The Record (magazine)
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The Record was a Canadian music industry magazine that featured record chart
s, trade news and opinions. David Farrell launched the publication in mid-1981, continuing its printed version until August 1999 when The Record continued as a website-based publication. The singles and albums chart featured in the magazine were featured as the Canadian lists in the Hits of the World section in Billboard
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In March 2001, shortly after the demise of competing publication RPM
, Farrell announced the complete shutdown of The Record. The demise was blamed on insufficient advertising and online subscription revenues. The Record editor Steve McLean began the Canadian Music Network publication in May of that year.
Record chart
A record chart is a ranking of recorded music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
s, trade news and opinions. David Farrell launched the publication in mid-1981, continuing its printed version until August 1999 when The Record continued as a website-based publication. The singles and albums chart featured in the magazine were featured as the Canadian lists in the Hits of the World section in Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
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In March 2001, shortly after the demise of competing publication RPM
RPM (magazine)
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,...
, Farrell announced the complete shutdown of The Record. The demise was blamed on insufficient advertising and online subscription revenues. The Record editor Steve McLean began the Canadian Music Network publication in May of that year.