2008’s Biggest Canadian Hits, Both English and French

Finally, after years of flawed singles charts, came a full year in 2008 of the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 which combined radio spin data (Nielsen BDS) with the purchase of digital download singles (Nielsen SoundScan). One of the advantages of having the charts published through the US-based Billboard magazine was that Americans began taking interest in the Canadian charts to see for example which of their songs were popular in Canada and what Canadian songs were popular in Canada that were not being aired in the United States. This helped promote Canadian artists south of the border. Billboard also published year-end Canadian Hot 100 charts from 2008 onwards.

The biggest song of 2008 in Canada was Timbaland’s “Apologize”. The most successful Anglo song from a Canadian artist was Kardinal Offishall’s “Dangerous” (11th of the year, Canadian Hot 100). The year’s biggest Franco hit was “1500 Miles” by Eric Lapointe (3rd of the year, CKOI).

Below is a list of all singles by Canadian artists that made the year-end Top 100 or that peaked within the Top 40 of the weekly Canadian Hot 100. As well is a list of all Canadian Franco songs that made the CKOI year-end Top 50 or that appeared on the Canadian Hot 100.

HY = Hot 100 year-end chart position

HW = Hot 100 weekly charts, peak position

CY = CKOI year-end Top 50 chart position

2008 FRANCO HITS

TITLE	ARTIST	CY	HW
1500 Miles	Éric Lapointe	3	65
Mentir	Marie-Mai	11	86*
Belle dans’ tête	Éric Lapointe	13	82
Entre deux taxis	Les Cowboys Fringants	15	58
Pousse, pousse	Jonathan Painchaud	17	87
Smilin’!!	Pascale Picard	18	91
Réverbère	Ariane Moffatt	19
L’ours	Tricot Machine	21
Pleine lune	Marie-Luce Béland	24	78
Le déni de l’évidence	Mes Aïeux	26	73
Emmène-moi	Marie-Mai	29
Je veux tout	Ariane Moffatt	31	72
La maison est grande	Kaïn	34	90
Je pense à toi	Alfa Rococo	36
Oh mon chéri	Anik Jean	43	96*
Kamikaze	Emi Bond	48
Si pour te plaire	Marc Dupre		86
Une fois pour toutes	Marie-Chantal Toupin		87
Oublier	Dany Bedar		93
Je t’aime comme je suis	Boom Desjardins		94
Lever l’ancre	Alfa Rococo		97
Moi j’ai toi	France D’Amour		98

* This peak position was reached in 2007

2008 ANGLO HITS

TITLE	ARTIST	HY	HW
Dangerous	Kardinal Offishall	11	2
For the Nights I Can’t Remember	Hedley	14	6*
Never Too Late	Hedley	23	4
Don’t Call Me Baby	Kreesha Turner	26	8
Into the Night	Chad Kroeger	34	2*
1234	Feist	35	3*
Your Love is a Lie	Simple Plan	37	16
Hot	Avril Lavigne	42	10*
I’ll Keep Your Memory Vague	Finger Eleven	53	15
Old School	Hedley	61	10
When I’m Gone	Simple Plan	62	11
Paralyzer	Finger Eleven	64	3*
Money Honey	State of Shock	69	8*
Drive My Soul	LIGHTS	70	18
All or Nothing	Theory of a Deadman	81	22
Gotta Be Somebody	Nickelback	82	4
When I’m With You	Faber Drive	83	19
The End	Andrew F	84	10
Best I Ever Had	State of Shock	87	25
Taking Chances	Celine Dion	90	9*
Unlove You	Elise Estrada	92	11
Beautiful U R	Deborah Cox		10
In God’s Hands	Nelly Furtado		11
U Want Me 2	Sarah Mclachlan		11
Sing	Theo Tams		12
Underneath	Alanis Morissette		15
Save You	Simple Plan		18
Give Me the Music	Eva Avila		21
Help I’m Alive	Metric		21
Turn Your Back	Billy Talent		23
Islands in the Stream	Constantines		28
Never Again	The Midway State		30
Operator (A Girl Like Me)	Shiloh		30
Waiting	City and Colour		32
Lay It On the Line	Divine Brown		32
Private Dancer	Danny Fernandes		32
Until I Stay	Jully Black		33
World We Know	Crash Parallel		33
Hold Me in Your Arms	The Trews		34
Them Kids	Sam Roberts		36
The Prayer (Live)	Celine Dion & Josh Groban		37
With Me	Sum 41		37
Numba 1 (Tide is High)	Kardinal Offishall		38
Hearts That Bleed	State of Shock		40

* This peak position was reached in 2007

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