List of best-selling albums in Taiwan

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This is the list of best-selling albums in Taiwan since the 1990s. 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]

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Sales certifications in Taiwan are awarded by the Recording Industry Foundation in Taiwan (RIT) since August 1996. [3] Sales figures for records released prior to 1989 are not included in this list due to unavailable statistics.

1 million or more copies

YearAlbumArtist(s)Sales amountRef(s)
1997 Bad Boy A-Mei 1,380,000 [4] [5]
1993 The Goodbye Kiss Jacky Cheung 1,360,000
1995True Love Compilation1,220,000
1996 Sisters A-Mei 1,210,000
1998 Love Like Pacific Ocean Richie Jen 1,200,000
1997 Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture James Horner 1,164,229
1992The Words After Drunk Jody Chiang 1,160,000
1996How Could I Forget You? Jacky Cheung 1,060,000
1989Talk to You, Listen to You Sarah Chen 1,020,000

600,000–999,000 copies

YearAlbumArtist(s)Sales amountRef(s)
1993Blessings Jacky Cheung 910,000 [6]
1999 Can I Hug You, Lover? A-Mei 860,000 [7]
1997Wanna Go for a Walk with You Jacky Cheung 820,000 [8]
1994 Mystery Faye Wong 800,000 [9]
1993Me And You Jacky Cheung [10]
1995Love, Sandy Sandy Lam [11]
1997 You Make Me Free Make Me Fly! A-Mei [12]
1998 Holding Hands A-Mei 799,097 [13]
1992Love Like Tides Jeff Chang 790,000 [14]
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 [13]
1996Worth It Sammi Cheng 700,000 [15]
1997Kinmen Wang, Lee Ping-huiKinmen Wang, Lee Ping-hui700,000 [16]
1997Love Deep Andy Lau 691,092 [13]
1997Cruel Love Letter Power Station 642,460 [13]
1996 Falling into You Celine Dion 633,518 [13]
1990Falling in Love With Someone Who Doesn't Come Home Sandy Lam 600,000 [17]
1994Nothing Will Stop Me From Loving You Wakin Chau [18]
1995Wu Bai Live Wu Bai [16]
1996 Too Softhearted Richie Jen [19]
1997Waiting for you Sammi Cheng [20]
1998 Lonely Tree, Lonely Bird Wu Bai [16]

300,000–599,000 copies

YearAlbumArtist(s)Sales amountRef(s)
1999I Deserved Sammi Cheng 550,000 [21]
1997Never Say! Love You Ronald Cheng 515,468 [13]
Let's Talk About Love Celine Dion 500,000 [22]
1994 Sky Faye Wong [23]
2000 Don't Stop Jolin Tsai [24]
1997Quit Falling in Love Ronald Cheng 470,682 [13]
2001 Fantasy Jay Chou 460,000 [25]
1999 1019 Jolin Tsai 450,000
Faye Wong Faye Wong [26]
First Love Hikaru Utada [27]
Duck Tarcy Su 430,269 [13]
I'm Ok David Tao 430,000 [28]
Running Through 1999 Jacky Cheung 420,000 [29]
1997Love Is a Miracle Andy Lau 413,975 [13]
2000New Century Collection A-Mei 410,000 [28]
1996Because of Love Andy Lau 403,856 [13]
2000 My Desired Happiness Stefanie Sun 400,000 [30]
2002 The Eight Dimensions Jay Chou [25]
1993I Believe Wakin Chau [10]
1997Best 13 Song Collection Valen Hsu 375,134 [13]
Summer Night Wind Wu Bai 370,705 [13]
2000Regardless A-Mei 360,000
2003 Magic Jolin Tsai [31]
1998Promises & Lies Lee E-jun 350,130 [13]
2000Viva Love Mayday 350,000 [32]
2001People Life, Ocean Wild [33]
2003 Yeh Hui-Mei Jay Chou [25]
1996The End of Love Wu Bai 347,907 [13]
1998Stupid Fellow Andy Lau 345,854 [30]
2000 Yan Zi Stefanie Sun 330,000 [34]
1996Don't Love Me Ronald Cheng 325,533 [30]
2000 Blossom in Red Elva Hsiao 320,000 [35]
1993 Music Box Mariah Carey [36]
1992 The Bodyguard Whitney Houston 305,000 [37]
1997Not for Sale Faye Wong 303,432 [30]
1996Tear Sea Valen Hsu 301,089
1991 Dangerous Michael Jackson 300,000 [38]
1999Mayday's First Album Mayday [39]
2001 Kite Stefanie Sun [40]
2003 Super Star S.H.E [41]
The Power of Love Fish Leong [42]
2004 Castle Jolin Tsai [43]
Common Jasmin Orange Jay Chou [25]

Best-selling album by year

YearAlbumArtist(s)SalesRef(s)
1999Can I Hug You? Lover A-Mei 1,000,000 [44]
2000 I'm OK David Tao 425,000
2001 My Desired Happiness Stefanie Sun 400,000 [45]
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 [46]
2013 Lion Roar 120,000 [47]
2014The Best of 1999–2013 Mayday 100,000 [48]
2016 History of Tomorrow Mayday — [49]
2019 Ugly Beauty Jolin Tsai — [50]
2020New World Hua Chenyu — [51]
2021Strange Pool Oaeen — [52]
2022 Greatest Works of Art Jay Chou 200,000 [53]

See also

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