This is a list of best selling singles in Canada based on sources such as Nielsen Soundscan Canada and Canadian music certifications.
Artist | Song | Year | Sales, sales with streaming or shipments [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] | Certifications [6] |
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Elton John | "Candle in the Wind 1997" | 1997 | 1,900,000 | 19× Platinum (Diamond) |
Ed Sheeran | "Perfect" | 2017 | 1,600,000 ‡ | 2× Diamond |
Ed Sheeran | "Shape of You" | 2017 | 1,600,000 ‡ | 2× Diamond |
Lewis Capaldi | "Someone You Loved" | 2018 | 1,600,000 ‡ | 2× Diamond |
LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock | "Party Rock Anthem" | 2011 | 862,000 | 6× Platinum |
Shakira | "Hips Don't Lie" | 2006 | 840,000 ‡ | Diamond Platinum (for ringtone) |
Robin Thicke featuring Pharrell Williams and T.I. | "Blurred Lines" | 2013 | 820,000 | 9× Platinum |
Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera | "Moves like Jagger" | 2011 | 810,000 | 8× Platinum |
24kGoldn | "Mood" | 2020 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Adele | "Hello" | 2015 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Adele | "Rolling in the Deep" | 2011 | 785,000/800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Adele | "Set Fire to the Rain" | 2011 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Adele | "Someone like You" | 2011 | 522,000/800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Bebe Rexha | "Meant to Be" | 2017 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Bruno Mars | "Just the Way You Are" | 2010 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Camila Cabello | "Havana" | 2017 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Cardi B | "I Like It" | 2018 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Carly Rae Jepsen | "Call Me Maybe" | 2012 | 701,000/800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
DJ Snake | "Let Me Love You" | 2016 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Drake | "God's Plan" | 2018 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Drake | "One Dance" | 2016 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Dua Lipa | "Don't Start Now" | 2019 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Dua Lipa | "Levitating" | 2020 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber | "I Don't Care" | 2019 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Ed Sheeran | "Castle on the Hill" | 2015 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Ed Sheeran | "Bad Habits" | 2021 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Ed Sheeran | "Thinking Out Loud" | 2014 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
French Montana | "Unforgettable" | 2017 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Fun. featuring Janelle Monáe | "We Are Young" | 2012 | 518,000/800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Glass Animals | "Heat Waves" | 2020 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Harry Styles | "Watermelon Sugar" | 2020 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Hozier | "Take Me to Church" | 2013 | 800,000 ‡ | 2× Diamond |
Imagine Dragons | "Radioactive" | 2012 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
James Arthur | "Say You Won't Let Go" | 2016 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Justin Timberlake | "Can't Stop the Feeling!" | 2016 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Kendrick Lamar | "Humble" | 2017 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Lil Nas X | "Old Town Road" | 2018 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Loud Luxury | "Body" | 2017 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Luis Fonsi | "Despacito (remix)" | 2017 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Lukas Graham | "7 Years" | 2015 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz | "Thrift Shop" | 2012 | 787,000/800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars | "Uptown Funk" | 2014 | 768,000/800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Mariah Carey | "All I Want for Christmas Is You" | 1994 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Michael Jackson | "Billie Jean" | 1983 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Milky Chance | "Stolen Dance" | 2013 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Miley Cyrus | "Flowers" | 2023 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Omi | "Cheerleader" | 2012 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
OneRepublic | "Counting Stars" | 2013 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Passenger | "Let Her Go" | 2012 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Pharrell Williams | "Happy" | 2013 | 530,000/800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Pink | "Just Give Me a Reason" | 2013 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Post Malone | "Better Now" | 2018 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Post Malone | "Circles" | 2019 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Post Malone | "Congratulations" | 2016 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Post Malone | "I Fall Apart" | 2017 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Post Malone | "Psycho" | 2018 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Post Malone | "Rockstar" | 2017 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Post Malone | "Sunflower" | 2018 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Post Malone | "Wow" | 2018 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Sia | "Cheap Thrills" | 2015 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Shawn Mendes | "Señorita" | 2019 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
The Chainsmokers | "Closer" | 2016 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
The Lumineers | "Ho Hey" | 2012 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
The Weeknd | "Blinding Lights" | 2019 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
The Weeknd | "Can't Feel My Face" | 2015 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
The Weeknd | "Save Your Tears" | 2020 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
The Weeknd | "Starboy" | 2018 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
The Weeknd | "The Hills" | 2015 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Tones and I | "Dance Monkey" | 2019 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Travis Scott | "Sicko Mode" | 2018 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Twenty One Pilots | "Heathens" | 2016 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Twenty One Pilots | "Stressed Out" | 2015 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Twisted Sister | "We're Not Gonna Take It" | 1984 | 800,000 | 8× Platinum |
Vance Joy | "Riptide" | 2013 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Wiz Khalifa | "See You Again" | 2015 | 800,000 ‡ | Diamond |
Gotye featuring Kimbra | "Somebody That I Used to Know" | 2011 | 760,000 | |
LMFAO | "Sexy and I Know It" | 2011 | 741,000 | 2× Platinum |
Black Eyed Peas | "I Gotta Feeling" | 2009 | 731,000 | 10× Platinum (Diamond) |
Beyoncé | "Halo" | 2009 | 720,000 | 9× Platinum |
Shakira | "Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)" | 2010 | 640,000 | 8× Platinum |
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper | "Shallow" | 2018 | 640,000 | 8× Platinum |
All the Way... A Decade of Song is the first English-language greatest hits album by Canadian singer Celine Dion. Released by Sony Music on 12 November 1999, it features nine previously released songs on most editions and seven new recordings on all editions. Dion worked on new tracks mainly with David Foster. Other producers include Max Martin, Kristian Lundin, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, James Horner, and Matt Serletic. It is the best-selling greatest hits album in the US during the Nielsen SoundScan era. All the Way... A Decade of Song has sold over 22 million copies worldwide, including over nine million in the United States, five million in Europe, two million in Japan and one million units in Canada.
The Colour of My Love is the twelfth studio album and third English-language album by Canadian singer Celine Dion. It was released by Sony Music on 9 November 1993. The songs were produced mainly by David Foster, Ric Wake, Walter Afanasieff, Christopher Neil, and Guy Roche, and four of them were written by Diane Warren. The album features cover versions of "The Power of Love" and "When I Fall in Love".
Canadian singer Celine Dion has released 27 studio albums, seven live albums, 20 compilation albums, and 25 box sets. Referred to as the "Queen of Power Ballads", Dion is the best-selling Canadian artist of all time and the best-selling artist in the Nielsen SoundScan era in Canada. Dion is also the second best-selling female artist in the United States since Nielsen began tracking sales in 1991 with over 53.2 million albums sold in the country. Guinness World Records recognises her as the Top Selling Album Act in Europe with 33 million certified album sales since 1996. In 2003, Dion was honored by International Federation of the Phonographic Industry for selling 50 million albums in Europe. Billboard placed her second among the best-selling female album artist of the 2000s Decade in the United States with 17.3 million albums sold via Soundscan. According to Billboard, Dion is the sixth Greatest Billboard 200 female solo artist of all time, as well as the eighth Greatest female solo artist of all time in Billboard's chart history.
A remix album is an album consisting of remixes or rerecorded versions of an artist's earlier released material. The first act who employed the format was American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson. As of 2007, the best-selling remix album of all time is Michael Jackson's Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix (1997).
American singer Mariah Carey has released fifteen studio albums, two soundtrack albums, eight compilation albums, four extended plays, and one remix album. Carey is one of the best-selling music artists of all-time, having sold over 220 million records globally. She was presented with the Millennium Award at the 2000 World Music Awards for becoming the best-selling female artist of the millennium. According to the RIAA, she is the highest-certified female artist and tenth overall recording artist with shipments of 75 million albums in the US. She is also ranked as the best-selling female artist of the US Nielsen SoundScan era (1991–present) with album sales of 55.5 million.
American rapper Eminem has released 12 studio albums, two compilation albums, and one extended play. His music has been released on record labels Interscope Records and Aftermath Entertainment, along with subsidiaries Web Entertainment and his own Shady Records. Eminem is the best-selling rapper of all time and the best-selling artist of the 2000s with US album sales at over 32.25 million during the decade. With sales of over 220 million records worldwide, he is among of the best-selling music artists of all time. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, Eminem has sold 228.5 million certified albums and singles in the United States. In his home country, he has earned 50 platinum albums and 11 number one albums.[A]
American rock band Bon Jovi has released 16 studio albums, three live albums, five compilation albums, five EPs, 66 singles, 14 video albums, and 71 music videos. Bon Jovi has sold over 130 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling bands of all time. As of 2018, the band has sold 21.8 million albums in the US Nielsen SoundScan era. Billboard ranked Bon Jovi as the 45th Greatest Artist of all time, achieving 6 No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 & 4 No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. According to Recording Industry Association of America, Bon Jovi has sold 34.5 million albums in the United States.
Canadian singer Celine Dion has released 27 studio albums, seven live albums, 20 compilation albums, and 25 box sets. Referred to as the "Queen of Power Ballads", Dion is the best-selling Canadian artist of all time and the best-selling artist in the Nielsen SoundScan era in Canada. Dion is also the second best-selling female artist in the United States since Nielsen began tracking sales in 1991 with over 53.2 million albums sold in the country. Guinness World Records recognises her as the Top Selling Album Act in Europe with 33 million certified album sales since 1996. In 2003, Dion was honored by International Federation of the Phonographic Industry for selling 50 million albums in Europe. Billboard placed her second among the best-selling female album artist of the 2000s Decade in the United States with 17.3 million albums sold via Soundscan. According to Billboard, Dion is the sixth Greatest Billboard 200 female solo artist of all time, as well as the eighth Greatest female solo artist of all time in Billboard's chart history.
English singer-songwriter Adele has released four studio albums, one video album, two extended plays, 17 singles and eleven music videos. Adele has sold over 72 million in pure album sales and over 100 million in album equivalent units worldwide over four studio albums and one video album as of December 2021. She was named the best-selling album artist of the 2010s decade in the US and worldwide. She has also sold over 100 million in single sales with total sales records over 170 million as of December 2021. She also became the best-selling female artist of the 21st century in the UK. Her album 21 became the best-selling album of the 21st century.
The American singer Katy Perry has released seven studio albums, one reissue, three extended plays (EP), 40 singles, and 11 promotional singles. According to Recording Industry Association of America, Perry has sold 121.5 million digital singles and 19 million albums in the United States. She is also the sixth best-selling digital singles artist in the United States. Throughout her career, Perry has sold 48 million album units and 135 million singles worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Billboard listed her as the fourth top female artist of the 2010s decade and the 61st greatest artist of all time. Perry has scored nine number one songs on Billboard Hot 100 and three number one albums on Billboard 200.
The American singer Lady Gaga has released five solo studio albums, two collaborative studio albums, four film soundtracks, three remix albums, two compilation albums, four EPs, two live albums, 40 singles, and 14 promotional singles. Gaga made her debut in August 2008 with the studio album The Fame, which peaked at number two in the United States, where it was subsequently certified triple Platinum, while topping the charts in Austria, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Its first two singles, "Just Dance" and "Poker Face", reached number one in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and for the latter, becoming the world's biggest single of the 2009 calendar year. The album spawned three more singles: "Eh, Eh ", "LoveGame" and "Paparazzi". The latter reached the top ten in many countries worldwide, and number one in Germany.
Italian pop tenor and crossover artist Andrea Bocelli has released seventeen pop, classical, and Latin studio albums, including one holiday album; four compilation albums; twenty two singles; four collaborative albums; eleven complete opera recordings; three live albums, and nine live video releases.
Christmas is the seventh studio album and first Christmas album released by Canadian singer Michael Bublé. The album was released on October 21, 2011, in Ireland, on October 24, 2011, in the United Kingdom, and on October 25, 2011, in the United States. On the week ending December 10, 2011, Christmas rose to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album sales chart, becoming Bublé's third chart-topper following 2007's Call Me Irresponsible and 2009's Crazy Love, and spent five weeks at No. 1.
"Cruise" is a song recorded by American country music duo Florida Georgia Line. It was first released to iTunes in April 2012 and then to radio on August 6, 2012 as the first single from their extended play It'z Just What We Do. It was written by group members Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard with Joey Moi, Chase Rice, and Jesse Rice. It is included on their first album for Republic Nashville, Here's to the Good Times, released on December 4. "Cruise" is the best-selling country digital song of all time in the United States as of January 2014. The song is considered the foremost example of the genre of country music termed "bro-country".
Merry Christmas, Baby, is the first Christmas album by Rod Stewart and his 27th studio album overall, released on 30 October 2012. The album has proved to be a top 10 success in many countries including the UK, US, Canada and Australia. It was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America in November 2012 with over 1,000,000 copies sold in the US.
Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album to Disney's 2013 film of the same name with eight songs written by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, and 22 score pieces composed by Christophe Beck. The soundtrack includes two versions of the critically acclaimed song "Let It Go", one performed during the film by Idina Menzel, and another performed over the end credits by Demi Lovato. The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media, and the Critics' Choice Award for Best Song, and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.