RPM was a Canadian music industry magazine that published the best-performing singles charts in Canada from 1964 to 2000. In 1987, RPM published a chart for top-performing singles played in adult contemporary radio stations in Canada. The chart, entitled Adult Contemporary, undergone numerous name changes throughout its existence, becoming Adult Contemporary in August 1984, and later as Adult Contemporary Tracks until the magazine's final publication in November 2000. In 1987, twenty-six individual songs topped the chart, which contained 30 positions and is based on record sales and adult contemporary radio airplay.
In RPMs first issue for 1987, the first adult contemporary number-one was Billy Ocean's "Love Is Forever", continuing from its initial number-one run on the final week of December 1986, until it was knocked off the top of the chart by Billy Joel's "This Is the Time", which was number one for the last two weeks of January. The third chart-topper of 1987 was Corey Hart's cover version of Elvis Presley's 1961 hit single "Can't Help Falling in Love", which topped the chart the first week of February after its number-one run on the top 40 on the last week of January, becoming the only adult contemporary single by a Canadian to reach number one for the year. "Can't Help Falling in Love" would later be replaced at number one by Lionel Richie's "Ballerina Girl", which topped the chart for the two weeks until being replaced itself by "At This Moment" by Billy Vera & the Beaters. The longest chart run for the year was held by "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" by Whitney Houston, which topped the chart for eight consecutive weeks between June and August, until it was later replaced on the top by "Moonlighting" by Al Jarreau, which was then replaced by "Alone" by Heart, "Meet Me Half Way" by Kenny Loggins and "La Bamba" by Los Lobos. Houston would have a second number-one for 1987, with "Didn't We Almost Have It All", which topped the chart for the first half of October, until being dethroned by Dan Fogelberg's "Lonely in Love", and later by Kenny G's "Don't Make Me Wait for Love", Carly Simon's "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of" and Bruce Springsteen's "Brilliant Disguise". The final adult-contemporary number-one single of 1987 was George Michael's solo single "Faith", which held the top position for the remainder of December after replacing Elton John's live single "Candle in the Wind" following a week at number one.