List of best-selling albums in Canada

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This is a list of the best-selling albums in Canada that have been certified by Music Canada, formerly known as Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA).

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Album certifications

Music Canada provides "certifications" for album sales, similar to the RIAA's. The certification levels for albums released after May 1, 2008, are:

Note: Multi-Platinum certification refers to albums that have sold 160,000 units or more (i.e. 160,000 is double Platinum) but have not yet sold 800,000 units (Diamond certification).

Best-selling albums in Canada

Highest Certifications (Listed by Date of Certification)
Date of CertificationYearTitleArtistCertificationShipments/certified sales

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May 11, 20221982 Thriller Michael Jackson 3× Diamond3,000,000 ‡
November 12, 19961995 Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette 2× Diamond2,000,000
July 30, 19871976 Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) Eagles 2× Diamond2,000,000
June 27, 19951977 Rumours Fleetwood Mac 2× Diamond2,000,000
June 28, 19951971 Led Zeppelin IV Led Zeppelin 2× Diamond2,000,000
August 31, 19951977 Bat Out of Hell Meat Loaf 2× Diamond2,000,000
August 31, 19951979 The Wall Pink Floyd 2× Diamond2,000,000
April 9, 19991995 The Woman in Me Shania Twain 2× Diamond2,000,000
January 21, 20001997 Come On Over Shania Twain2× Diamond2,000,000
March 14, 20031973 The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd2× Diamond2,000,000
December 21, 20042002 Up! Shania Twain2× Diamond2,000,000
September 20, 20182011 21 Adele 2× Diamond1,600,000 ‡
Since Nielsen SoundScan tracking began (1995–Present)
RankYearTitleArtistCertificationUnit sales
11997Come On OverShania Twain2× Diamond1,948,000 [3]
21997 Let's Talk About Love Celine Dion Diamond1,492,000 [3]
32011 21 Adele 2× Diamond ‡ 1,489,000 [3]
41997 Big Shiny Tunes 2 Various ArtistsDiamond1,233,000 [3]
52000 1 The Beatles Diamond1,231,000 [3]
62002Up!Shania Twain2× Diamond1,134,000 [3]
71997 Romanza Andrea Bocelli Diamond1,133,000 [3]
82015 25 Adele Diamond1,093,000 [4]
81997 Aquarium Aqua Diamond1,093,000 [3]
91997 Surfacing Sarah McLachlan Diamond1,078,000 [3]
101999 Millennium Backstreet Boys Diamond1,075,000 [3]
111997 Backstreet's Back Backstreet Boys Diamond1,048,000 [5]
Claimed sales
YearTitleArtistCertificationSales
1982 Thriller Michael Jackson 3× Diamond ‡ 2,400,000 [6]
1997 Let's Talk About Love Celine Dion Diamond1,700,000 [7]
1996 Falling into You Celine Dion Diamond1,600,000 [8]
1978 Breakfast in America Supertramp Diamond1,500,000 [9]
1993 The Colour of My Love Celine Dion Diamond1,500,000 [10]
1985 No Jacket Required Phil Collins Diamond1,300,000 [11]
1978 Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack) Various artistsDiamond1,300,000 [12]
1994 The Lion King (1994 soundtrack) Various artistsDiamond1,200,000 [13]
1978 Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture Various artistsDiamond1,115,000 [14]

Best-selling albums by year

2000-2021

YearPerforming artist(s)NationalityAlbumSalesRef.
2000 Eminem United States The Marshall Mathers LP 679,567 [15]
2001 Shaggy Jamaica Hot Shot 587,960 [16] [17]
2002 Shania Twain Canada Up! 580,000 [18] [19]
2004 Shania Twain Canada Greatest Hits 483,000 [20]
2005 Green Day United States American Idiot 495,433 [21]
2006 James Blunt United Kingdom Back to Bedlam 456,281 [22]
2007 Josh Groban United States Noël 380,000 [23]
2008 AC/DC Australia Black Ice 341,000 [24]
2009 Susan Boyle Scotland I Dreamed a Dream 319,000 [25]
2010 Eminem United States Recovery 435,000 [26]
2011 Adele United Kingdom 21 850,000 [27]
2012457,000 [28]
2013 Eminem United States The Marshall Mathers LP 2 242,000 [29]
2014 Taylor Swift United States 1989 314,000 [30]
2015 Adele United Kingdom 25 860,000 [31]
2016 Drake Canada Views 196,000

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2017 Ed Sheeran United Kingdom ÷ 200,000 [33]
2018 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper United States A Star Is Born 92,000 [34]
2019 Celine Dion Canada Courage 83,000 [35]
2020 Taylor Swift United States Folklore 62,000 [36]
2021 Adele United Kingdom 30 114,000 [37]

See also

Notes

References

  1. ↑ Music Canada. "Certification Definitions". Music Canada. Archived from the original on 2011-11-15. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
  2. ↑ "Music Canada Sales Certifications". Historica Canada. January 13, 2014. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
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  11. ↑ "New Collins albums ships quarter million on rleease" (PDF). RPM. 2 December 1989. p. 2. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
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  16. ↑ "Canada's Top 200 R&B albums of 2001". Canoe.com. Archived from the original on July 1, 2002. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
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  21. ↑ "2005: The Year in Numbers". The Globe and Mail. 29 December 2005. Archived from the original on 30 November 2024.
  22. ↑ "10% Growth in Overall Music Sales; Digital Track Sales Exceed 120% Growth". Newswire. 17 January 2007. Archived from the original on 17 April 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2008.
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  26. ↑ http://fyimusic.ca/industry-news/canadian-music-market-sales-report-2010 |title = Canadian Music Market Sales Report, 2010 |accessdate=26 April 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110508153015/http://fyimusic.ca/industry-news/canadian-music-market-sales-report-2010 |archivedate=8 May 2011
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