RPM
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'' was a Canadian magazine that published the best-performing
singles
Singles are people not in a committed relationship.
Singles may also refer to:
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of Canada from 1964 to 2000. Seventeen singles peaked atop the ''RPM'' Singles Chart in
1993
File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ...
Whitney Houston
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Bryan Adams
Bryan Guy Adams (born 5 November 1959) is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, composer, and photographer. He has been cited as one of the best-selling music artists of all time, and is estimated to have sold between 75 million and mor ...
achieved the final number-one hit of the year with "
Please Forgive Me
"Please Forgive Me" is a song by Canadian rock musician Bryan Adams. It was released in October 1993 as the only single and bonus track from his first greatest hits compilation album, ''So Far So Good (Bryan Adams album), So Far So Good'' (1993). ...
". Six musical acts peaked at number one in Canada for the first time this year:
Boy George
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,
P.M. Dawn
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,
Soul Asylum
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The band was originally called Loud Fast Rules, with a lineup consisting of Dav ...
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Meat Loaf
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Blind Melon
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, and Ace of Base. Whitney Houston was the only artist to peak at number one more than once.
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
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's "I Will Always Love You", which topped the chart for eight weeks in January and February 1993. Together with "
I Have Nothing
"I Have Nothing" is a song by American singer and actress Whitney Houston, released on February 20, 1993 as the third single from '' The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album'' (1992) by Arista Records. The song was written by David Foster and L ...
Tina Turner
Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939) is an American-born Swiss retired singer and actress. Widely referred to as the " Queen of Rock 'n' Roll", she rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue before ...
, Soul Asylum, and Bryan Adams.
Chart history
Notes
See also
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1993 in music
This is a summary of significant events in music in 1993.
Specific locations
* 1993 in British music
* 1993 in Norwegian music
Specific genres
*1993 in country music
* 1993 in heavy metal music
* 1993 in hip hop music
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1993
File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ...