List of best-selling albums in Canada
This is a list of the best-selling albums in Canada that have been certified by the Music Canada, formerly known as Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA).
Album certifications
Music Canada provides "certifications" for album sales, similar to the RIAA's. The certification levels for albums released after May 1, 2008 are:
- Gold: 40,000 units (previously 50,000)
- Platinum: 80,000 units (previously 100,000)
- Diamond: 800,000 units (previously 1,000,000) [1]
Note: Multi-Platinum certification refers to albums that have sold 160,000 units or more (i.e. 160,000 is double Platinum) but have not yet sold 800,000 units (Diamond certification).
Top 10 best-selling albums in Canada
- Since Nielsen SoundScan tracking began
| Rank | Year | Title | Artist | Certification | Units Sales[2] |
|---|
| 1 | 1982 | Thriller | Michael Jackson | 2x Diamond | 2,455,000[3] |
| 1 | 1997 | Come On Over | Shania Twain | 2x Diamond | 2,000,000 |
| 3 | 1995 | Jagged Little Pill | Alanis Morissette | 2x Diamond | 2,000,000 |
| 4 | 1997 | Let's Talk About Love | Celine Dion | Diamond | 1,700,000 |
| 5 | 2011 | 21 | Adele | Diamond | 1,477,000[4] |
| 6 | 1992 | The Bodyguard Soundtrack | Whitney Houston | Diamond | 1,318,000 |
| 7 | 1997 | Big Shiny Tunes 2 | Various Artists | Diamond | 1,233,000 |
| 8 | 1997 | Romanza | Andrea Bocelli | Diamond | 1,130,000 |
| 9 | 2000 | 1 | The Beatles | Diamond | 1,120,000 |
| 10 | 2002 | Up! | Shania Twain | Diamond | 1,100,000 |
| 11 | 1997 | Aquarium | Aqua | Diamond | 1,090,000 |
| 12 | 1997 | Surfacing | Sarah McLachlan | Diamond | 1,080,000 |
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Top 10 best-selling artists in Canada
| Rank |
Artists |
Period |
Sales |
| 1 |
Celine Dion |
90s-10s |
6,793,000 |
| 2 |
Madonna |
80s-10s |
5,680,000[5] |
| 3 |
Alanis Morissette |
90s-10s |
5,270,000 |
| 4 |
Shania Twain |
90s-10s |
4,081,000 |
| 5 |
Whitney Houston |
80s-10s |
4,000,000 |
| 6 |
U2 |
70s-10s |
3,343,000 |
| 7 |
Sarah McLachlan |
80s-10s |
2,978,000 |
| 8 |
Eminem |
90s-10s |
2,898,000 |
| 9 |
The Beatles |
60s-70s |
2,862,000 |
| 10 |
Andrea Bocelli |
90s-10s |
2,676,000 |
| 10 |
Diana Krall |
90s-10s |
2,604,000 |
|
Best-selling albums by year
2010s
See also
References
- ↑ Music Canada. "Certification Definitions". Music Canada. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
- ↑ "BILLBOARD’S TOP TITLES & ARTISTS OF THE NIELSEN SOUNDSCAN ERA". Businesswire.com. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
- ↑ Artist STEVE MCLEAN (13 January 2014). "Music Canada Sales Certifications=Artist STEVE MCLEAN". Retrieved 2015-12-16.
- ↑ http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2012/06/06/19845736.html
- ↑ http://musiccanada.com/gold-platinum/?fwp_gp_search=%22%22%20%22Madonna%22&fwp_paged=2
- ↑ Williams, John (August 18, 2010). "Eminem retakes No. 1 on charts". Toronto Sun. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
- ↑ John Williams (December 21, 2011). "CANOE - JAM! Music - Artists - Buble, Michael : Buble breaks own sales mark". Jam.canoe.ca. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
- ↑ Bliss, Karen. "Adele, Gotye Top SoundScan Year-End Charts in Canada". Billboard.biz. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
- ↑ "Canada’s Digital Music Sales Rise in 2013 Unlike the U.S.; Eminem, Robin Thicke Among Top Selling Artists". Billboard.biz. January 10, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
- ↑ Bliss, Karen (January 27, 2015). "Nielsen: Canada Loved Taylor Swift, Streaming Music and, Yep, Vinyl in 2014". Billboard.com. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
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