This is a list of the Canadian Hot 100 number-one singles of 2020. The Canadian Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of Canada. Its data, published by Billboard magazine and compiled by Nielsen SoundScan, is based collectively on each single's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as airplay and streaming.
† | Indicates best-performing single of 2020 [1] |
No. | Issue date | Song | Artist(s) | Ref. |
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re | January 4 | "All I Want for Christmas Is You" | Mariah Carey | [2] |
re | January 11 | "Dance Monkey" † | Tones and I | [3] |
January 18 | [4] | |||
147 | January 25 | "The Box" | Roddy Ricch | [5] |
February 1 | [6] | |||
February 8 | [7] | |||
February 15 | [8] | |||
February 22 | [9] | |||
February 29 | [10] | |||
March 7 | [11] | |||
March 14 | [12] | |||
March 21 | [13] | |||
March 28 | [14] | |||
148 | April 4 | "Blinding Lights" | The Weeknd | [15] |
April 11 | [16] | |||
April 18 | [17] | |||
April 25 | [18] | |||
May 2 | [19] | |||
149 | May 9 | "The Scotts" | The Scotts, Travis Scott and Kid Cudi | [20] |
re | May 16 | "Blinding Lights" | The Weeknd | [21] |
150 | May 23 | "Stuck with U" | Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber | [22] |
re | May 30 | "Blinding Lights" | The Weeknd | [23] |
151 | June 6 | "Rain on Me" | Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande | [24] |
152 | June 13 | "Roses" | Saint Jhn | [25] |
June 20 | [26] | |||
June 27 | [27] | |||
July 4 | [28] | |||
July 11 | [29] | |||
153 | July 18 | "Rockstar" | DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch | [30] |
re | July 25 | "Roses" | Saint Jhn | [31] |
154 | August 1 | "Popstar" | DJ Khaled featuring Drake | [32] |
re | August 8 | "Roses" | Saint Jhn | [33] |
155 | August 15 | "Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)" | Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo | [34] |
156 | August 22 | "WAP" | Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion | [35] |
157 | August 29 | "Laugh Now Cry Later" | Drake featuring Lil Durk | [36] |
re | September 5 | "WAP" | Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion | [37] |
September 12 | [38] | |||
September 19 | [39] | |||
158 | September 26 | "Mood" | 24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior | [40] |
159 | October 3 | "Holy" | Justin Bieber featuring Chance the Rapper | [41] |
re | October 10 | "Mood" | 24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior | [42] |
October 17 | [43] | |||
October 24 | [44] | |||
160 | October 31 | "Lonely" | Justin Bieber and Benny Blanco | [45] |
161 | November 7 | "Positions" | Ariana Grande | [46] |
re | November 14 | "Mood" | 24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior | [47] |
November 21 | [48] | |||
November 28 | [49] | |||
162 | December 5 | "Monster" | Shawn Mendes and Justin Bieber | [50] |
re | December 12 | "Mood" | 24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior | [51] |
December 19 | [52] | |||
163 | December 26 | "Willow" | Taylor Swift | [53] |
American singer Britney Spears has released nine studio albums, eight compilation albums, nine box sets, three extended plays (EPs), 50 singles, 11 promotional singles, two charity singles, and has made three guest appearances. In 1997, Spears signed a recording contract with American record label Jive Records in order to launch her career.
American singer Michael Jackson released 67 singles as a lead artist, and 10 as a featured artist. One of the best-selling artists of all time, his album and single sales as of 2013 stood at 400 million. In the United States, Jackson amassed 13 Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles and was the first artist to have a top-ten single in the Billboard Hot 100 in five different decades. In 2012, Jackson was ranked the fifth best selling singles artist in the United Kingdom with 15.3 million singles sold.
American singer Beyoncé has released seven studio albums, five live albums, three compilation albums, five EPs, one soundtrack album, and two karaoke albums. To date, Beyoncé has sold over 200 million records worldwide as a solo artist, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Billboard ranked her as the 37th greatest artist of all time.
American singer Christina Aguilera has released nine studio albums, two extended plays (EPs), six compilation albums, one soundtrack album, 54 singles, and 17 promotional singles. To date, Aguilera has sold around 90 to 100 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling female music artist of all time. Billboard ranked Aguilera as the 37th Greatest Hot 100 Women of All Time and the 44th Greatest Billboard 200 Women of All Time. In the United States alone, Aguilera has sold 18.3 million albums. Through the RIAA she has 16.5 million certified albums units and 10 million certified digital singles units. Aguilera is recognized as the 20th best-selling artist of the 2000s. She has also achieved 10 number one hits on Billboard's Dance Club Songs. In the United Kingdom, Aguilera has sold over 3.3 million albums and 6.1 million singles.
The Canadian Hot 100 is a music industry record chart in Canada for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine. The Canadian Hot 100 was launched on the issue dated March 31, 2007, and is currently the standard record chart in Canada; a new chart is compiled and officially released to the public by Billboard on Tuesdays but post-dated to the following Saturday.
American singer Miley Cyrus has released eight studio albums, three live albums, four extended plays and 39 singles. Popularly referred as the original "Teen Queen", Cyrus has sold 55 million singles and 20 million albums worldwide. According to Recording Industry Association of America, she has sold 32 million singles and 10 million albums in the US. Billboard ranked Cyrus as the ninth greatest Billboard 200 female artist of all time and the 62nd greatest artist of all time.
American singer Lady Gaga has released five solo studio albums, two collaborative studio albums, two film soundtracks, three remix albums, two compilation albums, four EPs, two live albums, 39 singles, and 14 promotional singles. Gaga made her debut in August 2008 with the studio album The Fame, which peaked at number two in the United States, where it was subsequently certified triple Platinum, while topping the charts in Austria, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Its first two singles, "Just Dance" and "Poker Face", reached number one in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and for the latter, becoming the world's biggest single of the 2009 calendar year. The album spawned three more singles: "Eh, Eh ", "LoveGame" and "Paparazzi". The latter reached the top ten in many countries worldwide, and number one in Germany.
Hot Rock & Alternative Songs is a record chart published by Billboard magazine. From its debut on June 20, 2009, through October 13, 2012, the chart ranked the airplay of songs across alternative, mainstream rock, and triple A radio stations in the United States. Beginning with the chart dated October 20, 2012, the chart has followed the methodology of the Billboard Hot 100 by incorporating digital download sales, streaming data, and radio airplay of rock songs over all formats. From that time until mid-2020, only the performance of core rock songs, including those with an "alternative bent", were tabulated and ranked for the chart. With the chart dated June 13, 2020, Billboard revamped the chart to permit a broader selection of songs considered alternative "hybrids" with other genres and renamed it to Hot Rock & Alternative Songs.
American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey has nine studio albums, three extended plays, 38 singles, 18 promotional singles and one box set. She also has one leaked demo album, which was not released officially. According to Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Del Rey has sold 32 million singles and 15.5 million albums in the United States. Billboard ranked her as the 37th Top Rock Artist of the 2010s. Del Rey has also sold 7.1 million singles units in United Kingdom.
English and Albanian singer Dua Lipa has released two studio albums, two reissues, one remix album, five extended plays (EPs), thirty-one singles, ten promotional singles, two charity singles, and thirty-three music videos. After signing with Warner Bros. Records, she released her debut single "New Love" in 2015. The following year, she gained recognition through the singles "Hotter than Hell" and "Blow Your Mind (Mwah)". In June 2017 Lipa released her eponymous debut studio album, which reached the top 10 charts in Australia, Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The album's chart-topping hits "Be the One", "New Rules" and "IDGAF" propelled Lipa to international fame.