Juno Award for Best Selling Single explained

The "Juno Award for Best Selling Single" was awarded from 1975-1993 for the best selling single in Canada. It was also known as "Best Selling International Single" and "International Single of the Year".

Winners

Best Selling International Single (1975 - 1980)

1975 - Paper Lace, "The Night Chicago Died"
- Paul McCartney & Wings, "Band on the Run"
- Ray Stevens, "The Streak"
- Charlie Rich, "The Most Beautiful Girl"
- George McCrae, "Rock Your Baby"
1976 - The Captain and Tennille, "Love Will Keep Us Together"
- Carol Douglas. "Doctor's Orders"
- Dickie Goodman, "Mr. Jaws"
- KC and the Sunshine Band, "That's the Way (I Like It)"
- Shirley & Company, "Shame, Shame, Shame"
1977 - Tina Charles, "I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance)"
- Bay City Rollers, "Saturday Night"
- Rick Dees, "Disco Duck"
- KC and the Sunshine Band, "That's the Way (I Like It)"
- Walter Murphy, "A Fifth of Beethoven"
1978 - Leo Sayer, "When I Need You"
- Debby Boone, "You Light Up My Life"
- Donna Summer, "I Feel Love"
- Elvis Presley, "My Way"
- Meco, "Star Wars Theme"
1979 - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John, "You're the One That I Want"
- Bee Gees, "Night Fever"
- Bee Gees, "Stayin' Alive"
- Frankie Valli, "Grease"
- A Taste of Honey, "Boogie Oogie Oogie"
1980 - Blondie, "Heart of Glass"
- Patrick Hernandez, "Born to Be Alive"
- Rod Stewart, "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"
- Chic, "Le Freak"
- Village People, "Y.M.C.A."

International Single of the Year (1981 - 1991)

1981 - Pink Floyd, "Another Brick in the Wall"
- Queen, "Another One Bites the Dust"
- Lipps Inc., "Funkytown"
- Billy Joel, "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me"
- The Sugarhill Gang, "Rapper's Delight"
1982 - Kim Carnes, "Bette Davis Eyes"
- Kool & the Gang, "Celebration"
- Diana Ross & Lionel Richie, "Endless Love"
- Stars on 45, "Stars on 45" (Medley: "Venus" / "Sugar, Sugar" / "No Reply" / "I'll Be Back" / "Drive My Car" / "Do You Want to Know a Secret" / "We Can Work It Out" / "I Should Have Known Better" / "Nowhere Man" / "You're Going to Lose That Girl" / "Stars on 45".)
- Blondie, "The Tide Is High"
1983 - Survivor, "Eye of the Tiger"
- Steve Miller Band, "Abracadabra"
- Trio, "Da Da Da"
- Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, "I Love Rock 'n' Roll"
- Olivia Newton-John, "Physical"
1984 - Michael Jackson, "Billie Jean"
- The Police, "Every Breath You Take"
- Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton, "Islands in the Stream"
- David Bowie, "Let's Dance"
- Cyndi Lauper, "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
1985 - Foreigner, "I Want to Know What Love Is"
- Wham!, "Careless Whisper"
- Stevie Wonder, "I Just Called to Say I Love You"
- Tears for Fears, "Shout"
- Wham!, "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"
1986 - Opus, "Live Is Life"
- Kool & the Gang, "Cherish"
- Elton John, "Nikita"
- Falco, "Rock Me Amadeus"
- Lionel Richie, "Say You, Say Me"
1987 - Bananarama, "Venus"
- Madonna, "Papa Don't Preach"
- Timex Social Club, "Rumours"
- Chris de Burgh, "The Lady in Red"
- Samantha Fox, "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)"
1989 - MARRS, "Pump Up the Volume"
- George Michael, "Faith"
- Phil Collins, "A Groovy Kind of Love"
- Tiffany, "I Think We're Alone Now"
- Kylie Minogue, "The Locomotion"
1990 - Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers, "Swing the Mood"
- New Kids on the Block, "Hangin' Tough"
- Madonna, "Like a Prayer"
- Fine Young Cannibals, "She Drives Me Crazy"
- Paula Abdul, "Straight Up"
1991 - Madonna, "Vogue"
- Soul II Soul, "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)"
- Kaoma, "Lambada"
- New Kids on the Block, "Step by Step"
- Poison, "Unskinny Bop"

Best Selling Single by a Foreign Artist (1992 - 1992)

1992 - Extreme, "More Than Words"
- Michael Jackson, "Black or White"
- Metallica, "Enter Sandman"
- Roxette, "Joyride"
- EMF, "Unbelievable"

Best Selling Single (Foreign or Domestic) (1993)

1993 - Billy Ray Cyrus, "Achy Breaky Heart"
- Michael Jackson, "Black or White"
- Kris Kross, "Jump"
- The KLF, "Justified & Ancient"
- KWS, "Please Don't Go"