List of best-selling albums in Taiwan

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This is the list of best-selling albums in Taiwan. Seven domestic albums and one international album have shipped over a million copies in Taiwan. Hong Kong singer Jacky Cheung is the best-selling artist in Taiwan, with three albums sold over one million copies, while Taiwanese singer A-Mei is the best-selling female artist in Taiwan. Taiwan's album sales peaked in the 1990s, but it was adversely affected by the copyright infringement and Internet downloads since the 21st century. [1] [2] Sales certifications in Taiwan are awarded by the Recording Industry Foundation in Taiwan (RIT) since August 1996. [3]

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Best-selling albums

YearAlbumArtist(s)SalesRef(s)
1997 Bad Boy A-Mei 1,380,000 [4]
1993 The Goodbye Kiss Jacky Cheung 1,360,000 [5]
1995True Love Compilation1,220,000 [6]
1996 Sisters A-Mei 1,210,000 [7]
1997 Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture James Horner 1,164,229 [8]
1992The Words After Drunk Jody Chiang 1,160,000 [9]
1996How Could I Forget You? Jacky Cheung 1,060,000 [6]
1998Love Like Pacific Ocean Richie Jen 1,030,000 [10]
1989Talk to You, Listen to You Sarah Chen 1,000,000 [11]
1993The New Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies Dream Huang An [12]
1994Forget Love Potion Andy Lau [13]
Too Silly Eric Moo [14]
Sky Faye Wong [15]
1999Half Drunken, Half Awake Jody Chiang [16]
2000Girls with Single Eyelids China Dolls [17]
1993Blessings Jacky Cheung 910,000 [18]
1999Can I Hug You, Lover? A-Mei 860,000 [19]
1997Wanna Go for a Walk with You Jacky Cheung 820,000 [20]
1994 Mystery Faye Wong 800,000 [21]
1993Me And You Jacky Cheung 800,000 [22]
1995Love, Sandy Sandy Lam 800,000 [23]
1997 You Make Me Free Make Me Fly! A-Mei 800,000 [24]
1998Holding Hands A-Mei 799,097 [8]
1992Love Like Tides Jeff Chang 790,000 [25]
Light Stella Chang 750,000–780,000
1994Fate Andy Lau
Waiting Jeff Chang
1996The Cloud Knows? Valen Hsu
1998Di Da Di Coco Lee
1997Want to Feel the Breeze with You Jacky Cheung 706,079 [8]
1997Kinmen Wang, Lee Ping-huiKinmen Wang, Lee Ping-hui700,000 [26]
1997Love Deep Andy Lau 691,092 [8]
1997Cruel Love Letter Power Station 642,460 [8]
1996 Falling into You Celine Dion 633,518 [8]
1994Nothing Will Stop Me From Loving You Wakin Chau 600,000 [27]
1998Lonely Bird On A Branch Wu Bai 600,000 [26]
1995Wu Bai Live Wu Bai 600,000 [26]
1997Never Say! Love You Ronald Cheng 515,468 [8]
Let's Talk About Love Celine Dion 500,000 [28]
2000 Don't Stop Jolin Tsai [29]
1997Quit Falling in Love Ronald Cheng 470,682 [8]
2001 Fantasy Jay Chou 460,000 [30]
1999 1019 Jolin Tsai 450,000
Faye Wong Faye Wong [31]
First Love Hikaru Utada [32]
Duck Tarcy Su 430,269 [8]
I'm Ok David Tao 430,000 [33]
Running through 1999 Jacky Cheung 420,000
1997Love Is a Miracle Andy Lau 413,975 [8]
2000New Century Collection A-Mei 410,000 [33]
My Desired Happiness Stefanie Sun 400,000 [34]
2002 The Eight Dimensions Jay Chou [30]
1996Because of Love Andy Lau 403,856 [8]
1993I Believe Wakin Chau 400,000 [22]
1997Best 13 Song Collection Valen Hsu 375,134 [8]
Summer Night Wind Wu Bai 370,705 [8]
2000Regardless A-Mei 360,000
2003 Magic Jolin Tsai [35]
1998Promises & Lies Lee E-jun 350,130 [8]
2000Viva Love Mayday 350,000 [36]
2001People Life, Ocean Wild [37]
2003 Yeh Hui-Mei Jay Chou [30]
1996The End of Love Wu Bai 347,907 [8]
2000 Yan Zi Stefanie Sun 330,000 [38]
2000 Blossom in Red Elva Hsiao 320,000 [39]
1998Stupid Fellow Andy Lau 345,854 [34]
1996Don't Love Me Ronald Cheng 325,533 [34]
1993 Music Box Mariah Carey 320,000 [40]
1996Worth It Sammi Cheng 309,489 [34]
1992 The Bodyguard Whitney Houston 305,000 [41]
1997Not for Sale Faye Wong 303,432 [34]
1996Tear Sea Valen Hsu 301,089
1991 Dangerous Michael Jackson 300,000 [42]
1999Mayday's First Album Mayday [43]
2001 Kite Stefanie Sun [44]
2003 Super Star S.H.E [45]
The Power of Love Fish Leong [46]
2004 Castle Jolin Tsai [47]
Common Jasmin Orange Jay Chou [30]

Best-selling album by year

YearAlbumArtist(s)SalesRef(s)
1999Can I Hug You? Lover A-Mei 1,000,000
2000 I'm OK David Tao 425,000
2001 My Desired Happiness Stefanie Sun 400,000 [48]
2002 The Eight Dimensions Jay Chou 350,000
2003 Yeh Hui-Mei 335,000
2004 Common Jasmin Orange 320,000
2005 November's Chopin 250,000
2006 Dancing Diva Jolin Tsai 210,000
2007 Agent J 187,000
2008 Poetry of the Day After Mayday 205,000
2009 Butterfly Jolin Tsai 130,000
2010 Rashomon Show Lo 155,000
2011 Only for You 150,000
2012 Good Show 135,000 [49]
2013 Lion Roar 120,000 [50]
2014The Best of 1999–2013 Mayday 100,000 [51]
2016 History of Tomorrow Mayday [52]
2019 Ugly Beauty Jolin Tsai [53]
2020New World Hua Chenyu [54]
2021Strange Pool Oaeen [55]
2022 Greatest Works of Art Jay Chou [56]

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