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RPM
EditorWalt Grealis
CategoriesMusic magazines
FrequencyWeekly
First issue24 February 1964
Final issue
Number		13 November 2000
Volume 71, No. 27
CompanyRPM
CountryCanada
WebsiteRPM homepage
ISSNissues: 0315-5994
Later issues: 0033-7064 Early issues: 0315-5994
Later issues: 0033-7064

RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.

RPM stood for "Records, Promotion, Music". The magazine was reported to have variations in its title over the years such as RPM Weekly and RPM Magazine.

The RPM Awards

The modern Juno Awards had their origins in an annual survey, the RPM Gold Leaf Awards, conducted by RPM since its founding year. Readers of the magazine were invited to mail in survey ballots to indicate their choices under various categories of people or companies.

The RPM Awards were discontinued when these were transformed into a formal awards ceremony, The Juno Awards in 1970.[1]

1964 RPM Awards

The RPM Awards for 1964 were announced in the 28 December 1964 issue:[2]

A column on page 6 of that issue noted that the actual vote winner for Top Canadian Content record company was disqualified due to a conflict of interest involving an employee of that company who was also working for RPM. Therefore, runner-up Capitol Records was declared the category's winner.

1965 RPM Awards

The Annual RPM Awards for 1965 were announced in the 17 January 1966 issue, with more country music categories than the previous year:[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Young, David (2005). "The CBC and the Juno Awards". Canadian Journal of Communication. 30 (3): 343–365. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
  2. ^ "The RPM Awards". RPM. 2 (18). RPM: 1, 6. 28 December 1964. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ "Esquires, The (Ottawa)". The Canadian Pop Encyclopedia. Jam!. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
  4. ^ "Events and Activities". National Gallery of Canada. 4 February-24 April 2005. Retrieved 2008-01-01. The Courriers were Ottawa's answer to Peter, Paul and Mary... {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help) See event listing for 21 April 2005.
  5. ^ "The RPM Awards". RPM. 4 (21). RPM: 1. 17 January 1966. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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