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Alanis Morissette , who had four different number-one singles in 1996, had the most successful hit of the year with "
You Learn ". Her preceding single, "
Ironic ", came in second place.
RPM was a Canadian magazine that published the best-performing
singles of Canada from 1964 to 2000.
1996 saw twenty-three songs reach the number-one spot in Canada.
Alanis Morissette achieved both the first and last number-one singles of the year: "
Hand in My Pocket " and "
Head over Feet ", respectively. Six different artists reached number one for the first time in 1996:
Joan Osborne ,
Everything but the Girl ,
Collective Soul ,
Melissa Etheridge ,
BoDeans , and
the Tragically Hip .
Canadian singer Alanis Morissette was the most successful act of 1996 in Canada, reaching number one with four different singles between January and November: "Hand in My Pocket", "
Ironic ", "
You Learn ", and "Head over Feet"—all from her album
Jagged Little Pill . Although "Ironic" spent six weeks at number one, it was the second-most-successful single of the year;
[1] "You Learn" came in first place, topping the RPM Singles Chart for three nonconsecutive weeks in July.
Mariah Carey ,
Hootie & the Blowfish , and
Bryan Adams were the only other acts to top Canada's chart with multiple singles.
Aside from Morissette, three other Canadian acts reached number one: the Tragically Hip, Bryan Adams, and
Celine Dion . Morissette's "Head over Feet" spent the most weeks at the top in 1996, staying there for seven weeks.
Eric Clapton stayed five weeks at number one with "
Change the World ", as did
John Mellencamp with "
Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First) ". Hootie & the Blowfish spent four weeks at number one with two hits: "
Time " and "
Old Man & Me (When I Get to Heaven) ", while Mariah Carey, Everything but the Girl, and Bryan Adams each logged three weeks at number one with their chart-topping singles.
Key
† Indicates best-performing single of 1996
Chart history
Hootie & the Blowfish held the number-one position in Canada for four weeks with two tracks: "
Time " and "
Old Man & Me (When I Get to Heaven) ".
"
I Want to Come Over " gave
Melissa Etheridge her first number-one single in Canada when it topped the chart in March.
Tracy Chapman gained her second Canadian number-one single in 1996 with "
Give Me One Reason ".
Canadian band
the Tragically Hip topped the RPM chart for two nonconsecutive weeks in June and July with "
Ahead by a Century ".
John Mellencamp remained atop the chart for five weeks in 1996 with his fourth Canadian number one, "
Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First) ".
Notes
^ Due to a two-week break in publication over the 1995/1996 Christmas/New Year period, the week of 1 January is inferred.
^ Due to a three-week break in publication over the 1996/1997 Christmas/New Year period, the weeks of 23 December and 30 December are inferred.
See also
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