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The CHUM Chart is a weekly music chart in Canada, which counts down the week's Top 30 hits. The chart, launched on May 27, 1957 on 1050 CHUM in Toronto, was for many years the most influential hits chart in Canada. The station provides a searchable archive of CHUM Charts on its website, which remains as of 2005 the only widely available archive of past Canadian pop charts available on the Internet.

The CHUM Chart was discontinued on June 14, 1986, when CHUM changed its format from Top 40 to adult contemporary and later to oldies. In the early 2000s, sister station CHUM-FM revived the brand. The modern CHUM Chart program is hosted by Cory Kimm, and also airs on Citytv Toronto as a weekend television series.

Currently, Red Hot Chilli Peppers has the #1 hit with their single Dani California knocking out Nelly Furtado's hit single Promiscuous after 3 massive weeks at number 1. The top three as of August 5, 2006 is:

1- Dani California- Red Hot Chilli Peppers

2- Promiscuous- Nelly Furtado

3- Ain't No Other Man- Christina Aguleria

'Trivia'

Hoobastank's The Reason took only four weeks to get to #1, which makes it the fastest single to get to #1.

The greatest jump on the Chum Chart was 11 spots done by Black Eyed Peas Don't Lie which went from 23 to 12, and Outkast's hit single Hey Ya! which went from 21 to 10, and Bowling For Soup's single 1985 which went from 25 to 14 and No Doubt's hit single It's My Life which went from 21 to 10.

The songs that had the shortest stay on the countdown was Ryan Cabrera's single On The Way Down which debuted at number 30 and ascended to 26 but then suddenly left the countdown and Jessica Simpson's Take My Breath Away which debuted at 29 and stayed at 29 and then left the countdown.

Seether's single Broken featuring Amy Lee peaked at 25 and descended to 28 and left the Chum Chart, but then after some weeks, it came back on the countdown debuting at 28 which is extremely rare on The Chum Chart.