2017’s Biggest Canadian Hits, Both English and French

The most successful song of 2017 that involved a Canadian artist was “Despacito” featuring Justin Bieber which peaked at #1 on the weekly Hot 100 and was the second biggest song of the year overall. The biggest English language song with a Canadian as the main artist was “Starboy” from the Weeknd. Although it finished the year as its 6th most popular tune, it peaked at #1 on the weekly charts last year (2016) and also made the previous year-end chart at #32. The most successful Canadian artist song reaching its peak position in the weekly charts of 2017 was Shawn Mendes’ “There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back” with a year-end placement of #16 and weekly peak of #6.

In total, 17 tracks involving Canadian artists made the year-end Hot 100. A total of 34 maple-glazed tunes peaked within the Top 40 during the year 2017. No French-language song made the Hot 100 through the year. We have listed below French language songs from Canadian artists that made the annual CKOI year-end Top 50 – seven in all.

HY = Billboard Hot 100 year-end chart position
HW = Billboard Hot 100 weekly charts, peak position
CY = CKOI year-end Top 50 chart position

2017 CKOI Franco Hits

TITLE	ARTIST	CY
Une p’tite biere	Anthony Gaudet	21
J’pas stressée	Roxane Bruneau	24
Roadtrip	Les Chiens de Ruelles	27
T’embellis ma vie	Yann Perreau	31
Fou	Andreanne A. Malette	42
Kamikaze	Patrice Michaud	45
Il y a tant a faire	Daniel Belanger	48

2017 Billboard Canada Hits

TITLE	ARTIST	HY	HW
Despacito	Fonsi/Yankee ft. Justin Bieber	2	1
Starboy	The Weeknd	6a	1b
There’s Nothing Holding…	Shawn Mendes	16	6
Stay	Alessia Cara & Zedd	22	9
I Feel It Coming	The Weeknd	23	10
Passionfruit	Drake	33	2
Let Me Love You	DJ Snake ft. Justin Bieber	41a	4b
Fake Love	Drake	49	10b
Signs	Drake	52	12
2U	D. Guetta ft. Justin Bieber	54	4
Scars to Your Beautiful	Alessia Cara	70	14b
Treat You Better	Shawn Mendes	71a	7b
Friends	Justin Bieber & BloodPop	83	4
Mercy	Shawn Mendes	84	22
Reminding Me	Shawn Hook	86	30
Party Monster	The Weeknd	91	8b
Portland	Drake	95	6
Blem	Drake		8
Free Smoke	Drake		12
Gyalchester	Drake		13
No Long Talk	Drake		14
Reminder	The Weeknd		16
Get It Together	Drake		20
Teenage Fever	Drake		22
Still Got Time	Zayn ft. PartyNextDoor		22
Madiba Riddim	Drake		23
KMT	Drake		25
Sacrifices	Drake		26
4422	Drake		27
Jorja Interlude	Drake		28
Some Way	NAV ft. The Weeknd		31
To the Max	DJ Khaled ft. Drake		32
Wanted You	NAV		33
Skepta Interlude	Drake		36
Glow	Drake		37
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot…	Michael Buble		39
Lust for Life	Lana Del Rey ft. The Weeknd		39
Lights Out	Virginia to Vegas		40
Nothings Into Somethings	Drake		40
Curve	Gucci Mane ft. The Weeknd		40

a – Also made year-end Hot 100 of 2016
b – Weekly peak achieved in 2016

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Top 100 Singles of 1998 in Canada

According to RPM Magazine, the biggest song of 1998 in Canada was “My Heart Will Go On” by Céline Dion, theme song of blockbuster feature film Titanic by Canadian director James Cameron. While the movie smashed all box office records, the song became Dion’s biggest hit and one of the best-selling singles of all-time worldwide. An incredible total of 41 songs from the year-end top 100 chart below involve Canadian artists who are marked  in red. The Canadian charts are an accurate reflection of Canadian tastes in music, and the Top 100 songs were determined both from radio airplay and nationwide sales data. The drawback with year-end charts is that songs charting from the end of one year through beginning of the next will have their chart performance split between the two years. More year-end and other Canadian charts can be found here.

RANK	TITLE	ARTIST
1	My Heart Will Go On	Celine Dion
2	Adia	Sarah McLachlan
3	Torn	Natalie Imbruglia
4	Ooh La La	Rod Stewart
5	My Father’s Eyes	Eric Clapton
6	Truly, Madly, Deeply	Savage Garden
7	From This Moment On	Shania Twain w/B. White
8	I’m Ready	Bryan Adams
9	Crush	Jennifer Paige
10	You’re Still the One	Shania Twain
11	Back to You	Bryan Adams
12	Frozen	Madonna
13	Immortality	Celine Dion
14	On a Day Like Today	Bryan Adams
15	This Kiss	Faith Hill
16	As Long As You Love Me	Backstreet Boys
17	Mummer’s Dance	Loreena McKennitt
18	Cruel Summer	Ace of Base
19	One Week	Barenaked Ladies
20	Sweet Surrender	Sarah McLachlan
21	Recover Your Soul	Elton John
22	I’m Your Angel	Celine Dion
23	Love, Pain, and the Whole…	Amy Sky
24	True Colours	Phil Collins
25	Your Life Is Now	John Mellancamp
26	Wishing That	Jann Arden
27	I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing	Aerosmith
28	Kiss the Rain	Billie Myers
29	At the Beginning	D. Lewis/R. Marx
30	Stop	Spice Girls
31	Something About the Way…	Elton John
32	Cry	Philosopher Kings
33	Hands	Jewel
34	I Know You	Jann Arden
35	Too Much	Spice Girls
36	Looking Through Your Eyes	Leann Rimes
37	Ordinary Day	Great Big Sea
38	Viva Forever	Spice Girls
39	Time	Lionel Richie
40	I Do	Lisa Loeb
41	Give Me Forever	John Tesh w/J. Ingram
42	So Help Me Girl	Gary Barlow
43	The Best of Love	Michael Bolton
44	I’ll Never Break Your Heart	Backstreet Boys
45	High	Lighthouse Family
46	Tubthumper	Chumbawamba
47	Surrounded	Chantal Kreviazuk
48	The Sound Of	Jann Arden
49	Thank U	Alanis Morissette
50	Kind & Generous	Natalie Merchant
51	The Way	Fastball
52	My Favourite Mistake	Sheryl Crow
53	With These Eyes	Roch Voisine
54	Foolish Games	Jewel
55	Cry Ophelia	Adam Cohen
56	Nobody’s Supposed to…	Deborah Cox
57	3 AM	Matchbox 20
58	If I Could	Joee
59	It’s the End of the World	Great Big Sea
60	The Sweetest Thing	U2
61	I’ll Be	Edwin McCain
62	Lullaby	Shawn Mullins
63	Trust Me This Is Love	Amanda Marshall
64	Dreams	The Corrs
65	Falling	Bruce Guthro
66	How Could an Angel…	Toni Braxton/Kenny G
67	Miss You Like Crazy	The Moffatts
68	Heaven’s What I Feel	Gloria Estefan
69	I Wonder	Tom Cochrane
70	Your Love	J. Brickman w/M. Wright
71	Tell Him	Celine Dion & B. Streisand
72	Safe Place From the Storm	Michael Bolton
73	Into You	3 Deep
74	I Will Wait	Hootie and the Blowfish
75	Hurts to Love You	Philosopher Kings
76	Unbound	Robbie Robertson
77	Iris	Goo Goo Dolls
78	All Roads Lead to You	Chicago
79	Never Ever	All Saints
80	Show Me Love	Robyn
81	Miles to Go Before I Sleep	Celine Dion
82	My All	Mariah Carey
83	Half on a Baby	R. Kelly
84	A Promise I Make	Dakota Moon
85	Promise Ain’t Enough	Hall & Oates
86	Searchin’ My Soul	Vonda Shepard
87	After All These Years	A. Cochan w/ J. Brickman
88	Poets	Tragically Hip
89	When You Believe	W. Houston w/M. Carey
90	Leaving On a Jet Plane	Chantal Kreviazuk
91	I Want You Back	N’Sync
92	Everywhere	Bran Van 3000
93	Ohh It’s Kinda Crazy	soulDecision
94	It’s Just My Luck	VIP
95	Like I Love You	Amy Grant
96	Walk This Road	Bruce Guthro
97	Me	Paula Cole
98	One Belief Away	Bonnie Raitt
99	The Power of Goodbye	Madonna
100	I Can’t Go for That	The Nylons

2017 Hits Internationally by or Featuring Canadians

Find below a list of all songs by or featuring a Canadian artist that made it into the year-end Top 100 of Canada (17), The United Kingdom (10), Australia (11), The United States (12), and Japan (3). It is interesting to note that Shawn Mendes’ “There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back” was biggest in Australia where it finished 10th of the year. Aussies also liked “Stay” with Alessia Cara more than the other countries. Brits preferred Drake’s “Passionfruit” over the other nations, while Americans had it in for “Both” featuring the rapper. Enjoy the table below.

TITLE	ARTIST	CA	UK	AU	US	JP
Despacito	Ft. Justin Bieber	2	2	2	2
Starboy	The Weeknd	6	59	42	20
There’s Nothing Holdin’…	Shawn Mendes	16	16	10	23
Stay	Zedd & Alessia Cara	22	37	14	17	66
I Feel It Coming	The Weeknd	23	66	39	34
Passionfruit	Drake	33	30	66	65
Let Me Love You	Ft. Justin Bieber	41			46
Fake Love	Drake	49	91		37
Signs	Drake	52
2U	Ft. Justin Bieber	54	64	69
Scars To Your Beautiful	Alessia Cara	70		87	30
Treat You Better	Shawn Mendes	71			92
Friends	J. Bieber + BloodPop	83	93	63
Mercy	Shawn Mendes	84			54
Reminding Me	Shawn Hook	86
Party Monster	The Weeknd	91
Portland	Drake	95
What Do You Mean?	Justin Bieber					21
Sorry	Justin Bieber					92
Both	Ft. Drake				83
How Far I’ll Go	Alessia Cara			76
Never Be Like You	Ft. Kai			97
One Dance	Drake		80

CKOI Year-End Top 50 of 2017

C’est quoi? Well, Montreal radio station CKOI has published a year-end Top 50 chart annually since 1976. It includes both international and Canadian and both Anglo and Franco songs. While the latter have a tough time making it onto the national charts, the CKOI chart gives us a good idea of the more popular Franco songs by year. Of all the year-end charts, this one is the most inclusive offering a very balanced presentation. There is greater variety of genres with pop, rock, dance, R&B, folk, soul, and even country. Because of this and other factors, you may find on the chart international Anglo songs that are absent from English language radio playlists. The top Canadian Franco song of 2017 on the chart is (surprise!) “Une p’tite bière” by Anthony Gaudet at #21. Canadian artists are in red. Franco songs are in blue. Of the 50, 13 involve Canadian artists, down from 18 last year.

1 – SHAPE OF YOU / ED SHEERAN

2 – KATCHI / OFENBACH

3 – DESPACITO / LUIS FONSI & JUSTIN BIEBER

4 – BELIEVER / IMAGINE DRAGONS

5 – SOMETHING JUST LIKE THIS / CHAINSMOKERS & COLDPLAY

6 – BE MINE / OFENBACH

7 – SIGN OF THE TIMES / HARRY STYLES

8 – 13 / ALLAN RAYMAN

9 – TUESDAY / BURAK YETER

10 – ROCKABYE / CLEAN BANDIT & SEAN PAUL

11 – MAIN GIRL / CHARLOTTE CARDIN

12 – FEEL IT STILL / PORTUGAL THE MAN

13 – FEELS / CALVIN HARRIS

14 – NO ROOTS / ALICE MERTON

15 – PERFECT / ED SHEERAN

16 – THUNDER / IMAGINE DRAGONS

17 – ONE MORE LIGHT / LINKIN PARK

18 – UH HUH / JULIA MICHAELS

19 – REDBONE / CHILDISH GAMBINO

20 – WHAT ABOUT US / PINK

21 – UNE P’TITE BIERE / ANTHONY GAUDET

22 – DOWN / MARIAN HILL

23 – RX / THEORY OF A DEADMAN

24 – J’PAS STRESSÉE / ROXANE BRUNEAU

25 – DANCING ON MY OWN / CALUM SCOTT

26 – THERE’S NOTHING HOLDIN’ ME BACK / SHAWN MENDES

27 – ROADTRIP / LES CHIENS DE RUELLES

28 – GALWAY GIRL / ED SHEERAN

29 – SKIN / RAG’N’BONE MAN

30 – YOUNG DUMB & BROKE / KHALID

31 – T’EMBELLIS MA VIE / YANN PERREAU

32 – I FEEL IT COMING / THE WEEKND

33 – HAVANA / CAMILA CABELLO

34 – BODY LIKE A BACK ROAD / SAM HUNT

35 – DOMMAGE / BIGFLO & OLI

36 – LEGENDARY / WELSHLY ARMS

37 – HIGHWAY TUNE / GRETA VAN FLEET

38 – NOT EASY / ALEX DA KID

39 – NATION / TIBZ

40 – MALIBU / MILEY CYRUS

41 – NO WITNESS / LP

42 – FOU / ANDREANNE A. MALETTE

43 – WILD HORSES / BISHOP BRIGGS

44 – SAY YOU WON’T LET GO / JAMES ARTHUR

45 – KAMIKAZE / PATRICE MICHAUD

46 – CASTLE ON THE HILL / ED SHEERAN

47 – ONE DAY / ASAF AVIDAN

48 – IL Y A TANT A FAIRE / DANIEL BELANGER

49 – HEAR ME NOW / ALOK

50 – LAY IT ON ME / VANCE JOY

Billboard Canada Year-End Top Artists by Radio Format, 2017

RANK	ALL FORMAT	CHR
1	Ed Sheeran	Ed Sheeran
2	Shawn Mendes	The Weeknd
3	The Chainsmokers	Shawn Mendes
4	Bruno Mars	The Chainsmokers
5	The Weeknd	Drake
6	Niall Horan	Bruno Mars
7	Alessia Cara	Alessia Cara
8	Hedley	Niall Horan
9	Maroon 5	Virginia to Vegas
10	Virginia to Vegas	Maroon 5
RANK	HOT AC	AC
1	Ed Sheeran	Ed Sheeran
2	Shawn Mendes	Shawn Mendes
3	Bruno Mars	Bruno Mars
4	Alessia Cara	Maroon 5
5	The Chainsmokers	Adele
6	Hedley	Justin Timberlake
7	Niall Horan	Niall Horan
8	The Weeknd	Hedley
9	Maroon 5	The Chainsmokers
10	Adele	Michael Buble
RANK	COUNTRY	ROCK
1	Dallas Smith	Arkells
2	Blake Shelton	Green Day
3	Thomas Rhett	July Talk
4	Jon Pardi	Imagine Dragons
5	James Barker Band	Kings of Leon
6	Jason Aldean	Rag ‘N’ Bone Man
7	Old Dominion	Mother Mother
8	Dustin Lynch	The Glorious Sons
9	Kenny Chesney	Queens of the Stone Age
10	Chad Brownlee	Foo Fighters

Billboard Canada Year-End Country Airplay of 2017

You’ll have to scroll down quite a bit to find a Canadian artist on Billboard Canada’s year-end country airplay chart. Tops was Sam Hunt’s “Body Like a Back Road”. Dallas Smith has the highest Canadian artist entry with “Sky Stays This Blue” at #20. Nineof the Top 50 were by Canadian acts down from 11 last year and 14 in 2015. Canadian artists are bolded in red in the chart below. The data was collected between the dates of December 6, 2016 and November 25, 2017.

RANK	TITLE	ARTIST	PLAYS
1	Body Like A Back Road	Sam Hunt	26,211
2	No Such Thing As A Broken Heart	Old Dominion	23,659
3	Dirt On My Boots	Jon Pardi	21,766
4	Heartache On The Dance Floor	Jon Pardi	20,165
5	In Case You Didn’t Know	Brett Young	19,933
6	Black	Dierks Bentley	19,451
7	Yours If You Want It	Rascal Flatts	19,411
8	Better Man	Little Big Town	19,131
9	Every Time I Hear That Song	Blake Shelton	19,030
10	It Ain’t My Fault	Brothers Osborne	18,896
11	Craving You	Thomas Rhett	18,734
12	Drinkin’ Problem	Midland	18,546
13	Fast	Luke Bryan	18,404
14	More Girls Like You	Kip Moore	18,298
15	You Look Good	Lady Antebellum	18,248
16	Small Town Boy	Dustin Lynch	18,024
17	Kill A Word	Eric Church	17,891
18	For Her	Chris Lane	17,852
19	Any Ol’ Barstool	Jason Aldean	17,602
20	Sky Stays This Blue	Dallas Smith	17,465
21	Do I Make You Wanna	Billy Currington	17,378
22	Yeah Boy	Kelsea Ballerini	17,376
23	Chills	James Barker Band	17,326
24	Flatliner	Cole Swindell	17,073
25	All The Pretty Girls	Kenny Chesney	16,791
26	Fix A Drink	Chris Janson	16,753
27	Hurricane	Luke Combs	16,752
28	Somebody Else Will	Justin Moore	16,645
29	Time	Dean Brody	16,304
30	Star Of The Show	Thomas Rhett	16,257
31	I Could Use A Love Song	Maren Morris	16,044
32	They Don’t Know	Jason Aldean	16,021
33	A Guy With A Girl	Blake Shelton	16,001
34	Round Here Buzz	Eric Church	15,838
35	God, Your Mama, And Me	Florida Georgia Line	15,744
36	The Fighter	Keith Urban	15,636
37	Side Effects	Dallas Smith	15,439
38	Slide Over	Tim Hicks	15,356
39	I Be U Be	High Valley	15,276
40	Seein’ Red	Dustin Lynch	15,154
41	When It Rains It Pours	Luke Combs	14,993
42	Hometown Girl	Josh Turner	14,537
43	Bar At The End Of The World	Kenny Chesney	14,478
44	Today	Brad Paisley	14,205
45	Wanna Be That Song	Brett Eldredge	14,147
46	Slow Burn	Tim Hicks	13,999
47	Dirty Laundry	Carrie Underwood	13,770
48	Crazy About You	The Road Hammers	13,701
49	Every Little Thing	Carly Pearce	13,646
50	Just Sayin’	James Barker Band	13,623

Billboard Canada Year-End Rock Airplay of 2017

Hamilton’s Arkells topped the rock radio year-end Billboard Canada chart with “Knocking at the Door”. Fifteen of the Top 40 were by Canadian acts, the same number as last year. These artists are bolded in red in the chart below. The data was collected between the dates of December 6, 2016 and November 25, 2017.

RANK	TITLE	ARTIST	PLAYS
1	Knocking At The Door	Arkells	19,083
2	Believer	Imagine Dragons	16,986
3	Human	Rag’n’Bone Man	16,959
4	The Way You Used To Do	Queens of The Stone Age	16,250
5	Still Breathing	Green Day	13,896
6	Lights Out	Royal Blood	13,584
7	Waste A Moment	Kings Of Leon	13,108
8	Freeze Me	Death From Above 1979	11,869
9	The Drugs	Mother Mother	11,621
10	She’s Out Of Her Mind	Blink-182	11,406
11	Picturing Love	July Talk	11,222
12	Highway	Bleeker	11,196
13	Beck + Call	July Talk	10,670
14	Run	Foo Fighters	9,193
15	High	Sir Sly	8,870
16	The Violence	Rise Against	8,725
17	Devil’s On Fire	Headstones	8,591
18	Highway Tune	Greta Van Fleet	8,490
19	Feel It Still	Portugal. The Man	8,346
20	Everything Is Alright	The Glorious Sons	8,342
21	Kill The Lights	The Glorious Sons	8,193
22	Square Hammer	Ghost	8,186
23	13	Allan Rayman	8,127
24	Born Yesterday	Hollerado	8,054
25	Love Is Mystical	Cold War Kids	7,900
26	Wish I Knew You	The Revivalists	7,624
27	My Heart’s Always Yours	Arkells	7,619
28	Go Robot	Red Hot Chili Peppers	7,539
29	Raging Bull	One Bad Son	7,492
30	One Good Piece Of Me	Big Wreck	7,409
31	Near To The Wild Heart	Japandroids	7,108
32	Sky Is A Neighborhood	Foo Fighters	7,018
33	The Man	The Killers	6,554
34	Help	Papa Roach	6,392
35	Blood In The Cut	k.flay	6,281
36	Reverend	Kings Of Leon	6,224
37	Cold Cold Cold	Cage The Elephant	6,023
38	Revolution Radio	Green Day	5,735
39	No Good	Kaleo	5,655
40	Cocoon	Milky Chance	5,637

Billboard Canada Year-End AC Airplay of 2017

Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” topped the Adult Contemporary airplay year-end Billboard Canada chart. The top spun Canadian artist track at the format was The Weeknd’s “I Feel It Coming” at #5. Eighteen of the Top 40 were by or featuring a Canadian artist, up from 16 for the past two years. Canadian artists are bolded in red in the chart below. The data was collected between the dates of December 6, 2016 and November 25, 2017.

RANK	TITLE	ARTIST	PLAYS
1	Shape Of You	Ed Sheeran	15969
2	Don’t Wanna Know	Maroon 5	13404
3	Water Under The Bridge	Adele	13075
4	Can’t Stop The Feeling!	Justin Timberlake	12455
5	I Feel It Coming	The Weeknd	11195
6	Something Just Like This	The Chainsmokers & Coldplay	11084
7	Say You Won’t Let Go	James Arthur	10788
8	Cheap Thrills	Sia	9758
9	Castle On The Hill	Ed Sheeran	9700
10	Love On The Brain	Rihanna	8809
11	Chained To The Rhythm	Katy Perry	8712
12	There’s Nothing Holdin’…	Shawn Mendes	8667
13	24K Magic	Bruno Mars	8618
14	Scars To Your Beautiful	Alessia Cara	8605
15	Kinda Complicated	Scott Helman	8231
16	Electric Love	Serena Ryder	7928
17	It Ain’t Me	Kygo x Selena Gomez	7636
18	I Believe In You	Michael Buble	7341
19	Let Me Love You	DJ Snake Ft. Justin Bieber	7209
20	That’s What I Like	Bruno Mars	7150
21	Closer	The Chainsmokers	6810
22	Love Me Now	John Legend	6801
23	Treat You Better	Shawn Mendes	6619
24	Lights Out	Virginia To Vegas	6573
25	Despacito	Fonsi/Yankee Ft. Justin Bieber	6542
26	Love Again	Hedley	6179
27	Play That Song	Train	5955
28	Slow Hands	Niall Horan	5887
29	This Town	Niall Horan	5820
30	Mercy	Shawn Mendes	5705
31	Reminding Me	Shawn Hook	5521
32	Can’t Slow Down	Hedley	5298
33	Fire In My Soul	Walk Off The Earth	5127
34	Who Do You Love	Marianas Trench	5078
35	What About Us	P!nk	4945
36	Sign Of The Times	Harry Styles	4932
37	Cold	Maroon 5	4746
38	Superficial Love	Ruth B	4522
39	The Greatest	Sia	4417
40	Bend	Ria Mae	4295

Billboard Year-End Canadian Hot 100 Artists of 2017

Billboard has published a year-end chart for the Top 25 artists of 2017 based on the chart performance of their Hot 100 singles in Canada. Ed Sheeran takes the crown followed by Drake. Five homegrowners in total made the Top 25. Find them in red below.

1. Ed Sheeran
2. Drake
3. The Chainsmokers
4. The Weeknd
5. Kendrick Lamar
6. Bruno Mars
7. Imagine Dragons
8. Shawn Mendes
9. Future
10. DJ Khaled
11. Justin Bieber
12. Taylor Swift
13. Calvin Harris
14. Selena Gomez
15. Post Malone
16. Lil Uzi Vert
17. Migos
18. Luis Fonsi
19. Niall Horan
20. Charlie Puth
21. Alessia Cara
22. James Arthur
23. Clean Bandit
24. Daddy Yankee
25. French Montana

Billboard Canada Year-End CHR Airplay of 2017

Once again, Eddie Sheeran takes the cake. His “Shape of You” tops CHR (contemporary hit radio) airplay. The Biebs clocks in at #3 with his feature in “Despacito” while Shawn Mendes backs him up with “There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back” at #4. Fifteen of the Top 40 were by or featuring a Canadian artist down from 17 last year. Canadian artists are bolded in red in the chart below. The data was collected between the dates of December 6, 2016 and November 25, 2017.

RANK	TITLE	ARTIST	PLAYS
1	Shape Of You	Ed Sheeran	49167
2	It Ain’t Me	Kygo x Selena Gomez	45147
3	Despacito	Fonsi/Yankee Ft. Justin Bieber	41840
4	There’s Nothing Holdin’…	Shawn Mendes	41383
5	I Feel It Coming	The Weeknd	37530
6	Something Just Like This	The Chainsmokers & Coldplay	36321
7	Stay	Zedd & Alessia Cara	34402
8	That’s What I Like	Bruno Mars	32741
9	Scars To Your Beautiful	Alessia Cara	32476
10	Starboy	The Weeknd	31204
11	Slow Hands	Niall Horan	30884
12	Side To Side	Ariana Grande	30112
13	I Don’t Wanna Live Forever	Zayn x Taylor Swift	28944
14	Don’t Wanna Know	Maroon 5	28441
15	Attention	Charlie Puth	28096
16	Let Me Love You	DJ Snake Ft. Justin Bieber	28032
17	Say You Won’t Let Go	James Arthur	27595
18	Paris	The Chainsmokers	27488
19	Closer	The Chainsmokers	25575
20	Reminding Me	Shawn Hook	25508
21	Castle On The Hill	Ed Sheeran	24780
22	Reminder	The Weeknd	23962
23	Strip That Down	Liam Payne	23737
24	Passionfruit	Drake	23615
25	Believer	Imagine Dragons	22805
26	Not Going Home	DVBBS X CMC$	22477
27	Run Up	Major Lazer	22463
28	Love On The Brain	Rihanna	21836
29	Selfish	Virginia To Vegas	21691
30	Love Again	Hedley	20722
31	24K Magic	Bruno Mars	20464
32	I’m the One	DJ Khaled	19756
33	Rockabye	Clean Bandit	19750
34	Signs	Drake	19588
35	Starving	Hailee Steinfeld & Grey	18709
36	Mercy	Shawn Mendes	18544
37	Lights Out	Virginia To Vegas	17567
38	Wild Thoughts	DJ Khaled	17535
39	This Town	Niall Horan	17235
40	Chained To The Rhythm	Katy Perry	17215

Billboard Canada Year-End All-Format Airplay of 2017

Ranked by the number of spins, below are the 50 most-played songs on Canadian radio during the 2017 chart year (December 6, 2016 to November 25, 2017). Tops was “Shape of You” by Ed Sheeran with a whopping 116,794 plays, 40% more the the number two song. Nielsen BDS compiled the all-format airplay data from more than 130 stations across the country, monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Shawn Mendes’ “There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back” was tops for a Canadian artist at #4 overall. Twenty of the 50 were tunes by or featuring Canadian artists. Note that the difference between this chart and the Hot 100 Airplay one is that the latter is weighted according to radio listenership whereas All-Format Airplay is not. Canadian artists are bolded in red text in the chart below.

RANK	TITLE	ARTIST	PLAYS
1	Shape Of You	Ed Sheeran	116,794
2	Something Just Like This	The Chainsmokers & Coldplay	83,631
3	It Ain’t Me	Kygo x Selena Gomez	78,345
4	There’s Nothing Holdin’…	Shawn Mendes	77,500
5	I Feel It Coming	The Weeknd	75,692
6	Despacito	Fonsi/Yankee Ft. Justin Bieber	71,936
7	That’s What I Like	Bruno Mars	68,581
8	Closer	The Chainsmokers	66,434
9	Say You Won’t Let Go	James Arthur	65,322
10	Starboy	The Weeknd	63,054
11	Believer	Imagine Dragons	60,364
12	Slow Hands	Niall Horan	57,264
13	Don’t Wanna Know	Maroon 5	53,843
14	Scars To Your Beautiful	Alessia Cara	53,601
15	Stay	Zedd & Alessia Cara	52,028
16	Castle On The Hill	Ed Sheeran	51,280
17	24K Magic	Bruno Mars	50,885
18	I Don’t Wanna Live Forever	Zayn x Taylor Swift	50,371
19	Let Me Love You	DJ Snake Ft. Justin Bieber	49,335
20	Body Like A Back Road	Sam Hunt	47,080
21	Attention	Charlie Puth	46,037
22	Love Again	Hedley	43,568
23	Kinda Complicated	Scott Helman	43,446
24	Selfish	Virginia To Vegas	43,037
25	Love On The Brain	Rihanna	40,177
26	Chained To The Rhythm	Katy Perry	39,366
27	Paris	The Chainsmokers	37,293
28	Reminding Me	Shawn Hook	37,101
29	Electric Love	Serena Ryder	35,015
30	Side To Side	Ariana Grande	34,193
31	What About Us	P!nk	32,269
32	Cold	Maroon 5	32,180
33	Feel It Still	Portugal. The Man	31,335
34	Water Under The Bridge	Adele	30,592
35	Rockabye	Clean Bandit	30,168
36	Can’t Slow Down	Hedley	30,120
37	Who Do You Love	Marianas Trench	29,891
38	Treat You Better	Shawn Mendes	29,715
39	Can’t Stop The Feeling!	Justin Timberlake	29,418
40	The Greatest	Sia	27,862
41	Passionfruit	Drake	26,747
42	Fire In My Soul	Walk Off The Earth	26,156
43	Lights Out	Virginia To Vegas	25,364
44	Strip That Down	Liam Payne	24,914
45	Bend	Ria Mae	24,406
46	This Town	Niall Horan	24,029
47	Starving	Hailee Steinfeld & Grey	23,638
48	Cold Water	Major Lazer	23,598
49	Praying	Kesha	22,448
50	Mercy	Shawn Mendes	21,873

Billboard Canada Year-End Hot 100 Airplay of 2017

Below is a list of the Top 25 tunes that received the most radio airplay in Canada through the year 2017. The data was compiled from selected CHR, AC, hot AC, country, and rock radio stations, throughout the country which were electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by Nielsen BDS. Note that the data was taken between the dates of December 6, 2016 and November 25, 2017. This chart, along with Billboard Hot Digital Songs is used to compile the Billboard Canadian Hot 100. The main difference between the Hot 100 Airplay and All-Format Airplay charts is that the former (i.e. the one below) is weighted according to radio station listenership. If a station has more listeners, its spins of songs receive a higher weighting. Entries from Canadian artists are bolded in red in the chart below. The most spun song of the year in Canada was “Shape of You” by Englishman Ed Sheeran. The top song involving a Canadian artist was “Despacito” featuring Justin Bieber at #3. And the most successful with a Canadian as the main artist was “I Feel It Coming” by The Weeknd at #4.

RANK	TITLE	ARTIST
1	Shape Of You	Ed Sheeran
2	Something Just Like This	The Chainsmokers & Coldplay
3	Despacito	Fonsi/Yankee Ft. Justin Bieber
4	I Feel It Coming	The Weeknd
5	There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back	Shawn Mendes
6	It Ain’t Me	Kygo x Selena Gomez
7	Closer	The Chainsmokers
8	That’s What I Like	Bruno Mars
9	Say You Won’t Let Go	James Arthur
10	Starboy	The Weeknd
11	Castle On The Hill	Ed Sheeran
12	Don’t Wanna Know	Maroon 5
13	Scars To Your Beautiful	Alessia Cara
14	Slow Hands	Niall Horan
15	24K Magic	Bruno Mars
16	Believer	Imagine Dragons
17	Let Me Love You	DJ Snake Ft. Justin Bieber
18	I Don’t Wanna Live Forever	Zayn x Taylor Swift
19	Attention	Charlie Puth
20	Stay	Zedd & Alessia Cara
21	Rockabye	Clean Bandit
22	Chained To The Rhythm	Katy Perry
23	Love Again	Hedley
24	Body Like A Back Road	Sam Hunt
25	Selfish	Virginia To Vegas

Billboard Canada Year-End Top 30 Emerging Artists of 2017

Billboard Canada finalizes the year-end Top 30 emerging (Canadian) artists chart of 2017, and The Weeknd, still considered an emerger, has the top two spots thanks to “Starboy” and “I Feel It Coming” (#1 and #2 respectively). In at the bronze 3rd is Alessia Cara’s “Scars to Your Beautiful”. “Chills” by country act James Barker Band squeaks in at #30. In Nielsen’s words, the chart “represents aggregated numbers from the weekly charts that were compiled for each artist and title, reflecting chart activity from the surveys dated December 6, 2016 through November 25, 2017”. The marketing research firm adds the chart below represents “the most popular songs by emerging Canadian artists according to all-format airplay audience impressions measured by Nielsen BDS and digital sales data compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. To qualify for this chart an artist must a) be Canadian and meet the CRTC ‘A’ definition (music or lyrics principally performed by a Canadian artist) and b) the selection must qualify as Canadian content (CanCon). Artists are considered emerging until 12 months after the date their first Canadian Hot 100 charting entry reaches the top 40”.

RANK	TITLE	ARTIST
1	Starboy	The Weeknd
2	I Feel It Coming	The Weeknd
3	Scars To Your Beautiful	Alessia Cara
4	Treat You Better	Shawn Mendes
5	Reminder	The Weeknd
6	Mercy	Shawn Mendes
7	Party Monster	The Weeknd
8	Reminding Me	Shawn Hook
9	Not Going Home	DVBBS X CMC$
10	There’s Nothing Holdin’…	Shawn Mendes
11	Lights Out	Virginia To Vegas
12	Can’t Feel My Face	The Weeknd
13	Not Nice	PARTYNEXTDOOR
14	How Far I’ll Go	Alessia Cara
15	The Hills	The Weeknd
16	Wild Things	Alessia Cara
17	Luv	Tory Lanez
18	Stitches	Shawn Mendes
19	Spirits	The Strumbellas
20	Fireproof	Coleman Hell
21	Lost Boy	Ruth B
22	Kinda Complicated	Scott Helman
23	Earned It	The Weeknd
24	Figures	Jessie Reyez
25	Some Way	NAV Ft. The Weeknd
26	Sidewalks	The Weeknd
27	Lonely Drum	Aaron Goodvin
28	Bend	Ria Mae
29	Six Feet Under	The Weeknd
30	Chills	James Barker Band

Billboard Canada Year-End Top 25 Hot Digital Songs of 2017

Billboard Canada unveils the Top 25 digital tracks of 2017. Find the year-end chart below. These are effectively the most digitally purchased and downloaded songs of the year in Canada. Now certified as a diamond single, Spanish language track “Despacito” (doucement in French in case you were wondering) which features Canadian recording artist Justin Bieber, is ranked at #1. In the words of Nielsen, the chart “represents aggregated numbers from the weekly charts that were compiled for each artist and title, reflecting chart activity from the surveys dated December 6, 2016 through November 25, 2017”. The top track by a Canadian as the main artist is Shawn Mendes‘ “There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back” in at #13 for the year. The Weeknd has a pair in the Top 20, and Alessia Cara‘s collaboration with international artist Zedd makes the chart thanks to “Stay”.

RANK	TITLE	ARTIST
1	Despacito	Fonsi/Yankee Ft. Justin Bieber
2	Shape Of You	Ed Sheeran
3	Believer	Imagine Dragons
4	Something Just Like This	The Chainsmokers & Coldplay
5	Rockabye	Clean Bandit
6	Castle On The Hill	Ed Sheeran
7	Say You Won’t Let Go	James Arthur
8	It Ain’t Me	Kygo x Selena Gomez
9	Body Like A Back Road	Sam Hunt
10	I Don’t Wanna Live Forever	Zayn x Taylor Swift
11	Slow Hands	Niall Horan
12	Closer	The Chainsmokers
13	There’s Nothing Holdin’…	Shawn Mendes
14	That’s What I Like	Bruno Mars
15	I’m The One	DJ Khaled
16	Sign Of The Times	Harry Styles
17	24K Magic	Bruno Mars
18	Starboy	The Weeknd
19	Chained To The Rhythm	Katy Perry
20	I Feel It Coming	The Weeknd
21	Paris	The Chainsmokers
22	Stay	Zedd & Alessia Cara
23	Malibu	Miley Cyrus
24	What About Us	P!nk
25	Million Reasons	Lady Gaga

Billboard Top Canadian Albums: 2017 Year-End Chart

Billboard Canada has released its year-end Top 50 albums chart for 2017. The #1 album in Canada for the year was Divide by Ed Sheeran. The top album by a Canadian was Starboy by The Weeknd at #2, which was released last year. The top Canadian artist album released this year was More Life by Drake at #3. Of the 50 albums, 16 (32%) were released this year, 25 last year, four in 2015, and the remaining five prior to 2015. Twelve of the 50 this year are Canadian artist albums. Note that some Canadian artist songs appear in the various artist and soundtrack compilations. In the chart below we have included the album release year and have bolded Canadian artists in red.

RANK	TITLE	ARTIST	RELEASE
1	Divide	Ed Sheeran	2017
2	Starboy	The Weeknd	2016
3	More Life	Drake	2017
4	Hardwired…	Metallica	2016
5	Damn	Kendrick Lamar	2017
6	24K Magic	Bruno Mars	2016
7	Illuminate	Shawn Mendes	2016
8	Stoney	Post Malone	2016
9	Views	Drake	2016
10	Moana	Soundtrack	2016
11	Memories…	The Chainsmokers	2017
12	Evolve	Imagine Dragons	2017
13	Culture	Migos	2017
14	Now	Shania Twain	2017
15	Beautiful Trauma	P!nk	2017
16	Curtain Call: The Hits	Eminem	2005
17	You Want It Darker	Leonard Cohen	2016
18	Collage (EP)	The Chainsmokers	2016
19	Trolls	Soundtrack	2016
20	25	Adele	2015
21	American Teen	Khalid	2017
22	Everything Now	Arcade Fire	2017
23	Pentatonix Christmas	Pentatonix	2016
24	4 Your Eyez Only	J. Cole	2016
25	Greatest Hits	Guns N’ Roses	2004
26	Dangerous Woman	Ariana Grande	2016
27	Birds In The Trap…	Travis Scott	2016
28	This Is Acting	Sia	2016
29	Blurryface	twenty one pilots	2015
30	Harry Styles	Harry Styles	2017
31	Grateful	DJ Khaled	2017
32	Yer Favorites	The Tragically Hip	2005
33	Anti	Rihanna	2016
34	X	Ed Sheeran	2014
35	Joanne	Lady Gaga	2016
36	Future	Future	2017
37	Back From The Edge	James Arthur	2016
38	Purpose	Justin Bieber	2015
39	Witness	Katy Perry	2017
40	Suicide Squad	Soundtrack	2016
41	Blue & Lonesome	The Rolling Stones	2016
42	Dig Your Roots	Florida Georgia Line	2016
43	Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1	Calvin Harris	2017
44	Cleopatra	The Lumineers	2016
45	Ripcord	Keith Urban	2016
46	Christmas	Michael Bublé	2011
47	Agnus Dei	Mario Pelchat/Les Prêtres	2017
48	Traveller	Chris Stapleton	2015
49	Summer Is Gone	Bobby Bazini	2016
50	Awaken, My Love!	Childish Gambino	2016