RPM and Billboard are the biggest publications to have published Canada's official charts for decades.
[3][4][5] It published Canadian national record charts from June 22, 1964 until its final issue on November 13, 2000.
To encourage a more national focus and ensure that domestic artists were promoted across Canada, the Maple Leaf System (MLS) was set up in 1969.
[8] The MLS produced its own national singles chart,[9] which Billboard magazine reproduced as Canada's entry in its weekly Hits of the World section.
[10] The MLS struggled to achieve widespread support in Canada, however, particularly as participating radio stations failed to give the nominated Canadian records the requisite national airplay.
[8] In 1983, The Record magazine began publishing Canadian music charts to rival RPM.
Elton John's charity single "Candle in the Wind '97"/"Something About the Way You Look Tonight" spent 45 weeks at number one despite selling only one million copies in its first two years of release in the country.