2008 in Canadian music
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This is a summary of the year 2008 in the Canadian music industry.
Events
- April 6 – Juno Awards of 2008 held
- June 12 – 2008 Polaris Music Prize longlist announced
- June 15 – 2008 MuchMusic Video Awards held
- July 7 – 2008 Polaris Music Prize shortlist announced
- September 29 – Caribou's Andorra wins the Polaris Music Prize.
Albums
=A=
- Bryan Adams, 11
- Amylie, Jusqu'aux oreilles
- The Awkward Stage, Slimming Mirrors, Flattering Lights
=B=
- Jill Barber, Chances
- Matthew Barber, Ghost Notes
- Barenaked Ladies, Snacktime!
- Laura Barrett, Victory Garden
- Daniel Bélanger, Joli chaos
- Billy Talent, 666
- Black Mountain, In the Future
- Bonjour Brumaire, De la Nature des Foules
- Born Ruffians, Red, Yellow & Blue
- Isabelle Boulay, Nos Lendemains
- The Buttless Chaps, Cartography
=C=
- Cadence Weapon, Afterparty Babies
- Cancer Bats, Hail Destroyer
- Brendan Canning, Something for All of Us
- Paul Cargnello, Bragging
- Castlemusic, You Can't Take Anyone
- Chic Gamine, Chic Gamine
- Annabelle Chvostek, Resilience
- City and Colour, Bring Me Your Love
- Cœur de pirate, Cœur de pirate
- Jason Collett, Here's to Being Here
- Constantines, Kensington Heights
- Antoine Corriveau, Entre quatre murs
- Crystal Castles, Crystal Castles
- Isabelle Cyr, Isabelle CyrFrancis Hébert, [https://voir.ca/albums/isabelle-cyr-eponyme/ "Isabelle Cyr: Éponyme"]. Voir, February 7, 2008.
=D=
- The Dears, Missiles
- Destroyer, Trouble in Dreams
- Die Mannequin, Unicorn Steak
- DL Incognito, A Captured Moment in Time
- Luke Doucet, Blood's Too Rich
- The D'Urbervilles, We Are the Hunters
=E=
- Fred Eaglesmith, Tinderbox
- Kathleen Edwards, Asking for Flowers
- Elliott Brood, Mountain Meadows
- André Ethier, Born of Blue Fog
=F=
- FemBots, Calling Out
- Forest City Lovers, Haunting Moon Sinking
=G=
=H=
=I=
=J=
=K=
- Kardinal Offishall, Not 4 Sale
- Kalle Mattson, Telescope
- Karkwa, Le volume du vent
- Kellarissa, Flamingo
- Koriass, Les racines dans le béton
- Keith Kouna, Les Années monsieur
=L=
- Land of Talk, Some Are Lakes
- Éric Lapointe, Ma peau
- Library Voices, Hunting Ghosts (& Other Collected Shorts)
- The Lost Fingers, Lost in the 80s
- Rob Lutes, Truth & Fiction
=M=
- Catherine Major, Rose sang
- Kate Maki, On High
- Jon McKiel, The Nature of ThingsBrian Shultz, [https://www.punknews.org/review/7031/jon-mckiel-the-nature-of-things "Jon McKiel, The Nature of Things"]. Punk News, February 12, 2008.
- Sarah McLachlan, Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan
- Millimetrik, Northwest Passage's New Era (LP), Keys (EP)
- Ariane Moffatt, Tous les sens
- Alanis Morissette, Flavors of Entanglement
=N=
=O=
- One Hundred Dollars, Forest of Tears
=P=
- Pas Chic Chic, Au ContraireVish Khanna, [https://exclaim.ca/music/article/pas_chic_chic-au_contraire "Pas Chic Chic: Au Contraire"]. Exclaim!, April 28, 2008.
- Philémon Cimon, EP 2008
- Dany Placard, Raccourci
- Plants and Animals, Parc Avenue
- Prism, Big Black Sky
- Protest the Hero, Fortress
- The Provincial Archive, Nameless Places
=R=
=S=
- Said The Whale, Howe Sounds/Taking Abalonia
- Ron Sexsmith, Exit Strategy of the Soul
- Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band, 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons
- Crystal Shawanda, Dawn of a New Day
- Simple Plan, Simple Plan
- Zal Sissokho, Silaba
- Sloan, Parallel Play
- Snailhouse, Lies on the Prize
- Spirit of the West, Spirituality 1983-2008: The Consummate Compendium
- Stars, Sad Robots
- The Stills, Oceans Will Rise
- Jeffery Straker, Step Right Up
- Sweatshop Union, Water Street
=T=
=V=
=W=
Top hits on record
=Top 10 albums=
These are the top selling albums in Canada. These albums consist of Canadian sales only.
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Rank
!Artist !Album !Sales |
|---|
| 1
| style="text-align:center;"|1 |480,000 |
| 2
| style="text-align:center;"|2 |200,000 |
| 3
|The Canadian Tenors | style="text-align:center;"|22 |160,000 |2× Platinum |
| 4
|My Love: Essential Collection | style="text-align:center;"|2 |160,000 |2× Platinum |
| 5
| style="text-align:center;"|3 |80,000 |Platinum |
| 6
| style="text-align:center;"|N/A |80,000 |Platinum |
| 7
|Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan | style="text-align:center;"|3 |80,000 |Platinum |
| 8
| style="text-align:center;"|2 |80,000 |Platinum |
| 9
| style="text-align:center;"|1 |50,000 |
| 10
| style="text-align:center;"|8 |50,000 |Gold |
=Top 10 American albums=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Rank
!Artist !Album !Sales |
|---|
| 1
| style="text-align:center;"|1 |560,000 |7× Platinum |
| 2
| style="text-align:center;"|1 |480,000 |6× Platinum |
| 3
| style="text-align:center;"|2 |320,000 |4× Platinum |
| 4
|Pink | style="text-align:center;"|3 |250,000 |2× Platinum |
| 5
| style="text-align:center;"|6 |240,000 |3× Platinum{{Cite certification|region=Canada|type=album|title=I Am...Sasha Fierce|artist=Beyonce}} |
| 6
| style="text-align:center;"|1 |240,000 |3× Platinum |
| 7
| style="text-align:center;"|2 |240,000 |3× Platinum |
| 8
| style="text-align:center;"|1 |240,000 |3× Platinum |
| 9
| style="text-align:center;"|6 |200,000 |2× Platinum |
| 10
| style="text-align:center;"|1 |160,000 |2× Platinum |
=Top 5 British albums=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Rank
!Artist !Album !Sales |
|---|
| 1
|Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends | style="text-align:center;"|1 |480,000 |6× Platinum |
| 2
|19 | style="text-align:center;"|4 |240,000 |3× Platinum{{Cite certification|region=Canada|type=album|title=19|artist=Adele}} |
| 3
|Seal |Soul | style="text-align:center;"|11 |80,000 |
| 4
| style="text-align:center;"|N/A |40,000 |Gold |
| 5
| style="text-align:center;"|13 |40,000 |
=Top International albums=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Rank
!Artist !Album !Sales |
|---|
| 1
| style="text-align:center;"|1 |400,000 |5× Platinum |
| 2
| style="text-align:center;"|N/A |50,000 |Gold{{Cite certification|region=Canada|type=album|title=Frontiers|artist=Jesse Cook}} |
= Canadian Hot 100 Year-End List =
| class="wikitable"
!No. !Artist(s) !Title |
| 1
|Timbaland featuring OneRepublic |"Apologize" |
| 2 |
| 3
|"Low" |
| 4
|Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake |"4 Minutes" |
| 5 |
| 6
|Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis |"Just Dance" |
| 7
|"No One" |
| 8
|"Disturbia" |
| 9
|"Viva la Vida" |
| 10
|Rihanna |
| 11
|Kardinal Offishall featuring Akon |"Dangerous" |
| 12 |
| 13
|"Forever" |
| 14 |
| 15 |
| 16
|Jordin Sparks with Chris Brown |"No Air" |
| 17
|Rihanna |"Take a Bow" |
| 18
|"Bubbly" |
| 19
|Pink |"So What" |
| 20
|"Shake It" |
| 21 |
| 22
|"Love Song" |
| 23
|Hedley |
| 24
|Usher featuring Young Jeezy |
| 25
|Estelle featuring Kanye West |"American Boy" |
| 26 |
| 27
|Jordin Sparks |"Tattoo" |
| 28
|Chris Brown |"With You" |
| 29
|OneRepublic |
| 30
|"Piece of Me" |
| 31
|Katy Perry |"Hot n Cold" |
| 32
|"Clumsy" |
| 33
|Kanye West |"Stronger" |
| 34
|Santana featuring Chad Kroeger |
| 35
|"1234" |
| 36
|"Mercy" |
| 37 |
| 38
|Jordin Sparks |
| 39
|Lil Wayne featuring Static Major |"Lollipop" |
| 40
|"Paper Planes" |
| 41 |
| 42
|"Hot" |
| 43
|Maroon 5 featuring Rihanna |
| 44
|"Closer" |
| 45
|"Sorry" |
| 46
|Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson |
| 47
|Chris Brown featuring T-Pain |"Kiss Kiss" |
| 48
|Leona Lewis |
| 49
|Fergie |
| 50 |
| 51 |
| 52 |
| 53 |
| 54 |
| 55 |
| 56
|"Leavin'" |
| 57
|Kevin Rudolf featuring Lil Wayne |"Let It Rock" |
| 58
|Britney Spears |
| 59
|"Summertime" |
| 60
|Coldplay |"Violet Hill" |
| 61
|Hedley |"Old School" |
| 62
|Simple Plan |
| 63
|Madonna |"Give It 2 Me" |
| 64
|Finger Eleven |"Paralyzer" |
| 65
|Britney Spears |"Womanizer" |
| 66
|Natasha Bedingfield featuring Sean Kingston |
| 67
|Wyclef Jean featuring Akon, Lil Wayne and Niia |
| 68
|"Feedback" |
| 69
|"Money Honey" |
| 70 |
| 71 |
| 72
|Flo Rida featuring Timbaland |"Elevator" |
| 73 |
| 74
|Flo Rida featuring will.i.am |"In the Ayer" |
| 75 |
| 76
|"Burnin' Up" |
| 77
|"New Soul" |
| 78
|Maroon 5 |
| 79
|T.I. |
| 80
|"Sexy Can I" |
| 81 |
| 82 |
| 83 |
| 84
|"The End" |
| 85 |
| 86
|Miley Cyrus |"7 Things" |
| 87
|State of Shock |"Best I Ever Had" |
| 88
|"Say" |
| 89
|"Crush" |
| 90 |
| 91 |
| 92
|"Unlove You" |
| 93 |
| 94 |
| 95
|Kanye West |
| 96
|"Like Me" |
| 97
|Rihanna featuring Jay-Z |"Umbrella" |
| 98
|T.I. featuring Rihanna |
| 99
|Maroon 5 |"Wake Up Call" |
| 100
|Rihanna featuring Ne-Yo |"Hate That I Love You"{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2008/canadian-hot-100|title=Canadian Hot 100 – Year-End 2008|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2017-07-19}} |
Deaths
- January 4 – Mort Garson, composer
- February 15 – Willie P. Bennett, folk singer-songwriter
- March 2 – Jeff Healey, blues guitarist
- May 11 – John Rutsey, former drummer for Rush
- July 3 – Oliver Schroer, fiddler and composer
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