List of Retail Singles number ones

Retail Singles was a weekly music chart compiled and published by Canadian magazine The Record from 1983 to 1996 that ranked the best-selling songs in Canada.

[4] It was regarded in the music industry as the premier Canadian single sales chart for the duration of its publication.

[4][a] The chart was associated with Canada in the Hits of the World section of American magazine Billboard and was featured in Canadian newspapers such as the Montreal Gazette, Winnipeg Sun, and Edmonton Journal.

[6] Retail Singles was first published in the January 10, 1983, issue of The Record, and was dated seven days later.

[4] American singer Madonna achieved the most Retail Singles number ones (12), followed by Phil Collins (6), Paula Abdul (5), Michael Jackson (5), and Mariah Carey (5).

Madonna achieved 12 number ones on the Retail Singles chart, the most for any artist
Celine Dion 's " The Power of Love " is the best-performing song in Retail Singles history [ 1 ]
Michael Jackson was the first and only artist to replace themselves at number one [ 2 ]
Four Milli Vanilli singles reached number one in 1989, the most of any artist in a calendar year [ 2 ]