2008 in Canadian music

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

Contents

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.

RankArtistAlbum Peak
position
Sales Certification
1 Nickelback Dark Horse 1480,0006× Platinum [5]
2 Simple Plan Simple Plan 2200,000Platinum [6]
3 The Canadian Tenors The Canadian Tenors22160,0002× Platinum
4 Celine Dion My Love: Essential Collection 2160,0002× Platinum
5 City and Colour Bring Me Your Love 380,000Platinum
6 Cœur de pirate Cœur de pirate N/A80,000Platinum
7 Sarah McLachlan Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan 380,000Platinum
8 Theory of a Deadman Scars & Souvenirs 280,000Platinum
9 Sam Roberts Love at the End of the World 150,000Gold [7]
10 Tara Oram Chasing the Sun 850,000Gold

Top 10 American albums

RankArtistAlbum Peak
position
Sales Certification
1 Lady Gaga The Fame 1560,0007× Platinum
2 Taylor Swift Fearless 1480,0006× Platinum
3 Kings of Leon Only by the Night 2320,0004× Platinum
4 Pink Funhouse 3250,0002× Platinum
5 Beyoncé I Am... Sasha Fierce 6240,0003× Platinum [8]
6 Britney Spears Circus 1240,0003× Platinum
7 Guns N' Roses Chinese Democracy 2240,0003× Platinum
8 Metallica Death Magnetic 1240,0003× Platinum
9 Katy Perry One of the Boys 6200,0002× Platinum
10 Lil Wayne Tha Carter III 1160,0002× Platinum

Top 5 British albums

RankArtistAlbum Peak
position
Sales Certification
1 Coldplay Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends 1480,0006× Platinum
2 Adele 19 4240,0003× Platinum [9]
3 Seal Soul 1180,000Platinum [10]
4 Bullet for My Valentine Scream Aim Fire N/A40,000Gold
5 Natasha Bedingfield Pocketful of Sunshine 1340,000Gold [11]

Top International albums

RankArtistAlbum Peak
position
Sales Certification
1 AC/DC Black Ice 1400,0005× Platinum
2 Jesse Cook Frontiers N/A50,000Gold [12]

Canadian Hot 100 Year-End List

No.Artist(s)Title
1 Timbaland featuring OneRepublic "Apologize"
2 Leona Lewis "Bleeding Love"
3 Flo Rida featuring T-Pain "Low"
4 Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake "4 Minutes"
5 Katy Perry "I Kissed a Girl"
6 Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis "Just Dance"
7 Alicia Keys "No One"
8 Rihanna "Disturbia"
9 Coldplay "Viva la Vida"
10Rihanna"Don't Stop the Music"
11 Kardinal Offishall featuring Akon "Dangerous"
12 Natasha Bedingfield "Pocketful of Sunshine"
13 Chris Brown "Forever"
14 Hedley "For the Nights I Can't Remember"
15 The Pussycat Dolls "When I Grow Up"
16 Jordin Sparks with Chris Brown"No Air"
17Rihanna"Take a Bow"
18 Colbie Caillat "Bubbly"
19 Pink "So What"
20 Metro Station "Shake It"
21 Miley Cyrus "See You Again"
22 Sara Bareilles "Love Song"
23Hedley"Never Too Late"
24 Usher featuring Young Jeezy "Love in This Club"
25 Estelle featuring Kanye West "American Boy"
26 Kreesha Turner "Don't Call Me Baby"
27Jordin Sparks"Tattoo"
28Chris Brown"With You"
29OneRepublic"Stop and Stare"
30 Britney Spears "Piece of Me"
31Katy Perry"Hot n Cold"
32 Fergie "Clumsy"
33Kanye West"Stronger"
34 Santana featuring Chad Kroeger "Into the Night"
35 Feist "1234"
36 Duffy "Mercy"
37 Simple Plan "Your Love Is a Lie"
38Jordin Sparks"One Step at a Time"
39 Lil Wayne featuring Static Major "Lollipop"
40 M.I.A. "Paper Planes"
41 Sean Kingston "Take You There"
42 Avril Lavigne "Hot"
43 Maroon 5 featuring Rihanna"If I Never See Your Face Again"
44 Ne-Yo "Closer"
45 Buckcherry "Sorry"
46Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson "The Way I Are"
47Chris Brown featuring T-Pain"Kiss Kiss"
48Leona Lewis"Better in Time"
49Fergie"Big Girls Don't Cry"
50 Linkin Park "Shadow of the Day"
51 Soulja Boy "Crank That (Soulja Boy)"
52 Kid Rock "All Summer Long"
53 Finger Eleven "I'll Keep Your Memory Vague"
54 3 Doors Down "It's Not My Time"
55 Mariah Carey "Touch My Body"
56 Jesse McCartney "Leavin'"
57 Kevin Rudolf featuring Lil Wayne"Let It Rock"
58Britney Spears"Break the Ice"
59 New Kids on the Block "Summertime"
60Coldplay"Violet Hill"
61Hedley"Old School"
62Simple Plan"When I'm Gone"
63Madonna"Give It 2 Me"
64Finger Eleven"Paralyzer"
65Britney Spears"Womanizer"
66Natasha Bedingfield featuring Sean Kingston"Love Like This"
67 Wyclef Jean featuring Akon, Lil Wayne and Niia "Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)"
68 Janet Jackson "Feedback"
69 State of Shock "Money Honey"
70 Lights "Drive My Soul"
71 Enur featuring Natasja "Calabria 2008"
72Flo Rida featuring Timbaland"Elevator"
73 Plain White T's "Hey There Delilah"
74Flo Rida featuring will.i.am "In the Ayer"
75 David Cook "The Time of My Life"
76 Jonas Brothers "Burnin' Up"
77 Yael Naim "New Soul"
78Maroon 5"Won't Go Home Without You"
79 T.I. "Whatever You Like"
80 Ray J and Yung Berg "Sexy Can I"
81 Theory of a Deadman "All or Nothing"
82 Nickelback "Gotta Be Somebody"
83 Faber Drive "When I'm with You"
84 Andrew F "The End"
85 Christina Aguilera "Keeps Gettin' Better"
86Miley Cyrus"7 Things"
87State of Shock"Best I Ever Had"
88 John Mayer "Say"
89 David Archuleta "Crush"
90 Celine Dion "Taking Chances"
91 The Ting Tings "Shut Up and Let Me Go"
92 Elise Estrada "Unlove You"
93 Gavin DeGraw "In Love with a Girl"
94 Daughtry "Feels Like Tonight"
95Kanye West"Love Lockdown"
96 Girlicious "Like Me"
97Rihanna featuring Jay-Z "Umbrella"
98T.I. featuring Rihanna"Live Your Life"
99Maroon 5"Wake Up Call"
100Rihanna featuring Ne-Yo"Hate That I Love You" [13]

Deaths

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