| Big Shiny Tunes 5 | ||||
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| Compilation album by Various artists | ||||
| Released | 11/28/2000 | |||
| Length | 71:13 | |||
| Label | WEA (Canada) | |||
| Various artists chronology | ||||
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"Big Shiny Tunes 5" is the fifth edition of the MuchMusic compilation series, Big Shiny Tunes . The album contains six songs that reached #1 on Canada's Rock chart in 2000 ("Bent", "Load Me Up", "Kryptonite", "Take a Picture", "Wonderful" and "Otherside"), more than any other Big Shiny Tunes album released before the chart's discontinuation.
Big Shiny Tunes 5 debuted at #2 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 68,899 copies in its first week. [1] The album sold 79,657 copies the next week and 83,469 copies the week after. [2] [3] The album sold 424,393 copies by the end of 2000 and was the eighth best-selling album of the year in Canada. [4] The album reached #1 on the Canadian Albums Chart in January, 2001. [5] The album was certified 6× Platinum (600,000 units) by the CRIA. [6]
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