Canadian rock music charts#Canadian rock/alternative chart

On June 11, 1995, Canadian music magazine RPM began publishing a weekly alternative rock music chart under the name Alternative 30.{{cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.9238&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=3hpec2g0c8vtjond4q9o2rrnj4 |title=Rock/Alternative - Volume 61, No. 19, June 11, 1995 |author=RPM |date=June 11, 1995 |access-date=April 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022101648/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.9238&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=3hpec2g0c8vtjond4q9o2rrnj4 |archive-date=October 22, 2012 |url-status=dead }} The song which held the number-one spot on this first chart was "More Human than Human" by White Zombie.

The chart took a break from December 14, 1998, to April 11, 1999,{{cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?q1=Rock/Alternative&c1=chart_type_en&brws=1&brws_s=1&t1=TRUE&sk=169&&&&&&&&PHPSESSID=3hpec2g0c8vtjond4q9o2rrnj4 |title=Search Term(s): "Rock/Alternative" Results: (169-192 of 259) |author=RPM |access-date=April 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022101653/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?q1=Rock%2FAlternative&c1=chart_type_en&brws=1&brws_s=1&t1=TRUE&sk=169&&&&&&&&PHPSESSID=3hpec2g0c8vtjond4q9o2rrnj4 |archive-date=October 22, 2012 |url-status=dead }} and returned on April 12 under the new name Rock Report.{{cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.7450&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=3hpec2g0c8vtjond4q9o2rrnj4 |title=Rock/Alternative - Volume 68, No. 25, April 12, 1999 |author=RPM |date=April 12, 1999 |access-date=April 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022101742/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.7450&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=3hpec2g0c8vtjond4q9o2rrnj4 |archive-date=October 22, 2012 |url-status=dead }} "Free Girl Now" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers debuted at the top of this newly named chart. On October 25, 1999, the chart made a slight change to the name Top 30 Rock Report.{{cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.7326&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=3hpec2g0c8vtjond4q9o2rrnj4 |title=Rock/Alternative - Volume 70, No. 1, October 25, 1999 |author=RPM |date=October 25, 1999 |access-date=April 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022101900/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.7326&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=3hpec2g0c8vtjond4q9o2rrnj4 |archive-date=October 22, 2012 |url-status=dead }} The chart kept this name until it was published for the last time on November 6, 2000, due to the ceasing of the RPM magazine's publication.{{cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.7280&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=3hpec2g0c8vtjond4q9o2rrnj4 |title=Rock/Alternative - Volume 71, No. 26, November 06 2000 |author=RPM |date=November 6, 2000 |access-date=April 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022101926/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.7280&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=3hpec2g0c8vtjond4q9o2rrnj4 |archive-date=October 22, 2012 |url-status=dead }} The charts published by RPM are archived by Library and Archives Canada.

On April 16, 2004, the trade publication, Radio & Records partnered with Mediabase to launch five airplay charts in Canada, including a Rock chart.{{cite web|title=R&R Launches Canadian Charts|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2004/RR-2004-04-16.pdf|publisher=Radio & Records|date=April 16, 2004|page=3|access-date=October 6, 2019}}

Currently, the only charts that record rock/alternative airplay in Canada are published by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems.[http://bdsradio.com http://bdsradio.com]

• List of RPM Rock/Alternative number-one singles

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• [http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/list.aspx?ChartEn=Rock%2fAlternative& RPM Rock/Alternative archive]
• [http://www.americasmusiccharts.com/index.cgi?fmt=Z6 Canada: Active Rock on America's Music Charts]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20130222180437/http://www.americasmusiccharts.com/index.cgi?fmt=Z7 Canada: Alternative Rock on America's Music Charts]
• [http://canadianrockalt.blogspot.com/ 2011 - 2013 charts archive]

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