This is a list of thebest-selling albums in China .
As of 2023, China was theworld's 5th largest music market , an increase from being 14th in 2015 and 27th in 2005.[ 1] [ 2]
Best-selling albums in China [ edit ] 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 The Goodbye Kiss 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 (honoringMao Zedong ) 2,000,000 [ 11] 2016 Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories Jay Chou 1,989,173 [ 12]
Best-selling physical albums [ edit ] The following is a list of the best-selling physical albums in China, with album sales of over 500,000 units.
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] 1996 Too Softhearted Richie Jen 1,000,000[ A] [ 18] 2002 Start Stefanie Sun 1,000,000 [ 19] 2003 To Be Continued... Stefanie Sun 1,000,000 [ 19] 1997 The Third Eye Zheng Jun 800,000 [ 20] 1994 Chi Luo Zheng Jun 600,000 [ 21] 1987 Bad Michael Jackson 500,000 [ 22] 2001 Meteor Rain F4 500,000 [ 23] 2007 Against the Light Stefanie Sun 500,000 [ 24] 2004 It's Raining Rain 500,000 [ 25] 1999 Next to Happiness The Flowers 500,000 [ 26] Qingchun Shijie Hang Hong 500,000 [ 27]
List of best-selling digital albums (5 tracks or more)[ edit ] 2 million or more units [ edit ] Artist Album Year Sales Ref. Jay Chou Greatest Works of Art 2022 7,219,772 [ 28] Cai Xukun Mi 迷 2021 3,473,680 [ 29] R1SE Going to Powerfully Burst 2009 3,082,155 [ 30] Big Bang Made 2016 2,841,614 [ 31] Lay Lit 2020 2,741,096 [ 32] Jay Chou Bedtime Stories 2013 2,000,890 [ 33]
1 million or more units [ edit ] Artist Album Year Sales Ref. Taylor Swift Lover 2019 1,872,460 [ 34] Li Yuchun Wow 2019 1,858,647 [ 35] Hua Chenyu New World 2020 1,835,069 [ 36] Taylor Swift 1989 2014 1,780,189 [ 37] Taylor Swift Reputation 2017 1,741,210 [ 38] G-Dragon Kwon Ji Yong 2017 1,507,570 [ 39] Blackpink The Album 2020 1,432,666 [ 40] Nine Percent To the Nines 2018 1,396,966 [ 41] Li Yuchun Liu Xing 2017 1,243,109 [ 42] Taylor Swift Folklore 2020 1,206,487 [ 43] Lay Namanana 2018 1,180,208 [ 44] JJ Lin Message in a Bottle 2017 1,173,263 [ 45] Lay Lay 02 Sheep 2017 1,008,065 [ 46]
List of best-selling digital singles/EPs (4 tracks or less)[ edit ] 20 million or more units [ edit ] 10 million or more units [ edit ] 5 million or more units [ edit ] Artist Single/EP Year Sales Ref. Jay Chou Mojito 2020 9,170,315 [ 53] JJ Lin No Turning Back 2020 6,855,776 [ 54] Liu Yuxin Epsilon 2021 5,874,069 [ 55] Eason Chan Keep Me By Your Side 2016 5,771,018 [ 56] JJ Lin The Story Of Us 2019 5,637,031 [ 57] Jay Chou Cold Hearted 2022 5,478,000[a] [ 58] Jay Chou Still Wandering 2022 5,216,000[a] [ 59]
3 million or more units [ edit ] Artist Single/EP Year Sales Ref. Lay Honey 2019 4,858,957 [ 5] JJ Lin Dust and Ashes 2023 4,595,000[a] [ 60] Jay Chou Pink Ocean 2022 4,414,000[a] [ 61] Jay Chou Reflection 2022 3,995,000[a] [ 62] Zhang Zhehan Surround 2021 3,873,937 [ 63] Jay Chou You Are the Firework I Missed 2022 3,838,000[a] [ 64] Lu Han Xplore 2016 3,664,318 [ 65] LBI Summer in a Small Town 2022 3,638,000[a] [ 66] 1K Just Forget It 2022 3,598,000[a] [ 67] Lu Han Π-volume.1 2019 3,477,798 [ 68] Li Yuchun Ye (first EP ofGrowing Wild ) 2016 3,418,553 [ 69] A Li Yue When the Spring Breeze Blows 2022 3,386,000[a] [ 70] Lu Han Reloaded 2015 3,358,873 [ 71] JJ Lin Light of Sanctuary 2020 3,282,802 [ 72] Roy Wang Song For You 2018 3,263,963 [ 73] Kris Wu 6 2017 3,215,357 [ 74] Blackpink How You Like That 2020 3,088,581 [ 75] Zhu Zhengting The Winter Light 2019 3,078,866 [ 76] Cheng Huan I Will Wait 2023 3,030,000[a] [ 77] Lu Han π-volume.3 2020 3,009,225 [ 78] Kekekea The Girl Is Far Away 2023 3,008,000[a] [ 79]
a.^ Sales figure includes 'equivalent track streams'. ^ The best-selling non-single release in China isCai Xukun 'sYoung (2019), which has sold more than 14 million copies.[ 3] However,Young only consists of two tracks. ^ It is claimed that the album sold 26 million copies including pirated copies, however, Jen himself stated in an interview that legitimate sales of the album were 1,000,000 copies in mainland China.[ 18] ^ "Global Music Report 2019: Annual State of the Industry" (PDF) . International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. RetrievedMay 17, 2019 .^ "RIAJ: Yearbook 2007, IFPI 2005 Report (Page 24)" (PDF) .Recording Industry Association of Japan . Archived fromthe original (PDF) on October 15, 2007. RetrievedMarch 19, 2017 .^a b " "Young"- Cai Xukun sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedNovember 23, 2021 .^ " "Greatest Works Of Art" sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedJuly 19, 2022 .^a b " "Honey"- Lay sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedNovember 23, 2021 .^a b Liu, Hsiuwen (December 21, 2022)."A Wave of Nostalgia Is Sweeping Taiwanese Artists Back Into the Chinese Limelight" .Billboard . Archived fromthe original on September 25, 2023. RetrievedSeptember 25, 2023 . ^ " "Going to Powerfully Burst"-R1SE sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedJune 9, 2021 .^ " "Lit"-Lay Zhang sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedJune 9, 2021 .^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 . RetrievedMarch 19, 2017 .In China the official figure reached 2.6 million units, a stunning figure that no other Chinese artist has attained. ^a b c d Reference for sales:Reference for album titles and release dates: ^ Cheng, Chu-yuan (2014).China's Economic Development, 1950-2014: Fundamental Changes and Long-Term Prospects .Lexington Books . p. 95.ISBN 978-0739186565 . RetrievedNovember 2, 2022 – via Google Books. ^ " "Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories"-Jay Chou sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedJune 9, 2021 .^a b c "Pop goes China's taste in music" .The Straits Times . December 27, 1988. p. 8. RetrievedNovember 1, 2022 .^ White, Adam (August 6, 1994)."Asia Falling Under the Influence Of Taiwan's Rock Records" (PDF) .Billboard . p. 38.ISSN 0006-2510 . RetrievedNovember 2, 2022 . ^ "A History Of Rock Records" .Billboard . January 22, 2000. p. R-8. RetrievedNovember 3, 2019 .^ White, Adam (June 20, 1998)."Billboard Vol. 110, No. 25" .Billboard . RetrievedMarch 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" .^a b "音乐流浪季任贤齐和他的"销量神话"专辑《心太软》_歌曲_小虫_齐哥" [Music wanderer Richie Jen and his "sales myth" album "Too Softhearted"].Sohu (in Chinese). July 1, 2022. RetrievedApril 25, 2024 .^a b Suryadinata, Leo (2012)."Southeast Asian Personalities of Chinese Descent: Biographical dictionary" .Institute of Southeast Asian Studies . p. 1019. RetrievedSeptember 11, 2023 .^ Burpee, Geoff (August 23, 1997)."Everyone Gets Involved" .Billboard . p. APQ-6. RetrievedNovember 2, 2022 . ^ "Fat Sales, Slim Profit" .Billboard . March 1, 1997. p. APQ-4. RetrievedNovember 2, 2022 .^ Becker, Jasper (December 10, 1995)."The last rock star in China" .South China Morning Post . RetrievedJune 9, 2024 .The best-selling album in China was Michael Jackson's Bad and that only sold 500,000 copies in a country of 1.2 billion ^ Pomfret, John (June 10, 2002)."Band Hits Sour Note in China" .The Washington Post . RetrievedMarch 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.ISBN 9789814345217 . RetrievedMarch 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. RetrievedJuly 23, 2017 .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 ) ^ Far Eastern Economic Review (May 23, 2003)."Chinese aim to build a great wall of sound" .The Guardian . RetrievedMarch 19, 2017 . ^ "The making of a star" .The Straits Times . November 13, 1991. p. 6. RetrievedAugust 28, 2023 .^ {{Cie web|title="Greatest Works Of Art" sales|url=http://y.saoju.net/szzj/album/763/%7Caccessdate=July 19, 2022|website=saoju.net|language=Chinese}} ^ " "迷"-Cai Xukun sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedNovember 23, 2021 .^ " "Going to Powerfully Burst"-R1SE sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedNovember 23, 2021 .^ "MADE" .y.saoju.net . RetrievedAugust 24, 2022 .^ " "Lit"-Lay Zhang sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedNovember 23, 2021 .^ " "Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories"-Jay Chou sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedNovember 23, 2021 .^ " "Lover"- Taylor Swift sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedNovember 23, 2021 .^ " "Wow"- Li Yuchun sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedJuly 19, 2022 .^ " "New World"- Hua Chenyu sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedJuly 19, 2022 .^ " "1989"- Taylor Swift sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedNovember 23, 2021 .^ " "Reputation"- Taylor Swift sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedJuly 19, 2022 .^ " "Kwon Ji Yong"- G-Dragon sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedNovember 23, 2021 .^ " "The Album"- BLACKPINK sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedNovember 23, 2021 .^ " "To the Nines"- Nine Percent sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedNovember 23, 2021 .^ " "Liu Xing"- Li Yuchun sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedNovember 23, 2021 .^ " "folklore"- Taylor Swift sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedJuly 19, 2022 .^ " "Namanana"- Lay sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedNovember 23, 2021 .^ " "Message in a Bottle"- JJ Lin sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedJuly 19, 2022 .^ " "Sheep"- Lay sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedNovember 23, 2021 .^ " "Light"- Xiao Zhan sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedJuly 19, 2022 .^ " "I Really Want Love This World"- Hua Chenyu sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedJuly 19, 2022 .^ "周杰伦 - 最伟大的作品" .tencentmusic.com (in Chinese). RetrievedApril 11, 2024 .^ " "No Feelings"- Wang Yibo sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedJuly 19, 2022 .^ " "The Rules of My World"- Wang Yibo sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedJuly 19, 2022 .^ " "Won't Cry"- Jay Chou sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedNovember 23, 2021 .^ " "Mojito"- Jay Chou sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedJuly 19, 2022 .^ " "No Turning Back"- JJ Lin sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedJuly 19, 2022 .^ " "EPSILON"- Liu Yuxin sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedNovember 23, 2021 .^ " "Keep Me By Your Side"- Eason Chan sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedNovember 23, 2021 .^ " "The Story Of Us"- JJ Lin sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedNovember 23, 2021 .^ "周杰伦 - 红颜如箱" .tencentmusic.com (in Chinese). RetrievedApril 11, 2024 .^ "周杰伦 - 还在流浪" .tencentmusic.com (in Chinese). RetrievedApril 11, 2024 .^ "林俊杰 - 原与愁" .tencentmusic.com (in Chinese). RetrievedApril 11, 2024 .^ "周杰伦 - 粉色海洋" .tencentmusic.com (in Chinese). RetrievedApril 11, 2024 .^ "周杰伦 - 倒影" .tencentmusic.com (in Chinese). RetrievedApril 11, 2024 .^ " "Surround"- Zhang Zhehan sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedJuly 19, 2022 .^ "周杰伦 - 错过的烟火" .tencentmusic.com (in Chinese). RetrievedApril 11, 2024 .^ " "Xplore"- Lu Han sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedJuly 19, 2022 .^ "LBI利比 - 小城夏天" .tencentmusic.com (in Chinese). RetrievedApril 11, 2024 .^ "1K - 就忘了吧" .tencentmusic.com (in Chinese). RetrievedApril 11, 2024 .^ " "Π-volume.1"- Lu Han sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedNovember 23, 2021 .^ " "Ye"- Li Yuchun sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedJuly 19, 2022 .^ "阿梨粤 - 晚风心里吹" .tencentmusic.com (in Chinese). RetrievedOctober 23, 2024 .^ " "Reloaded"- Lu Han sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedNovember 23, 2021 .^ " "Light of Sanctuary"- JJ Lin sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedJuly 19, 2022 .^ " "Song For You"- Roy Wang sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedNovember 23, 2021 .^ " "6"- Kris Wu sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedNovember 23, 2021 .^ " "How You Like That"- BLACKPINK sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedMay 21, 2023 .^ " "The Winter Light"- Zhu Zhengting sales" .saoju.net (in Chinese). RetrievedNovember 23, 2021 .^ "承桓 - 我会等" .tencentmusic.com (in Chinese). RetrievedOctober 23, 2024 .^ "π-volume.3" .y.saoju.net . RetrievedAugust 24, 2022 .^ "柯柯柯柯啊 - 姑娘在远方" .tencentmusic.com (in Chinese). RetrievedNovember 2, 2024 .
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