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This is a summary of the year 2008 in the Canadian music industry.
These are the top selling albums in Canada. These albums consist of Canadian sales only.
Rank | Artist | Album | Peak position | Sales | Certification |
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1 | Nickelback | Dark Horse | 1 | 480,000 | 6× Platinum [5] |
2 | Simple Plan | Simple Plan | 2 | 200,000 | Platinum [6] |
3 | The Canadian Tenors | The Canadian Tenors | 22 | 160,000 | 2× Platinum |
4 | Celine Dion | My Love: Essential Collection | 2 | 160,000 | 2× 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 [7] |
10 | Tara Oram | Chasing the Sun | 8 | 50,000 | Gold |
Rank | Artist | Album | Peak position | Sales | Certification |
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1 | Lady Gaga | The Fame | 1 | 560,000 | 7× Platinum |
2 | Taylor Swift | Fearless | 1 | 480,000 | 6× Platinum |
3 | Kings of Leon | Only by the Night | 2 | 320,000 | 4× Platinum |
4 | Pink | Funhouse | 3 | 250,000 | 2× Platinum |
5 | Beyoncé | I Am... Sasha Fierce | 6 | 240,000 | 3× Platinum [8] |
6 | Britney Spears | Circus | 1 | 240,000 | 3× Platinum |
7 | Guns N' Roses | Chinese Democracy | 2 | 240,000 | 3× Platinum |
8 | Metallica | Death Magnetic | 1 | 240,000 | 3× Platinum |
9 | Katy Perry | One of the Boys | 6 | 200,000 | 2× Platinum |
10 | Lil Wayne | Tha Carter III | 1 | 160,000 | 2× Platinum |
Rank | Artist | Album | Peak position | Sales | Certification |
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1 | Coldplay | Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends | 1 | 480,000 | 6× Platinum |
2 | Adele | 19 | 4 | 240,000 | 3× Platinum [9] |
3 | Seal | Soul | 11 | 80,000 | Platinum [10] |
4 | Bullet for My Valentine | Scream Aim Fire | N/A | 40,000 | Gold |
5 | Natasha Bedingfield | Pocketful of Sunshine | 13 | 40,000 | Gold [11] |
Rank | Artist | Album | Peak position | Sales | Certification |
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1 | AC/DC | Black Ice | 1 | 400,000 | 5× Platinum |
2 | Jesse Cook | Frontiers | N/A | 50,000 | Gold [12] |