RPM and Billboard are the biggest publications to have published Canada's official charts for decades.
It remained the nation's music industry standard chart until they ceased publication in November 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.