The following lists the number one best-selling singles in Canada in 2005 which was published in Billboard magazine under the Hits of the World section.[1] Only songs released as physical singles qualified for this chart during this time. During this period, the singles market in Canada was very limited in both scope and availability and, in many cases, these songs received little or no radio support. For tracks other than those by American Idol or Canadian Idol winners, sales were likely to be less than 1,000 per week. Nevertheless, this was the only singles chart Canadians had until June 2007, when the Canadian Hot 100 was released to the public.
It also lists other big hits in the sales chart.
Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7–10 days in advance.
Chart history
U2's "All Because of You" spent 5 non-consecutive weeks at number-one, where it was then replaced by the band's "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own", which spent another 3 weeks at number-one.Carrie Underwood had her only number-one song in Canada to date with "Inside Your Heaven" which spent 7 weeks at number-one.Canadian group Hedley scored their first number-one hit with "On My Own" which spent one week at number-one in mid-2005.Canadian Idol winner Melissa O'Neil had the longest number-one song of 2005 with "Alive". The song spent 9 weeks at number-one.The Pussycat Dolls scored their first #1 with "Don't Cha" featuring American rapper Busta Rhymes, it marked the first time since 2001, where a girl group had scored a number one since Sugar Jones with "Days Like That".
