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
pink | Physical album |
purple | Digital album |
Rank no. | Year of release | Album | Artist | Number of copies sold | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2019 | Going To Powerfully Burst | R1SE | 3,027,202 | [3] |
2 | 2004 | Common Jasmin Orange | Jay Chou | 2,600,000 | [4] |
3 | 2020 | Lit | Lay | 2,424,668 | [5] |
4 | 1984 | Wandering | Cheng Fangyuan | 2,000,000 | [6] |
1985 | Childhood | ||||
6 | 2016 | Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories | Jay Chou | 1,983,773 | [7] |
7 | 2019 | Wow | Li Yuchun | 1,845,104 | [8] |
8 | 2019 | Lover | Taylor Swift | 1,741,792 | [9] |
9 | 2017 | Reputation | Taylor Swift | 1,671,079 | [10] |
10 | 2014 | 1989 | Taylor Swift | 1,664,065 | [11] |
11 | 2020 | New World | Hua Chenyu | 1,640,610 | [12] |
Best-selling physical albums
Rank no. | Year of release | Album | Artist | Number of copies sold | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2004 | Common Jasmin Orange | Jay Chou | 2,600,000 | [4] |
2 | 1984 | Wandering | Cheng Fangyuan | 2,000,000 | [6] |
2 | 1985 | Childhood | Cheng Fangyuan | 2,000,000 | [6] |
4 | 1993 | I Can Never Understand Your Love | Chen Lin | 1,500,000 | [13] |
5 | 1997 | Titanic | James Horner/Celine Dion | 1,000,000 | [14] |
6 | 1986 | A Voice on the Ocean | Fei Xiang | 1,000,000 | [15] |
7 | 2001 | Meteor Rain | F4 | 500,000 | [16] |
7 | 2007 | Against the Light | Stefanie Sun | 500,000 | [17] |
7 | 2004 | It's Raining | Rain | 500,000 | [18] |
7 | 1999 | Next to Happiness | The Flowers | 500,000 | [19] |
Best-selling digital albums
- Some foreign artist released their LP as EP in China.
Digital Album (5 tracks or more)
Rank no. | Year of release | Album | Artist | Number of copies sold | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2019 | Going to Powerfully Burst | R1SE | 3,029,702 | [3] |
2 | 2020 | Lit | Lay | 2,441,046 | [20] |
3 | 2016 | Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories | Jay Chou | 1,983,912 | [7] |
4 | 2019 | Wow | Li Yuchun | 1,845,424 | [8] |
5 | 2019 | Lover | Taylor Swift | 1,749,786 | [9] |
6 | 2017 | Reputation | Taylor Swift | 1,674,995 | [10] |
7 | 2014 | 1989 | Taylor Swift | 1,669,906 | [11] |
8 | 2020 | New World | Hua Chenyu | 1,644,411 | [12] |
9 | 2017 | Kwon Ji Yong | G-Dragon | 1,496,009 | [21] |
10 | 2016 | Lose Control | Lay | 1,253,390 | [22] |
11 | 2018 | To the Nines | Nine Percent | 1,246,861 | [23] |
12 | 2017 | Liu Xing | Li Yuchun | 1,241,287 | [24] |
13 | 2018 | Namanana | Lay | 1,162,464 | [25] |
14 | 2017 | Message in a Bottle | JJ Lin | 1,027,058 | [26][27] |
15 | 2017 | Lay 02 Sheep | Lay | 993,083 | [28] |
16 | 2018 | Don't Mess Up My Tempo | Exo | 938,666 | [29] |
17 | 2017 | No. 13 - A Dancing Van Gogh | Stefanie Sun | 928,693 | [30] |
18 | 2017 | Winter Special Gift | Lay | 889,092 | [31] |
19 | 2017 | The War | Exo | 869,241 | [32] |
20 | 2019 | Mirrors | Jackson Wang | 814,915 | [33] |
21 | 2020 | Folklore | Taylor Swift | 760,000 | [34] |
22 | 2020 | Changes | Justin Bieber | 758,392 | [35] |
23 | 2019 | More Than Forever | Nine Percent | 750,124 | [36][27] |
24 | 2019 | The Wind | Rocket Girls 101 | 726,934 | [37] |
25 | 2019 | Kill This Love | BLACKPINK | 692,901 | [38] |
26 | 2018 | L.O.V.E. | Eason Chan | 615,693 | [39][27] |
27 | 2018 | Antares | Kris Wu | 607,046 | [40][27] |
28 | 2020 | Ge Ge Bu Ru | Chen Linong | 588,796 | [41] |
29 | 2018 | Ugly Beauty | Jolin Tsai | 562,376 | [42][27] |
30 | 2019 | Map of the Soul: Persona | BTS | 528,274 | [43] |
Digital Single/EP (4 tracks or less)
Rank no. | Year of release | Single/EP | Artist | Number of copies sold | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2020 | Light | Xiao Zhan | 38,648,997 | [44] |
2 | 2019 | I Really Want to Love This World | Hua Chenyu | 21,827,703 | [45] |
3 | 2019 | No Feelings | Wang Yibo | 16,568,720 | [46][27] |
4 | 2019 | Young | Cai Xukun | 13,687,874 | [47][27] |
5 | 2019 | Won't Cry | Jay Chou | 10,861,952 | [48] |
6 | 2020 | Mojito | Jay Chou | 7,348,606 | [49] |
7 | 2016 | Keep Me By Your Side | Eason Chan | 5,602,979 | [50] |
8 | 2019 | Honey | Lay | 4,753,235 | [51] |
9 | 2019 | The Story Of Us | JJ Lin | 3,898,217 | [52][27] |
10 | 2016 | Xplore | Lu Han | 3,663,193 | [53] |
11 | 2019 | Π-volume.1 | Lu Han | 3,477,798 | [54] |
12 | 2016 | Ye (first EP of Growing Wild) | Li Yuchun | 3,417,437 | [55] |
13 | 2015 | Reloaded | Lu Han | 3,358,873 | [56] |
14 | 2018 | Song For You | Roy Wang | 3,263,956 | [57] |
15 | 2017 | 6 | Kris Wu | 3,210,732 | [58][27] |
16 | 2019 | The Winter Light | Zhu Zhengting | 3,074,507 | [59] |
17 | 2019 | A Half is Me | Chen Linong | 2,847,834 | [60] |
18 | 2020 | Π-volume.3 | Lu Han | 2,831,946 | [61] |
19 | 2016 | MADE | Big Bang | 2,816,689 | [62] |
20 | 2018 | Hard Road | Justin | 2,779,107 | [63][27] |
21 | 2018 | I'm Here | Fan Chengcheng | 2,779,059 | [64][27] |
22 | 2017 | Venture | Lu Han | 2,607,446 | [65] |
23 | 2018 | Flower Road | Big Bang | 2,573,508 | [66] |
24 | 2020 | How You Like That | BLACKPINK | 2,539,292 | [67] |
25 | 2017 | I | Lu Han | 2,433,709 | [68] |
26 | 2019 | Jiang | Meng Meiqi | 2,422,318 | [69] |
27 | 2019 | Yu Zhen | Zhang Yunlei | 2,369,878 | [70] |
28 | 2019 | Imperfect Love | Lin Yanjun | 2,339,453 | [71][27] |
29 | 2018 | Collide | Rocket Girls 101 | 2,235,016 | [72] |
30 | 2018 | I'm Yours | Chen Linong | 2,119,311 | [73][27] |
31 | 2019 | Chapter Z | Zhu Zhengting | 1,973,106 | [74][27] |
32 | 2019 | Competitor | Lin Yanjun | 1,938,745 | [75][27] |
33 | 2017 | Imagination | Lu Han | 1,848,529 | [76] |
34 | 2020 | Testing | Kris Wu | 1,699,066 | [77] |
35 | 2016 | I Don't Wanna Live Forever | Zayn & Taylor Swift | 1,571,006 | [78] |
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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.
- ""Going To Powerfully Burst"-R1SE sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved May 1, 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.
- ""LIT"-Lay sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved June 5, 2020.
- 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 May 1, 2020.
- ""Wow"-Li Yuchun sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- ""Lover"-Taylor Swift sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- Reputation-Taylor Swift sales on China's different music platforms:
- "Reputation - saoju.net" (in Chinese). Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- "Reputation - Xiami" (in Chinese).
- 1989-Taylor Swift sales on China's different music platforms:
- "1989 - saoju.net" (in Chinese). Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- "1989 - Xiami" (in Chinese).
- ""New World"-Hua Chenyu sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- Jie, Yang, ed. (November 1, 2009). "Pop Singer Chen Lin falls to death". China Radio International. China Central Television. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
It reached the top of the album charts and sold over 1.5 million copies.
- 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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(help) - Far Eastern Economic Review (May 23, 2003). "Chinese aim to build a great wall of sound". The Guardian. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ""LIT"-Lay sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""Kwon Ji Yong"-G-Dragon sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- Lose Control-Lay sales on China's different music platforms:
- "Lose Control - saoju.net" (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- "Lose Control - Xiami" (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""To the Nines"-Nine Percent". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""Liu Xing"-Li Yuchun sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""Namanana"-Lay sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- Message in a Bottle-JJ Lin sales on China's different music platforms:
- "Message in a Bottle - saoju.net" (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- "Message in a Bottle - Xiami" (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- "Album sales on Migu" (in Chinese). April 16, 2020.
- ""Lay 02 Sheep"-Lay sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- Don't Mess Up My Tempo-Exo sales of all versions on China's different music platforms:
- "Don't Mess Up My Tempo - Xiami" (in Chinese).
- "Don't Mess Up My Tempo - NetEase" (in Chinese).
- "Don't Mess Up My Tempo - QQ Music" (in Chinese).
- "Don't Mess Up My Tempo - Kugou" (in Chinese).
- "Don't Mess Up My Tempo - Kuwo" (in Chinese).
- "Love Shot - saoju.net" (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- "Love Shot - Xiami" (in Chinese).
- No. 13 - A Dancing Van Gogh-Stefanie Sun sales on China's different music platforms:
- "No. 13 - A Dancing Van Gogh - saoju.net" (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- "No. 13 - A Dancing Van Gogh - Xiami" (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""Winter Special Gift"-Lay sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- The War-Exo sales of all versions on Xiami:
- "The War (Korean Version)" (in Chinese).
- "The War (Chinese Version)" (in Chinese).
- "The War: The Power of Music (Korean Version)" (in Chinese).
- "The War: The Power of Music (Chinese Version)" (in Chinese).
- ""Mirrors"-Jackson Wang sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""folklore"-Taylor Swift sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""Changes"-Justin Bieber sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""More Than Forever"-Nine Percent sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""The Wind"-Rocket Girls 101 sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""Kill This Love"-BLACKPINK sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- L.O.V.E.-Eason Chan sales on China's different music platforms:
- "L.O.V.E. - saoju.net" (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- "L.O.V.E. - Xiami" (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- Antares-Kris Wu sales on China's different music platforms:
- "Antares - saoju.net" (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- "Antares - Xiami" (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""Ge Ge Ru Bu"-Chen Linong sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""Ugly Beauty"-Jolin Tsai sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""Map of the Soul: Persona"-BTS sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""Light"-Xiao Zhan". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""I Really Want to Love This World"-Hua Chenyu". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""No Feelings"-Wang Yibo". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""Young"-Cai Xukun". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""Won't Cry"-Jay Chou". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""Mojito"-Jay Chou". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- Keep Me By Your Side-Eason Chan sales on China's different music platforms:
- "Keep Me By Your Side - saoju.net" (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- "Keep Me By Your Side - Xiami" (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""Honey"-Lay". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""The Story Of Us"-JJ Lin". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""Xplore"-Lu Han". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""Π-volume.1"-Lu Han". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""Ye"-Li Yuchun". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""Reloaded"-Lu Han". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""Song For You"-Roy Wang". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""6"-Kris Wu". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""The Winter Light"-Zhu Zhengting". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""A Half is Me"-Chen Linong". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""Π-volume.3"-Lu Han". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""MADE"-Big Bang". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""Hard Road"-Justin". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""I'm Here"-Fan Chengcheng". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""Venture"-Lu Han". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""Flower Road"-Big Bang". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""How You Like That"-BLACKPINK". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""I"-Lu Han". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""Jiang"-Meng Meiqi". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""Yu Zhen"-Zhang Yunlei". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""Imperfect Love"-Lin Yanjun". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""Collide"-Rocket Girls 101". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""I'm Yours"-Chen Linong". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""Chapter Z"-Zhu Zhengting". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""Competitor"-Lin Yanjun". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""Imagination"-Lu Han". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 16, 2020.
- ""TESTING"-Kris Wu". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ""I Don't Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)"-ZAYN/Taylor Swift". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 30, 2020.
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