The following diamond-certified albums in Canada have sold at least one million units (individual CDs, tapes or LPs) as determined by
Canadian Recording Industry Association
Music Canada (formerly Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA)) is a non-profit trade organization that was founded 9 April 1963 to represent the interests of companies that record, manufacture, produce, and distribute music in Canada. It ...
, the national
music recording sales certification agency.
The first million-selling album in Canada was declared in May 1978 as ''
Rumours'' by the British band
Fleetwood Mac. 17 years later, that album was honoured for sales of a second million units.
Diamond albums
The following albums have sold at least one million units within Canada. This certification has been attained by 18 Canadian albums, representing 11 artists and one compilation album. A Canadian artist,
Céline Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion ( ; born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Noted for her powerful and technically skilled vocals, Dion is the best-selling Canadian recording artist, and the best-selling French-language artist of all time. Her ...
, holds the record for the most diamond albums, having had six albums reach this sales status in Canada.
Double Diamond albums
Double diamond awards are issued to albums that have sold two million units, representing the highest-selling music albums in Canadian history. Only two Canadian artists,
Alanis Morissette and
Shania Twain
Eilleen Regina "Shania" Twain ( , ; née Edwards; born August 28, 1965) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She has sold over 100 million records, making her the best-selling female artist in country music history and one of the best-s ...
, have attained this level of certification; Twain and
Pink Floyd are the only two artists to have reached it with more than one album.
See also
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The Top 100 Canadian Albums
''The Top 100 Canadian Albums'' is a book by journalist Bob Mersereau, published in 2007 by Goose Lane Editions.
Mersereau surveyed 600 music journalists, retailers, musicians and disc jockeys of all ages, from all parts of Canada, who each submi ...
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List of best-selling albums in Canada
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List of number-one singles (Canada)
Canadian singles charts were compiled by RPM from 1964 to 2000 and The Record from 1983 to 1996. Nielsen SoundScan compiled charts from 1996 to the present; Billboard's Canadian Hot 100, compiled from Nielsen SoundScan and Nielsen Broadcast Data ...
References
External links
CRIA: music certification
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