2008 in Canadian music

This is a summary of the year 2008 in the Canadian music industry.

Events

Albums

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Top hits on record

Top 10 albums

These are the top selling albums in Canada. These albums consist of Canadian sales only.

Rank Artist Album Peak
position
Sales Certification
1 Nickelback Dark Horse 1 480,000 6x Platinum[1]
2 Simple Plan Simple Plan 2 200,000 Platinum[2]
3 The Canadian Tenors The Canadian Tenors 22 160,000 2x Platinum
4 Celine Dion My Love: Essential Collection 2 160,000 2x Platinum
5 City and Colour Bring Me Your Love 3 80,000 Platinum
6 Cœur de pirate Cœur de pirate N/A 80,000 Platinum
7 Sarah McLachlan Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan 3 80,000 Platinum
8 Theory of a Deadman Scars & Souvenirs 2 80,000 Platinum
9 Sam Roberts Love at the End of the World 1 50,000 Gold[3]
10 Tara Oram Chasing the Sun 8 50,000 Gold

Top 10 American albums

Rank Artist Album Peak
position
Sales Certification
1 Lady Gaga The Fame 1 560,000 7x Platinum
2 Taylor Swift Fearless 1 480,000 6x Platinum
3 Kings of Leon Only by the Night 2 320,000 4x Platinum
4 P!nk Funhouse 3 250,000 2x Platinum
5 Beyoncé Knowles I Am... Sasha Fierce 6 240,000 3x Platinum[4]
6 Britney Spears Circus 1 240,000 3x Platinum
7 Guns N' Roses Chinese Democracy 2 240,000 3x Platinum
8 Metallica Death Magnetic 1 240,000 3x Platinum
9 Katy Perry One of the Boys 6 200,000 2x Platinum
10 Lil Wayne Tha Carter III 1 160,000 2x Platinum

Top 5 British albums

Rank Artist Album Peak
position
Sales Certification
1 Coldplay Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends 1 480,000 6x Platinum
2 Adele 19 4 240,000 3x Platinum[5]
3 Seal Soul 11 80,000 Platinum[6]
4 Bullet for My Valentine Scream Aim Fire N/A 40,000 Gold
5 Natasha Bedingfield Pocketful of Sunshine 13 40,000 Gold[7]

Top International albums

Rank Artist Album Peak
position
Sales Certification
1 AC/DC Black Ice 1 400,000 5x Platinum
2 Jesse Cook Frontiers N/A 50,000 Gold[8]

Deaths

Preceded by
2007 in Canadian music
Canadian music
2008
Succeeded by
2009 in Canadian music

References

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