Canadian rock music charts (established June 11, 1995) publishes a weekly alternative rock music chart under the name ''Alternative 30.''
RPM charts
On June 11, 1995, Canadian music magazine ''
RPM'' began publishing a weekly
alternative rock
Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream or commercial ...
music chart under the name ''Alternative 30''. The song which held the number-one spot on this first chart was "
More Human than Human" by
White Zombie.
The chart took a break from December 14, 1998, to April 11, 1999, and returned on April 12 under the new name ''Rock Report''. "
Free Girl Now" by
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers debuted at the top of this newly named chart. On October 25, 1999, the chart made a slight change to the name ''Top 30 Rock Report''. The chart kept this name until it was published for the last time on November 6, 2000, due to the ceasing of the ''RPM'' magazine's publication. The charts published by ''RPM'' are archived by
Library and Archives Canada
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.
Radio & Records charts
On April 16, 2004, the trade publication,
Radio & Records
''Radio & Records'' (''R&R'') was a trade publication providing news and airplay information for the radio and music industries. It started as an independent trade from 1973 to 2006 until VNU Media took over in 2006 and became a relaunched sister ...
partnered with
Mediabase to launch five airplay charts in Canada, including a Rock chart.
NBDS charts
Currently, the only
charts
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that record
rock/
alternative
Alternative or alternate may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media
* Alternative (''Kamen Rider''), a character in the Japanese TV series ''Kamen Rider Ryuki''
* ''The Alternative'' (film), a 1978 Australian television film
* ''The Alternative ...
airplay in Canada are published by
Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems.
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See also
*List of RPM Rock/Alternative number-one singles
This is a list of ''RPM'' magazine's Rock/Alternative number-one singles of its entire publication from June 11, 1995, to November 6, 2000. There are also some records listed.
Records
Consecutive weeks at #1
:The Tragically Hip – "Poets" (12 ...
References
External links
''RPM'' Rock/Alternative archiveCanada: Active Rock on America's Music ChartsCanada: Alternative Rock on America's Music Charts2011 - 2013 charts archive
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Canadian record charts