List of diamond-certified albums in Canada
{{short description|List of musical albums selling over 1 million copies in Canada}}
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, the national music recording sales certification agency.{{cite web|url=http://www.cria.ca/cert.php |title=Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Certification Definitions |accessdate=2007-09-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091124091223/http://www.cria.ca/cert.php |archivedate=2009-11-24 }}
The first million-selling album in Canada was declared in May 1978 as Rumours by the British band Fleetwood Mac. Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album is the first in Canada to achieve both double and triple Diamond certification.
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, Celine Dion, holds the record for the most diamond albums, having had six albums reach this sales status in Canada.
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!Artist!!Album!!Date certified |
Bee Gees/Various artists
|{{dts|1978|06 |
|-
|Various artists
|{{dts|1978|11|}}
|-
|{{dts|1979|10|}}
|-
|{{dts|1979|11|}}
|-
|{{dts|1981|06|}}
|-
|{{dts|1982|12|}}
|-
|{{dts|1984|05|}}
|-
|{{dts|1984|11|}}
|-
|{{dts|1985|07|}}
|-
|{{dts|1985|12|}}
|-
|{{dts|1986|02|}}
|-
|{{dts|1986|04|}}
|-
|{{dts|1986|04|}}
|-
|{{dts|1987|03|}}
|-
|{{dts|1987|06|}}
|-
|{{dts|1987|10|}}
|-
|U2
|{{dts|1987|10|}}
|-
|{{dts|1988|01|}}
|-
|Various artists
|{{dts|1988|08|}}
|-
|{{dts|1988|08|}}
|-
|{{dts|1988|10|}}
|-
|{{dts|1988|11|}}
|-
|{{dts|1989|10|}}
|-
|{{dts|1990|03|}}
|-
|{{dts|1990|12|}}
|-
|{{dts|1991|02|}}
|-
|{{dts|1991|10|}}
|-
|INXS
|Kick
|{{dts|1991|11|}}
|-
|Various artists
|{{dts|1992|01|}}
|-
|{{dts|1992|06|}}
|-
|{{dts|1992|06|}}
|-
|{{dts|1992|07|}}
|-
|{{dts|1992|07|}}
|-
|{{dts|1993|08|}}
|-
|Whitney Houston/Various artists
|{{dts|1993|09|}}
|-
|{{dts|1994|11|}}
|-
|{{dts|1995|03|}}
|-
|{{dts|1995|03|}}
|-
|{{dts|1995|03|}}
|-
|{{dts|1995|03|}}
|-
|{{dts|1995|05|}}
|-
|Various artists
|{{dts|1995|05|}}
|-
|{{dts|1995|06|}}
|-
|{{dts|1995|07|}}
|-
|Various artists
|{{dts|1995|08|}}
|-
|{{dts|1995|09|}}
|-
|{{dts|1995|11|}}
|-
|{{dts|1996|03|}}
|-
|Various artists
|Oh What a Feeling: A Vital Collection of Canadian Music
|{{dts|1996|05|}}
|-
|Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
|{{dts|1996|08|}}
|-
|{{dts|1996|11|}}
|-
|{{dts|1996|11|}}
|-
|{{dts|1997|05|}}
|-
|{{dts|1997|08|}}
|-
|{{dts|1997|11|}}
|-
|Various artists
|{{dts|1998|03|}}
|-
|Various artists
|{{dts|1998|03|}}
|-
|{{dts|1998|05|}}
|-
|{{dts|1998|05|}}
|-
|{{dts|1998|07|}}
|-
|{{dts|1998|07|}}
|-
|Aqua
|{{dts|1998|08|}}
|-
|{{dts|1998|08|}}
|-
|{{dts|1998|09|}}
|-
|{{dts|1998|10|}}
|-
|{{dts|1998|10|}}
|-
|{{dts|1999|01|}}
|-
|{{dts|1999|03|}}
|-
|{{dts|1999|10|}}
|-
|{{dts|1999|12|}}
|-
|{{dts|1999|12|}}
|-
|{{dts|2000|04|}}
|-
|ABBA
|{{dts|2000|05|}}
|-
|{{dts|2000|07|}}
|-
|{{dts|2000|09|}}
|-
|{{dts|2000|11|}}
|-
|U2
|{{dts|2000|12|}}
|-
|1
|{{dts|2001|02|}}
|-
|{{dts|2001|02|}}
|-
|{{dts|2001|03|}}
|-
|{{dts|2001|03|}}
|-
|{{dts|2003|05|}}
|-
|{{dts|2003|08|}}
|-
|{{dts|2003|09|}}
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|{{dts|2007|01|}}
|-
|{{dts|2007|01|}}
|-
|{{dts|2007|10|}}
|-
|All the Way… A Decade of Song
|{{dts|2007|10|}}
|-
|{{dts|2010|04|}}
|-
|{{dts|2014|12|}}
|-
|25
|{{dts|2016|01|}}
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|{{dts|2017|04|}}
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|X
|{{dts|2021|10|}}
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|÷
|{{dts|2021|10|}}
|-
|{{dts|2023|04|}}
|-
|{{dts|2023|09|}}
|-
|{{dts|2023|10|}}
|-
|Bad
|{{dts|2025|1|}}
|}
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, have attained this level of certification; Twain and Pink Floyd are the only two artists to have reached it with more than one album.
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!Artist!!Album!!Date certified |
Michael Jackson
|1984-04-01 |
Eagles
|Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) |1987-07-30 |
Fleetwood Mac
|1995-06-27 |
Led Zeppelin
|1995-06-28 |
Meat Loaf
|1995-08-31 |
Pink Floyd
|1995-08-31 |
Alanis Morissette
|1996-11-12 |
Shania Twain
|1999-04-09 |
Shania Twain
|2000-01-21 |
Pink Floyd
|2003-03-14 |
Shania Twain
|Up! |2004-12-21 |
Adele
|21 |2018-09-20 |
See also
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References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090412081617/http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php CRIA: music certification]
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