List of best-selling albums in China

This is the list of best-selling albums in China.

As of 2016, China was the world's 12th biggest music market, having improved its position from being 14th in 2015 and 27th in 2005.[1][2]

Despite decreasing physical sales, digital album sales are high in China. The soundtrack album of the Korean drama, Guardian: The Lonely and Great God, has sold over 15 million digital copies.

Best-selling albums in China

Legend
pink Physical album
purple Digital album
Best-selling albums in China
Rank no. Year of release Album Artist Number of copies sold Ref.
1 1986 A Voice on the Ocean Fei Xiang 20,000,000 [3][4]
2 2016 Guardian: The Lonely and Great God OST Various Artists 15,358,000 [5]
3 2016 Growing Wild Li Yuchun 6,613,000 [6][7][8]
4 2016 Uncontrollably Fond OST Various Artists 5,705,000 [9]
5 2016 Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo OST Various Artists 4,966,000 [10]
6 2016 Xplore Lu Han 3,487,000 [11]
7 2014 1989 Taylor Swift 3,370,000 [12]
8 2015 Reloaded Lu Han 3,343,000 [13]
9 2016 The Legend of the Blue Sea OST Various Artists 3,334,000 [14]
10 2016 MADE Big Bang 2,966,000 [15]

Best-selling physical albums

Best-selling physical albums in China
Rank no. Year of release Album Artist Number of copies sold Certification Ref.
1 1986 A Voice on the Ocean Fei Xiang 20,000,000 — [3][4]
2 2004 Common Jasmin Orange Jay Chou 2,600,000 — [16]
3 1993 I Can Never Understand Your Love Chen Lin 1,500,000 — [17]
4 1997 Titanic James Horner/Celine Dion 1,000,000 — [18]
5 2001 Meteor Rain F4 500,000 — [19]
6 2007 Against the Light Stefanie Sun 500,000 — [20]
7 2004 It's Raining Rain 500,000 — [21]
8 1999 Next to Happiness The Flowers 500,000 — [22]
9 1987 Bad Michael Jackson 250,000 — [23]

Best-selling digital albums

Best-selling digital albums in China
Rank no. Year of release Album Artist Number of copies sold Ref.
1 2016 Guardian: The Lonely and Great God OST Various Artists 15,358,000 [5]
2 2016 Growing Wild Li Yuchun 6,613,000 [6][7][8]
3 2016 Uncontrollably Fond OST Various Artists 5,705,000 [9]
4 2016 Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo OST Various Artists 4,966,000 [10]
5 2016 Xplore Lu Han 3,487,000 [11]
6 2014 1989 Taylor Swift 3,370,000 [12]
7 2015 Reloaded Lu Han 3,343,000 [13]
8 2016 The Legend of the Blue Sea OST Various Artists 3,334,000 [14]
9 2016 MADE Big Bang 2,966,000 [15]
10 2016 Anti Rihanna 2,584,000 [24]
11 2017 6 Kris Wu 2,537,118 [25]
12 2017 Venture Lu Han 2,416,000 [26]
13 2017 The Fate of the Furious: The Album Various Artists 2,204,000 [27]
14 2017 ÷ Ed Sheeran 1,814,000 [28]
15 2017 Imagination Lu Han 1,610,000 [29]
16 2017 Fifty Shades Darker Various Artists 1,558,000 [30]
17 2015 E Big Bang 1,451,000 [31]
18 2016 Reloaded + Lu Han 1,376,000 [13]
19 2015 D Big Bang 1,348,000 [31]
20 2016 Dangerous Woman Ariana Grande 1,333,000 [32]
21 2017 Kwon Ji-Yong G-Dragon 1,308,000 [33]
22 2015 Reloaded II Lu Han 1,230,000 [13]
23 2016 Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories Jay Chou 1,123,000 [34]
24 2016 Lose Control Lay 1,055,000 [35]
25 2016 The Princess Weiyoung OST Various Artists 889,000 [36]
26 2015 A Big Bang 863,000 [31]
27 2015 T.A.O Z.TAO 746,000 [37]
28 2017 Witness Katy Perry 556,000 [38]
29 2017 One More Light Linkin Park 509,000 [39]
30 2015 M Big Bang 508,000 [31]
31 2016 The Road Z.TAO 500,000 [40]
32 2016 Wings BTS 434,000 [41][42]
33 2016 Black Courage Jason Zhang 384,000 [43]
34 2017 Put and Cloak Eason Chan 337,000 [44]
35 2016 Descendants of the Sun OST Various Artists 241,000 [45]
36 2016 Fighter of the Destiny OST Various Artists 232,000 [46]
37 2016 Fantôme Utada Hikaru 208,000 [47]
38 2016 Entourage OST Various Artists 190,000 [48]
39 2014 Aiyo, Not Bad Jay Chou 171,000 [49]
40 2016 With Love, J Jessica 140,000 [50]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Global Music Report 2017: Annual State of the Industry" (PDF). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "RIAJ: Yearbook 2007, IFPI 2005 Report (Page 24)" (PDF). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 15, 2007. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  3. 1 2 Fan, Xu (October 10, 2014). "Uncle cool". China Daily. Retrieved March 20, 2017. Subsequently, his first album released on the mainland sold a staggering 20 million copies.
  4. 1 2 Bergstrom, Mary (2012). All Eyes East: Lessons from the Front Lines of Marketing to China's Youth. Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved March 20, 2017. he sold 20 million copies of his album, A Voice on The Ocean.
  5. 1 2 Goblin OST sales in two of China's major music platforms:
  6. 1 2 Combined sales of 4 EP's:
  7. 1 2 "Li Yuchun's decade of breakthroughs". China. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
  8. 1 2 (in Chinese)"李宇春數字專輯銷量破650萬 引領新模式“野蠻生長”". China. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
  9. 1 2 "QQ音乐-- 任意依恋 OST" [QQ Music -- Uncontrollably Fond OST]. QQ music. y.qq.com. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  10. 1 2 "QQ音乐-- 달의 연인 - 보보경심 려 OST" [QQ Music -- Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo OST]. QQ music. y.qq.com. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  11. 1 2 Xplore sales in China's three major music platforms:
  12. 1 2 "QQ音乐 -- 1989 (Deluxe)". QQ music. y.qq.com. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  13. 1 2 3 4 "QQ音乐数字专辑 - QQ音乐,音乐你的生活! (Reloaded+)". QQ Music. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  14. 1 2 "QQ音乐-- 蓝色大海的传说 OST" [QQ Music -- The Legend of the Blue Sea OST]. QQ music. y.qq.com. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  15. 1 2 Made sales in China's three major music platforms:
  16. ↑ Fung, Anthony (2008). Western style, Chinese Pop: Jay Chou's Rap and Hip-Hop in China. pp. 69–80. Retrieved March 19, 2017. In China the official figure reached 2.6 million units, a stunning figure that no other Chinese artist has attained.
  17. ↑ Jie, Yang, ed. (November 1, 2009). "Pop Singer Chen Lin falls to death". China Radio International. China Central Television. Retrieved March 19, 2017. It reached the top of the album charts and sold over 1.5 million copies.
  18. ↑ White, Adam (June 20, 1998). "Billboard Vol. 110, No. 25". Billboard. Retrieved March 19, 2017. The Sony Classical soundtrack album to the movie is now reported to have sold more than 1 million legitimate copies in the People's Republic of China
  19. ↑ Pomfret, John (June 10, 2002). "Band Hits Sour Note in China". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  20. ↑ Tan, Kevin (2012). Suryadinata, Leo, ed. Southeast Asian Personalities of Chinese Descent: A Biographical Dictionary, Volume I & II. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. p. 1020. Retrieved March 19, 2017. over 500,000 copies in China in the first week
  21. ↑ "Korean Culture No. 2: K-pop Beyond Asia". Korean Culture and Information Service. 2015. p. 42. Retrieved 2017-07-23. Total sales of Rain's new album throughout Asia reached over one million: 100,000 in Japan, 500,000 in China, 70,000 in Taiwan, 150,000 in Thailand, 50,000 in Indonesia, and 154,000 in Korea…
  22. ↑ Far Eastern Economic Review (May 23, 2003). "Chinese aim to build a great wall of sound". The Guardian. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  23. ↑ Campbell, Lisa (1994). Michael Jackson: The King of Pop's Darkest Hour. Branden Publishing Company. p. 169.
  24. ↑ "QQ音乐 -- Anti (Deluxe)". QQ music. y.qq.com. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  25. ↑ 6 sales in China's three major music platforms:
  26. ↑ Venture sales in China's three major music platforms:
  27. ↑ "QQ音乐 -- Fast & Furious 8: The Album". QQ music. y.qq.com. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  28. ↑ "QQ音乐 -- ÷ (Deluxe)". QQ music. y.qq.com. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  29. ↑ Imagination sales in China's three major music platforms:
  30. ↑ "QQ音乐 -- Fifty Shades Darker (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". QQ music. y.qq.com. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  31. 1 2 3 4 "QQ音乐数字专辑--MADE SERIES 《E》". QQ music. y.qq.com. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  32. ↑ "QQ音乐 -- Dangerous Woman (Deluxe)". QQ music. y.qq.com. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  33. ↑ Kwon Ji-Yong sales in China's three major music platforms:
  34. ↑ "QQ音乐- 听我想听的歌 --Bedtime Stories". QQ music. y.qq.com. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  35. ↑ "Lose Control on Xiami". Xiami. April 2, 2017. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  36. ↑ "QQ音乐- 锦绣未央 电视剧原声带" [QQ Music -- The Princess Weiyoung OST]. QQ music. y.qq.com. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  37. ↑ T.A.O sales in two of China's major music platforms:
  38. ↑ "QQ音乐 -- Witness". QQ music. y.qq.com. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  39. ↑ "QQ音乐 --One More Light". QQ music. y.qq.com. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  40. ↑ "黄子韬《The Road》专辑上线 开启C-Pop新套路". August 30, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  41. ↑ Wings sales in China:
  42. ↑ You Never Walk Alone sales in China's three major music platforms:
  43. ↑ "QQ音乐 -- Black Courage". QQ music. y.qq.com. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  44. ↑ "QQ音乐 -- Put and Cloak". QQ music. y.qq.com. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
  45. ↑ "《太阳的后裔》原声音乐酷我首发" [Descendants of the Sun OST] (in Chinese). Kuwo. June 9, 2017. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  46. ↑ "QQ音乐 -- 择天记 电视剧原声带" [QQ Music -- Fighter of the Destiny Original Soundtrack]. QQ music. y.qq.com. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  47. ↑ "QQ音乐 --Fantôme". QQ music. y.qq.com. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  48. ↑ "QQ音乐 -- Entourage MIXTAPE". QQ music. y.qq.com. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  49. ↑ "QQ音乐- 听我想听的歌 --Aiyo, Not Bad". QQ music. y.qq.com. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  50. ↑ "QQ音乐 -- With Love, J". QQ music. y.qq.com. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
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