Canada #1 Albums – Top 100

First posted 5/14/2015. Updated 2/27/2019.

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This is a list of the biggest #1 albums on the Canadian charts from its inception in 1968 to today. In the event of ties (of which there are many), the album ranking highest in Dave’s Music Database is listed first and so on. Also, the year listed is when the album was released or first charted. Consequently, it may not indicate the actual year in which the album peaked at #1.

35 weeks:
1. Adele 21 (2011)
   24 weeks:

2. The Police: Synchronicity (1983)
   22 weeks:

3. Bee Gees/Various Artists: Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack, 1977)
   21 weeks:

4. Fleetwood Mac: Rumours (1977)
5. Alanis Morissette: Jagged Little Pill (1995)
   18 weeks:

6. Dire Straits: Brothers in Arms (1985)
   17 weeks:

7. U2: The Joshua Tree (1987)
8. Whitney Houston: Whitney Houston (1985)
9. Peter Frampton: Frampton Comes Alive! (live, 1975)
   16 weeks:

10. Fine Young Cannibals: The Raw and the Cooked (1989)
    14 weeks:

11. Various Artists: Dirty Dancing (soundtrack, 1987)
12. Eric Clapton: Unplugged (live, 1992)
13. Supertramp: Breakfast in America (1979)
14. Madonna: True Blue (1986)
15. Various Artists: Hair (cast, 1968)
16. Sinéad O’Connor: I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (1990)
17. Elton John: Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)
    13 weeks:

18. Michael Jackson: Thriller (1982)
19. Prince & the Revolution: Purple Rain (1984)
20. Pink Floyd: The Wall (1979)
21. Bruce Springsteen: Born in the U.S.A. (1984)
22. Eminem: The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
23. Elton John: Greatest Hits (1974)
24. U2: Rattle and Hum (studio/live soundtrack, 1988)
25. Ace of Base: The Sign (aka “Happy Nation”) (1993)
26. Tears for Fears: Songs from the Big Chair (1985)
27. Celine Dion: The Colour of My Love (1993)
28. Queen: Classic Queen (1992)
    12 weeks:

29. The Beatles: The Beatles (aka “The White Album”) (1968)
30. Adele: 25 (2015)
31. Drake: Views (2016)
32. Culture Club: Colour by Numbers (1983)
33. Milli Vanilli: Girl You Know It’s True (1989)
    11 weeks:

34. The Beatles: Abbey Road (1969)
35. James Horner (composer): Titanic (soundtrack, 1997)
36. Phil Collins: …But Seriously (1989)
37. Shania Twain: Up! (2002)
    10 weeks:

38. Nirvana: Nevermind (1991)
39. Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
40. Creedence Clearwater Revival: Cosmo’s Factory (1970)
41. Men at Work Business As Usual (1981)
42. John Lennon/Yoko Ono: Double Fantasy (1980)
43. Shaggy: Hotshot (2000)
44. Bryan Adams: Waking Up the Neighbours (1991)
45. Avril Lavigne: Under My Skin (2004)
46. J. Geils Band: Freeze Frame (1981)
47. The Moody Blues: Long Distance Voyager (1981)
48. Various Artists: Now! 3 (1998)
    9 weeks:

49. Simon & Garfunkel: Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
50. Madonna: The Immaculate Collection (compilation, 1990)
51. Various artists (Whitney Houston et al): The Bodyguard (soundtrack, 1992)
52. R.E.M…Out of Time (1991)
53. Eminem: The Eminem Show (2002)
54. Rod Stewart: Every Picture Tells a Story (1971)
55. George Harrison: All Things Must Pass (1970)
56. Tracy Chapman: Tracy Chapman (1988)
57. M.C. Hammer: Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em (1990)
58. Britney Spears: …Baby One More Time (1999)
59. Taylor Swift: 1989 (2014)
60. Various Artists: Footloose (soundtrack, 1984)
61. Ed Sheeran: ÷ (Divide) (2017)
62. Traveling Wilburys: Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 (1988)
63. Don McLean: American Pie (1972)
64. AC/DC: The Razor’s Edge (1990)
65. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper A Star Is Born (soundtrack, 2018)
    8 weeks:

66. Carole King: Tapestry (1971)
67. Bon Jovi: Slippery When Wet (1986)
68. Green Day: Dookie (1994)
69. Santana: Supernatural (1999)
70. Janis Joplin: Pearl (1971)
71. Phil Collins: No Jacket Required (1985)
72. James Blunt: Back to Bedlam (2004)
73. No Doubt: Tragic Kingdom (1995)
74. Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
75. Blood, Sweat & Tears: Blood, Sweat & Tears (1969)
76. Black Eyed Peas: The E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies) (2009)
77. U2: Zooropa (1993)
78. Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings at the Speed of Sound (1976)
79. Midnight Oil: Diesel and Dust (1987)
80. John Cougar Mellencamp: The Lonesome Jubilee (1987)
81. Barenaked Ladies: Gordon (1992)
82. Various Artists: Big Shiny Tunes 6 (2002)
    7 weeks:

83. Led Zeppelin…Led Zeppelin II (1969)
84. Various Artists: Grease (soundtrack, 1978)
85. The Beatles: Let It Be (1970)
86. The Rolling Stones: Tattoo You (1981)
87. Various Artists: Frozen (soundtrack, 2013)
88. Eminem: Recovery (2010)
89. Eminem: Curtain Call: The Hits (2005)
90. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live 1975/1985 (live box set, 1986)
91. 50 Cent: The Massacre (2005)
92. Billy Joel: Glass Houses (1980)
93. Ricky Martin: Ricky Martin 1999)
94. Led Zeppelin: In Through the Out Door (1979)
95. Celine Dion: A New Day Has Come (2002)
96. Carly Simon: No Secrets (1973)
97. Tracy Chapman: New Beginning (1995)
98. The Weeknd Starboy (2016)
99. America: America (1972)
100. Sarah McLachlan: Afterglow (2003)
101. C + C Music Factory: Gonna Make You Sweat (1990)
102. Bay City Rollers: Bay City Rollers (1976)
103. Various Artists: Now! 2 (1997)
104. Various Artists: Big Shiny Tunes 2 (1998)

* More than 100 albums are listed so that all those albums which spent 7 weeks at the top could be listed.

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