RPM Year-End

RPM Year-End charts are a cumulative measure of a single or album's performance in Canada, based upon the RPM magazine charts during any given chart year. Throughout the magazine's existence, RPM published year-end charts for the best-selling singles and albums in Canada, and also published specialty year-end charts for Canadian content (singles and albums), country music (singles and albums), easy listening/MOR/adult contemporary (singles only), disco/dance music (singles only), alternative rock (singles/tracks only) and urban contemporary (singles/tracks only)

Number-one singles

Year	Pop		Country		Easy listening/MOR/adult contemporary	Dance	Alternative rock
	Song	Album	Song	Album
1967	"The Letter"[1] The Box Tops	—	—	—	—	—	—
1968	"Hey Jude"[2] The Beatles	—	—	—	—	—	—
1969	"Get Back"[3] The Beatles	—	—	—	—	—	—
1970	"Bridge over Troubled Water"[4] Simon & Garfunkel	—	—	—	—	—	—
1971	"Joy to the World"[5] Three Dog Night	—	—	—	—	—	—
1972	"American Pie (song)"[6] Don McLean	—	—	—	—	—	—
1973	"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree"[7] Dawn	—	—	—	—	—	—
1974	"Seasons in the Sun"[8] Terry Jacks	Band on the Run[9] Paul McCartney and Wings	—	—	—	—	—
1975	"Love Will Keep Us Together"[10] Captain & Tennille	Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy[11] Elton John	"Thank God I'm a Country Boy"[12] John Denver	—	"I'm Sorry" John Denver	—	—
1976	"Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)"[13] Rod Stewart	Frampton Comes Alive![14] Peter Frampton	—	—	—	—	—
1977	"You Light Up My Life"[15] Debby Boone	Rumours[16] Fleetwood Mac	"Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)"[17] Waylon Jennings	—	—	—	—
1978	"Night Fever"[18] Bee Gees	Saturday Night Fever[19] Soundtrack	"Portrait in the Window"[20] Carroll Baker	—	—	—	—
1979	"The Logical Song"[21] Supertramp	Breakfast in America[22] Supertramp	"You're the Only One"[23] Dolly Parton	—	—	—	—
1980	"Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)"[24] Pink Floyd	The Wall[25] Pink Floyd	"Hollywood Love"[26] Carroll Baker	—	—	—	—
1981	"Stars on 45 Medley"[27] Stars on 45	Face Value[28] Phil Collins	"Crying"[29] Don McLean	—	—	—	—
1982	"I Love Rock 'n' Roll"[30] Joan Jett & the Blackhearts	Business as Usual[31] Men at Work	"Love Will Turn You Around"[32] Kenny Rogers	—	—	—	—
1983	"Every Breath You Take"[33] The Police	Thriller[34] Michael Jackson	"The Closer You Get"[35] Alabama	—	—	—	—
1984	"I Just Called to Say I Love You"[36] Stevie Wonder	Born in the U.S.A.[37] Bruce Springsteen	"The Lady Takes the Cowboy Everytime"[38] Larry Gatlin	—	—	—	—
1985	"Never Surrender"[39] Corey Hart	No Jacket Required[40] Phil Collins	"I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me"[41] Rosanne Cash	—	—	—	—
1986	"The Power of Love"[42] Jennifer Rush	Whitney Houston[43] Whitney Houston	"Rockin' with the Rhythm of the Rain"[44] The Judds	—	—	—	—
1987	"La Bamba"[45] Los Lobos	The Joshua Tree[46] U2	"No Place Like Home"[47] Randy Travis	—	—	—	—
1988	"Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car"[48] Billy Ocean	Kick[49] INXS	"Streets of Bakersfield[50] Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens	—	—	—	—
1989	"Like a Prayer"[51] Madonna	The Raw and the Cooked[52] Fine Young Cannibals	"Full Moon Full of Love"[53] k.d. lang	—	—	—	—
1990	"I Wish It Would Rain Down"[54] Phil Collins	I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got[55] Sinéad O'Connor	"Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart"[56] Randy Travis	—	"Nothing Compares 2 U" Sinéad O'Connor	—	—
1991	"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"[57] Bryan Adams	Out of Time[58] R.E.M.	"The Thunder Rolls"[59] Garth Brooks	—	"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" Bryan Adams	—	—
1992	"Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough"[60] Patty Smyth with Don Henley	Classic Queen[61] Queen	"Achy Breaky Heart"[62] Billy Ray Cyrus	—	"Beauty and the Beast" Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson	—	—
1993	"I Will Always Love You"[63] Whitney Houston	Unplugged[64] Eric Clapton	"In the Heart of a Woman"[65] Billy Ray Cyrus	Some Gave All[66] Billy Ray Cyrus	"I Don't Wanna Fight" Tina Turner	—	—
1994	"All for Love"[67] Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting	The Sign[68] Ace of Base	"Nobody Gets Too Much Love"[69] Charlie Major	Kickin' It Up[70] John Michael Montgomery	"Now and Forever" Richard Marx	—	—
1995	"I'll Be There for You"[71] The Rembrandts	Cracked Rear View[72] Hootie & the Blowfish	"The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You)"[73] Shania Twain	The Hits[74] Garth Brooks	"Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman" Bryan Adams	"Scatman" Scatman John	"Bullet with Butterfly Wings" The Smashing Pumpkins
1996	"You Learn"[75] Alanis Morissette	Jagged Little Pill[76] Alanis Morissette	"Every Time I Get Around You"[77] David Lee Murphy	The Woman in Me[78] Shania Twain	"Because You Loved Me" Celine Dion	"Children" Robert Miles	"Burden in My Hand" Soundgarden
1997	"Building a Mystery"[79] Sarah McLachlan	—	"We Danced Anyway"[80] Deana Carter	Did I Shave My Legs for This?[81] Deana Carter	"Alone" Bee Gees	"Wannabe" The Spice Girls	"Walkin' on the Sun" Smash Mouth
1998	"Torn"[82] Natalie Imbruglia	Titanic[83] Soundtrack	"Honey, I'm Home"[84] Shania Twain	Come On Over[85] Shania Twain
1999	"Livin' la Vida Loca"[86] Ricky Martin	Millennium[87] Backstreet Boys	"Amazed"[88] Lonestar	Come On Over[89] Shania Twain

See also

• Billboard Year-End