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Wayne
08-02-2009, 09:26 AM
Here I shall post the best-selling acts in Canada, with their best-selling album and years active, with a few other chart feats!

To qualify for entry into this top 10 list, an act must've shipped over 7,500,000 albums across Canada. Please note, this is just a preliminary list at the moment, and acts shall be updated/added as new information becomes available. This is particularly the case with Elvis Presley.

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#10 - Aerosmith

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h194/photogal_2006/0502_aerosmith_a.jpg

Total album sales: 7,500,000
Biggest selling album: Get A Grip - 1,200,000


#09 - Madonna

http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk292/WJD1989/sorry_video_official_hq_ns2.jpg

Total album sales: 8,500,000
Biggest selling album: True Blue - 1,650,000

#08 - Pink Floyd

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/rottingdreams/nonelouder/Floyd.jpg

Total album sales: 9,100,000
Biggest selling album: Dark Side Of The Moon - 2,500,000

#07 - Michael Jackson

http://i0006.photobucket.com/albums/0006/findstuff22/Best%20Images/Music/mj1.jpg

Total album sales: 9,500,000*
Biggest selling album: Thriller - 3,300,000

*His total album sales are bound to increase in the coming weeks. It shouldn't be too long before he crosses the 10m threshold and jumps into third place

#06 - Elvis Presley

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af91/treadstone_album/elvispresley1a.jpg

Total album sales: 9,500,000+*
Biggest selling album: ??

*Elvis' sales trajectory is so vast that it would be almost impossible to put a number on how much he has actually shipped in Canada. Most of his releases have scanned between 200-400k copies but his career peak arguably came before the Canadian charts were set up, and so we'll never know his true sales. I'd say he has sold 9.5m+ with the numbers we have got.

Wayne
08-08-2009, 02:18 PM
#05 - The Eagles

http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff324/omar_21_photo/The-Eagles-Hotel-California-330631.jpg

Total album sales: 9,750,000
Biggest selling album: Greatest Hits -3,050,000

#04 - U2

http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj170/MARIEVERDIER/U2MYSPACE1.jpg

Total album sales: 9,800,000 (and climbing with No Line On The Horizon still charting)
Bigger selling album: Joshua Tree - 1,850,000

#03 - Led Zeppelin

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq141/chanellepadron/Led_Zeppelin.jpg

Total album sales: 10,000,000
Biggest selling album: Led Zeppelin IV - 2,800,000

#02 - The Beatles

http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae237/geenuts5/beatles.jpg

Total album sales: 15,000,000
Biggest selling album: One - 1,500,000

#01 - Celine Dion

http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/ii458/noelia_photos/celindion.jpg

Total album sales: 15,500,000 (and counting - she has a couple of albums charting on her pronvincial Quebec chart)
Biggest selling album: Lets Talk About Love - 2,000,000*

* Not only has it shipped 2m copies, it also broke the one week Canadian sales record. The album sold over 230,000 copies in its first week - a record that stands to this day

Wayne
08-08-2009, 02:29 PM
Some others:

Britney wouldn't make the top 30 for sure. She'd be inside of the top 75.

Baby One More Time: 1.300.000
Oops, I Did It Again: 1.000.000
Britney: 350.000
In The Zone: 400.000
GH - My Prerogative: 150.000
Blackout: 150.000
Circus: 280,000+

= 3.630.000

Mariah Carey: would almost certainly make the top 40

Mariah Carey: 700.000
Emotions: 450.000
MTV Unplugged: 150.000
Music Box: 750.000
Merry Christmas: 300.000
Daydream: 750.000
Butterfly: 300.000
#1's: 400.000
Rainbow: 220.000
Glitter: 35.000
Charmbracelet: 75.000
The Emancipation Of Mimi: 330.000

= 4.460.000

Carey has in comparison to the US, received lukewarm sales in Canada. Nothing close to a million seller, her sales have been consistent, but never massive