2008 in Canadian music

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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

E

F

FemBots, Calling Out
Forest City Lovers, Haunting Moon Sinking

G

Great Big Sea, Fortune's Favour

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

Islands, Arm's Way

J

Danko Jones, Never Too Loud

K

Kardinal Offishall, Not 4 Sale
Kalle Mattson, Telescope
Karkwa, Le volume du vent
Kellarissa, Flamingo
Koriass, Les racines dans le béton
Keith Kouna, Les Années monsieur

L

Land of Talk, Some Are Lakes
Éric Lapointe, Ma peau
Library Voices, Hunting Ghosts (& Other Collected Shorts)
The Lost Fingers, Lost in the 80s
Rob Lutes, Truth & Fiction

M

Catherine Major, Rose sang
Kate Maki, On High
Jon McKiel, The Nature of Things^[2]
Sarah McLachlan, Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan
Millimetrik, Northwest Passage's New Era (LP), Keys (EP)
Ariane Moffatt, Tous les sens
Alanis Morissette, Flavors of Entanglement

N

Nickelback, Dark Horse
Novillero, A Little Tradition

O

One Hundred Dollars, Forest of Tears

P

Pas Chic Chic, Au Contraire^[3]
Philémon Cimon, EP 2008
Dany Placard, Raccourci
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
Crystal Shawanda, Dawn of a New Day
Simple Plan, Simple Plan
Zal Sissokho, Silaba
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

V

Chad VanGaalen, Soft Airplane

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	6× Platinum^[4]
2	Simple Plan	Simple Plan	2	200,000	Platinum^[5]
3	The Canadian Tenors	The Canadian Tenors	22	160,000	2× Platinum
4	Celine Dion	My Love: Essential Collection	2	160,000	2× 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^[6]
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	7× Platinum
2	Taylor Swift	Fearless	1	480,000	6× Platinum
3	Kings of Leon	Only by the Night	2	320,000	4× Platinum
4	Pink	Funhouse	3	250,000	2× Platinum
5	Beyoncé	I Am... Sasha Fierce	6	240,000	3× Platinum^[7]
6	Britney Spears	Circus	1	240,000	3× Platinum
7	Guns N' Roses	Chinese Democracy	2	240,000	3× Platinum
8	Metallica	Death Magnetic	1	240,000	3× Platinum
9	Katy Perry	One of the Boys	6	200,000	2× Platinum
10	Lil Wayne	Tha Carter III	1	160,000	2× 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	6× Platinum
2	Adele	19	4	240,000	3× Platinum^[8]
3	Seal	Soul	11	80,000	Platinum^[9]
4	Bullet for My Valentine	Scream Aim Fire	N/A	40,000	Gold
5	Natasha Bedingfield	Pocketful of Sunshine	13	40,000	Gold^[10]

Top International albums

Rank	Artist	Album	Peak position	Sales	Certification
1	AC/DC	Black Ice	1	400,000	5× Platinum
2	Jesse Cook	Frontiers	N/A	50,000	Gold^[11]

Canadian Hot 100 Year-End List

No.	Artist(s)	Title
1	Timbaland featuring OneRepublic	"Apologize"
2	Leona Lewis	"Bleeding Love"
3	Flo Rida featuring T-Pain	"Low"
4	Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake	"4 Minutes"
5	Katy Perry	"I Kissed a Girl"
6	Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis	"Just Dance"
7	Alicia Keys	"No One"
8	Rihanna	"Disturbia"
9	Coldplay	"Viva la Vida"
10	Rihanna	"Don't Stop the Music"
11	Kardinal Offishall featuring Akon	"Dangerous"
12	Natasha Bedingfield	"Pocketful of Sunshine"
13	Chris Brown	"Forever"
14	Hedley	"For the Nights I Can't Remember"
15	The Pussycat Dolls	"When I Grow Up"
16	Jordin Sparks with Chris Brown	"No Air"
17	Rihanna	"Take a Bow"
18	Colbie Caillat	"Bubbly"
19	Pink	"So What"
20	Metro Station	"Shake It"
21	Miley Cyrus	"See You Again"
22	Sara Bareilles	"Love Song"
23	Hedley	"Never Too Late"
24	Usher featuring Young Jeezy	"Love in This Club"
25	Estelle featuring Kanye West	"American Boy"
26	Kreesha Turner	"Don't Call Me Baby"
27	Jordin Sparks	"Tattoo"
28	Chris Brown	"With You"
29	OneRepublic	"Stop and Stare"
30	Britney Spears	"Piece of Me"
31	Katy Perry	"Hot n Cold"
32	Fergie	"Clumsy"
33	Kanye West	"Stronger"
34	Santana featuring Chad Kroeger	"Into the Night"
35	Feist	"1234"
36	Duffy	"Mercy"
37	Simple Plan	"Your Love Is a Lie"
38	Jordin Sparks	"One Step at a Time"
39	Lil Wayne featuring Static Major	"Lollipop"
40	M.I.A.	"Paper Planes"
41	Sean Kingston	"Take You There"
42	Avril Lavigne	"Hot"
43	Maroon 5 featuring Rihanna	"If I Never See Your Face Again"
44	Ne-Yo	"Closer"
45	Buckcherry	"Sorry"
46	Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson	"The Way I Are"
47	Chris Brown featuring T-Pain	"Kiss Kiss"
48	Leona Lewis	"Better in Time"
49	Fergie	"Big Girls Don't Cry"
50	Linkin Park	"Shadow of the Day"
51	Soulja Boy	"Crank That (Soulja Boy)"
52	Kid Rock	"All Summer Long"
53	Finger Eleven	"I'll Keep Your Memory Vague"
54	3 Doors Down	"It's Not My Time"
55	Mariah Carey	"Touch My Body"
56	Jesse McCartney	"Leavin'"
57	Kevin Rudolf featuring Lil Wayne	"Let It Rock"
58	Britney Spears	"Break the Ice"
59	New Kids on the Block	"Summertime"
60	Coldplay	"Violet Hill"
61	Hedley	"Old School"
62	Simple Plan	"When I'm Gone"
63	Madonna	"Give It 2 Me"
64	Finger Eleven	"Paralyzer"
65	Britney Spears	"Womanizer"
66	Natasha Bedingfield featuring Sean Kingston	"Love Like This"
67	Wyclef Jean featuring Akon, Lil Wayne and Niia	"Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)"
68	Janet Jackson	"Feedback"
69	State of Shock	"Money Honey"
70	Lights	"Drive My Soul"
71	Enur featuring Natasja	"Calabria 2008"
72	Flo Rida featuring Timbaland	"Elevator"
73	Plain White T's	"Hey There Delilah"
74	Flo Rida featuring will.i.am	"In the Ayer"
75	David Cook	"The Time of My Life"
76	Jonas Brothers	"Burnin' Up"
77	Yael Naim	"New Soul"
78	Maroon 5	"Won't Go Home Without You"
79	T.I.	"Whatever You Like"
80	Ray J and Yung Berg	"Sexy Can I"
81	Theory of a Deadman	"All or Nothing"
82	Nickelback	"Gotta Be Somebody"
83	Faber Drive	"When I'm with You"
84	Andrew F	"The End"
85	Christina Aguilera	"Keeps Gettin' Better"
86	Miley Cyrus	"7 Things"
87	State of Shock	"Best I Ever Had"
88	John Mayer	"Say"
89	David Archuleta	"Crush"
90	Celine Dion	"Taking Chances"
91	The Ting Tings	"Shut Up and Let Me Go"
92	Elise Estrada	"Unlove You"
93	Gavin DeGraw	"In Love with a Girl"
94	Daughtry	"Feels Like Tonight"
95	Kanye West	"Love Lockdown"
96	Girlicious	"Like Me"
97	Rihanna featuring Jay-Z	"Umbrella"
98	T.I. featuring Rihanna	"Live Your Life"
99	Maroon 5	"Wake Up Call"
100	Rihanna featuring Ne-Yo	"Hate That I Love You"^[12]

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

^ Francis Hébert, "Isabelle Cyr: Éponyme". Voir, February 7, 2008.
^ Brian Shultz, "Jon McKiel, The Nature of Things". Punk News, February 12, 2008.
^ Vish Khanna, "Pas Chic Chic: Au Contraire". Exclaim!, April 28, 2008.
^ "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum - January 2005". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-02-26.
^ "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Certification Results". Archived from the original on 2009-06-01. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
^ "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum - January 2005". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-04-03.
^ "Canadian album certifications – Beyonce – I Am...Sasha Fierce". Music Canada.
^ "Canadian album certifications – Adele – 19". Music Canada.
^ "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum". www.cria.ca. Archived from the original on 2009-04-30.
^ "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum - January 2005". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-04-03.
^ "Canadian album certifications – Jesse Cook – Frontiers". Music Canada.
^ "Canadian Hot 100 – Year-End 2008". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-19.

[1] Francis Hébert, "Isabelle Cyr: Éponyme". Voir, February 7, 2008.

[2] Brian Shultz, "Jon McKiel, The Nature of Things". Punk News, February 12, 2008.

[3] Vish Khanna, "Pas Chic Chic: Au Contraire". Exclaim!, April 28, 2008.

[4] "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum - January 2005". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-02-26.

[5] "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Certification Results". Archived from the original on 2009-06-01. Retrieved 2009-05-17.

[6] "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum - January 2005". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-04-03.

[7] "Canadian album certifications – Beyonce – I Am...Sasha Fierce". Music Canada.

[8] "Canadian album certifications – Adele – 19". Music Canada.

[9] "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum". www.cria.ca. Archived from the original on 2009-04-30.

[10] "Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum - January 2005". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-04-03.

[11] "Canadian album certifications – Jesse Cook – Frontiers". Music Canada.

[12] "Canadian Hot 100 – Year-End 2008". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-07-19.

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