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    This is a summary of the year 2015 in the Canadian music industry.

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    Top hits on record

    The lists are updated weekly through Nielsen Soundscan.

    Albums

    Rank Artist Album Peak
    position         		Sales Certification
    1 Yoan Yoan 1 90,000[20][21][22] Gold[23]
    2 Mumford & Sons Wilder Mind 1 40,000[24] TBA
    3 Drake If You're Reading This It's Too Late 1 37,000[25] TBA
    4 Various Artists Fifty Shades of Grey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 1 26,200[25][26] Gold[27]
    5 Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly 1 21,000[28] TBA
    6 Jean Leloup À Paradis City 1 21,000[29] Gold[30]
    7 Madonna Rebel Heart 1 20,400[20][31] TBA
    8 Florence and the Machine How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful 1 19,000[32] TBA
    9 Of Monsters and Men Beneath the Skin 1 16,000[33] TBA
    10 Various Artists La Voix III 1 15,300[34] TBA

    Singles

    Rank Artist Song Album Peak
    position         		Sales Certification
    1 Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth "See You Again" Furious 7: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 1 117,000[24][34][35][36] 3× Platinum[37]
    2 Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney "FourFiveSeconds" TBA 3 34,000[25] TBA
    3 Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar "Bad Blood" 1989 1 24,000[38] TBA
    4 Mumford & Sons "Believe" Wilder Mind 11 19,000[39] TBA
    5 David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha and Afrojack "Hey Mama" Listen 9 TBA Platinum[40]
    6 Deorro featuring Chris Brown "Five More Hours" TBA 57 TBA Platinum[41]
    7 Maroon 5 "Sugar" V 3 TBA Platinum[42]
    8 Carly Rae Jepsen "I Really Like You" Emotion 14 TBA Gold[43]
    9 Ed Sheeran "Photograph" x 38 TBA Gold[44]
    10 Ellie Goulding "Love Me like You Do" Fifty Shades of Grey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 3 TBA Gold[45]

    Canadian Hot 100 Year-End List

    № Artist(s) Title
    1 Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars "Uptown Funk"
    2 Ed Sheeran "Thinking Out Loud"
    3 Omi "Cheerleader"
    4 Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth "See You Again"
    5 Maroon 5 "Sugar"
    6 Taylor Swift "Blank Space"
    7 Hozier "Take Me to Church"
    8 The Weeknd "Can't Feel My Face"
    9 Major Lazer and DJ Snake featuring MØ "Lean On"
    10 Walk the Moon "Shut Up and Dance"
    11 Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar "Bad Blood"
    12 Jason Derulo "Want to Want Me"
    13 Ellie Goulding "Love Me like You Do"
    14 Andy Grammer "Honey, I'm Good."
    15 Skrillex and Diplo featuring Justin Bieber "Where Are Ü Now"
    16 Ed Sheeran "Photograph"
    17 Taylor Swift "Shake It Off"
    18 The Weeknd "The Hills"
    19 Justin Bieber "What Do You Mean?"
    20 Fetty Wap "Trap Queen"
    21 X Ambassadors "Renegades"
    22 Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney "FourFiveSeconds"
    23 Rachel Platten "Fight Song"
    24 David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha and Afrojack "Hey Mama"
    25 Adele "Hello"
    26 Taylor Swift "Style"
    27 Shawn Mendes "Stitches"
    28 Sam Smith "I'm Not the Only One"
    29 The Weeknd "Earned It"
    30 Selena Gomez featuring ASAP Rocky "Good for You"
    31 R. City featuring Adam Levine "Locked Away"
    32 Fifth Harmony featuring Kid Ink "Worth It"
    33 Sam Hunt "Take Your Time"
    34 Meghan Trainor "Lips Are Movin"
    35 Elle King "Ex's & Oh's"
    36 Meghan Trainor "All About That Bass"
    37 Vance Joy "Riptide"
    38 Sia "Elastic Heart"
    39 Taylor Swift "Wildest Dreams"
    40 Shawn Mendes "Something Big"
    41 Maroon 5 "Animals"
    42 Silentó "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)"
    43 Drake "Hotline Bling"
    44 Nick Jonas "Jealous"
    45 Pitbull and Ne-Yo "Time of Our Lives"
    46 Lillywood and Robin Schulz "Prayer in C"
    47 Shawn Hook "Sound of Your Heart"
    48 Ella Henderson "Ghost"
    49 George Ezra "Budapest"
    50 Tove Lo "Talking Body"
    51 Flo Rida featuring Sage the Gemini and Lookas "G.D.F.R."
    52 One Direction "Drag Me Down"
    53 AronChupa "I'm an Albatraoz"
    54 Demi Lovato "Cool for the Summer"
    55 Tove Lo "Habits (Stay High)"
    56 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee and Grandmaster Caz "Downtown"
    57 Ariana Grande "One Last Time"
    58 Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding "Outside"
    59 Mr Probz "Waves"
    60 Alessia Cara "Here"
    61 Ariana Grande and The Weeknd "Love Me Harder"
    62 Sia "Chandelier"
    63 Selena Gomez "The Heart Wants What It Wants"
    64 Sam Smith "Stay with Me"
    65 Calvin Harris and Disciples "How Deep Is Your Love"
    66 Fetty Wap featuring Remy Boyz "679"
    67 Justin Bieber "Sorry"
    68 Walk off the Earth "Rule the World"
    69 Imagine Dragons "I Bet My Life"
    70 Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj "Bang Bang"
    71 Coleman Hell "2 Heads"
    72 Ed Sheeran "Don't"
    73 Pharrell Williams "Happy"
    74 John Legend "All of Me"
    75 DJ Snake and AlunaGeorge "You Know You Like It"
    76 Rihanna "Bitch Better Have My Money"
    77 Magic! "No Way No"
    78 Charlie Puth featuring Meghan Trainor "Marvin Gaye"
    79 Hailee Steinfeld "Love Myself"
    80 Jocelyn Alice "Jackpot"
    81 Scott Helman "Bungalow"
    82 Kelly Clarkson "Heartbeat Song"
    83 James Newton Howard featuring Jennifer Lawrence "The Hanging Tree"
    84 Maroon 5 "This Summer's Gonna Hurt like a MotherFucker"
    85 Little Big Town "Girl Crush"
    86 Pitbull featuring Chris Brown "Fun"
    87 Natalie La Rose featuring Jeremih "Somebody"
    88 Carly Rae Jepsen "I Really Like You"
    89 Luke Bryan "Kick the Dust Up"
    90 Keith Urban "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16"
    91 Magic! "Let Your Hair Down"
    92 Sam Hunt "House Party"
    93 Zedd featuring Selena Gomez "I Want You to Know"
    94 Magic! "Rude"
    95 Francesco Yates "Better to Be Loved"
    96 Meghan Trainor "Dear Future Husband"
    97 Calvin Harris featuring John Newman "Blame"
    98 Sam Smith "Lay Me Down"
    99 Mumford & Sons "Believe"
    100 Nick Jonas "Chains"[46]

    Deaths

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