2009 in Canadian music

Last updated August 26, 2025

This is a summary of the year 2009 in the Canadian music industry.

Events

March 29 – The Juno Awards of 2009 are held in Vancouver, British Columbia.
June 15 – The 2009 Polaris Music Prize 40-album longlist is announced.
July 7 – The 2009 Polaris Music Prize 10-album shortlist is to be announced.
September 21 – Fucked Up's album The Chemistry of Common Life is announced as the winner of the 2009 Polaris Music Prize.
September – K'naan's single "Wavin' Flag" is announced as the official theme song of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Albums

E

Emerson Drive, I Believe
Evening Hymns, Spirit Guides

F

G

Gentleman Reg, Jet Black
Hannah Georgas, The Beat Stuff
The Good Lovelies, The Good Lovelies (March), Under the Mistletoe (December)
Jenn Grant, Echoes
Grand Analog, Metropolis Is Burning
Great Lake Swimmers, Lost Channels (March), The Legion Sessions (October)
Emm Gryner, Goddess

H

I

J

jacksoul, SOULmate
Japandroids, Post-Nothing
Jets Overhead, No Nations
The Junction, Another Link in the Chain
Junior Boys, Begone Dull Care

K

K'naan, Troubadour
k-os, Yes!
Kalle Mattson, Whisper Bee

L

Lhasa, Lhasa
Lightning Dust, Infinite Light
Lights, The Listening
The Lovely Feathers, Fantasy of the Lot

M

Ryan MacGrath, In My Own Company
Catherine MacLellan, Water in the Ground
Magneta Lane, Gambling with God
Malajube, Labyrinthes
Dan Mangan, Nice, Nice, Very Nice
Carolyn Mark and NQ Arbuckle, Let's Just Stay Here
Melissa McClelland, Victoria Day
Metric, Fantasies
Amy Millan, Masters of the Burial
Misstress Barbara, I'm No Human
Taylor Mitchell, For Your Consideration
Moneen, The World I Want to Leave Behind
Montag, Hibernation
The Most Serene Republic, ...And the Ever Expanding Universe
MSTRKRFT, Fist of God

N

The New Cities, Lost in City Lights

O

Octoberman, Fortresses
Ohbijou, Beacons
Oktoécho, Oktoécho
Our Lady Peace, Burn Burn

P

R

Corin Raymond, There Will Always Be a Small Time
Lee Reed, Introductory Offer
Reverie Sound Revue, Reverie Sound Revue
Amanda Rheaume, Kiss Me Back
Alejandra Ribera, Navigator/Navigateher
Rock Plaza Central, ...at the moment of our most needing
Royal City, Royal City
Ruby Jean and the Thoughtful Bees, Ruby Jean and the Thoughtful Bees
Daniel Romano, Frederick Squire and Julie Doiron, Daniel, Fred & Julie
The Rural Alberta Advantage, Hometowns

S

John K. Samson, City Route 85
Crystal Shawanda, I'll Be Home for Christmas
Shout Out Out Out Out, Reintegration Time
The Slew, 100%
Souldia, Art kontrol
Still Life Still, Girls Come Too
Sunparlour Players, Wave North
Sunset Rubdown, Dragonslayer
Swan Lake, Enemy Mine

T

Tegan and Sara, Sainthood
Think About Life, Family
Thousand Foot Krutch, Welcome to the Masquerade
Three Days Grace, Life Starts Now
Thunderheist, Thunderheist
Thus Owls, Cardiac Malformations
Tiga, Ciao!
Timber Timbre, Timber Timbre
Tire le coyote, EP
Torngat, La Petite Nicole
The Tragically Hip, We Are the Same
Two Hours Traffic, Territory

U

Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker, Questamation
United Steel Workers of Montreal, Three on the Tree

V

Various Artists, Friends in Bellwoods II
Various Artists, Great Canadian Song Quest
Various Artists, Record of the Week Club
vitaminsforyou, He Closed His Eyes So He Could Dance with You
Roch Voisine, Americana II

W

Martha Wainwright, Sans Fusils, Ni Souliers, à Paris: Martha Wainwright's Piaf Record
Patrick Watson, Wooden Arms
Wax Mannequin, Saxon
WHOOP-Szo, Where I Dream Is Where I Live
The Wooden Sky, If I Don't Come Home You'll Know I'm Gone

Y

Z

Zeus, Sounds Like Zeus

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	Michael Bublé	Crazy Love	1	320,000	4× Platinum^[2]
2	The Canadian Tenors	The Perfect Gift	n/a	240,000	3× Platinum^[3]
3	Ginette Reno	Fais-Moi De La Tendresse	n/a	209,000^[4]	n/a
4	Billy Talent	Billy Talent III	1	160,000	2× Platinum
5	Hedley	The Show Must Go	6	160,000	2× Platinum
6	Johnny Reid	Dance with Me	3	160,000	2× Platinum^[5]
7	Justin Bieber	My World	1	160,000	2× Platinum
8	The Tragically Hip	We Are the Same	1	160,000	2× Platinum^[6]
9	Blue Rodeo	The Things We Left Behind	6	80,000	Platinum^[7]
10	Johnny Reid	Christmas	7	80,000	Platinum^[8]

Top 10 American albums

Rank	Artist	Album	Peak position	Sales	Certification
1	The Black Eyed Peas	The E.N.D.	1	400,000	5× Platinum
2	Eminem	Relapse	1	195,000	n/a
3	Green Day	21st Century Breakdown	1	160,000	2× Platinum
4	Michael Jackson	This Is It	1	160,000	2× Platinum
5	Adam Lambert	For Your Entertainment	8	80,000	Platinum^[9]
6	Bon Jovi	The Circle	1	80,000	Platinum
7	Bruce Springsteen	Working on a Dream	1	80,000^[10]	Platinum
8	Carrie Underwood	Play On	2	80,000	Platinum
9	Daughtry	Leave This Town	2	80,000	Platinum^[11]
10	Glee	Glee: The Music, Volume 1	4	80,000	Platinum

Top 10 British albums

Rank	Artist	Album	Peak position	Sales	Certification
1	The Beatles	The Beatles Stereo Box Set	n/a	800,000	Diamond^[12]
2	Susan Boyle	I Dreamed a Dream	1	400,000^[13]	5× Platinum^[14]
3	Mumford & Sons	Sigh No More	2	160,000	2× Platinum
4	Muse	The Resistance	1	80,000	Platinum^[2]
5	Florence and the Machine	Lungs	21	40,000	Gold
6	Leona Lewis	Echo	16	40,000	Gold^[15]
7	Lily Allen	It's Not Me, It's You	1	40,000	Gold^[14]
8	Mika	The Boy Who Knew Too Much	19	40,000	Gold
9	Taio Cruz	Rokstarr	3	40,000	Gold^[16]
10	The xx	xx	n/a	40,000	Gold^[17]

Top International albums

Rank	Artist	Album	Peak position	Sales	Certification
1	Andrea Bocelli	My Christmas	2	264,000^[4]	2× Platinum
2	David Guetta	One Love	2	160,000	2× Platinum^[2]
3	U2	No Line on the Horizon	1	160,000	2× Platinum^{[ citation needed ]}
4	Rihanna	Rated R	5	80,000	Platinum
5	Rod Stewart	Soulbook	3	80,000	Platinum^[15]
6	Bernard Adamus	Burn	TBA	40,000	Gold^[18]
7	Phoenix	Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix	19	40,000	Gold
8	Tiësto	Kaleidoscope	6	40,000	Gold
9	Daniel O'Donnell	Hope and Praise	n/a	5,000	Gold^[19]

Canadian Hot 100 Year-End List

No.	Artist(s)	Title
1	The Black Eyed Peas	"I Gotta Feeling"
2	Lady Gaga	"Poker Face"
3	Flo Rida	"Right Round"
4	The Black Eyed Peas	"Boom Boom Pow"
5	Jason Mraz	"I'm Yours"
6	Sean Kingston	"Fire Burning"
7	Pitbull	"I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)"
8	Taylor Swift	"Love Story"
9	Karl Wolf featuring Culture	"Africa"
10	Kings of Leon	"Use Somebody"
11	Katy Perry	"Hot n Cold"
12	Beyoncé	"Halo"
13	Lady Gaga	"LoveGame"
14	Taylor Swift	"You Belong with Me"
15	Britney Spears	"Circus"
16	David Guetta featuring Akon	"Sexy Bitch"
17	Miley Cyrus	"The Climb"
18	Lady Gaga	"Paparazzi"
19	Beyoncé	"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
20	Kelly Clarkson	"My Life Would Suck Without You"
21	Coldplay	"Viva la Vida"
22	Nickelback	"If Today Was Your Last Day"
23	Pink	"Please Don't Leave Me"
24	T.I. featuring Rihanna	"Live Your Life"
25	T.I. featuring Justin Timberlake	"Dead and Gone"
26	Kevin Rudolf featuring Lil Wayne	"Let It Rock"
27	Nickelback	"Gotta Be Somebody"
28	Katy Perry	"Waking Up in Vegas"
29	The Pussycat Dolls	"I Hate This Part"
30	Pink	"Sober"
31	Beyoncé	"If I Were a Boy"
32	The All-American Rejects	"Gives You Hell"
33	Miley Cyrus	"Party in the U.S.A."
34	The Fray	"You Found Me"
35	Stereos	"Summer Girl"
36	Britney Spears	"Womanizer"
37	3OH!3	"Don't Trust Me"
38	Cascada	"Evacuate the Dancefloor"
39	Deborah Cox	"Beautiful U R"
40	Jay Sean featuring Lil Wayne	"Down"
41	Keri Hilson featuring Kanye West and Ne-Yo	"Knock You Down"
42	Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis	"Just Dance"
43	Marianas Trench	"Cross My Heart"
44	Cobra Starship featuring Leighton Meester	"Good Girls Go Bad"
45	Akon featuring Colby O'Donis and Kardinal Offishall	"Beautiful"
46	Marianas Trench	"All to Myself"
47	Kanye West	"Heartless"
48	Faber Drive	"G-Get Up and Dance"
49	Jordin Sparks	"Battlefield"
50	A. R. Rahman and The Pussycat Dolls featuring Nicole Scherzinger	"Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)"
51	Linkin Park	"New Divide"
52	The Veronicas	"Untouched"
53	Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West	"Run This Town"
54	Akon	"Right Now (Na Na Na)"
55	Pitbull	"Hotel Room Service"
56	Shinedown	"Second Chance"
57	Shakira	"She Wolf"
58	Hedley	"Cha-Ching"
59	Pink	"So What"
60	Soulja Boy featuring Sammie	"Kiss Me thru the Phone"
61	Billy Talent	"Rusted from the Rain"
62	Kid Cudi	"Day 'n' Nite"
63	Jason Derulo	"Whatcha Say"
64	Daughtry	"No Surprise"
65	Kanye West	"Love Lockdown"
66	Green Day	"21 Guns"
67	Ciara featuring Justin Timberlake	"Love Sex Magic"
68	Britney Spears	"If U Seek Amy"
69	The New Cities	"Dead End Countdown"
70	Kelly Clarkson	"Already Gone"
71	Britney Spears	"3"
72	Green Day	"Know Your Enemy"
73	Madonna	"Celebration"
74	Owl City	"Fireflies"
75	The Black Eyed Peas	"Meet Me Halfway"
76	Kesha	"Tik Tok"
77	Flo Rida featuring Wynter Gordon	"Sugar"
78	Kelly Clarkson	"I Do Not Hook Up"
79	Drake	"Best I Ever Had"
80	Eminem, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent	"Crack a Bottle"
81	Justin Bieber	"One Time"
82	Beyoncé	"Sweet Dreams"
83	Danny Fernandes	"Fantasy"
84	Michael Bublé	"Haven't Met You Yet"
85	Stereos	"Throw Ya Hands Up"
86	Ne-Yo	"Mad"
87	Divine Brown	"Sunglasses"
88	Jamie Foxx featuring T-Pain	"Blame It"
89	Rihanna	"Rehab"
90	Our Lady Peace	"All You Did Was Save My Life"
91	Rihanna	"Disturbia"
92	David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland	"When Love Takes Over"
93	Melanie Fiona	"Give It to Me Right"
94	Mariah Carey	"Obsessed"
95	The Killers	"Spaceman"
96	Leona Lewis	"Better in Time"
97	Suzie McNeil	"Supergirl"
98	Rob Thomas	"Her Diamonds"
99	Colbie Caillat	"Fallin' for You"
100	State of Shock	"Too Pretty"^[20]

Deaths

January 31 – Dewey Martin, rock drummer
March 15 – Edmund Hockridge, singer and actor
March 22 – Archie Green, folklorist and musicologist
May 3 – Renée Morisset, pianist
June 27 – Jackie Washington, blues musician
October 28 – Taylor Mitchell, folk singer-songwriter
November 22 – Haydain Neale, soul/R&B singer

References

↑ Roger Leveque, "Going easy on the Latin grooves; Cuban-Canadian trumpeter Alexis Baro offers up more of a funk-jazz fusion". Edmonton Journal , November 28, 2009.
1 2 3 "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum". Archived from the original on 2011-05-11. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
↑ "Canadian album certifications – The Canadian Tenors – The Perfect Gift". Music Canada.
1 2 "The Nielsen Company and Billboard's 2009 Canadian Industry Report | Business Wire". Archived from the original on 2010-02-08. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
↑ "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum - January 2005". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-06-10.
↑ "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum - January 2005". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
↑ "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum - January 2005". Archived from the original on 2010-03-25. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
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↑ "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum". Archived from the original on 2009-04-30. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
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↑ "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum - January 2005". Archived from the original on 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
↑ "Boyle dreams up another No. 1 week | Music | Entertainment | London Free Press". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11.
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↑ "Canadian digital download certifications – Taio Cruz – Dynamite". Music Canada.
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↑ "Canadian album certifications – Justin Timberlake – The 20/20 Experience". Music Canada.
↑ "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum - January 2005". Archived from the original on 2010-11-18. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
↑ "Canadian Hot 100 – Year-End 2009". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-19.

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[1] Roger Leveque, "Going easy on the Latin grooves; Cuban-Canadian trumpeter Alexis Baro offers up more of a funk-jazz fusion". Edmonton Journal , November 28, 2009.

[autogenerated1-2] 1 2 3 "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum". Archived from the original on 2011-05-11. Retrieved 2011-06-04.

[3] "Canadian album certifications – The Canadian Tenors – The Perfect Gift". Music Canada.

[businesswire1-4] 1 2 "The Nielsen Company and Billboard's 2009 Canadian Industry Report | Business Wire". Archived from the original on 2010-02-08. Retrieved 2010-12-12.

[5] "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum - January 2005". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-06-10.

[6] "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum - January 2005". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-03-02.

[7] "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum - January 2005". Archived from the original on 2010-03-25. Retrieved 2010-03-25.

[8] ttp://www.cmt.ca/News/NewsItem.aspx?news_id=8745 ^{[ dead link ]}

[9] "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum". www.cria.ca. Archived from the original on 2009-04-30.

[10] "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum". Archived from the original on 2009-04-30. Retrieved 2010-11-10.

[11] "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum - January 2005". Archived from the original on 2010-10-19. Retrieved 2010-08-09.

[12] "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum - January 2005". Archived from the original on 2013-11-02. Retrieved 2010-04-12.

[13] "Boyle dreams up another No. 1 week | Music | Entertainment | London Free Press". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11.

[autogenerated2-14] 1 2 "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum - January 2005". Archived from the original on 2010-07-24. Retrieved 2010-09-01.

[autogenerated3-15] 1 2 "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum - January 2005". Archived from the original on 2010-06-23. Retrieved 2011-08-23.

[16] "Canadian digital download certifications – Taio Cruz – Dynamite". Music Canada.

[17] "Canadian album certifications – The xx – xx". Music Canada.

[18] "Canadian album certifications – Justin Timberlake – The 20/20 Experience". Music Canada.

[19] "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum - January 2005". Archived from the original on 2010-11-18. Retrieved 2010-11-06.

[20] "Canadian Hot 100 – Year-End 2009". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-19.

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