List of diamond-certified albums in Canada
The following diamond-certified albums in Canada have sold at least one million units as determined by Canadian Recording Industry Association, the national music recording sales certification agency.
The first million-selling album in Canada was declared in May 1978 as Rumours by the British band Fleetwood Mac. 17 years later, that album was honoured for sales of a second million units.
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, Céline Dion, holds the record for the most diamond albums, having had six albums reach this sales status in Canada.Artist | Album | Date certified |
Various artists | Saturday Night Fever | |
Various artists | Grease | |
Supertramp | Breakfast in America | |
Supertramp | Crime of the Century | |
Kenny Rogers | Greatest Hits | |
Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin | |
Culture Club | Colour by Numbers | |
Lionel Richie | Can't Slow Down | |
Bruce Springsteen | Born in the U.S.A. | |
Bryan Adams | Reckless | |
Corey Hart | Boy in the Box | |
Dire Straits | Brothers in Arms | |
Phil Collins | No Jacket Required | |
Whitney Houston | Whitney Houston | |
Madonna | True Blue | |
Bon Jovi | Slippery When Wet | |
U2 | The Joshua Tree | |
The Eagles | Hotel California | |
Various artists | Dirty Dancing | |
Huey Lewis and the News | Sports | |
Elton John | Greatest Hits Vol. 1 | |
Def Leppard | Hysteria | |
AC/DC | Back in Black | |
Milli Vanilli | Girl You Know It's True | |
Alannah Myles | Alannah Myles | |
New Kids on the Block | Hangin' Tough | |
George Michael | Faith | |
INXS | Kick | |
Various artists | Cocktail | |
Bryan Adams | Waking Up the Neighbours | |
ZZ Top | Eliminator | |
Guns N' Roses | Appetite for Destruction | |
Madonna | Like a Virgin | |
Eric Clapton | Unplugged | |
Whitney Houston/Various artists | ' | |
Celine Dion | The Colour of My Love | |
The Beatles | Abbey Road | |
The Beatles | 1962–1966 | |
The Beatles | 1967–1970 | |
Ace of Base | The Sign | |
Billy Ray Cyrus | Some Gave All | |
Various artists | The Lion King | |
Aerosmith | Get a Grip | |
Garth Brooks | The Hits | |
Various artists | Forrest Gump | |
Tom Cochrane | Mad Mad World | |
Green Day | Dookie | |
Hootie and the Blowfish | Cracked Rear View | |
Various artists | ' | |
The Smashing Pumpkins | Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness | |
Phil Collins | Face Value | |
Celine Dion | Falling into You | |
Boston | Boston | |
No Doubt | Tragic Kingdom | |
Celine Dion | Let's Talk About Love | |
Various artists | Titanic | |
Various artists | Big Shiny Tunes 2 | |
Backstreet Boys | Backstreet Boys | |
Backstreet Boys | Backstreet's Back | |
Spice Girls | Spice | |
Celine Dion | Celine Dion | |
Aqua | Aquarium | |
Metallica | Metallica | |
Savage Garden | Savage Garden | |
Sarah McLachlan | Surfacing | |
Spice Girls | Spiceworld | |
The Tragically Hip | Up to Here | |
Andrea Bocelli | Romanza | |
Backstreet Boys | Millennium | |
Britney Spears | ...Baby One More Time | |
Ricky Martin | Ricky Martin | |
Amanda Marshall | Amanda Marshall | |
ABBA | ' | |
Santana | Supernatural | |
Barenaked Ladies | Gordon | |
Bon Jovi | ' | |
U2 | Achtung Baby | |
The Beatles | 1 | |
Our Lady Peace | Clumsy | |
Guns N' Roses | Use Your Illusion I | |
Nirvana | Nevermind | |
Avril Lavigne | Let Go | |
Steve Miller Band | Greatest Hits | |
Eminem | The Eminem Show | |
Norah Jones | Come Away with Me | |
The Tragically Hip | Fully Completely | |
Celine Dion | These Are Special Times | |
Celine Dion | All the Way… A Decade of Song | |
The Beatles | The Beatles Stereo Box Set | |
Michael Bublé | Christmas | |
Adele | 25 |
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.Artist | Album | Date certified |
Michael Jackson | Thriller | 1984-04-01 |
Eagles | Their Greatest Hits | 1987-07-30 |
Fleetwood Mac | Rumours | 1995-06-27 |
Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin IV | 1995-06-28 |
Meat Loaf | Bat Out of Hell | 1995-08-31 |
Pink Floyd | The Wall | 1995-08-31 |
Alanis Morissette | Jagged Little Pill | 1996-11-12 |
Shania Twain | The Woman in Me | 1999-04-09 |
Shania Twain | Come on Over | 2000-01-21 |
Pink Floyd | The Dark Side of the Moon | 2003-03-14 |
Shania Twain | Up! | 2004-12-21 |
Adele | 21 | 2018-09-20 |