
The Canadian Hot 100 is a music industry
record chart
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in Canada for songs, published weekly by ''
Billboard
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'' magazine. It was launched on the issue dated March 31, 2007 as 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 chart is similar to ''Billboard''s US-based
Hot 100 in that it combines
physical and
digital sales,
radio airplay, and
streaming
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activity from digital music sources in Canada, all tracked and compiled by
Luminate. Canada's radio airplay is the result of monitoring more than 100 stations representing
rock,
country
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,
adult contemporary
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and
Top 40
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genres.
The first number-one song of the Canadian Hot 100 was "
Girlfriend" by
Avril Lavigne
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on March 31, 2007. As of the issue for the week ending June 14, 2025, the Canadian Hot 100 has had 212 different number-one songs. The current number-one song is "
Ordinary" by
Alex Warren.
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."
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.
Song achievements
Songs with most weeks at number one
Number-one debuts
*
Eminem
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,
Dr. Dre and
50 Cent – "
Crack a Bottle" (February 21, 2009)
*
Taylor Swift
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– "
Today Was a Fairytale" (February 20, 2010)
*
Young Artists for Haiti – "
Wavin' Flag" (March 27, 2010)
* Eminem – "
Not Afraid" (May 22, 2010)
*
Katy Perry
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featuring
Snoop Dogg
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– "
California Gurls" (May 29, 2010)
*
Britney Spears
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– "
Hold It Against Me" (January 29, 2011)
*
Lady Gaga
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– "
Born This Way" (February 26, 2011)
* Katy Perry – "
Part of Me" (March 3, 2012)
*
Justin Bieber
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– "
Boyfriend" (April 14, 2012)
* Taylor Swift – "
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" (September 1, 2012)
* Katy Perry – "
Roar" (August 31, 2013)
* Eminem featuring
Rihanna
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– "
The Monster" (November 16, 2013)
* Taylor Swift – "
Shake It Off
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" (September 6, 2014)
* Justin Bieber – "
What Do You Mean?" (September 19, 2015)
*
Adele – "
Hello" (November 14, 2015)
*
Zayn – "
Pillowtalk" (February 20, 2016)
*
Major Lazer
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featuring Justin Bieber and
MØ – "
Cold Water" (August 13, 2016)
*
Ed Sheeran
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– "
Shape of You
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" (January 28, 2017)
*
DJ Khaled
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featuring Justin Bieber,
Quavo,
Chance the Rapper and
Lil Wayne – "
I'm the One" (May 20, 2017)
* Taylor Swift – "
Look What You Made Me Do" (September 16, 2017)
*
Post Malone
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featuring
21 Savage – "
Rockstar" (October 7, 2017)
*
Drake – "
God's Plan" (February 3, 2018)
*
The Weeknd
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– "
Call Out My Name" (April 14, 2018)
* Drake – "
Nice for What" (April 21, 2018)
*
Childish Gambino – "
This Is America" (May 19, 2018)
*
Maroon 5 featuring
Cardi B – "
Girls Like You" (June 16, 2018)
* Drake – "
Nonstop" (July 14, 2018)
*
Kanye West
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and
Lil Pump – "
I Love It" (September 22, 2018)
* Eminem – "
Killshot" (September 29, 2018)
*
Kodak Black featuring
Travis Scott and
Offset – "
Zeze" (October 27, 2018)
*
Ariana Grande
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– "
Thank U, Next" (November 17, 2018)
* Ariana Grande – "
7 Rings" (February 2, 2019)
*
Jonas Brothers – "
Sucker" (March 16, 2019)
*
Billie Eilish
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– "
Bad Guy" (April 13, 2019)
* Travis Scott – "
Highest in the Room" (October 19, 2019)
* The Scotts, Travis Scott and
Kid Cudi – "
The Scotts" (May 9, 2020)
* Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber – "
Stuck with U" (May 23, 2020)
* Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande – "
Rain on Me" (June 6, 2020)
* DJ Khaled featuring Drake – "
Popstar" (August 1, 2020)
* Cardi B featuring
Megan Thee Stallion
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Megan initially gained recognition when videos of her freestyling began to circulate widely on social me ...
– "
WAP" (August 22, 2020)
* Drake featuring
Lil Durk
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– "
Laugh Now Cry Later" (August 29, 2020)
* Justin Bieber featuring Chance the Rapper – "
Holy" (October 3, 2020)
* Justin Bieber and
Benny Blanco
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– "
Lonely" (October 31, 2020)
* Ariana Grande – "
Positions" (November 7, 2020)
*
Shawn Mendes and Justin Bieber – "
Monster" (December 5, 2020)
* Taylor Swift – "
Willow
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Most species are known ...
" (December 26, 2020)
*
Olivia Rodrigo – "
Drivers License" (January 23, 2021)
*
Lil Tjay
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featuring
6lack – "
Calling My Phone" (February 27, 2021)
* Drake – "
What's Next" (March 20, 2021)
* Justin Bieber featuring
Daniel Caesar and
Giveon – "
Peaches" (April 3, 2021)
*
Polo G – "
Rapstar" (April 24, 2021)
* Olivia Rodrigo – "
Good 4 U" (May 29, 2021)
* Ed Sheeran – "
Bad Habits" (July 10, 2021)
*
The Kid Laroi
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and Justin Bieber – "
Stay" (July 24, 2021)
* Taylor Swift – "
All Too Well (Taylor's Version)" (November 27, 2021)
*
Harry Styles
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Styles's musical ca ...
– "
As It Was" (April 16, 2022)
*
Jack Harlow – "
First Class" (April 23, 2022)
* Drake featuring 21 Savage – "
Jimmy Cooks" (July 2, 2022)
*
Sam Smith and
Kim Petras – "
Unholy" (October 8, 2022)
* Taylor Swift – "
Anti-Hero" (November 5, 2022)
* Drake and 21 Savage – "
Rich Flex" (November 19, 2022)
*
Metro Boomin, the Weeknd and 21 Savage – "
Creepin'" (December 17, 2022)
*
Miley Cyrus
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– "
Flowers" (January 28, 2023)
* Olivia Rodrigo – "
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" (July 15, 2023)
* Travis Scott featuring Drake – "
Meltdown" (August 12, 2023)
* Drake featuring
Yeat – "
IDGAF" (October 21, 2023)
* Taylor Swift – "
Is It Over Now?" (November 11, 2023)
* Ariana Grande – "
Yes, And?" (January 27, 2024)
*
Future
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, Metro Boomin and
Kendrick Lamar
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– "
Like That" (April 6, 2024)
* Taylor Swift featuring Post Malone – "
Fortnight" (May 4, 2024)
* Post Malone featuring
Morgan Wallen
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– "
I Had Some Help" (May 25, 2024)
* Eminem – "
Houdini" (June 15, 2024)
Artists with the most number-one hits
#
Justin Bieber
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– 13 (tie)
#
Drake – 13 (tie)
# Taylor Swift
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– 12
# Rihanna
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– 11
# Katy Perry
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– 10
# The Weeknd
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– 7 (tie)
#Ariana Grande
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