List of Canadian Hot 100 number-one singles of 2008

Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" topped the chart for nine consecutive weeks.

The Canadian Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of Canada. Published by Billboard magazine, its data are similar to Billboard's U.S.-based Hot 100 in that it compiles Nielsen SoundScan based collectively on each single's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as airplay. Canada's airplay chart is compiled with information collected from monitoring more than 100 stations that represent rock, country, adult contemporary and contemporary hit radio genres.^[1] The online version of the chart features the Canadian flag next to tracks that qualify as Canadian content.^[2][3]

In 2008, 11 singles topped the chart. Although 12 singles claimed the top spot in 52 issues of the magazine, Timbaland's "Apologize" featuring OneRepublic began its peak position in late 2007, and is thus excluded.^[4] Katy Perry and Lady Gaga each earned two number-one singles as a lead artist. Three number-one singles tied for the longest-running chart-topping single of 2008, for nine weeks: Madonna's "4 Minutes" featuring Justin Timberlake, Perry's "I Kissed a Girl", and Lady Gaga's "Poker Face", which held the number one spot through the end of January 2009. Both "I Kissed a Girl" and "Poker Face" had consecutive runs, while "4 Minutes" had a non-consecutive run.^[5] Other chart-topping singles from 2008 include Flo Rida's "Low" featuring T-Pain, which stayed at number one for eight straight weeks. Rihanna's "Take a Bow" is noted for its jump from seventieth to first place on the Canadian Hot 100, which was the largest upward movement to number one at the time.^[6] Leona Lewis' "Bleeding Love" made her the first non-North American act to reach number-one on the chart.^[7]

Chart history

Flo Rida's "Low" topped the chart for eight consecutive weeks.

Leona Lewis' "Bleeding Love" made her the first non-North American act to have reached number-one on the chart.

Madonna's "4 Minutes" featuring Justin Timberlake topped the chart for nine weeks.

Singer Pink gained her first Canadian number-one single with "So What" and stood atop for four consecutive weeks.

Key

Indicates best-performing single of 2008[8]

Issue Date	Song	Artist(s)	Reference
January 5	"Apologize"	Timbaland featuring OneRepublic	[9]
January 12			[10]
January 19			[11]
January 26			[12]
February 2	"Low"	Flo Rida featuring T-Pain	[13]
February 9			[14]
February 16			[15]
February 23			[16]
March 1			[17]
March 8			[18]
March 15			[19]
March 22			[20]
March 29	"Love Song"	Sara Bareilles	[21]
April 5	"Bleeding Love"	Leona Lewis	[22]
April 12	"4 Minutes"	Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake	[23]
April 19			[24]
April 26			[25]
May 3			[26]
May 10			[27]
May 17			[28]
May 24	"Take a Bow"	Rihanna	[29]
May 31	"4 Minutes"	Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake	[30]
June 7			[31]
June 14			[32]
June 21	"I Kissed a Girl"	Katy Perry	[33]
June 28			[34]
July 5			[35]
July 12			[36]
July 19			[37]
July 26			[38]
August 2			[39]
August 9			[40]
August 16			[41]
August 23	"Just Dance"	Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis	[42]
August 30			[43]
September 6			[44]
September 13			[45]
September 20			[46]
September 27	"So What"	Pink	[47]
October 4			[48]
October 11			[49]
October 18			[50]
October 25	"Womanizer"	Britney Spears	[51]
November 1			[52]
November 8			[53]
November 15			[54]
November 22			[55]
November 29	"Hot n Cold"	Katy Perry	[56]
December 6			[57]
December 13	"Poker Face"	Lady Gaga	[58]
December 20			[59]
December 27			[60]

See also

• 2008 in music
• List of number-one singles (Canada)
• List of Canadian Hot 100 number-one singles of 2007
• List of Canadian Hot 100 number-one singles of 2009

References

List of number-one singles in Canada
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See also	RPM Year-End