Canadian Hot 100
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" every Tuesday. The chart is similar to "Billboard"s US-based Hot 100 in that it combines physical and digital sales as measured by Nielsen SoundScan, streaming activity data provided by online music sources, and radio airplay as measured by Broadcast Data Systems. Canada 's radio airplay is the result of monitoring more than 100 stations representing rock, country, adult contemporary and Top 40 genres. The first number-one song of the Canadian Hot 100 was "Girlfriend" by Avril Lavigne on March 31, 2007. As of the issue for the week ending April 30, 2022, the Canadian Hot 100 has had 180 different number-one songs. The current number-one song is "As It Was" by Harry Styles. History. The chart was launched on the issue dated March 31, 2007 and was made available for the first time via "Billboard" online services on June  7, 2007. With this launch, it marked the first time that "Billboard" created a Hot 100 chart for a country outside the United States. "Billboard" charts manager Geoff Mayfield announced the premiere of the chart, explaining "the new "Billboard" Canadian Hot 100 will serve as the definitive measure of Canada's most popular songs, continuing our magazine's longstanding tradition of using the most comprehensive resources available to provide the world's most authoritative music charts." The "Billboard" Canadian Hot 100 is managed by Paul Tuch, director of Canadian operations for Nielsen BDS, in consultation with Silvio Pietroluongo, "Billboard"s associate  director of charts and manager of the "Billboard" Hot 100. Song achievements. Songs with most weeks at number one. 19 weeks 16 weeks 15 weeks 13 weeks 12 weeks 11 weeks 10 weeks