List of best-selling albums in Taiwan

This is the list of best-selling albums in Taiwan. Seven domestic albums and one international album have shipped over a million copies in Taiwan. Hong Kong singer Jacky Cheung is the best-selling artist in Taiwan, with three albums sold more than one million copies, while Taiwanese singer A-mei is the best-selling female artist in Taiwan. Taiwan's album sales peaked in 1990s, but it was adversely impacted by the copyright infringement and Internet downloads since the 21st century.[1][2]

Best-selling albums
Year Artist Album Sales
1997 A-Mei Bad Boy 1,380,000[3]
1993 Jacky Cheung The Goodbye Kiss 1,360,000[4]
1995 Jacky Cheung True Love Compilation 1,220,000[5]
1996 A-Mei Sisters 1,210,000[6]
1992 Jody Chiang The Words After Drunk 1,160,000[7]
1996 Jacky Cheung How Could I Forget You? 1,060,000[5]
1998 Richie Jen Love Like Pacific Ocean 1,030,000[8]
1989 Sarah Chen Talk to You, Listen to You 1,000,000[9]
1993 Huang An The New Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies Dream 1,000,000[10]
1994 Andy Lau Forget Love Potion 1,000,000[11]
1994 Eric Moo Too Silly 1,000,000[12]
1994 Faye Wong Sky 1,000,000[13]
1999 Jody Chiang Half Drunken, Half Awake 1,000,000[14]
1993 Jacky Cheung Blessings 910,000[15]
1999 A-Mei Can I Hug You, Lover? 860,000[16]
1997 Jacky Cheung Wanna Go for a Walk with You 820,000[17]
1995 Sandy Lam Love, Sandy 800,000[18]
1992 Jeff Chang Love Like Tides 790,000[19]
1992 Stella Chang Light 750,000–780,000[19]
1994 Andy Lau Fate 750,000–780,000[19]
1994 Jeff Chang Waiting 750,000–780,000[19]
1996 Valen Hsu The Cloud Knows? 750,000–780,000[19]
1998 Coco Lee Di Da Di 750,000–780,000[19]
2001 Jay Chou Fantasy 460,000[20]
1999 Utada Hikaru First Love 450,000[21]
2000 Jolin Tsai Don't Stop 450,000[22]
1999 David Tao I'm Ok 430,000[23]
1999 Jacky Cheung Running through 1999 420,000[23]
2000 A-Mei A-Mei New Century Collection 410,000[23]
1999 Jolin Tsai 1019 400,000[24]
2000 Stefanie Sun My Desired Happiness 400,000[25]
2002 Jay Chou The Eight Dimensions 400,000[20]
2000 A-Mei Regardless 360,000[26]
2003 Jolin Tsai Magic 360,000[27]
2000 Mayday Viva Love 350,000[28]
2001 Mayday People Life, Ocean Wild 350,000[29]
2003 Jay Chou Yeh Hui-mei 350,000[20]
2000 Elva Hsiao Blossom in Red 320,000[30]
1999 Mayday Mayday's First Album 300,000[31]
2000 Stefanie Sun Yan Zi 300,000[25]
2001 Stefanie Sun Kite 300,000[32]
2003 S.H.E Super Star 300,000[33]
2003 Fish Leong The Power of Love 300,000[34]
2004 Jolin Tsai Castle 300,000[35]
2004 Jay Chou Common Jasmin Orange 300,000[20]

Certification levels

Music recording sales certification is by Recording Industry Foundation in Taiwan (RIT, named IFPI Taiwan until November 2008).[36] In March 2002, the certification level was changed to unit sales. Prior to that Gold was awarded when an album has shipped 100,000 and platinum 200,000 copies.

Albums (unit sales required)
CertificationAugust 1996 to February 2002March 2002 to December 2005January 2006 to October 2007November 2007 to December 2008Since 1 January 2009[37]
Gold (International)100,000 (25,000)50,000 (15,000)35,000 (10,000)20,000 (7,000)15,000 (5,000)
Platinum (International)200,000 (50,000)100,000 (30,000)70,000 (20,000)40,000 (14,000)30,000 (10,000)
Singles (unit sales required)
CertificationAugust 1996 to February 2002March 2002 to December 2005January 2006 to October 2007November 2007 to December 2008Since 1 January 2009)[37]
Gold25,00015,00010,0007,0005,000
Platinum50,00030,00020,00014,00010,000

See also

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