List of best-selling albums in China
This is a list of the best-selling albums in China.
As of 2018, China was the world's 7th largest music market, an increase from being 14th in 2015 and 27th in 2005.[1][2]
Best-selling albums in China
This is a list of Top 10 Best Selling Albums in China.
| pink | Physical album |
| purple | Digital album |
| Rank no. | Year of release | Album | Artist | Number of copies sold | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2019 | Honey[lower-alpha 1] | Lay | 4,778,517 | [4] |
| 2 | 2019 | Going To Powerfully Burst | R1SE | 3,060,000 | [5] |
| 3 | 2020 | Lit | Lay | 2,630,000 | [6] |
| 4 | 2004 | Common Jasmin Orange | Jay Chou | 2,600,000 | [7] |
| 5 | 1984 | Wandering | Cheng Fangyuan | 2,000,000 | [8] |
| 1985 | Childhood | ||||
| 7 | 2016 | Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories | Jay Chou | 1,985,000 | [9] |
| 8 | 2019 | Wow | Li Yuchun | 1,856,260 | [10] |
| 9 | 2019 | Lover | Taylor Swift | 1,825,647 | [11] |
| 10 | 2014 | 1989 | Taylor Swift | 1,733,539 | [12] |
Best-selling physical albums
This is a following list of the Top 10 Best-selling physical albums in China.
| Rank no. | Year of release | Album | Artist | Number of copies sold | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2004 | Common Jasmin Orange | Jay Chou | 2,600,000 | [7] |
| 2 | 1984 | Wandering | Cheng Fangyuan | 2,000,000 | [8] |
| 3 | 1985 | Childhood | Cheng Fangyuan | 2,000,000 | [8] |
| 4 | 1993 | I Can Never Understand Your Love | Chen Lin | 1,500,000 | |
| 5 | 1997 | Titanic | James Horner/Celine Dion | 1,000,000 | [13] |
| 6 | 1986 | A Voice on the Ocean | Fei Xiang | 1,000,000 | [14] |
| 7 | 2001 | Meteor Rain | F4 | 500,000 | [15] |
| 8 | 2007 | Against the Light | Stefanie Sun | 500,000 | [16] |
| 9 | 2004 | It's Raining | Rain | 500,000 | [17] |
| 10 | 1999 | Next to Happiness | The Flowers | 500,000 | [18] |
List of best-selling digital albums (5 tracks or more)
2 million or more units
| Artist | Album | Year | Sales | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1SE | Going to Powerfully Burst | 2019 | 3,060,139 | [19] |
| Lay | Lit | 2020 | 2,621,758 | [20] |
1 million or more units
| Artist | Album | Year | Sales | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Chou | Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories | 2016 | 1,985,751 | [21] |
| Li Yuchun | Wow | 2019 | 1,856,260 | [22] |
| Taylor Swift | Lover | 2019 | 1,825,647 | [23] |
| Hua Chenyu | New World | 2020 | 1,749,556 | [24] |
| Taylor Swift | 1989 | 2014 | 1,733,539 | [25] |
| Taylor Swift | Reputation | 2017 | 1,715,580 | [26] |
| G-Dragon | Kwon Ji Yong | 2017 | 1,498,734 | [27] |
| Nicki Minaj | Queen | 2018 | 1,314,292 | [28] |
| Nine Percent | To the Nines | 2018 | 1,288,093 | [29] |
| BLACKPINK | The Album | 2020 | 1,274,277 | [30] |
| Li Yuchun | Liu Xing | 2017 | 1,241,885 | [31] |
| Lay | Namanana | 2018 | 1,168,508 | [32] |
| JJ Lin | Message in a Bottle | 2017 | 1,051,009 | [33] |
| Lay | Lay 02 Sheep | 2017 | 1,001,198 | [34] |
List of best-selling digital singles/EPs (4 tracks or less)
20 million or more units
| Artist | Single/EP | Year | Sales | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xiao Zhan | Light | 2020 | 45,247,396 | [35] |
| Hua Chenyu | I Really Want to Love This World | 2019 | 22,196,892 | [36] |
10 million or more units
| Artist | Single/EP | Year | Sales | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wang Yibo | No Feelings | 2019 | 17,156,683 | [37] |
| Cai Xukun | Young | 2019 | 14,052,821 | [3] |
| Jay Chou | Won't Cry | 2019 | 10,870,050 | [38] |
5 million or more units
| Artist | Single/EP | Year | Sales | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Chou | Mojito | 2020 | 7,963,402 | [39] |
| Eason Chan | Keep Me By Your Side | 2016 | 5,675,426 | [40] |
3 million or more units
| Artist | Single/EP | Year | Sales | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lay | Honey | 2019 | 4,778,517 | [4] |
| JJ Lin | The Story Of Us | 2019 | 4,068,777 | [41] |
| Lu Han | Xplore | 2016 | 3,663,199 | [42] |
| Lu Han | Π-volume.1 | 2019 | 3,477,798 | [43] |
| Li Yuchun | Ye (first EP of Growing Wild) | 2016 | 3,417,849 | [44] |
| Roy Wang | Song For You | 2018 | 3,263,963 | [45] |
| Lu Han | Reloaded | 2015 | 3,358,873 | [46] |
| Kris Wu | 6 | 2017 | 3,212,024 | [47] |
| Zhu Zhengting | The Winter Light | 2019 | 3,076,536 | [48] |
| BLACKPINK | How You Like That | 2020 | 3,040,638 | [49] |
Notes
- The best-selling non-single release in China is Cai Xukun's Young (2019), which has sold more than 14 million copies.[3] However, Young only consist of two tracks. The next best-selling non-single EP in China is Lay Zhang's Honey (2019), which has sold more than 4.7 million copies,[4] and consist of four tracks, which is a standard size for modern EPs in North America and Europe.
References
- "Global Music Report 2019: Annual State of the Industry" (PDF). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- "RIAJ: Yearbook 2007, IFPI 2005 Report (Page 24)" (PDF). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 15, 2007. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ""Young"- Cai Xukun sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020.
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- ""Lit"-Lay Zhang sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved December 15, 2020.
- Fung, Anthony (2008). Western style, Chinese Pop: Jay Chou's Rap and Hip-Hop in China. pp. 69–80. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
In China the official figure reached 2.6 million units, a stunning figure that no other Chinese artist has attained.
- Reference for sales:
- Patrick, Al (April 28, 1985). "East Meets Wham!, And Another Great Wall Comes Down". Chicago Tribune. p. 2. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
China's top female singer, Sing Fong Yuen, (sic.) who sells about 2 million copies of each cassette she puts out, earn (sic.) $15 a week.
- "成方圆 Cheng Fang Yuan" (in Chinese). Global Culture Development Co. Ltd. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
- Patrick, Al (April 28, 1985). "East Meets Wham!, And Another Great Wall Comes Down". Chicago Tribune. p. 2. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
- ""Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories"-Jay Chou sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved December 15, 2020.
- ""Wow"- Li Yuchun sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved December 15, 2020.
- ""Lover"- Taylor Swift sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved December 15, 2020.
- ""1989"- Taylor Swift sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved December 15, 2020.
- White, Adam (June 20, 1998). "Billboard Vol. 110, No. 25". Billboard. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
The Sony Classical soundtrack album to the movie is now reported to have sold more than 1 million legitimate copies in the People's Republic of China
- "中国唱片销量最高的十大歌手， 张学友只排第二，她第一销量".
- Pomfret, John (June 10, 2002). "Band Hits Sour Note in China". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
Within five months, meanwhile, Sony had sold 500,000 copies of the "Meteor Rain" album and estimated that another 5 million pirated versions had flooded the market.
- Tan, Kevin (2012). Suryadinata, Leo (ed.). Southeast Asian Personalities of Chinese Descent: A Biographical Dictionary, Volume I & II. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. p. 1020. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
over 500,000 copies in China in the first week
- "Korean Culture No. 2: K-pop Beyond Asia". Korean Culture and Information Service. 2015. p. 42. Retrieved 2017-07-23.
Total sales of Rain's new album throughout Asia reached over one million: 100,000 in Japan, 500,000 in China, 70,000 in Taiwan, 150,000 in Thailand, 50,000 in Indonesia, and 154,000 in Korea…
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- ""Going to Powerfully Burst"-R1SE sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ""Lit"-Lay Zhang sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ""Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories"-Jay Chou sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ""Wow"- Li Yuchun sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ""Lover"- Taylor Swift sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ""New World"- Hua Chenyu sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ""1989"- Taylor Swift sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ""Reputation"- Taylor Swift sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ""Kwon Ji Yong"- G-Dragon sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- Cumulative digital sales of Queen from China's three major music platforms:
- ""To the Nines"- Nine Percent sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ""The Album"- BLACKPINK sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ""Liu Xing"- Li Yuchun sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ""Namanana"- Lay sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ""Message in a Bottle"- JJ Lin sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ""Sheep"- Lay sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ""Light"- Xiao Zhan sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ""I Really Want Love This World"- Hua Chenyu sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ""No Feelings"- Wang Yibo sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ""Won't Cry"- Jay Chou sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ""Mojito"- Jay Chou sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ""Keep Me By Your Side"- Eason Chan sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ""The Story Of Us"- JJ Lin sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ""Xplore"- Lu Han sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ""Π-volume.1"- Lu Han sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ""Ye"- Li Yuchun sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ""Song For You"- Roy Wang sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ""Reloaded"- Lu Han sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ""6"- Kris Wu sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ""The Winter Light"- Zhu Zhengting sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020.
- ""How You Like That"- BLACKPINK sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020.
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