These are the Canadian number-one albums of 2023. The chart is compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published in Billboard magazine as Top Canadian Albums.
† | Indicates best-performing album of 2023 [1] |
Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Ref. |
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January 7 | Christmas | Michael Bublé | [2] |
January 14 | SOS | SZA | [3] |
January 21 | [4] | ||
January 28 | [5] | ||
February 4 | [6] | ||
February 11 | [7] | ||
February 18 | [8] | ||
February 25 | [9] | ||
March 4 | Trustfall | Pink | [10] |
March 11 | SOS | SZA | [11] |
March 18 | One Thing at a Time † | Morgan Wallen | [12] |
March 25 | [13] | ||
April 1 | [14] | ||
April 8 | [15] | ||
April 15 | [16] | ||
April 22 | [17] | ||
April 29 | 72 Seasons | Metallica | [18] |
May 6 | One Thing at a Time† | Morgan Wallen | [19] |
May 13 | [20] | ||
May 20 | [21] | ||
May 27 | [22] | ||
June 3 | [23] | ||
June 10 | [24] | ||
June 17 | [25] | ||
June 24 | [26] | ||
July 1 | [27] | ||
July 8 | [28] | ||
July 15 | [29] | ||
July 22 | Speak Now (Taylor's Version) | Taylor Swift | [30] |
July 29 | One Thing at a Time† | Morgan Wallen | [31] |
August 5 | Barbie the Album | Soundtrack | [32] |
August 12 | Utopia | Travis Scott | [33] |
August 19 | [34] | ||
August 26 | One Thing at a Time† | Morgan Wallen | [35] |
September 2 | [36] | ||
September 9 | Zach Bryan | Zach Bryan | [37] |
September 16 | [38] | ||
September 23 | Guts | Olivia Rodrigo | [39] |
September 30 | One Thing at a Time† | Morgan Wallen | [40] |
October 7 | [41] | ||
October 14 | [42] | ||
October 21 | For All the Dogs | Drake | [43] |
October 28 | [44] | ||
November 4 | [45] | ||
November 11 | 1989 (Taylor's Version) | Taylor Swift | [46] |
November 18 | [47] | ||
November 25 | [48] | ||
December 2 | For All the Dogs | Drake | [49] |
December 9 | 1989 (Taylor's Version) | Taylor Swift | [50] |
December 16 | Christmas | Michael Bublé | [51] |
December 23 | [52] | ||
December 30 | [53] |
American singer Michael Jackson released 67 singles as a lead artist, and 10 as a featured artist. One of the best-selling artists of all time, his album and single sales as of 2013 stood at 400 million. In the United States, Jackson amassed 13 Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles and was the first artist to have a top-ten single in the Billboard Hot 100 in five different decades. In 2012, Jackson was ranked the fifth best selling singles artist in the United Kingdom with 15.3 million singles sold.
American singer Beyoncé has released seven studio albums, five live albums, three compilation albums, five EPs, one soundtrack album, and two karaoke albums. To date, Beyoncé has sold over 200 million records worldwide as a solo artist, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Billboard ranked her as the 37th greatest artist of all time.
American singer Madonna has released 94 singles and 24 promotional singles and charted with 23 other songs. Among those releases, a total of 44 Madonna singles have topped the official chart in at least one of the world's top 10 music markets, from "Like a Virgin" (1984) to "Give Me All Your Luvin'" (2012). Globally, she has sold more than 100 million singles, which were predominantly in physical formats. According to Billboard, Madonna is the most successful solo artist in Hot 100 chart history, second overall behind the Beatles. In the United Kingdom, Madonna has scored a total of 63 top-ten hits and 12 number-two peaks. In 2012, she was ranked as the best-selling singles female artist in the UK with 17.6 million singles sold. At the 40th anniversary of the GfK Media Control Charts, Madonna was ranked as the most successful singles artist in German chart history. Her long-standing success with the single format was remarked upon in The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004), where editors wrote that she is a "deserving candidate for the title of greatest singles artist since the 1960s heyday of the single"; the staff of Slant commented in 2020 that "by every objective measure, she's the most successful singles artist of all time".
British rock band Coldplay have released nine studio albums, six live albums, 12 compilation albums, 18 extended plays, 41 singles, 13 promotional singles, and five charity singles. According to Parlophone, their first eight albums have sold a combined total of 100 million copies worldwide as of May 2021, making them the most successful band of the 21st century and one of the best-selling artists of all time. They are also the act with most number-one albums in the United Kingdom without ever missing the top and achieved nine million-selling singles in the country. Additionally, Nielsen SoundScan reported in February 2015 the band have sold over 18.2 million albums and 33.6 million song downloads in the United States.
Rush was a Canadian progressive rock band originally formed in August 1968, in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario. For the overwhelming majority of its existence, the band consisted of bassist, keyboardist, and lead vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart. The band achieved this definitive form when Neil Peart replaced original drummer, John Rutsey, in July 1974.
The American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift has released 10 original studio albums, 4 re-recorded studio albums, 5 extended plays, and 4 live albums. She has sold an estimated 114 million album units worldwide and, in terms of pure sales, tallied 37.3 million in the United States and 3.34 million in the United Kingdom. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), her albums have garnered 51 million certified units in the United States. As of December 2023, she ties Elvis Presley as the solo artist with the most weeks (67) at number one on the US Billboard 200.
American R&B singer-songwriter Chris Brown has released 11 studio albums, 1 collaborative album, 1 extended play, 9 mixtapes, 61 singles and 26 promotional singles.
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American singer Miley Cyrus has released eight studio albums, three live albums, four extended plays and 39 singles. Popularly referred as the original "Teen Queen", Cyrus has sold 55 million singles and 20 million albums worldwide. According to Recording Industry Association of America, she has sold 32 million singles and 10 million albums in the US. Billboard ranked Cyrus as the ninth greatest Billboard 200 female artist of all time and the 62nd greatest artist of all time.
American singer Katy Perry has released six studio albums, seven extended plays (EP), 39 singles, and 11 promotional singles. She is referred as the "Queen of Pop" of her time. According to Recording Industry Association of America, Perry has sold 109.5 million digital singles and 17 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.
American singer Lady Gaga has released five solo studio albums, two collaborative studio albums, two film soundtracks, three remix albums, two compilation albums, four EPs, two live albums, 39 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.
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American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey has nine studio albums, three extended plays, 38 singles, 18 promotional singles and one box set. She also has one leaked demo album, which was not released officially. According to Universal Music Group (UMG), Del Rey has sold over 41 million albums worldwide and has garnered over 58 billion streams worldwide. In the United States, Del Rey has sold over 48 million certified singles according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Billboard ranked her as the 37th Top Rock Artist of the 2010s. Del Rey has also sold 7.1 million singles units, and 4 million albums in United Kingdom.
American singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor has released five studio albums, two extended plays (EP), two live albums, 30 singles, 28 music videos, three independent albums, and 18 promotional singles. She self-released the albums Meghan Trainor (2009), I'll Sing with You (2011), and Only 17 (2011); they were pulled from circulation after she signed with Epic Records in February 2014. Trainor's debut single, "All About That Bass", was released on June 30, 2014, and topped the Billboard Hot 100 for eight consecutive weeks. The single became the longest-reigning number-one by an Epic recording artist in the United States, surpassing the seven-week record held by Michael Jackson's songs "Billie Jean" (1983) and "Black or White" (1991). It topped the national charts of 58 countries and became one of the best-selling singles of all-time. As of 2015, it had sold over 11 million units internationally. "All About That Bass" was certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and preceded Trainor's debut EP, Title (2014), which peaked at number 15 on the Billboard 200 in September 2014.
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