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Quiz about The Canadian Invasion US Number 1s from Canada
Quiz about The Canadian Invasion US Number 1s from Canada

The Canadian Invasion: US Number 1s from Canada Quiz


Canada has been "exporting" music to the United States for decades and have even taken the top spot on our charts multiple times. Here is a quiz on Number One songs on the Billboard charts that have been performed by Canadian artists.

A multiple-choice quiz by Spaudrey. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
Spaudrey
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
373,713
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
16 / 20
Plays
422
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: notsaintdane (0/20), Guest 50 (16/20), Guest 24 (11/20).
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Question 1 of 20
1. In 1998, "One Week" reached Number One for (appropriately) one week and quickly became a karaoke singer's nightmare due to the ridiculous speed of some of its lyrics. What Canadian band brought us "One Week"? Hint


Question 2 of 20
2. In March of 1972, this solo artist would forego some of his previous music groups and put out his album masterpiece "Harvest". From this came his only Number One, titled "Heart of Gold". Who was this singer/songwriter? Hint


Question 3 of 20
3. In 2012, a former "Canadian Idol" contestant brought a hit song to the US and everywhere else with the summer smash "Call Me Maybe". Who went from near obscurity to the darling of the summer of 2012 nearly overnight? Hint


Question 4 of 20
4. This Canadian singer has tallied three solo Number Ones between 1985 and 1995 with the likes of "Heaven", "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" and "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?". Totaling fourteen weeks at the top spot, who is this Canadian superstar? Hint


Question 5 of 20
5. This singer/songwriter from Canada took the Number One spot for a week in 1974 with "Sundown", continuing a big year for Canadians. Who was this Canadian? Hint


Question 6 of 20
6. This group took a full month at Number One in 2001 with "How You Remind Me". This was the first hit of many for what Canadian rock group? Hint


Question 7 of 20
7. One of few hip-hop acts from Canada to reach the top of the charts in the US, he would attain the pinnacle of success with the song "Informer". But his level of success would "precipitate" and he wouldn't see the US charts again. Who was this One-hit Wonder? Hint


Question 8 of 20
8. Perhaps a two-hit wonder (she reached top 20 with the song "Love Is"), her first hit in the US was the sultry 1990 hit "Black Velvet" which spent two weeks at Number One. Who is this Canadian singer? Hint


Question 9 of 20
9. This Canadian alto wowed everyone in the 1970s with her pure dulcet tones. She reached the Number One spot once with "You Needed Me" in 1978. Who was this Canadian with the lush voice? Hint


Question 10 of 20
10. This French Canadian has tallied four Billboard Number Ones in the decade of the 1990s, three as a solo artist. "The Power of Love", "Because You Loved Me" and "My Heart Will Go On" tallied a combined 12 weeks in the top spot in the US. Who is this worldwide superstar? Hint


Question 11 of 20
11. How can a "Bad Day" create a bunch of good days? When it's a song that not only makes Number One, but ends up the biggest song in the US for all of 2006. Who was the Canadian who brought us "Bad Day"? Hint


Question 12 of 20
12. "Rock Me Gently" was another one of the Canadian songs that made Number One in the US in 1974. He had a handful of hits, two of which made the Top Ten in the US (the other being "Baby I Love You"), but this would end up his only Number One in America. Who is this Canadian? Hint


Question 13 of 20
13. With a career lasting eleven years before ever having any mainstream success, you would think having a Number One song in multiple countries would be a good thing, but in the end, "Blurred Lines" would be a song that would create a backlash and require this artist to put his singing career on temporary hiatus. Who was it that brought us the 2013 smash "Blurred Lines"? Hint


Question 14 of 20
14. The oldest artist in our quiz hit Number One three times over an eighteen year period, beginning in 1957, with "Diana". He also hit Number One in America with "Lonely Boy" and in 1974 he reached the Hot 100 apex with a duet with Odia Coates titled "You're Having My Baby". Combining eight weeks at the peak of the Billboard chart, who was this singer? Hint


Question 15 of 20
15. "Rude" was a Number One single in 2014, a song about the tradition of asking a father for his daughter's hand in marriage. It comes from a group based out of Toronto. Who made it to Hot 100 Number One in the United States with "Rude"? Hint


Question 16 of 20
16. This band really took care of business when it released the song "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" in 1974. It would end up their only Number One. Who was this band with the stuttered title? Hint


Question 17 of 20
17. A Canadian artist now who found the top of the charts three times in the span of twelve months. Locking up seven combined weeks as the main singer, and two weeks as a collaborator, she had a good 2006 and 2007. Her two solo songs were titled "Promiscuous" and "Say It Right". Who was this solo artist? Hint


Question 18 of 20
18. A song originally recorded and released in 1983, "When I'm With You" would be a Top Ten single in Canada, but only a superficial hit in the US. Fast forward six years, and some small core of DJs began playing the song in their regular rotation, and the interest continued to grow until they reached Number One on the United States Billboard Hot 100 chart. Who was the group that brought us the eventual Number One hit "When I'm With You"? Hint


Question 19 of 20
19. Starting her chart success worldwide in 2002 as a seventeen-year old in the genre of "skater punk", this artist never reached the top spot until 2007 with the song "Girlfriend". Married to another artist on this quiz, who was the singer who reached Number One for one week with "Girlfriend"? Hint


Question 20 of 20
20. In 1970, singles were often released with an equally popular B-side, which meant the popularity of both songs would pump a single on the sales chart higher, but would still be charted separately in radio airplay. This Canadian band took advantage of this with the combo 45-single "American Woman/No Sugar" It would reach Number One on the American charts for three weeks. Who was it that gained fame as a Canadian group singing about an "American Woman"? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. In 1998, "One Week" reached Number One for (appropriately) one week and quickly became a karaoke singer's nightmare due to the ridiculous speed of some of its lyrics. What Canadian band brought us "One Week"?

Answer: Barenaked Ladies

Barenaked Ladies didn't actually have any ladies in the band, but they did have a very nice cult following. They gained a bit of a resurgence when they were chosen to record the theme song to the CBS comedy, "The Big Bang Theory".
2. In March of 1972, this solo artist would forego some of his previous music groups and put out his album masterpiece "Harvest". From this came his only Number One, titled "Heart of Gold". Who was this singer/songwriter?

Answer: Neil Young

After the success of "Harvest", Young shied away from the mainstream limelight. He chose to make the music he wanted, not what the masses wished to hear.
3. In 2012, a former "Canadian Idol" contestant brought a hit song to the US and everywhere else with the summer smash "Call Me Maybe". Who went from near obscurity to the darling of the summer of 2012 nearly overnight?

Answer: Carly Rae Jepsen

Carly Rae Jepsen spent nine weeks at the Number One spot with "Call Me Maybe" and hit number one in 14 other countries.
4. This Canadian singer has tallied three solo Number Ones between 1985 and 1995 with the likes of "Heaven", "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" and "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?". Totaling fourteen weeks at the top spot, who is this Canadian superstar?

Answer: Bryan Adams

Bryan Adams also hit Number One teaming up with Rod Stewart and Sting with the hit song, "All For Love" from the movie "The Three Musketeers". He is one of the most prolific hit makers to come from Canada.
5. This singer/songwriter from Canada took the Number One spot for a week in 1974 with "Sundown", continuing a big year for Canadians. Who was this Canadian?

Answer: Gordon Lightfoot

Gordon Lightfoot had a string of hits throughout the middle of the 1970s, but this would be his only Number One in America. Lightfoot still continues to perform live into his seventies. Five different Canadian acts hit Number One in 1974, four of them for the first time.
6. This group took a full month at Number One in 2001 with "How You Remind Me". This was the first hit of many for what Canadian rock group?

Answer: Nickelback

Nickelback has become a polarizing group, still selling out concerts with their legions of fans but also remaining the butt of jokes from hipsters not appreciating their style of music.
7. One of few hip-hop acts from Canada to reach the top of the charts in the US, he would attain the pinnacle of success with the song "Informer". But his level of success would "precipitate" and he wouldn't see the US charts again. Who was this One-hit Wonder?

Answer: Snow

A combination of reggae and dancehall brought Snow (originally Darrin O'Brien) seven weeks at Number One in 1993. But that would be the beginning and end of his chart performance in America.
8. Perhaps a two-hit wonder (she reached top 20 with the song "Love Is"), her first hit in the US was the sultry 1990 hit "Black Velvet" which spent two weeks at Number One. Who is this Canadian singer?

Answer: Alannah Myles

Alannah Myles racked up the awards in Canada and had decent sales from her self titled album, but her second album went downhill after that, gaining only a fraction of the sales from the first one.
9. This Canadian alto wowed everyone in the 1970s with her pure dulcet tones. She reached the Number One spot once with "You Needed Me" in 1978. Who was this Canadian with the lush voice?

Answer: Anne Murray

Anne Murray was the Canadian version of Karen Carpenter in the simple yet beautiful way she let the quality of her voice take the forefront, rather than attack the song with vocal acrobatics. Other major hits for Murray were "Snowbird" and "Danny's Song".
10. This French Canadian has tallied four Billboard Number Ones in the decade of the 1990s, three as a solo artist. "The Power of Love", "Because You Loved Me" and "My Heart Will Go On" tallied a combined 12 weeks in the top spot in the US. Who is this worldwide superstar?

Answer: Celine Dion

Celine has recorded albums in both French and English which expands her fan base considerably. She also spent six weeks at Number One with "I'm Your Angel", a duet with R Kelly. Dion was the movie soundtrack queen during the 1990s as well, having four different songs reach the charts that were sung for movies ("Beauty and the Beast", "Sleepless In Seattle", "Up Close and Personal", "Titanic")
11. How can a "Bad Day" create a bunch of good days? When it's a song that not only makes Number One, but ends up the biggest song in the US for all of 2006. Who was the Canadian who brought us "Bad Day"?

Answer: Daniel Powter

Daniel Powter hasn't been able to recreate that magic he found in 2006; he has been all but shut out in the US since then. Much of the song's success is due to the wildly successful show "American Idol", which used the song as an exit bed for contestants who had been voted off the show.

But he did achieve a difficult feat: Billboard named "Bad Day" the best performing song on the chart of all songs in 2006.
12. "Rock Me Gently" was another one of the Canadian songs that made Number One in the US in 1974. He had a handful of hits, two of which made the Top Ten in the US (the other being "Baby I Love You"), but this would end up his only Number One in America. Who is this Canadian?

Answer: Andy Kim

Andy Youakim (his birth name) came from Lebanese parents, but was born in Montreal, Quebec. He did also have a hand in writing another Number One hit in the United States, that being "Sugar Sugar", which was sung by the fictional animated group, The Archies. That song reached the top spot in 1968.
13. With a career lasting eleven years before ever having any mainstream success, you would think having a Number One song in multiple countries would be a good thing, but in the end, "Blurred Lines" would be a song that would create a backlash and require this artist to put his singing career on temporary hiatus. Who was it that brought us the 2013 smash "Blurred Lines"?

Answer: Robin Thicke

During the time in which "Blurred Lines" spent twelve weeks at Number One in America and broke multiple records, women's groups began to focus on the lyrics, and the level of misogyny evoked by them. With the success came some extramarital activities. Soon the backlash began, and Robin Thicke's marriage to Paula Patton failed because of it.

He attempted to mend things by writing an entirely new album dedicated to his estranged wife. But not only did it not work, the album was a critical failure.
14. The oldest artist in our quiz hit Number One three times over an eighteen year period, beginning in 1957, with "Diana". He also hit Number One in America with "Lonely Boy" and in 1974 he reached the Hot 100 apex with a duet with Odia Coates titled "You're Having My Baby". Combining eight weeks at the peak of the Billboard chart, who was this singer?

Answer: Paul Anka

Paul Anka's hit "You're Having My Baby", while hitting Number One, hasn't stood the test of time; in fact it regularly makes charts ranking the WORST songs of all time. Nonetheless, he is one of a handful of Canadian performers with multiple times reaching the top of the Billboard Hot 100.
15. "Rude" was a Number One single in 2014, a song about the tradition of asking a father for his daughter's hand in marriage. It comes from a group based out of Toronto. Who made it to Hot 100 Number One in the United States with "Rude"?

Answer: MAGIC!

All four performers listed stylize their names with some form of punctuation, but Reggae fusion band MAGIC! is who we are looking for. Sometimes Canadian artists have better luck elsewhere. In this case the debut song from MAGIC! hit Number One in America and Great Britain, but only reached Number Six on the Canadian charts.
16. This band really took care of business when it released the song "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" in 1974. It would end up their only Number One. Who was this band with the stuttered title?

Answer: Bachman-Turner Overdrive

Trying a unique take in the recording studio where Bachman stuttered, the band laughed the song off as comically unusable, but was persuaded to use it on their album.
17. A Canadian artist now who found the top of the charts three times in the span of twelve months. Locking up seven combined weeks as the main singer, and two weeks as a collaborator, she had a good 2006 and 2007. Her two solo songs were titled "Promiscuous" and "Say It Right". Who was this solo artist?

Answer: Nelly Furtado

Producer Timbaland latched on to Nelly Furtado and produced a number of songs for her 2006 album "Loose". He was featured rapping and singing on "Promiscuous", and then she was one of the feature singers on Timbaland's single "Give It To Me", along with Justin Timberlake. "Give It To Me" spent two weeks at Number One, bringing her total weeks at Number One to nine between July of 2006 and April of 2007.
18. A song originally recorded and released in 1983, "When I'm With You" would be a Top Ten single in Canada, but only a superficial hit in the US. Fast forward six years, and some small core of DJs began playing the song in their regular rotation, and the interest continued to grow until they reached Number One on the United States Billboard Hot 100 chart. Who was the group that brought us the eventual Number One hit "When I'm With You"?

Answer: Sheriff

The odd thing about this story is that the group had broken up in 1985, so they weren't even able to collectively relish in the glory of getting a top hit. Some members of the band did form a new group called Alias, and had some success, but didn't match the top spot like they did with "When I'm With You".
19. Starting her chart success worldwide in 2002 as a seventeen-year old in the genre of "skater punk", this artist never reached the top spot until 2007 with the song "Girlfriend". Married to another artist on this quiz, who was the singer who reached Number One for one week with "Girlfriend"?

Answer: Avril Lavigne

Lavigne got her start winning a talent contest which earned her the chance to sing with fellow Canadian Shania Twain. She told Twain she would be famous one day, and those words were prophetic. Lavigne is married to Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger.
20. In 1970, singles were often released with an equally popular B-side, which meant the popularity of both songs would pump a single on the sales chart higher, but would still be charted separately in radio airplay. This Canadian band took advantage of this with the combo 45-single "American Woman/No Sugar" It would reach Number One on the American charts for three weeks. Who was it that gained fame as a Canadian group singing about an "American Woman"?

Answer: The Guess Who

The Guess Who formed in 1958 with some success in their own country primarily, but started to cross into other countries around 1967. Randy Bachman makes his second appearance in this quiz, as he was a member of The Guess Who for several years before leaving the band and forming Bachman-Turner Overdrive. He co-wrote "American Woman".
Source: Author Spaudrey

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