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Top 10 Canadian albums

Rank Artist Album Peak
position
Sales Certification
1 Celine Dion Loved Me Back to Life 1 320,000 4× Platinum[28]
2 Arcade Fire Reflektor 1 240,000[29][30] 3× Platinum[31]
3 Johnny Reid A Christmas Gift to You 1 160,000[29] 2× Platinum[32]
4 Michael Bublé To Be Loved 1 160,000[33] 2× Platinum[34]
5 Drake Nothing Was the Same 1 108,000[29] Platinum[35]
6 City and Colour The Hurry and the Harm 1 80,000[29][36] Platinum[37]
7 Gord Bamford Christmas in Canada TBA 80,000 Platinum[38]
8 Hedley Wild Life 4 80,000[29] Platinum[39]
9 Justin Bieber Believe Acoustic 1 80,000 Platinum[40]
10 Various Artists MuchDance 2014 N/A 80,000 Platinum[41]

Top 10 International albums

Rank Artist Album Peak
position
Sales Certification
1 Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP 2 1 320,000[29][42] 4× Platinum[43]
2 Various Artists Frozen 1 240,000[44][45] 3× Platinum[46]
3 Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience 1 160,000 2× Platinum[47]
4 Katy Perry Prism 1 160,000 2× Platinum[48]
5 Lorde Pure Heroine 2 160,000 2× Platinum[49]
6 Luke Bryan Crash My Party 1 160,000 2× Platinum[50]
7 Avicii True 2 80,000 Platinum[51]
8 The Beatles On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2 TBA 80,000 Platinum[52]
9 Beyoncé Knowles Beyoncé 1 80,000 Platinum[53]
10 Black Sabbath 13 1 80,000 Platinum[54]

Top 10 singles

Rank Artist Song Album Peak
position
Sales Certification
1 Robin Thicke feat. T.I & Pharrell "Blurred Lines" Blurred Lines 1 720,000[29][55][56] 9× Platinum[57]
2 Pitbull feat. Kesha "Timber" Meltdown 1 560,000 7× Platinum[58]
3 Avicii "Wake Me Up" True 2 523,000[29] Platinum[59]
4 A Great Big World "Say Something" Is There Anybody Out There? 1 480,000 6× Platinum[60]
5 Pink feat. Nate Ruess "Just Give Me a Reason" The Truth About Love 1 499,000[29] 6× Platinum[61]
6 Lorde "Royals" Pure Heroine 1 480,000 6× Platinum[62]
7 OneRepublic "Counting Stars" Native 1 480,000 6× Platinum[63]
8 Passenger "Let Her Go" All the Little Lights 5 480,000 6× Platinum[64]
9 Pharrell Williams "Happy" G  I  R  L 1 480,000 6× Platinum[65]
10 Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams "Get Lucky" Random Access Memories 1 400,000 5× Platinum[66]

Deaths

References

  1. "Further to our...". Facebook. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
  2. CBC AT ECHO BEACH 2013. Toro, May 23, 2013.
  3. "Godspeed You! Black Emperor Win Polaris Music Prize". Pitchfork, September 23, 2013.
  4. "Olympia". Domino. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
  5. "Born Ruffians Announce 'Birthmarks,' Map Out Canadian Tour". Exclaim!, January 22, 2013.
  6. "Louise Burns Unveils 'The Midnight Mass,' Premieres New Song". Exclaim!, April 18, 2013.
  7. "Lucas Silveira Of The Cliks Announces March 2013 Release Of Brand New Album Black Tie Elevator". QMO, December 14, 2012.
  8. "Michael Feuerstack Leaves His Snailhouse Alias Behind for 'Tambourine Death Bed'". Exclaim!, February 27, 2013.
  9. "The Grapes of Wrath Return with 'High Road' LP". Exclaim!, February 12, 2013.
  10. "Jim Guthrie unveils 'The Rest is Yet to Come' from first LP in 10 years". CBC Radio 3, March 4, 2013.
  11. "Hayden 'Us Alone': Singer Joins Broken Social Scene's Label, Gets Twitter Account". Spinner Canada, February 5, 2013.
  12. "The Hidden Cameras Release 7-Inch in Advance of 'Age' LP". Exclaim!, July 4, 2013.
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 "Hilotrons Return with New Album: 'At Least There's Commotion'". Exclaim!, October 19, 2012.
  14. "Imaginary Cities set to release highly anticipated second album". CBC News, May 16, 2013.
  15. "K-os Details 'BLack on BLonde' Double Album, Recruits Emily Haines, Sebastien Grainger, Black Thought to Guest". Exclaim!, October 2, 2012.
  16. "Lee Harvey Osmond 'The Folk Sinner' (album stream)". Exclaim!, January 7, 2013.
  17. "Greg MacPherson Announces 'Fireball' LP, Maps Out Canadian Tour Dates". Exclaim!, September 23, 2013.
  18. "New Country Rehab Announce 'Ghost of Your Charms,' Schedule Canadian Tour". Exclaim!, January 21, 2013.
  19. "the Odds release new album 'the Most Beautiful Place on Earth, EP". Odds, February 23, 2013.
  20. "Daniel Romano Announces 'Come Cry with Me' LP, Shares New Track". Exclaim!, November 21, 2012.
  21. "The Sadies Talk the Ins and Outs of 'Internal Sounds,' Stream Album on Exclaim.ca". Exclaim!, September 9, 2013.
  22. "Shad Sets Release Date for 'Flying Colours,' Releases New Single". Exclaim!, July 30, 2013.
  23. "The Strumbellas Reveal 'We Still Move on Dance Floors'". Exclaim!, September 12, 2013.
  24. "Tegan and Sara on upcoming album Heartthrob". CBC News, January 16, 2013.
  25. "Arts & Crafts’ Jeffrey Remedios on Label's Tenth Anniversary, the ‘Nostalgia Vortex,' Stars' Pillow Cases". Billboard, May 28, 2013.
  26. "Whitehorse Cover Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot on 'The Road to Massey Hall' Live EP". Exclaim!, January 29, 2013.
  27. "Donovan Woods Gets Set for New Album: 'Don't Get Too Grand'". Exclaim!, March 1, 2013.
  28. "Canadian album certifications – Celine Dion – Loved Me Back to Life". Music Canada.
  29. 29.0 29.1 29.2 29.3 29.4 29.5 29.6 29.7 29.8 "Canada’s Digital Music Sales Rise in 2013 Unlike the U.S.; Eminem, Robin Thicke Among Top Selling Artists". January 10, 2014. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
  30. Tuch, Paul (6 November 2013). "ARCADE FIRE SCORES THIRD CHART-TOPPING ALBUM" (PDF). Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  31. "Canadian album certifications – Arcade Fire – Reflektor". Music Canada.
  32. "Canadian album certifications – Johnny Reid – A Christmas Gift to You". Music Canada.
  33. http://www.theprovince.com/entertainment/Michael+Buble+album+Loved+tops+charts+Canada/8323058/story.html
  34. "Canadian album certifications – Michael Buble – To Be Loved". Music Canada.
  35. "Canadian album certifications – Drake – Nothing Was the Same". Music Canada.
  36. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67270545/Canadian%20Newsletters/nielsen_music_canadian_update_Jun12_2013.pdf
  37. "Canadian album certifications – City and Colour – The Hurry and the Harm". Music Canada.
  38. "Canadian album certifications – Gord Bamford – Christmas in Canada". Music Canada.
  39. "Canadian album certifications – Hedley – Wild Life". Music Canada.
  40. "Canadian album certifications – Justin Bieber – Believe Acoustic". Music Canada.
  41. "Canadian album certifications – Various Artists – Muchdance 2014 / Danseplus 2014". Music Canada.
  42. "CELINE DION SCORES 13TH NUMBER ONE ALBUM" (PDF). November 13, 2013. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
  43. "Canadian album certifications – Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP 2". Music Canada.
  44. Cross, Alan (November 26, 2014). "Weekly Music Sales Report and Analysis: 26 November 2014". A Journal of Musical Things. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
  45. http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6451045/nielsen-music-canada-report-2014-sales-streaming-data
  46. "Canadian album certifications – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Frozen". Music Canada.
  47. "Canadian album certifications – Justin Timberlake – The 20/20 Experience". Music Canada.
  48. "Canadian album certifications – Katy Perry – Prism". Music Canada.
  49. "Canadian album certifications – Lorde – Pure Heroine". Music Canada.
  50. "Canadian album certifications – Luke Bryan – Crash My Party". Music Canada.
  51. "Canadian album certifications – Avicii – True". Music Canada.
  52. "Canadian album certifications – The Beatles – Live at the BBC Vol 2". Music Canada.
  53. "Canadian album certifications – Beyoncé – Beyoncé". Music Canada.
  54. "Canadian album certifications – Black Sabbath – 13". Music Canada.
  55. Tuch, Paul (May 29, 2013). Daft Punk Score Their First Number One Album (PDF). Nielsen Company. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  56. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67270545/Canadian%20Newsletters/nielsen_music_canadian_update_Jun19_2013.pdf
  57. "Canadian digital download certifications – Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines". Music Canada.
  58. "Canadian digital download certifications – Pitbull – Timber Ft. Ke$ha". Music Canada.
  59. "Canadian digital download certifications – Avicii – Wake Me Up". Music Canada.
  60. "Canadian digital download certifications – A Great Big World – Say Something". Music Canada.
  61. "Canadian digital download certifications – Pink – Just Give Me a Reason". Music Canada.
  62. "Canadian digital download certifications – Lorde – Royals". Music Canada.
  63. "Canadian digital download certifications – OneRepublic – Counting Stars". Music Canada.
  64. "Canadian digital download certifications – Passenger – Let Her Go". Music Canada.
  65. "Canadian digital download certifications – Pharrell Williams – Happy". Music Canada.
  66. "Canadian digital download certifications – Daft Punk – Get Lucky". Music Canada.
  67. "Alternative Press | News | Grade/Somehow Hollow guitarist Kent Abbott passes away at age 32". Altpress.com. Retrieved 2013-01-10.
  68. Jan 15, 2013 3:53 PM ET (1939-06-07). "Montreal cellist Yuli Turovsky dies at 73 - Montreal - CBC News". Cbc.ca. Retrieved 2013-01-16.
  69. Video game, TV composer Normand Corbeil dies. msn.com, January 28, 2013.
  70. "Stompin’ Tom Connors dies at age 77". Toronto Star, March 6, 2013.
  71. "Rita MacNeil dies at 68 after surgery; son says she had been planning summer concerts". Toronto Star, April 17, 2013.
  72. George Beverly Shea dies; sang with Billy Graham. USA Today, April 17, 2013.
  73. Toronto Star entertainment columnist Greg Quill, dies. Toronto Star, May 5, 2013.
  74. Country music producer Bill Langstroth dies at 81. Yahoo! News Canada, May 8, 2013.
  75. "NAC Orchestra founding conductor Mario Bernardi dies". CBC News, June 3, 2013.
  76. The Mark Inside’s Chris Levoir dead at 31, cause as yet unknown. National Post, June 3, 2013.
  77. "Musician Wes Dakus was Edmonton’s answer to Elvis". The Globe and Mail, October 25, 2013.
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2012 in Canadian music
Canadian music
2013
Succeeded by
2014 in Canadian music