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:

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).

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]
2 1997 Come On Over Shania Twain 2x Diamond 2,000,000
=21995 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
13 2015 25 Adele Diamond 1,000,000[5]

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[6]
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

Year Performing artist(s) Nationality Album Sales Ref.
2010 Eminem United States Recovery 480,000 [7]
2011 Adele United Kingdom 21 850,000 [8]
2012 Adele United Kingdom 21 457,000 [9]
2013 Eminem United States The Marshall Mathers LP 2 242,000 [10]
2014 Taylor Swift United States 1989 314,000 [11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Music Canada. "Certification Definitions". Music Canada. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
  2. ↑ "BILLBOARD'S TOP TITLES & ARTISTS OF THE NIELSEN SOUNDSCAN ERA". Businesswire.com. Retrieved 2010-10-15.
  3. ↑ Artist STEVE MCLEAN (13 January 2014). "Music Canada Sales Certifications=Artist STEVE MCLEAN". Retrieved 2015-12-16.
  4. ↑ http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2012/06/06/19845736.html
  5. ↑ Cross, Alan (3 May 2016). "Adele's 25 Has Now Sold 1m Copies In Canada". FYI Music. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  6. ↑ http://musiccanada.com/gold-platinum/?fwp_gp_search=%22%22%20%22Madonna%22&fwp_paged=2
  7. ↑ Williams, John (August 18, 2010). "Eminem retakes No. 1 on charts". Toronto Sun. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
  8. ↑ John Williams (December 21, 2011). "CANOE - JAM! Music - Artists - Buble, Michael : Buble breaks own sales mark". Jam.canoe.ca. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
  9. ↑ Bliss, Karen. "Adele, Gotye Top SoundScan Year-End Charts in Canada". Billboard.biz. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ 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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