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| 2009 in music |
| By location |
| Australia – Canada – Europe – Great Britain – Ireland – Latin-America – United States |
| By genre |
| Alternative/punk – Country – Heavy metal – Hip hop |
| Releases |
| First quarter – Second quarter – Third quarter – Fourth quarter |
This is a summary of the year 2009 in the Canadian music industry.
Contents |
These are the top selling albums in Canada. These albums consist of Canadian sales only.
| Rank | Artist | Album | Peak position |
Sales | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Bublé | Crazy Love | 1 | 320,000 | 4x Platinum[1] |
| 2 | Ginette Reno | Fais-Moi De La Tendresse | n/a | 209,000[2] | n/a |
| 3 | Billy Talent | Billy Talent III | 1 | 160,000 | 2x Platinum |
| 4 | Hedley | The Show Must Go | 6 | 160,000 | 2x Platinum |
| 5 | Johnny Reid | Dance with Me | 3 | 160,000 | 2x Platinum[3] |
| 6 | Justin Bieber | My World | 1 | 160,000 | 2x Platinum |
| 7 | The Tragically Hip | We Are the Same | 1 | 160,000 | 2x Platinum[4] |
| 8 | Blue Rodeo | The Things We Left Behind | 6 | 80,000 | Platinum[5] |
| 9 | The Canadian Tenors | The Perfect Gift | n/a | 80,000 | Platinum |
| 10 | Johnny Reid | Christmas | 7 | 80,000 | Platinum[6] |
| Rank | Artist | Album | Peak position |
Sales | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Black Eyed Peas | The E.N.D. | 1 | 400,000 | 5x Platinum |
| 2 | Eminem | Relapse | 1 | 195,000 | n/a |
| 3 | Green Day | 21st Century Breakdown | 1 | 160,000 | 2x Platinum |
| 4 | Michael Jackson | This Is It | 1 | 160,000 | 2x Platinum |
| 5 | Adam Lambert | For Your Entertainment | 8 | 80,000 | Platinum[7] |
| 6 | Bon Jovi | The Circle | 1 | 80,000 | Platinum |
| 7 | Bruce Springsteen | Working on a Dream | 1 | 80,000[8] | Platinum |
| 8 | Carrie Underwood | Play On | 2 | 80,000 | Platinum |
| 9 | Daughtry | Leave This Town | 2 | 80,000 | Platinum[9] |
| 10 | Glee | Glee: The Music, Volume 1 | 4 | 80,000 | Platinum |
| Rank | Artist | Album | Peak position |
Sales | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Beatles | The Beatles Stereo Box Set | n/a | 800,000 | Diamond[10] |
| 2 | Susan Boyle | I Dreamed a Dream | 1 | 400,000[11] | 5x Platinum[12] |
| 3 | Mumford & Sons | Sigh No More | 2 | 160,000 | 2x Platinum |
| 4 | Muse | The Resistance | 1 | 80,000 | Platinum[13] |
| 5 | Florence and the Machine | Lungs | 21 | 40,000 | Gold |
| 6 | Leona Lewis | Echo | 16 | 40,000 | Gold[14] |
| 7 | Lily Allen | It's Not Me, It's You | 1 | 40,000 | Gold[15] |
| 8 | Mika | The Boy Who Knew Too Much | 19 | 40,000 | Gold |
| Rank | Artist | Album | Peak position |
Sales | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrea Bocelli | My Christmas | 2 | 264,000[16] | 2x Platinum |
| 2 | David Guetta | One Love | 2 | 160,000 | 2x Platinum[17] |
| 3 | U2 | No Line on the Horizon | 1 | 160,000 | 2x Platinum[18] |
| 4 | Rihanna | Rated R | 5 | 80,000 | Platinum |
| 5 | Rod Stewart | Soulbook | 3 | 80,000 | Platinum[19] |
| 6 | Phoenix | Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix | 19 | 40,000 | Gold |
| 7 | Tiësto | Kaleidoscope | 6 | 40,000 | Gold |
| 8 | Daniel O' Donnell | Hope and Praise | n/a | 5,000 | Gold[20] |
| Preceded by 2008 in Canadian music |
Canadian music 2009 |
Succeeded by 2010 in Canadian music |