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'' was a Canadian magazine that published the best-performing

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of Canada from 1964 to 2000. Seventeen singles peaked atop the ''RPM'' Singles Chart in

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. " I Will Always Love You" by

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held the top position from 1992 into 1993, and

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achieved the final number-one hit of the year with "

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". Six musical acts peaked at number one in Canada for the first time this year:

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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

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's "I Will Always Love You", which topped the chart for eight weeks in January and February 1993. Together with "

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", Houston totalled eleven weeks at the summit. Janet Jackson and Mariah Carey both spent six weeks at number one with " That's the Way Love Goes" and " Dreamlover", respectively, while Duran Duran topped the ''RPM'' Singles Chart for five weeks with " Ordinary World". The other acts that spent at least three weeks at number one were Sting,

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, Soul Asylum, and Bryan Adams.

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