2009 in Canadian music

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

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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 Michael Bublé Crazy Love 1320,0004× Platinum [2]
2 The Canadian Tenors The Perfect Giftn/a240,0003× Platinum [3]
3 Ginette Reno Fais-Moi De La Tendressen/a209,000 [4] n/a
4 Billy Talent Billy Talent III 1160,0002× Platinum
5 Hedley The Show Must Go 6160,0002× Platinum
6 Johnny Reid Dance with Me 3160,0002× Platinum [5]
7 Justin Bieber My World 1160,0002× Platinum
8 The Tragically Hip We Are the Same 1160,0002× Platinum [6]
9 Blue Rodeo The Things We Left Behind 680,000Platinum [7]
10Johnny Reid Christmas 780,000Platinum [8]

Top 10 American albums

RankArtistAlbum Peak
position
Sales Certification
1 The Black Eyed Peas The E.N.D. 1400,0005× Platinum
2 Eminem Relapse 1195,000n/a
3 Green Day 21st Century Breakdown 1160,0002× Platinum
4 Michael Jackson This Is It 1160,0002× Platinum
5 Adam Lambert For Your Entertainment 880,000Platinum [9]
6 Bon Jovi The Circle 180,000Platinum
7 Bruce Springsteen Working on a Dream 180,000 [10] Platinum
8 Carrie Underwood Play On 280,000Platinum
9 Daughtry Leave This Town 280,000Platinum [11]
10 Glee Glee: The Music, Volume 1 480,000Platinum

Top 10 British albums

RankArtistAlbum Peak
position
Sales Certification
1 The Beatles The Beatles Stereo Box Set n/a800,000Diamond [12]
2 Susan Boyle I Dreamed a Dream 1400,000 [13] 5× Platinum [14]
3 Mumford & Sons Sigh No More 2160,0002× Platinum
4 Muse The Resistance 180,000Platinum [2]
5 Florence and the Machine Lungs 2140,000Gold
6 Leona Lewis Echo 1640,000Gold [15]
7 Lily Allen It's Not Me, It's You 140,000Gold [14]
8 Mika The Boy Who Knew Too Much 1940,000Gold
9 Taio Cruz Rokstarr 340,000Gold [16]
10 The xx xx n/a40,000Gold [17]

Top International albums

RankArtistAlbum Peak
position
Sales Certification
1 Andrea Bocelli My Christmas 2264,000 [4] 2× Platinum
2 David Guetta One Love 2160,0002× Platinum [2]
3 U2 No Line on the Horizon 1160,0002× Platinum [18]
4 Rihanna Rated R 580,000Platinum
5 Rod Stewart Soulbook 380,000Platinum [15]
6 Bernard Adamus BurnTBA40,000Gold [19]
7 Phoenix Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix 1940,000Gold
8 Tiësto Kaleidoscope 640,000Gold
9 Daniel O'Donnell Hope and Praisen/a5,000Gold [20]

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"
4The 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"
13Lady Gaga"LoveGame"
14Taylor Swift"You Belong with Me"
15 Britney Spears "Circus"
16 David Guetta featuring Akon "Sexy Bitch"
17 Miley Cyrus "The Climb"
18Lady Gaga"Paparazzi"
19Beyoncé"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"
25T.I. featuring Justin Timberlake "Dead and Gone"
26 Kevin Rudolf featuring Lil Wayne "Let It Rock"
27Nickelback"Gotta Be Somebody"
28Katy Perry"Waking Up in Vegas"
29 The Pussycat Dolls "I Hate This Part"
30Pink"Sober"
31Beyoncé"If I Were a Boy"
32 The All-American Rejects "Gives You Hell"
33Miley Cyrus"Party in the U.S.A."
34 The Fray "You Found Me"
35 Stereos "Summer Girl"
36Britney 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"
42Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis "Just Dance"
43 Marianas Trench "Cross My Heart"
44 Cobra Starship featuring Leighton Meester "Good Girls Go Bad"
45Akon featuring Colby O'Donis and Kardinal Offishall "Beautiful"
46Marianas Trench"All to Myself"
47Kanye 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"
54Akon"Right Now (Na Na Na)"
55Pitbull"Hotel Room Service"
56 Shinedown "Second Chance"
57 Shakira "She Wolf"
58 Hedley "Cha-Ching"
59Pink"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"
65Kanye West"Love Lockdown"
66 Green Day "21 Guns"
67 Ciara featuring Justin Timberlake"Love Sex Magic"
68Britney Spears"If U Seek Amy"
69 The New Cities "Dead End Countdown"
70Kelly Clarkson"Already Gone"
71Britney Spears"3"
72Green Day"Know Your Enemy"
73 Madonna "Celebration"
74 Owl City "Fireflies"
75The Black Eyed Peas"Meet Me Halfway"
76 Kesha "Tik Tok"
77Flo Rida featuring Wynter Gordon "Sugar"
78Kelly 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"
82Beyoncé"Sweet Dreams"
83 Danny Fernandes "Fantasy"
84 Michael Bublé "Haven't Met You Yet"
85Stereos"Throw Ya Hands Up"
86Ne-Yo"Mad"
87 Divine Brown "Sunglasses"
88 Jamie Foxx featuring T-Pain"Blame It"
89Rihanna"Rehab"
90 Our Lady Peace "All You Did Was Save My Life"
91Rihanna"Disturbia"
92David 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"
100State of Shock"Too Pretty" [21]

Deaths

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