2003’s Biggest Canadian Hits, Both English and French

CMB medThe years 2001 to 2007 are problematic in terms of singles charts. After RPM magazine folded in November 2000, the only national charts were published by Nielsen SoundScan as The Canadian Singles Chart. These charts looked only at the sales of singles, not radio airplay. Prior to the digital era, singles (usually sold in CD format), did not sell well in Canada and many were not even available. Canadians were in the habit of buying whole albums, not singles. Some sources indicate that, at times, the #1 entry on The Canadian Singles Chart sold as little as 200 copies a week. The result is that many huge hits did not chart well or were even absent from the singles chart because Canadians never bothered with the single, buying the whole album instead.

With all its shortcomings, The Canadian Singles Chart is the only record we have of some of the more popular songs of the period. Below is a list of all singles from Canadian artists that reached their peak position within the Top 40 of the Canadian Singles Chart this year. As usual, we have all Canadian Franco songs that made the CKOI year-end Top 50. We have also included a list of the JUNO nominated songs released this year.

YE= Year-End chart position

WP = Weekly chart peak position

N = Nominated for Best Single JUNO

W = Won Best Single JUNO

2003 CANADIAN FRANCO HITS (YEAR-END CKOI TOP 50)

TITLE ARTIST YE
Mon Chum Remi Les Cowboys Fringants 5
Voyeur Dany Bedar 10
Si Exceptionnel Andree Watters 12
Tout L’or Des Hommes Celine Dion 15
Balade A Toronto Jean Leloup 19
Viens Donc M’voir La Chicane 22
Maudit Bordel Marie-Chantal Toupin 25
Fous N’importe Ou Daniel Belanger 29
Que Passent Les Saisons Wilfred Le Bouthillier 32
She Boom Kulcha Connection 36
L’amour Dans Le Desert Stefie Shock 38
Balla Ima 40
Reviens (Ou Te Caches-Tu) Garou 43
Avec Classe Corneille 45
Feu De Paille Annie Major Matte 47
Qu’est-Ce Que T’attends? Caroline Neron 49

2003 TOP 40 CANADIAN HITS (CANADIAN SINGLES CHART)

TITLE ARTIST WP
I Drove All Night Celine Dion 1
Someday Nickelback 1
Something More Ryan Malcolm 1
Up! Shania Twain 2
Tout l’or des hommes Celine Dion 2
Même les anges Audrey De Montigny 2
Shook Shawn Desman 3
In a World Called Catastrophe Matthew Good Band 5
Forever and Always Sania Twain 5
Bye Bye Boyfriend Fefe Dobson 8
Unpredictable Keshia Chante 11
Make Up Your Mind Theory of a Deadman 13
Legal Snow 14
Billy S. Skye Sweetnam 14
Time of Our Lives David Usher 16
I’m with You Avril Lavigne 17
Love is the Only Soldier Jann Arden 17
Take Me Away Fefe Dobson 23
Pedal to the Metal Kazzer 25
Another Postcard Barenaked Ladies 27
Center of My Heart Aselin Debison 27
Anger as Beauty Hawksley Workman 28
Where Have All the Good People Gone Sam Roberts 29
Don’t Say Sarah Wave 30
Officially Missing You Tamia 31
Just Like Ali Tom Cochrane 35
Waitin’ On Me Emerson Drive 38
Still Waiting Sum 41 39
Every Inambition Trews 39

2003 SINGLES NOMINATED FOR SINGLE OF THE YEAR JUNO AWARD

TITLE ARTIST JUNO
Powerless (Say What You Want) Nelly Furtado W
Try Honestly Billy Talent N
Someday Nickelback N
Innocent Our Lady Peace N
Happy Baby Shaye N

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