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This is a list of the best-selling albums in China.

As of 2021, China was the world's 6th 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 the top 10 best-selling albums in China.

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Year of release Album Artist Number of copies sold Ref.
2022 Greatest Works of Art[a] Jay Chou 7,219,772 [4]
2021 Epsilon Liu Yuxin 5,878,671 [citation needed]
2019 Honey Lay 4,858,957 [5]
1993 Kiss and Goodbye Jacky Cheung 4,000,000 [6]
2019 Going to Powerfully Burst R1SE 3,082,155 [7]
2020 Lit Lay 2,741,096 [8]
2004 Common Jasmin Orange Jay Chou 2,600,000 [9]
1984 Wandering Cheng Fangyuan 2,000,000 [10]
1985 Childhood Cheng Fangyuan 2,000,000 [10]
1991 Red Sun Various (honoring Mao Zedong) 2,000,000 [11]
2016 Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories Jay Chou 1,989,173 [12]

Best-selling physical albums

The following is a list of the best-selling physical albums in China, with album sales of over 500,000 units.

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Year of release Album Artist Number of copies sold Ref.
1993 Kiss And Goodbye Jacky Cheung 4,000,000 [6]
2004 Common Jasmin Orange Jay Chou 2,600,000 [9]
1984 Wandering Cheng Fangyuan 2,000,000 [10]
1985 Childhood Cheng Fangyuan 2,000,000 [10]
1983 Su Rui Su Rui 1,500,000 [13]
— By A Wrong Bus Su Rui 1,500,000 [13]
— Wolf Qi Qin 1,300,000 [13]
1994 Nothing Will Stop Me From Loving You Wakin Chau 1,200,000 [14]
1994 The Lion King Various artists 1,000,000 [15]
1997 Titanic James Horner/Celine Dion 1,000,000 [16]
1986 A Voice on the Ocean Fei Xiang 1,000,000 [17]
2002 Start Stefanie Sun 1,000,000 [18]
2003 To Be Continued... Stefanie Sun 1,000,000 [18]
1997 The Third Eye Zheng Jun 800,000 [19]
1994 Chi Luo Zheng Jun 600,000 [20]
2001 Meteor Rain F4 500,000 [21]
2007 Against the Light Stefanie Sun 500,000 [22]
2004 It's Raining Rain 500,000 [23]
1999 Next to Happiness The Flowers 500,000 [24]
Qingchun Shijie Hang Hong 500,000 [25]

List of best-selling digital albums (5 tracks or more)

2 million or more units

Artist Album Year Sales Ref.
Jay Chou Greatest Works of Art 2022 7,219,772 [26]
Cai Xukun Mi 迷 2021 3,473,680 [27]
R1SE Going to Powerfully Burst 2019 3,082,155 [28]
Big Bang Made 2016 2,841,614 [29]
Lay Lit 2020 2,741,096 [30]
Jay Chou Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories 2016 2,000,890 [31]

1 million or more units

Artist Album Year Sales Ref.
Taylor Swift Lover 2019 1,872,460 [32]
Li Yuchun Wow 2019 1,858,647 [33]
Hua Chenyu New World 2020 1,835,069 [34]
Taylor Swift 1989 2014 1,780,189 [35]
Taylor Swift Reputation 2017 1,741,210 [36]
G-Dragon Kwon Ji Yong 2017 1,507,570 [37]
BLACKPINK The Album 2020 1,432,666 [38]
Nine Percent To the Nines 2018 1,396,966 [39]
Li Yuchun Liu Xing 2017 1,243,109 [40]
Taylor Swift Folklore 2020 1,206,487 [41]
Lay Namanana 2018 1,180,208 [42]
JJ Lin Message in a Bottle 2017 1,173,263 [43]
Lay Lay 02 Sheep 2017 1,008,065 [44]

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 54,255,539 [45]
Hua Chenyu I Really Want to Love This World 2019 22,931,648 [46]

10 million or more units

Artist Single/EP Year Sales Ref.
Wang Yibo No Feelings 2019 17,585,162 [47]
Wang Yibo The Rules of My World 2020 15,451,449 [48]
Cai Xukun Young 2019 14,505,045 [3]
Jay Chou Won't Cry 2019 10,917,586 [49]

5 million or more units

Artist Single/EP Year Sales Ref.
Jay Chou Mojito 2020 9,170,315 [50]
JJ Lin No Turning Back 2020 6,855,776 [51]
Liu Yuxin Epsilon 2021 5,874,069 [52]
Eason Chan Keep Me By Your Side 2016 5,771,018 [53]
JJ Lin The Story Of Us 2019 5,637,031 [54]

3 million or more units

Artist Single/EP Year Sales Ref.
Lay Honey 2019 4,858,957 [5]
Zhang Zhehan Surround 2021 3,873,937 [55]
Lu Han Xplore 2016 3,664,318 [56]
Lu Han Π-volume.1 2019 3,477,798 [57]
Li Yuchun Ye (first EP of Growing Wild) 2016 3,418,553 [58]
Roy Wang Song For You 2018 3,263,963 [59]
Lu Han Reloaded 2015 3,358,873 [60]
JJ Lin Light of Sanctuary 2020 3,282,802 [61]
Kris Wu 6 2017 3,215,357 [62]
Blackpink How You Like That 2020 3,088,581 [63]
Zhu Zhengting The Winter Light 2019 3,078,866 [64]
Lu Han π-volume.3 2020 3,009,225 [65]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ 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 consists of two tracks.

References

  1. ^ "Global Music Report 2019: Annual State of the Industry" (PDF). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  2. ^ "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.
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  4. ^ ""Greatest Works Of Art" sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  5. ^ a b ""Honey"- Lay sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  6. ^ a b Liu, Hsiuwen (December 21, 2022). "A Wave of Nostalgia Is Sweeping Taiwanese Artists Back Into the Chinese Limelight". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 25, 2023. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
  7. ^ ""Going to Powerfully Burst"-R1SE sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  8. ^ ""Lit"-Lay Zhang sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  9. ^ a b Fung, Anthony (2008). "Western style, Chinese Pop: Jay Chou's Rap and Hip-Hop in China". Asian Music. 39: 69–80. doi:10.1353/amu.2007.0047. S2CID 191532050. Retrieved March 19, 2017. In China the official figure reached 2.6 million units, a stunning figure that no other Chinese artist has attained.
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  11. ^ Cheng, Chu-yuan (2014). China's Economic Development, 1950-2014: Fundamental Changes and Long-Term Prospects. Lexington Books. p. 95. ISBN 978-0739186565. Retrieved November 2, 2022 – via Google Books.
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  16. ^ 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
  17. ^ "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".
  18. ^ a b Suryadinata, Leo (2012). "Southeast Asian Personalities of Chinese Descent: Biographical dictionary". Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. p. 1019. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  19. ^ Burpee, Geoff (23 August 1997). "Everyone Gets Involved". Billboard. p. APQ-6. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  20. ^ "Fat Sales, Slim Profit". Billboard. 1 March 1997. p. APQ-4. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  21. ^ 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.
  22. ^ 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. ISBN 9789814345217. Retrieved March 19, 2017. over 500,000 copies in China in the first week
  23. ^ "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… ((cite magazine)): Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  24. ^ Far Eastern Economic Review (May 23, 2003). "Chinese aim to build a great wall of sound". The Guardian. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  25. ^ "The making of a star". The Straits Times. November 13, 1991. p. 6. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
  26. ^ ((Ci e web|title="Greatest Works Of Art" sales|url=http://y.saoju.net/szzj/album/763/%7Caccessdate=July 19, 2022|website=saoju.net|language=Chinese))
  27. ^ ""迷"-Cai Xukun sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  28. ^ ""Going to Powerfully Burst"-R1SE sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  29. ^ "MADE". y.saoju.net. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  30. ^ ""Lit"-Lay Zhang sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  31. ^ ""Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories"-Jay Chou sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  32. ^ ""Lover"- Taylor Swift sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  33. ^ ""Wow"- Li Yuchun sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  34. ^ ""New World"- Hua Chenyu sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  35. ^ ""1989"- Taylor Swift sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  36. ^ ""Reputation"- Taylor Swift sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  37. ^ ""Kwon Ji Yong"- G-Dragon sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  38. ^ ""The Album"- BLACKPINK sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  39. ^ ""To the Nines"- Nine Percent sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  40. ^ ""Liu Xing"- Li Yuchun sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  41. ^ ""folklore"- Taylor Swift sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  42. ^ ""Namanana"- Lay sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  43. ^ ""Message in a Bottle"- JJ Lin sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  44. ^ ""Sheep"- Lay sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  45. ^ ""Light"- Xiao Zhan sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  46. ^ ""I Really Want Love This World"- Hua Chenyu sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  47. ^ ""No Feelings"- Wang Yibo sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  48. ^ ""The Rules of My World"- Wang Yibo sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  49. ^ ""Won't Cry"- Jay Chou sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  50. ^ ""Mojito"- Jay Chou sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  51. ^ ""No Turning Back"- JJ Lin sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  52. ^ ""EPSILON"- Liu Yuxin sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  53. ^ ""Keep Me By Your Side"- Eason Chan sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  54. ^ ""The Story Of Us"- JJ Lin sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  55. ^ ""Surround"- Zhang Zhehan sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  56. ^ ""Xplore"- Lu Han sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  57. ^ ""Π-volume.1"- Lu Han sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  58. ^ ""Ye"- Li Yuchun sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  59. ^ ""Song For You"- Roy Wang sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  60. ^ ""Reloaded"- Lu Han sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  61. ^ ""Light of Sanctuary"- JJ Lin sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  62. ^ ""6"- Kris Wu sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  63. ^ ""How You Like That"- BLACKPINK sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved May 21, 2023.
  64. ^ ""The Winter Light"- Zhu Zhengting sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  65. ^ "π-volume.3". y.saoju.net. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
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