# List of certified albums in Canada

This is list of albums that have been certified Gold, Platinum, and Diamond by Music Canada. Certification is based on the following table:
| Certification | For releases before May 1, 2008 | For releases after May 1, 2008 |
| Gold | 50,000 | 40,000 |
| Platinum | 100,000 | 80,000 |
| Diamond | 1,000,000 | 800,000 |

## Gold

* 0304
* 21 at 33
* A Night to Remember
* Ace Frehley
* Agents of Fortune
* The Album
* Alive III
* Alive!
* All Jacked Up
* All Shook Up
* All Things Must Pass
* All You Can Eat
* American Gangster
* American Saturday Night
* Angel Clare
* Asylum
* Attack & Release
* A Year Without Rain
* Bananaphone
* Bare
* Better Be Home Soon
* Black Butterfly
* Blonde
* Blue Moves
* Born to Fly
* Box Car Racer
* Brainwashed
* Brave New World
* British Steel
* Brushfire Fairytales
* Buckcherry
* Burlesque
* Busted
* Ceremonials
* Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
* Charmbracelet
* Chickenfoot
* Come What(ever) May
* The Concert in Central Park
* Curb
* Currents
* Dangerous Acquaintances
* Dark Sky Island
* Death of a Bachelor
* Debut
* Deftones
* Disclaimer II
* Dive
* The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
* Double Live Gonzo!
* Double Platinum
* Dreaming of You
* Dreaming Out Loud
* Eagles Live
* Echo
* Escapology
* Evanescence
* Everywhere We Go
* Faceless
* Fear Inoculum
* Feeling Strangely Fine
* Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces
* Fire of Unknown Origin
* Flowers in the Dirt
* The Foundation
* Free-for-All
* Gene Simmons
* Get Closer
* Get Happy!!
* Godsmack
* God's Son
* Going Back
* Good News for People Who Love Bad News
* Graffiti Bridge
* Greatest Hits
* Greatest Hits
* The Greyest of Blue Skies
* Harem
* Her Greatest Hits: Songs of Long Ago
* Hesitation Marks
* Hit and Run
* Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)
* Hooked
* Horizon
* Horse of a Different Color
* The House of Blue Light
* I Care 4 U
* If You See Him
* Illmatic
* Innuendo
* Inside Job
* Introducing Joss Stone
* Irresistible
* It's Not Me, It's You
* It Was Written
* Joy to the World
* Karma and Effect
* Kiss
* Kiss Symphony: Alive IV
* Kiss & Tell
* Last of the Ghetto Astronauts
* Led Zeppelin Boxed Set
* Les chemins de ma maison
* Lick It Up
* Life Is Peachy
* Lights and Sounds
* The Listening
* Live: Right Here, Right Now
* Lonerism
* Lotus
* Love Always
* Love on the Inside
* Love Sensuality Devotion: The Greatest Hits
* Lungs
* Machina/The Machines of God
* Melt
* Mélanie
* Memory Almost Full
* Milk and Honey
* Modern Day Drifter
* My Aim Is True
* My Kinda Party
* Musicology
* Nastradamus
* Neon Bible
* Now for Plan A
* Now or Never
* Au cœur du stade
* Ocean Avenue
* Off the Ground
* Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?
* On and On
* Once Bitten
* Painkiller
* Part II
* Paul Stanley
* Peter Criss
* Pinkerton
* Plastic Beach
* Playing the Angel
* Poses
* Pray for the Wicked
* Pretty Hate Machine
* Priest...Live!
* Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs
* Psycho Circus
* Ram It Down
* The Red Shoes
* Release the Stars
* Reptile
* Reveal
* Revenge
* Royal Blood
* Say You Will
* Scream Dream
* The Screen Behind the Mirror
* See You on the Other Side
* Sempiternal
* The Sensual World
* Simply Deep
* Smile and Wave
* Soul Searchin'
* Songs from the West Coast
* The Sound of Madness
* State of Shock
* Sticks and Stones
* Still I Rise
* Stillmatic
* Storm in the Heartland
* Street's Disciple
* Stronger
* Symphony
* Tailgates & Tanlines
* Talk on Corners
* Tango
* Ted Nugent
* Teeth and Tissue
* That's the Spirit
* This Year's Model
* Time Well Wasted
* Title of Record
* Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!
* Torches
* Twice the Speed of Life
* Twisted Angel
* Under the Desert Sky
* Unmasked
* The Very Best of Prince
* Vessel
* Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter
* Vulgar Display of Power
* Watermark
* We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
* What My Heart Already Knows
* Whatever and Ever Amen
* When the Sun Goes Down
* White Pony
* Who Needs Pictures
* The Whole Story
* Wild Life
* A Winter Symphony
* Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
* Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon
* You Get What You Give
* You're a Woman, I'm a Machine
* The Youth of Today

## Platinum

* 10,000 Days
* 15
* 1999
* 808s & Heartbreak
* À l'Olympia
* Ænima
* Aerial
* Alanis
* Alive II
* All Eyez on Me
* All I Ever Wanted
* All the World's a Stage
* Amore
* Andrea
* Animalize
* Appeal to Reason
* Aria: The Opera Album
* Armed Forces
* Artpop
* Awake
* B'Day
* Back to Black
* Believe
* Belinda
* The Best of Andrea Bocelli: Vivere
* The Best of Sade
* The Big Picture
* The Black Album
* The Black Parade
* Black Sabbath Vol. 4
* Bleed American
* The Blueprint
* The Blueprint 3
* Bodyrock
* Bounce
* Bridges to Babylon
* Broken
* Broken English
* But Seriously, Folks...
* C'mon, C'mon
* Cat Scratch Fever
* Cheek to Cheek
* Chuck
* The Circle
* Classics
* The College Dropout
* Come On Over
* The Concert
* Counterparts
* Crazy Nights
* Damita Jo
* Dangerously in Love
* Day & Age
* Defenders of the Faith
* Defying Gravity
* Different Stages
* Dirt
* Diver Down
* The Documentary
* The Dream of the Blue Turtles
* Eden
* The Ego Has Landed
* Emancipation
* Endgame
* Elvis' Golden Records
* Everything Now
* Exit... Stage Left
* Eye to the Telescope
* Fair Warning
* Fantasies
* Far Beyond Driven
* A Farewell to Kings
* Feels Like Today
* Femme Fatale
* A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
* Finger Eleven
* Fly by Night
* For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
* Freedom (Akon album)
* Get It on Credit
* Girls' Night Out
* Grace Under Pressure
* The Greatest Hits
* Greatest Hits
* Greatest Hits
* Greatest Hits, Etc.
* Greatest Hits: 18 Kids
* Green
* Hail to the King
* Have a Nice Day
* Head On
* Heaven Tonight
* Hemispheres
* Here for the Party
* Hold Your Fire
* Hot Fuss
* Hot in the Shade
* Hounds of Love
* How the West Was Won
* Hymns of the 49th Parallel
* I Am... (Nas album)
* I Look to You
* I Need You
* The Id
* In Color
* Indestructible
* Iowa
* Is This It
* It's Your Call
* Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
* JoJo
* Journeyman
* The Kick Inside
* The Last Temptation
* Lady Antebellum
* Lap of Luxury
* LeAnn Rimes
* Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon
* Life Starts Now
* Lionheart
* Live It Out
* Lookin' for Trouble
* Love Hurts
* Love Songs: A Compilation... Old and New
* Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing
* La Luna
* Made in Heaven
* Magna Carta Holy Grail
* Make Believe
* Me and My Gang
* Mechanical Animals
* The Memory of Trees
* Mended
* Mercury Falling
* Metals
* Music from the Edge of Heaven
* My December
* Never for Ever
* A New Flame
* Nightmare
* No Fixed Address
* No Line on the Horizon
* Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
* ...Nothing Like the Sun
* The Nylon Curtain
* Off the Wall
* One of These Nights
* Out of the Blue
* Own the Night
* Peace
* Perfect Strangers
* Permanent Waves
* Picture of Health
* Pipes of Peace
* Planet Pit
* Play On
* Power Windows
* Presto
* Prism
* Quelqu'un m'a dit
* Racine carrée
* Ram
* Recovery
* Red Rose Speedway
* Return of Saturn
* Revival
* Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace
* Rock of the Westies
* Rock Steady
* Le Roi est mort, vive le Roi!
* Roll the Bones
* Rule 3:36
* Runaway Horses
* Savage
* Screaming for Vengeance
* See Forever Eyes
* Sentimento
* Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats
* A Show of Hands
* The Sickness
* Signals
* A Single Man
* Siren Song of the Counter Culture
* Sittin' on Top of the World
* Slipknot
* Smashes, Thrashes & Hits
* Smells Like Children
* Smoke + Mirrors
* Songs of Faith and Devotion
* Soul
* The Soul Cages
* The Soul Sessions
* Spirit
* The State
* Still Crazy After All These Years
* Still Waters
* Stronger Than Pride
* The Sufferer & the Witness
* Synthetica
* Taylor Swift
* Tellement j'ai d'amour...
* Ten Summoner's Tales
* Ten Thousand Fists
* Thank Me Later
* Thankful
* Them vs. You vs. Me
* Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
* Three Days Grace
* To the Sea
* Too Low for Zero
* Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3
* Trench
* Turbo
* Turn Blue
* U218 Singles
* Unchained Melody: The Early Years
* Under Rug Swept
* Underdogs
* Undertow
* Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life
* Venus and Mars
* Verdi
* Very
* The Very Best of Cher
* The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac
* Viaggio Italiano
* Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)
* Watch the Throne
* Weekend Warriors
* Weezer (Green Album)
* Wings Greatest
* With Teeth
* Working on a Dream
* The Works

## Multi-platinum
### Two times

* 2112
* 21st Century Breakdown
* Adore
* A Head Full of Dreams
* Animal
* Antichrist Superstar
* Aquarius
* Armageddon
* As I Am
* Awake
* Back to the Egg
* Be Here
* Bedtime Stories
* Best Of – Volume I
* Beautiful Midnight
* The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse
* Brand New Day
* By the Way
* Cieli di Toscana
* Collision Course
* The Cross of Changes
* Crush
* D'elles
* Diamond Life
* Diamonds and Pearls
* Dion chante Plamondon
* Diva
* Dynasty
* The End of the Innocence
* Evolve
* Fever
* The Fragile
* From Under the Cork Tree
* Funeral
* Ghost Stories
* Golden Road
* Graduation
* Greatest Hits
* Greatest Hits Volume Two
* Heaven on Earth
* Here and Now
* Highway to Hell
* I Am... Sasha Fierce
* Incognito
* Ingénue
* Issues
* It Won't Be the Last
* Ixnay on the Hombre
* J.Lo
* Late Registration
* Lateralus
* Legend
* Live After Death
* Live à Paris
* Loud
* Made in England
* Marc Anthony
* MCMXC a.D.
* Medusa
* Most Wanted
* My Love: Essential Collection
* New Adventures in Hi-Fi
* Nothing But The Beat
* A New World Record
* Older
* One Love
* One-X
* Oral Fixation Vol. 2
* Parachutes
* PCD
* The Phantom of the Opera
* Piece of Mind
* Powerslave
* Reg Strikes Back
* ReLoad
* Revenge
* The Rhythm of the Saints
* Rock 'n Soul Part 1
* The Seeds of Love
* The Singles 1992–2003
* Sleeping with the Past
* The Slim Shady LP
* (Songbook) A Collection of Hits
* Sorry for Party Rocking
* Storm Front
* The Suburbs
* The Sweet Escape
* These Days
* Toto IV
* Toxicity
* True Colors
* Tubular Bells
* ...Twice Shy
* Until the End of Time
* Us
* Van Halen II
* The Very Best Of
* Violator
* Vuelve
* We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.
* Who Are You
* Women and Children First
* You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs

### Three times

* 5150
* All Saints
* Back to Basics
* Balance
* Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Vol. 2
* Batman
* The Best of 1990–2000
* Better Dayz
* Billy Talent
* Billy Talent II
* Blue
* Britney
* Brothers
* Circus
* Discovery
* Doo-Wops & Hooligans
* The Downward Spiral
* Dream Police
* The Emancipation of Mimi
* Follow the Leader
* Funhouse
* Greatest Hits
* Greatest Hits
* In Between Dreams
* Into the Fire
* An Innocent Man
* The Massacre
* Mylo Xyloto
* Mystery Girl
* Need You Now
* The Number of the Beast
* On How Life Is
* On ne change pas
* One Heart
* The One
* Pain Is Love
* Phantom Power
* Reflektor
* River of Dreams
* Sans attendre
* Shakin' Like a Human Being
* Shepherd Moons
* Sheryl Crow
* Some Hearts
* Speak Now
* Stripped
* Teenage Dream
* Time to Say Goodbye
* Tuesday Night Music Club
* Under the Mistletoe
* Vagabond Heart
* Watermark
* Wintersong

### Four times

* 52nd Street
* Adrenalize
* Blurryface
* Bridge Over Troubled Water
* Crazy Love
* El Camino
* Enema of the State
* Fearless
* Red
* Greatest Hits
* Heart of Stone
* Loved Me Back to Life
* The Marshall Mathers LP 2
* Metamorphosis
* Moving Pictures
* No Angel
* Only by the Night
* Parallel Lines
* Pearl
* A Rush of Blood to the Head
* Siamese Dream
* Sign o' the Times
* S'il suffisait d'aimer
* Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
* Taking Chances
* Van Halen
* Weezer (Blue Album)

### Five times

* 1100 Bel Air Place
* 1984
* 8 Mile
* Breakaway
* Cheap Trick at Budokan
* ELV1S
* Escape
* Forty Licks
* Glass Houses
* Guilty
* I Dreamed a Dream
* Laundry Service
* A Little Bit of Mambo
* The Long Road
* Love. Angel. Music. Baby.
* The Razors Edge
* Sogno
* Songs in A Minor
* Spirits Having Flown
* Tango in the Night
* Trouble at the Henhouse
* Under My Skin
* The Very Best of Sheryl Crow
* Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
* When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
* X&Y

### Six times

* A New Day Has Come
* Believe
* Born This Way
* The Best of 1980–1990
* Christina Aguilera
* Confessions
* Dangerous
* Day for Night
* Dark Horse
* Greatest Hits
* In Utero
* Make It Big
* Monster
* Purple Rain
* So Far So Good
* Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1
* Five Days in July
* 1989

### Seven times

* All the Right Reasons
* Automatic for the People
* D'eux
* Fallen
* The Fame
* Hell Freezes Over
* The Immaculate Collection
* Night Visions
* Pyromania
* Unison
* Ten

### Eight times

* A Day Without Rain
* Americana
* Get Rich or Die Tryin'
* The Marshall Mathers LP
* Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
* Silver Side Up
* She's So Unusual
* (What's the Story) Morning Glory?

### Nine times

* Led Zeppelin II
* Use Your Illusion II

## Diamond

| Artist | Album | Date certified |
| Various artists | Saturday Night Fever | June 1978 |
| Various artists | Grease | November 1978 |
| Supertramp | Breakfast in America | October 1979 |
| Supertramp | Crime of the Century | November 1979 |
| Kenny Rogers | Greatest Hits | June 1981 |
| Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin | December 1982 |
| Culture Club | Colour by Numbers | May 1984 |
| Lionel Richie | Can't Slow Down | November 1984 |
| Bruce Springsteen | Born in the U.S.A. | July 1985 |
| Bryan Adams | Reckless | December 1985 |
| Corey Hart | Boy in the Box | February 1986 |
| Dire Straits | Brothers in Arms | April 1986 |
| Phil Collins | No Jacket Required | April 1986 |
| Whitney Houston | Whitney Houston | March 1987 |
| Madonna | True Blue | June 1987 |
| Bon Jovi | Slippery When Wet | October 1987 |
| U2 | The Joshua Tree | October 1987 |
| The Eagles | Hotel California | January 1988 |
| Various artists | Dirty Dancing | August 1988 |
| Huey Lewis and the News | Sports | August 1988 |
| Elton John | Greatest Hits Vol. 1 | October 1988 |
| Def Leppard | Hysteria | November 1988 |
| AC/DC | Back in Black | October 1989 |
| Milli Vanilli | Girl You Know It's True | March 1990 |
| Alannah Myles | Alannah Myles | December 1990 |
| New Kids on the Block | Hangin' Tough | February 1991 |
| George Michael | Faith | October 1991 |
| INXS | Kick | November 1991 |
| Various artists | Cocktail | January 1992 |
| Bryan Adams | Waking Up the Neighbours | June 1992 |
| ZZ Top | Eliminator | June 1992 |
| Guns N' Roses | Appetite for Destruction | July 1992 |
| Madonna | Like a Virgin | July 1992 |
| Eric Clapton | Unplugged | August 1993 |
| Whitney Houston/Various artists | The Bodyguard | September 1993 |
| Celine Dion | The Colour of My Love | November 1994 |
| The Beatles | Abbey Road | March 1995 |
| The Beatles | 1962–1966 | March 1995 |
| The Beatles | 1967–1970 | March 1995 |
| Ace of Base | The Sign | March 1995 |
| Billy Ray Cyrus | Some Gave All | May 1995 |
| Various artists | The Lion King | May 1995 |
| Aerosmith | Get a Grip | June 1995 |
| Garth Brooks | The Hits | July 1995 |
| Various artists | Forrest Gump | August 1995 |
| Tom Cochrane | Mad Mad World | September 1995 |
| Green Day | Dookie | November 1995 |
| Hootie and the Blowfish | Cracked Rear View | March 1996 |
| Various artists | Oh What a Feeling: A Vital Collection of Canadian Music | May 1996 |
| The Smashing Pumpkins | Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness | August 1996 |
| Phil Collins | Face Value | November 1996 |
| Celine Dion | Falling into You | November 1996 |
| Boston | Boston | May 1997 |
| No Doubt | Tragic Kingdom | August 1997 |
| Celine Dion | Let's Talk About Love | November 1997 |
| Various artists | Titanic | March 1998 |
| Various artists | Big Shiny Tunes 2 | March 1998 |
| Backstreet Boys | Backstreet Boys | May 1998 |
| Backstreet Boys | Backstreet's Back | May 1998 |
| Spice Girls | Spice | July 1998 |
| Celine Dion | Celine Dion | July 1998 |
| Aqua | Aquarium | August 1998 |
| Metallica | Metallica | August 1998 |
| Savage Garden | Savage Garden | September 1998 |
| Sarah McLachlan | Surfacing | October 1998 |
| Spice Girls | Spiceworld | October 1998 |
| The Tragically Hip | Up to Here | January 1999 |
| Andrea Bocelli | Romanza | March 1999 |
| Backstreet Boys | Millennium | October 1999 |
| Britney Spears | ...Baby One More Time | December 1999 |
| Ricky Martin | Ricky Martin | December 1999 |
| Amanda Marshall | Amanda Marshall | April 2000 |
| ABBA | ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits | May 2000 |
| Santana | Supernatural | July 2000 |
| Barenaked Ladies | Gordon | September 2000 |
| Bon Jovi | Cross Road: Greatest Hits | November 2000 |
| U2 | Achtung Baby | December 2000 |
| The Beatles | 1 | February 2001 |
| Our Lady Peace | Clumsy | February 2001 |
| Guns N' Roses | Use Your Illusion I | March 2001 |
| Nirvana | Nevermind | March 2001 |
| Avril Lavigne | Let Go | May 2003 |
| Steve Miller Band | Greatest Hits (1974–1978) | August 2003 |
| Eminem | The Eminem Show | September 2003 |
| Norah Jones | Come Away with Me | January 2007 |
| The Tragically Hip | Fully Completely | January 2007 |
| Celine Dion | These Are Special Times | October 2007 |
| Celine Dion | All the Way… A Decade of Song | October 2007 |
| The Beatles | The Beatles Stereo Box Set | April 2010 |
| Michael Bublé | Christmas | December 2014 |
| Adele | 25 | January 2016 |
| The Tragically Hip | Road Apples | April 2017 |
| Ed Sheeran | X | October 2021 |
| Ed Sheeran | ÷ | October 2021 |
| The Tragically Hip | Yer Favourites | April 2023 |
| *N SYNC | No Strings Attached | September 2023 |
| Green Day | American Idiot | October 2023 |

### Double diamond

| Artist | Album | Date certified (first cert.) | Date certified (second cert.) |
| Eagles | Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) | 1987-07-30 | 1987-07-30 |
| Fleetwood Mac | Rumours | 1978-05-01 | 1995-06-27 |
| Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin IV | 1992-12-10 | 1995-06-28 |
| Meat Loaf | Bat Out of Hell | 1979-03-01 | 1995-08-31 |
| Pink Floyd | The Wall | 1987-12-09 | 1995-08-31 |
| Alanis Morissette | Jagged Little Pill | 1996-03-20 | 1996-11-12 |
| Shania Twain | The Woman in Me | 1996-02-29 | 1999-04-09 |
| Shania Twain | Come on Over | 1999-04-09 | 2000-01-21 |
| Pink Floyd | The Dark Side of the Moon | 1980-09-01 | 2003-03-14 |
| Shania Twain | Up! | 2002-12-06 | 2004-12-21 |
| Adele | 21 | 2011-11-22 | 2018-09-20 |

### Triple diamond

| Artist | Album | Date certified (first cert.) | Date certified (second cert.) | Date certified (third cert.) |
| Michael Jackson | Thriller | 1983-12-01 | 1984-04-01 | 2022-05-11 |