on the week ending January 12, 2019 and returning the week ending January 4, 2020, a 51-week gap.[103][104]
On the issue dated November 5, 2022,
Taylor Swift became the first artist to simultaneously occupy the Canadian Hot 100's entire top 10.[105]
On the issue dated January 7, 2023,
Brenda Lee became the oldest artist to top the Canadian Hot 100 at 78 years, 27 days old with the song "
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree." Originally released when on November 28, 1958, when Lee was 13 years, 11 months, and 13 days old, it makes her voice the youngest voice to reach the top spot on the chart, as well as the longest time between original release and date of reaching number one, 64 years, 1 month, and 10 days, or 3,345 weeks.[106]
On the issue dated March 18, 2023,
Morgan Wallen became the artist with the most simultaneously charting songs in a single week (35) and the most chart debuts in a week (27) on the Canadian Hot 100.[107]
The Canadian Hot 100 is a music industry
record chart in
Canada for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine. The Canadian Hot 100 was launched on the issue dated March 31, 2007, and is the standard record chart in Canada; a new chart is compiled and released to the public by Billboard on Tuesdays, but post-dated to the following Saturday.
The first number-one song of the Canadian Hot 100 was "
Girlfriend" by
Avril Lavigne on March 31, 2007.[3][4] As of the issue for the week ending April 27, 2024, the Canadian Hot 100 has had 203 different number-one songs. The current number-one song is "
Beautiful Things" by
Benson Boone.[5]
History
The chart was launched on the issue dated March 31, 2007 and was made available for the first time via Billboard online services on June 7, 2007. With this launch, it marked the first time that Billboard created a Hot 100 chart for a country outside the United States.
Billboard charts manager Geoff Mayfield announced the premiere of the chart, explaining "the new Billboard Canadian Hot 100 will serve as the definitive measure of Canada's most popular songs, continuing our magazine's longstanding tradition of using the most comprehensive resources available to provide the world's most authoritative music charts."[6]
The Billboard Canadian Hot 100 is managed by Paul Tuch, director of Canadian operations for Nielsen BDS, in consultation with Silvio Pietroluongo, Billboard's associate director of charts and manager of the Billboard Hot 100.[1]
On the issue dated October 24, 2009, "
3" by
Britney Spears broke the record for the biggest jump to number one, leaping from number 86 to number one.[94]
On the issue dated February 27, 2010,
Nikki Yanofsky became the youngest artist to top the Canadian Hot 100 at 16 years, 19 days old with the song "
I Believe".[95]
On the issue dated October 6, 2012, "
Gangnam Style" by
Psy became the first non-English single to top the Canadian Hot 100.[96]
On the issue dated October 31, 2015,
The Weeknd's "
The Hills" reached the top spot seven weeks after "
Can't Feel My Face", becoming the first time in Canadian Hot 100 history that an album's lead single hit #1 after the second single did.
In 2016,
Justin Bieber became the first Canadian act to top the Year-End chart with "
Sorry".[97]
On the issue dated January 28, 2017,
Ed Sheeran became the first act to simultaneously debut at the top two positions with "
Shape of You" at number one and "
Castle on the Hill" at number two.[24]
On the issue dated May 25, 2019, "
I Don't Care" by
Ed Sheeran and
Justin Bieber jumped 90 spots to number 2, becoming the biggest single-week jump on the Canadian Hot 100's history.[102]
"
All I Want for Christmas Is You" by
Mariah Carey holds the record for largest gap between turns at #1, falling from the position on the week ending January 12, 2019 and returning the week ending January 4, 2020, a 51-week gap.[103][104]
On the issue dated November 5, 2022,
Taylor Swift became the first artist to simultaneously occupy the Canadian Hot 100's entire top 10.[105]
On the issue dated January 7, 2023,
Brenda Lee became the oldest artist to top the Canadian Hot 100 at 78 years, 27 days old with the song "
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree." Originally released when on November 28, 1958, when Lee was 13 years, 11 months, and 13 days old, it makes her voice the youngest voice to reach the top spot on the chart, as well as the longest time between original release and date of reaching number one, 64 years, 1 month, and 10 days, or 3,345 weeks.[106]
On the issue dated March 18, 2023,
Morgan Wallen became the artist with the most simultaneously charting songs in a single week (35) and the most chart debuts in a week (27) on the Canadian Hot 100.[107]