List of best-selling albums in Canada
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).
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:
- Gold: 40,000 units (previously 50,000)
- Platinum: 80,000 units (previously 100,000)
- Diamond: 800,000 units (previously 1,000,000) [1]
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
Date of Certification | Year | Title | Artist | Certification | Shipments/certified sales [2] |
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May 11, 2022 | 1982 | Thriller | Michael Jackson | 3× Diamond | 3,000,000‡ |
November 12, 1996 | 1995 | Jagged Little Pill | Alanis Morissette | 2× Diamond | 2,000,000 |
July 30, 1987 | 1976 | Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) | Eagles | 2× Diamond | 2,000,000 |
June 27, 1995 | 1977 | Rumours | Fleetwood Mac | 2× Diamond | 2,000,000 |
June 28, 1995 | 1971 | Led Zeppelin IV | Led Zeppelin | 2× Diamond | 2,000,000 |
August 31, 1995 | 1977 | Bat Out of Hell | Meat Loaf | 2× Diamond | 2,000,000 |
August 31, 1995 | 1979 | The Wall | Pink Floyd | 2× Diamond | 2,000,000 |
April 9, 1999 | 1995 | The Woman in Me | Shania Twain | 2× Diamond | 2,000,000 |
January 21, 2000 | 1997 | Come On Over | Shania Twain | 2× Diamond | 2,000,000 |
March 14, 2003 | 1973 | The Dark Side of the Moon | Pink Floyd | 2× Diamond | 2,000,000 |
December 21, 2004 | 2002 | Up! | Shania Twain | 2× Diamond | 2,000,000 |
September 20, 2018 | 2011 | 21 | Adele | 2× Diamond | 1,600,000‡ |
Rank | Year | Title | Artist | Certification | Unit sales |
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1 | 1997 | Come On Over | Shania Twain | 2× Diamond | 1,948,000[3] |
2 | 1997 | Let's Talk About Love | Celine Dion | Diamond | 1,492,000[3] |
3 | 2011 | 21 | Adele | 2× Diamond‡ | 1,489,000[3] |
4 | 1997 | Big Shiny Tunes 2 | Various Artists | Diamond | 1,233,000[3] |
5 | 2000 | 1 | The Beatles | Diamond | 1,231,000[3] |
6 | 2002 | Up! | Shania Twain | 2× Diamond | 1,134,000[3] |
7 | 1997 | Romanza | Andrea Bocelli | Diamond | 1,133,000[3] |
8 | 2015 | 25 | Adele | Diamond | 1,093,000[4] |
8 | 1997 | Aquarium | Aqua | Diamond | 1,093,000[3] |
9 | 1997 | Surfacing | Sarah McLachlan | Diamond | 1,078,000[3] |
10 | 1999 | Millennium | Backstreet Boys | Diamond | 1,075,000[3] |
11 | 1997 | Backstreet's Back | Backstreet Boys | Diamond | 1,048,000[5] |
Year | Title | Artist | Certification | Sales |
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1982 | Thriller | Michael Jackson | 3× Diamond‡ | 2,400,000[6] |
1997 | Let's Talk About Love | Celine Dion | Diamond | 1,700,000[7] |
1996 | Falling into You | Celine Dion | Diamond | 1,600,000[8] |
1978 | Breakfast in America | Supertramp | Diamond | 1,500,000[9] |
1993 | The Colour of My Love | Celine Dion | Diamond | 1,500,000[10] |
1985 | No Jacket Required | Phil Collins | Diamond | 1,300,000[11] |
1978 | Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack) | Various artists | Diamond | 1,300,000[12] |
1994 | The Lion King (1994 soundtrack) | Various artists | Diamond | 1,200,000[13] |
1978 | Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture | Various artists | Diamond | 1,115,000[14] |
Best-selling albums by year
2010s
Year | Performing artist(s) | Nationality | Album | Sales | Ref. |
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2010 | Eminem | United States | Recovery | 480,000 | [15] |
2011 | Adele | United Kingdom | 21 | 850,000 | [16] |
2012 | 457,000 | [17] | |||
2013 | Eminem | United States | The Marshall Mathers LP 2 | 242,000 | [18] |
2014 | Taylor Swift | United States | 1989 | 314,000 | [19] |
2015 | Adele | United Kingdom | 25 | 860,000 | [20] |
2016 | Drake | Canada | Views | 196,000 | [21] |
2017 | Ed Sheeran | United Kingdom | ÷ | 200,000 | [22] |
2018 | Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper | United States | A Star Is Born | 92,000 | [23] |
2019 | Celine Dion | Canada | Courage | 83,000 | [24] |
2020 | Taylor Swift | United States | Folklore | 62,000 | [25] |
2021 | Adele | United Kingdom | 30 | 114,000 | [26] |
See also
- The Top 100 Canadian Albums
- List of diamond-certified albums in Canada
- List of number-one singles in Canada
Notes
- ‡Certification include on-demand audio and video streams and track sale equivalent
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