RPM was a Canadian
music industry publication that featured single and
album charts for Canada. The publication was founded
by
Walt Grealis in
February 1964.
RPM ceased publication in
November 2000.
RPM stood for "Records, Promotion, Music".
The magazine had variations in its title over the
years such as
RPM Weekly
and
RPM Magazine.
RPM maintained several format charts,
including Top Singles (all genres), Adult
Contemporary, Dance, Urban, Rock / Alternative and
Country Tracks.
On 21 March 1966, RPM expanded
its Top Singles chart from 40 positions to 100. On
December 6, 1980 the main chart became a Top 50
chart and remained this way until August 4, 1984
whereupon it returned to being a Top 100 Singles
chart.
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