2015 in Canadian music

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This is a summary of the year 2015 in the Canadian music industry.

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Top hits on record

The lists are updated weekly through Nielsen Soundscan.

Albums

Rank ArtistAlbum Peak
position
Sales Certification
1 Yoan Yoan190,000 [23] [24] [25] Gold [26]
2 Mumford & Sons Wilder Mind 140,000 [27] TBA
3 Drake If You're Reading This It's Too Late 137,000 [28] TBA
4Various Artists Fifty Shades of Grey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 126,200 [28] [29] Gold [30]
5 Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly 121,000 [31] TBA
6 Jean Leloup À Paradis City121,000 [32] Gold [33]
7 Madonna Rebel Heart 120,400 [23] [34] TBA
8 Florence and the Machine How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful 119,000 [35] TBA
9 Of Monsters and Men Beneath the Skin 116,000 [36] TBA
10Various Artists La Voix III 115,300 [37] TBA

Singles

RankArtistSongAlbum Peak
position
Sales Certification
1 Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth "See You Again" Furious 7: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 1117,000 [27] [37] [38] [39] 3× Platinum [40]
2 Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney "FourFiveSeconds"TBA334,000 [28] TBA
3 Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar "Bad Blood" 1989 124,000 [41] TBA
4 Mumford & Sons "Believe" Wilder Mind 1119,000 [42] TBA
5 David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha and Afrojack "Hey Mama" Listen 9TBAPlatinum [43]
6 Deorro featuring Chris Brown "Five More Hours"TBA57TBAPlatinum [44]
7 Maroon 5 "Sugar" V 3TBAPlatinum [45]
8 Carly Rae Jepsen "I Really Like You" Emotion 14TBAGold [46]
9 Ed Sheeran "Photograph" x 38TBAGold [47]
10 Ellie Goulding "Love Me like You Do" Fifty Shades of Grey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 3TBAGold [48]

Canadian Hot 100 Year-End List

Artist(s)Title
1 Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars "Uptown Funk"
2 Ed Sheeran "Thinking Out Loud"
3 Omi "Cheerleader"
4 Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth "See You Again"
5 Maroon 5 "Sugar"
6 Taylor Swift "Blank Space"
7 Hozier "Take Me to Church"
8 The Weeknd "Can't Feel My Face"
9 Major Lazer and DJ Snake featuring "Lean On"
10 Walk the Moon "Shut Up and Dance"
11Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar "Bad Blood"
12 Jason Derulo "Want to Want Me"
13 Ellie Goulding "Love Me like You Do"
14 Andy Grammer "Honey, I'm Good."
15 Skrillex and Diplo featuring Justin Bieber "Where Are Ü Now"
16Ed Sheeran"Photograph"
17Taylor Swift"Shake It Off"
18The Weeknd"The Hills"
19Justin Bieber"What Do You Mean?"
20 Fetty Wap "Trap Queen"
21 X Ambassadors "Renegades"
22 Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney "FourFiveSeconds"
23 Rachel Platten "Fight Song"
24 David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha and Afrojack "Hey Mama"
25 Adele "Hello"
26Taylor Swift"Style"
27 Shawn Mendes "Stitches"
28 Sam Smith "I'm Not the Only One"
29The Weeknd"Earned It"
30 Selena Gomez featuring ASAP Rocky "Good for You"
31 R. City featuring Adam Levine "Locked Away"
32 Fifth Harmony featuring Kid Ink "Worth It"
33 Sam Hunt "Take Your Time"
34 Meghan Trainor "Lips Are Movin"
35 Elle King "Ex's & Oh's"
36Meghan Trainor"All About That Bass"
37 Vance Joy "Riptide"
38 Sia "Elastic Heart"
39Taylor Swift"Wildest Dreams"
40Shawn Mendes"Something Big"
41Maroon 5"Animals"
42 Silentó "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)"
43 Drake "Hotline Bling"
44 Nick Jonas "Jealous"
45 Pitbull and Ne-Yo "Time of Our Lives"
46 Lillywood and Robin Schulz "Prayer in C"
47 Shawn Hook "Sound of Your Heart"
48 Ella Henderson "Ghost"
49 George Ezra "Budapest"
50 Tove Lo "Talking Body"
51 Flo Rida featuring Sage the Gemini and Lookas "G.D.F.R."
52 One Direction "Drag Me Down"
53 AronChupa "I'm an Albatraoz"
54 Demi Lovato "Cool for the Summer"
55Tove Lo"Habits (Stay High)"
56 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee and Grandmaster Caz "Downtown"
57 Ariana Grande "One Last Time"
58 Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding"Outside"
59 Mr Probz "Waves"
60 Alessia Cara "Here"
61Ariana Grande and The Weeknd"Love Me Harder"
62Sia"Chandelier"
63Selena Gomez"The Heart Wants What It Wants"
64Sam Smith"Stay with Me"
65Calvin Harris and Disciples "How Deep Is Your Love"
66Fetty Wap featuring Remy Boyz"679"
67Justin Bieber"Sorry"
68 Walk off the Earth "Rule the World"
69 Imagine Dragons "I Bet My Life"
70 Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj"Bang Bang"
71 Coleman Hell "2 Heads"
72Ed Sheeran"Don't"
73 Pharrell Williams "Happy"
74 John Legend "All of Me"
75DJ Snake and AlunaGeorge "You Know You Like It"
76Rihanna"Bitch Better Have My Money"
77 Magic! "No Way No"
78Charlie Puth featuring Meghan Trainor"Marvin Gaye"
79 Hailee Steinfeld "Love Myself"
80 Jocelyn Alice "Jackpot"
81 Scott Helman "Bungalow"
82 Kelly Clarkson "Heartbeat Song"
83 James Newton Howard featuring Jennifer Lawrence "The Hanging Tree"
84Maroon 5"This Summer's Gonna Hurt like a MotherFucker"
85 Little Big Town "Girl Crush"
86Pitbull featuring Chris Brown "Fun"
87 Natalie La Rose featuring Jeremih "Somebody"
88 Carly Rae Jepsen "I Really Like You"
89 Luke Bryan "Kick the Dust Up"
90 Keith Urban "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16"
91Magic!"Let Your Hair Down"
92Sam Hunt"House Party"
93 Zedd featuring Selena Gomez"I Want You to Know"
94Magic!"Rude"
95 Francesco Yates "Better to Be Loved"
96Meghan Trainor"Dear Future Husband"
97Calvin Harris featuring John Newman "Blame"
98Sam Smith"Lay Me Down"
99 Mumford & Sons "Believe"
100Nick Jonas"Chains" [49]

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