# RPM Year-End

RPM Year-End charts are a cumulative measure of a single or album's performance in Canada, based upon the RPM magazine charts during any given chart year.

## RPM year-end number ones

| Year | Pop | Pop | Country | Country |
| Year | Song | Album | Song | Album |
| 1967 | "The Letter" The Box Tops | — | — | — |
| 1968 | "Hey Jude" The Beatles | — | — | — |
| 1969 | "Get Back" The Beatles | — | — | — |
| 1970 | "Bridge over Troubled Water" Simon & Garfunkel | — | — | — |
| 1971 | "Joy to the World" Three Dog Night | — | — | — |
| 1972 | "American Pie (song)" Don McLean | — | — | — |
| 1973 | "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" Dawn | — | — | — |
| 1974 | "Seasons in the Sun" Terry Jacks | Band on the Run Paul McCartney and Wings | — | — |
| 1975 | "Love Will Keep Us Together" Captain & Tennille | Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy Elton John | "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" John Denver | — |
| 1976 | "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" Rod Stewart | Frampton Comes Alive! Peter Frampton | — | — |
| 1977 | "You Light Up My Life" Debby Boone | Rumours Fleetwood Mac | "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)" Waylon Jennings | — |
| 1978 | "Night Fever" Bee Gees | Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack | "Portrait in the Window" Carroll Baker | — |
| 1979 | "The Logical Song" Supertramp | Breakfast in America Supertramp | "You're the Only One" Dolly Parton | — |
| 1980 | "Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)" Pink Floyd | The Wall Pink Floyd | "Hollywood Love" Carroll Baker | — |
| 1981 | "Stars on 45 Medley" Stars on 45 | Face Value Phil Collins | "Crying" Don McLean | — |
| 1982 | "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | Business as Usual Men at Work | "Love Will Turn You Around" Kenny Rogers | — |
| 1983 | "Every Breath You Take" The Police | Thriller Michael Jackson | "The Closer You Get" Alabama | — |
| 1984 | "I Just Called to Say I Love You" Stevie Wonder | Born in the U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen | "The Lady Takes the Cowboy Everytime" Larry Gatlin | — |
| 1985 | "Never Surrender" Corey Hart | No Jacket Required Phil Collins | "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me" Rosanne Cash | — |
| 1986 | "The Power of Love" Jennifer Rush | Whitney Houston Whitney Houston | "Rockin' with the Rhythm of the Rain" The Judds | — |
| 1987 | "La Bamba" Los Lobos | The Joshua Tree U2 | "No Place Like Home" Randy Travis | — |
| 1988 | "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car" Billy Ocean | Kick INXS | "Streets of Bakersfield Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens | — |
| 1989 | "Like a Prayer" Madonna | The Raw and the Cooked Fine Young Cannibals | "Full Moon Full of Love" k.d. lang | — |
| 1990 | "I Wish It Would Rain Down" Phil Collins | I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got Sinéad O'Connor | "Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart" Randy Travis | — |
| 1991 | "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" Bryan Adams | Out of Time R.E.M. | "The Thunder Rolls" Garth Brooks | — |
| 1992 | "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" Patty Smyth with Don Henley | Classic Queen Queen | "Achy Breaky Heart" Billy Ray Cyrus | — |
| 1993 | "I Will Always Love You" Whitney Houston | Unplugged Eric Clapton | "In the Heart of a Woman" Billy Ray Cyrus | Some Gave All Billy Ray Cyrus |
| 1994 | "All for Love" Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting | The Sign Ace of Base | "Nobody Gets Too Much Love" Charlie Major | Kickin' It Up John Michael Montgomery |
| 1995 | "I'll Be There for You" The Rembrandts | Cracked Rear View Hootie & the Blowfish | "The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You)" Shania Twain | The Hits Garth Brooks |
| 1996 | "You Learn" Alanis Morissette | Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette | "Every Time I Get Around You" David Lee Murphy | The Woman in Me Shania Twain |
| 1997 | "Building a Mystery" Sarah McLachlan | — | "We Danced Anyway" Deana Carter | Did I Shave My Legs for This? Deana Carter |
| 1998 | "Torn" Natalie Imbruglia | Titanic Soundtrack | "Honey, I'm Home" Shania Twain | Come On Over Shania Twain |
| 1999 | "Livin' la Vida Loca" Ricky Martin | Millennium Backstreet Boys | "Amazed" Lonestar | Come On Over Shania Twain |