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- ↑ "Artist Summary". Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences . Retrieved March 4, 2012.
- ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2606." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
- ↑ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 2628." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
- ↑ "Jann Arden Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
- ↑ "RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1994". RPM . Library and Archives Canada . Retrieved July 7, 2019.
- ↑ "RPM Top 100 AC tracks of 1994". RPM . Library and Archives Canada . Retrieved July 7, 2019.
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