2008 in Canadian music
This is a summary of the year 2008 in the Canadian music industry.
Events
- April 6 - Juno Awards of 2008 held
- June 12 - 2008 Polaris Music Prize longlist announced
- June 15 - 2008 MuchMusic Video Awards held
- July 7 - 2008 Polaris Music Prize shortlist announced
- September 29 - Caribou's Andorra wins the Polaris Music Prize.
Albums
A
B
- Jill Barber, Chances
- Matthew Barber, Ghost Notes
- Barenaked Ladies, Snacktime!
- Laura Barrett, Victory Garden
- Daniel Bélanger, Joli chaos
- Billy Talent, 666
- Black Mountain, In the Future
- Bonjour Brumaire, De la Nature des Foules
- Born Ruffians, Red, Yellow & Blue
- Isabelle Boulay, Nos Lendemains
- The Buttless Chaps, Cartography
C
- Cadence Weapon, Afterparty Babies
- Cancer Bats, Hail Destroyer
- Brendan Canning, Something for All of Us
- Paul Cargnello, Bragging
- Annabelle Chvostek, Resilience
- City and Colour, Bring Me Your Love
- Cœur de pirate, Cœur de pirate
- Jason Collett, Here's to Being Here
- Constantines, Kensington Heights
- Crystal Castles, Crystal Castles
D
- The Dears, Missiles
- Destroyer, Trouble in Dreams
- Die Mannequin, Unicorn Steak
- DL Incognito, A Captured Moment in Time
- Luke Doucet, Blood's Too Rich
- The D'Urbervilles, We Are the Hunters
E
F
- FemBots, Calling Out
- Forest City Lovers, Haunting Moon Sinking
G
H
- Hawk Nelson, Hawk Nelson Is My Friend
- Hayden, In Field & Town
- Hello, Blue Roses, The Portrait Is Finished and I Have Failed to Capture Your Beauty...
- Hey Rosetta!, Into Your Lungs
- Veda Hille, This Riot Life
- Hilotrons, Happymatic
- Human Highway, Moody Motorcycle
I
J
K
- Kardinal Offishall, Not 4 Sale
- Karkwa, Le volume du vent
- Kellarissa, Flamingo
L
M
- Kate Maki, On High
- Sarah McLachlan, Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan
- Ariane Moffatt, Tous les sens
- Alanis Morissette, Flavors of Entanglement
N
O
- One Hundred Dollars, Forest of Tears
P
- Plants and Animals, Parc Avenue
- Prism, Big Black Sky
- Protest the Hero, Fortress
- The Provincial Archive, Nameless Places
R
S
- Said The Whale, Howe Sounds/Taking Abalonia
- Ron Sexsmith, Exit Strategy of the Soul
- Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band, 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons
- Simple Plan, Simple Plan
- Sloan, Parallel Play
- Snailhouse, Lies on the Prize
- Spirit of the West, Spirituality 1983-2008: The Consummate Compendium
- Stars, Sad Robots
- The Stills, Oceans Will Rise
- Jeffery Straker, Step Right Up
- Sweatshop Union, Water Street
T
- Theory of a Deadman, Scars & Souvenirs
- Tokyo Police Club, Elephant Shell
- The Trews, No Time for Later
V
W
- Martha Wainwright, I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too
- Andrée Watters, Minuit
- Wolf Parade, At Mount Zoomer
- Woodhands, Heart Attack
- Hawksley Workman, Between the Beautifuls and Los Manlicious
Top hits on record
Top 10 albums
These are the top selling albums in Canada. These albums consist of Canadian sales only.
Rank | Artist | Album | Peak position |
Sales | Certification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nickelback | Dark Horse | 1 | 480,000 | 6x Platinum[1] |
2 | Simple Plan | Simple Plan | 2 | 200,000 | Platinum[2] |
3 | The Canadian Tenors | The Canadian Tenors | 22 | 160,000 | 2x Platinum |
4 | Celine Dion | My Love: Essential Collection | 2 | 160,000 | 2x Platinum |
5 | City and Colour | Bring Me Your Love | 3 | 80,000 | Platinum |
6 | Cœur de pirate | Cœur de pirate | N/A | 80,000 | Platinum |
7 | Sarah McLachlan | Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan | 3 | 80,000 | Platinum |
8 | Theory of a Deadman | Scars & Souvenirs | 2 | 80,000 | Platinum |
9 | Sam Roberts | Love at the End of the World | 1 | 50,000 | Gold[3] |
10 | Tara Oram | Chasing the Sun | 8 | 50,000 | Gold |
Top 10 American albums
Rank | Artist | Album | Peak position |
Sales | Certification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lady Gaga | The Fame | 1 | 560,000 | 7x Platinum |
2 | Taylor Swift | Fearless | 1 | 480,000 | 6x Platinum |
3 | Kings of Leon | Only by the Night | 2 | 320,000 | 4x Platinum |
4 | P!nk | Funhouse | 3 | 250,000 | 2x Platinum |
5 | Beyoncé Knowles | I Am... Sasha Fierce | 6 | 240,000 | 3x Platinum[4] |
6 | Britney Spears | Circus | 1 | 240,000 | 3x Platinum |
7 | Guns N' Roses | Chinese Democracy | 2 | 240,000 | 3x Platinum |
8 | Metallica | Death Magnetic | 1 | 240,000 | 3x Platinum |
9 | Katy Perry | One of the Boys | 6 | 200,000 | 2x Platinum |
10 | Lil Wayne | Tha Carter III | 1 | 160,000 | 2x Platinum |
Top 5 British albums
Rank | Artist | Album | Peak position |
Sales | Certification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Coldplay | Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends | 1 | 480,000 | 6x Platinum |
2 | Adele | 19 | 4 | 240,000 | 3x Platinum[5] |
3 | Seal | Soul | 11 | 80,000 | Platinum[6] |
4 | Bullet for My Valentine | Scream Aim Fire | N/A | 40,000 | Gold |
5 | Natasha Bedingfield | Pocketful of Sunshine | 13 | 40,000 | Gold[7] |
Top International albums
Rank | Artist | Album | Peak position |
Sales | Certification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | AC/DC | Black Ice | 1 | 400,000 | 5x Platinum |
2 | Jesse Cook | Frontiers | N/A | 50,000 | Gold[8] |
Deaths
- January 4 - Mort Garson, composer
- February 15 - Willie P. Bennett, folk singer-songwriter
- March 2 - Jeff Healey, blues guitarist
- May 11 - John Rutsey, former drummer for Rush
- July 3 - Oliver Schroer, fiddler and composer
Preceded by 2007 in Canadian music |
Canadian music 2008 |
Succeeded by 2009 in Canadian music |
References
- ↑ http://www.cria.ca/gold/0410_g.php
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-06-01. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
- ↑ http://www.cria.ca/gold/1108_g.php
- ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Beyonce – I Am...Sasha Fierce". Music Canada.
- ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Adele – 19". Music Canada.
- ↑ http://www.cria.ca/goldplat.php#album
- ↑ http://www.cria.ca/gold/1108_g.php
- ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Jesse Cook – Frontiers". Music Canada.
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