Big Shiny Tunes 2

"Big Shiny Tunes 2" is the second edition of the MuchMusic compilation series, Big Shiny Tunes. The album had been accompanied by heavy advertising in Canada.[2] It is the best-selling album of the series, having sold 1,233,000 copies.[3]

Big Shiny Tunes 2
Compilation album by
Various artists
ReleasedDecember 2, 1997
Length66:22
LabelWEA
Various artists chronology
Big Shiny Tunes
(1996)		 Big Shiny Tunes 2
(1997)		 Big Shiny Tunes 3
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Commercial performance

Big Shiny Tunes 2 debuted at #1 on the Canadian Albums Chart,[4] with 128,000 units sold in its first week.[5] By March 1998, the album was certified Diamond by the CRIA for sales of 1 million units.[6]

Big Shiny Tunes 2 went on to sell 1,233,000 copies before going out of print. Despite being out of print, Big Shiny Tunes 2 was still the forth best-selling album ever in Canada of the Nielsen SoundScan era as of 2020.[7]

Track listing
  1. The Prodigy - "Breathe (Edit)"
  2. Blur - "Song 2"
  3. Third Eye Blind - "Semi-Charmed Life"
  4. Smash Mouth - "Walkin' on the Sun"
  5. Sugar Ray - "Fly" (featuring Super Cat)
  6. Bran Van 3000 - "Drinking in L.A."
  7. Marilyn Manson - "The Beautiful People"
  8. Holly McNarland - "Numb"
  9. Bush - "Swallowed"
  10. Matchbox 20 - "Push"
  11. Collective Soul - "Precious Declaration (Remix)"
  12. The Tea Party - "Temptation (Edit) (Tom Lord-Alge Mix)"
  13. The Chemical Brothers - "Block Rockin' Beats (Radio Edit)"
  14. Wide Mouth Mason - "My Old Self"
  15. Radiohead - "Paranoid Android"
  16. The Age of Electric - "Remote Control"
  17. Stone Temple Pilots - "Lady Picture Show"
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See also

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. Chris Dafoe, "New Recordings pop Big Shiny tunes 2," The Globe and Mail, Toronto, Ontario: January 22, 1998, pg. C.5.
  3. "Nielsen Music 2007 Year End Music Industry Report For Canada". Reuters. Jan 4, 2008. Archived from the original on 5 August 2011. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  4. "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 66, No. 15, December 15 1997". RPM. Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
  5. "'97 Brings Canada C'Right Revisions". Billboard. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  6. "Gold/Platinum". Music Canada. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  7. "The Nielsen Company and Billboard's 2009 Canadian Industry Report". Retrieved 2011-04-02.


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