List of number-one singles of 1993 (Canada)

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Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" spent eight weeks at number one in 1993 to become the year's highest-selling single in Canada. Whitney Houston Welcome Home Heroes 1 cropped.jpg
Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" spent eight weeks at number one in 1993 to become the year's highest-selling single in Canada.

RPM was a Canadian magazine that published the best-performing singles of Canada from 1964 to 2000. Seventeen singles peaked atop the RPM Singles Chart in 1993. "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston held the top position from 1992 into 1993, and Bryan Adams achieved the final number-one hit of the year with "Please Forgive Me". Six musical acts peaked at number one in Canada for the first time this year: Boy George, P.M. Dawn, Soul Asylum, Meat Loaf, Blind Melon, and Ace of Base. Whitney Houston was the only artist to peak at number one more than once.

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The only Canadian to top the chart this year was Bryan Adams. Whitney Houston had the most successful single of the year with her cover of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You", which topped the chart for eight weeks in January and February 1993. Together with "I Have Nothing", Houston totalled eleven weeks at the summit. Janet Jackson and Mariah Carey both spent six weeks at number one with "That's the Way Love Goes" and "Dreamlover", respectively, while Duran Duran topped the RPM Singles Chart for five weeks with "Ordinary World". The other acts that spent at least three weeks at number one were Sting, Tina Turner, Soul Asylum, and Bryan Adams.

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Dagger-14-plain.png Indicates best-performing single of 1993

Chart history

Duran Duran picked up their third Canadian number-one single with "Ordinary World", which remained five weeks at the top spot. Duran Duran.jpg
Duran Duran picked up their third Canadian number-one single with "Ordinary World", which remained five weeks at the top spot.
English musician Sting logged three weeks at number one in 1993 with "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You". Sting2.jpg
English musician Sting logged three weeks at number one in 1993 with "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You".
Tina Turner's "I Don't Wanna Fight" stayed at number one for three weeks in mid-1993. Tina turner 21021985 01 350.jpg
Tina Turner's "I Don't Wanna Fight" stayed at number one for three weeks in mid-1993.
English reggae band UB40 topped the Canadian chart for two weeks with their international hit "(I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You". UB40in2010.jpg
English reggae band UB40 topped the Canadian chart for two weeks with their international hit "(I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You".
"Runaway Train" by Soul Asylum claimed the number-one spot for three weeks in August and September. Soul Asylum 2.jpg
"Runaway Train" by Soul Asylum claimed the number-one spot for three weeks in August and September.
Issue dateSongArtistReference
2 January [upper-alpha 1] "I Will Always Love You"Dagger-14-plain.png [1] Whitney Houston [2]
9 January [upper-alpha 1]
16 January [3]
23 January [4]
30 January [5]
6 February [6]
13 February [7]
20 February [8]
27 February"Steam" Peter Gabriel [9]
6 March"Ordinary World" Duran Duran [10]
13 March [11]
20 March [12]
27 March [13]
3 April [14]
10 April"If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" Sting [15]
17 April [16]
24 April [17]
1 May"I Have Nothing"Whitney Houston [18]
8 May [19]
15 May [20]
22 May"The Crying Game" Boy George [21]
29 May"Looking Through Patient Eyes" P.M. Dawn [22]
5 June"That's the Way Love Goes" Janet Jackson [23]
12 June [24]
19 June [25]
26 June [26]
3 July [27]
10 July [28]
17 July"Have I Told You Lately" Rod Stewart [29]
24 July"I Don't Wanna Fight" Tina Turner [30]
31 July [31]
7 August [32]
14 August"(I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You" UB40 [33]
21 August [34]
28 August"Runaway Train" Soul Asylum [35]
4 September [36]
11 September [37]
18 September"Dreamlover" Mariah Carey [38]
25 September [39]
2 October [40]
9 October [41]
16 October [42]
23 October [43]
30 October"I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" Meat Loaf [44]
6 November [45]
13 November"No Rain" Blind Melon [46]
20 November"All That She Wants" Ace of Base [47]
27 November [48]
4 December"Please Forgive Me" Bryan Adams [49]
11 December [50]
18 December [51]
25 December [52]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Due to a two-week break in publication over the 1992/1993 New Year period, the weeks of 2 January and 9 January are inferred.

See also

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