Best selling albums in Canada

[Wolf]

Here are the Beatles` certifications for albums released in Canada, (all data from CRIA)


1) “Abbey Road” – 1 million
2) “Beatles 1” – 1 million
3) “The Beatles 1962-1966” – 1 million
4) “The Beatles 1967-1970” – 1 million
5) “Anthology 1” – 900,000
6) “Live At The BBC” – 800,000
7) “Sgt. Pepper`s Lonely Hearts Club Band” – 800,000
8) “The Beatles” (White Album) – 800,000
9) “Anthology 2” – 400,000
10) “Hey Jude” – 400,000
11) “Magical Mystery Tour” – 400,000
12) “Let It Be” – 300,000
13) “The Beatles Twist And Shout” – 300,000
14) “20 Greatest Hits” – 300,000
15) “Rock`n`Roll Music, Vol.1” – 300,000
16) “Revolver” – 200,000
17) “Help!” – 200,000
18) “Rock`n`Roll Music, Vol.2” – 200,000
19) “Rubber Soul” – 200,000

Another interesting list, Wolf. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif How is your website coming along by the way?

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[mindgames]

Very impressive for a country of only 19 million people. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/cool2.gif

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[Wolf]

I haven`t yet begun with my website, Nowhere Man, I guess I won`t start before October.

Impressive it is, Mindgames, almost 13 million albums certified from a country of 19 million. And these certifications only represent a minimum of sales because some albums have not reached the next certification level, although being very close to it (for example: selling 290,000 copies will only get a 200,000 sales award).

[bearkat77]

Good work, Wolf. I'm waiting impatiently for your web site to open.

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By Wolf:
Impressive it is, Mindgames, almost 13 million albums certified from a country of 19 million. a 200,000 sales award).<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Let me know if you ever compile a list of sales from Australia. I'd be interested in seeing the comparison as we have a similar population to Canada's (ours being about 18 million).

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[bearkat77]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By Nowhere Man:
Let me know if you ever compile a list of sales from Australia. I'd be interested in seeing the comparison as we have a similar population to Canada's (ours being about 18 million).<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I'll bet Wolf is working on that list at this very moment, NWM.

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Hope so, I would very much like to see it. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif

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[Wolf]

If I could get access to the Australian counterpart to the "Recording Industry Association of America" (RIAA) or the "Canadian Recording Industry Association" (CRIA), then I`d be working on such a list, but I heard ARIA ("Australian Recording Industry Association") is very strict on using any of the data.

I`d love to see something like that.

Btw, Nowhere Man, have you seen my post on how the Beatles did on the Australian charts in the 60s? I posted this couple of months ago, maybe you missed it?

Here it is:

05/09/63 #6 “From Me To You” (11 weeks on chart)
08/29/63 #3 “She Loves You” (42 weeks)
09/28/63 #8 “Twist And Shout EP” (17 weeks)
01/11/64 #1 "I Want To Hold Your Hand" (27 weeks) [5 weeks at Number One]
02/05/64 #1 "I Saw Her Standing There/Love Me Do" (21 weeks) [7 weeks]
02/05/64 #32 “The Beatles` Hits” (3 weeks)
02/05/64 #11 “Cry For A Shadow” (14 weeks)
03/07/64 #2 Roll Over Beethoven/Hold Me Tight” (16 weeks)
04/02/64 #1 "All My Loving EP" (24 weeks) [5 weeks]
04/30/64 #1 "Can`t Buy Me Love" (22 weeks) [1 week]
05/30/64 #22 “My Bonnie” (5 weeks)
05/30/64 #23 “Ain`t She Sweet” (6 weeks)
06/18/64 #2 “Requests EP” (16 weeks)
07/10/64 #1 "A Hard Day`s Night" (20 weeks) [2 weeks]
08/22/64 #8 “More Requests EP” (7 weeks)
09/09/64 #1 "I Should Have Known Better/If I Fell" (17 weeks) [4 weeks]
11/27/64 #1 "I Feel Fine" (16 weeks) [6 weeks]
12/10/64 #28 “A Hard Day`s Night EP” (4 weeks)
03/11/65 #1 "Rock`n`Roll Music/Honey Don`t" (16 weeks) [4 weeks]
04/15/65 #1 "Ticket To Ride” (14 weeks) [2 weeks]
07/23/65 #1 "Help!" (21 weeks) [3 weeks]
10/14/65 #3 “Yesterday” (15 weeks)
12/09/65 #1 "Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out" (19 weeks) [8 weeks]
05/07/66 #1 "Nowhere Man/Norwegian Wood” (14 weeks) [2 weeks]
06/16/66 #5 “Paperback Writer” (10 weeks)
08/25/66 #1 "Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby" (13 weeks) [6 weeks]
03/16/67 #1 "Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever" (15 weeks) [3 weeks]
07/22/67 #1 "All You Need Is Love" (12 weeks) [4 weeks]
12/17/67 #1 “Hello Goodbye” (15 weeks) [1 week]
03/14/68 #2 “Magical Mystery Tour EP” (15 weeks)
03/28/68 #1 "Lady Madonna" (16 weeks) [3 weeks]
09/19/68 #1 "Hey Jude" (27 weeks) [14 weeks]
02/20/69 #1 "Ob-La-Di, Ob- La-Da" (21 weeks) [5 weeks]
05/08/69 #1 "Get Back" (15 weeks) [5 weeks]
06/19/69 #1 "The Ballad Of John & Yoko" (13 weeks) [3 weeks]
10/16/69 #1 "Something/Come Together” (19 weeks) [4 weeks]
04/11/70 #1 "Let It Be" (27 weeks) [6 weeks]
11/06/70 #3 “The Long And Winding Road” (21 weeks)
04/19/82 #19 “The Beatles` Movie Medley” (6 weeks)

AUSTRALIAN BEATLES STATS

23 Number One Hits
33 Top Ten Hits
39 Chart Hits

Wolf, I have seen that list from when you posted it before, but thank you for putting it up once again, I'll print it out this time for sure. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif It's quite incredible to think that during '64 the Beatles held the top position in the charts here for 31 weeks of the year, holding 7 of the top 10 positions including the first five. Pretty amazing. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/cool2.gif

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