Nielsen SoundScan Canada, the entertainment industry's data information system that tracks point-of-purchase sales of recorded music product and Nielsen BDS, the music industry's leading music performance monitoring service, have announced their 2008 Canadian year-end sales and airplay monitoring data for the 52-week period beginning December 31, 2007 and ending December 28, 2008.

2008 Top-Selling Albums:

01. Black Ice - AC/DC (341,000)
02. Viva La Vida - COLDPLAY (334,000)
03. Death Magnetic - METALLICA (265,000)
04. Dark Horse - NICKELBACK (216,000)
05. Sleep Through the Static - JACK JOHNSON (193,000)
06. Soundtrack - MAMMA MIA (169,000)
07. Hard Candy - MADONNA (169,000)
08. Promise - IL DIVO (162,000)
09. Circus - BRITNEY SPEARS (143,000)
10. Rock N Roll Jesus - KID ROCK (143,000)

2008 Top-Selling Artists:

01. AC/DC (557,000)
02. COLDPLAY (418,000)
03. METALLICA (404,000)
04. NICKELBACK (279,000)
05. JACK JOHNSON (254,000)
06. CELINE DION (234,000)
07. TAYLOR SWIFT (233,000)
08. GUNS N' ROSES (221,000)
09. MADONNA (215,000)
10. IL DIVO (214,000)

2008 Top-Selling Digital Albums:

01. Viva La Vida - COLDPLAY (46,700)
02. Sleep Through the Static - JACK JOHNSON (18,600)
03. Soundtrack - "Juno" (17,700)
04. Hard Candy - MADONNA (14,900)
05. Death Magnetic - METALLICA (12,600)
06. Only By the Night - KINGS OF LEON (11,200)
07. In Rainbows - RADIOHEAD (10,700)
08. Bring Me Your Love - CITY AND COLOUR (10,400)
09. Circus - BRITNEY SPEARS (10,100)
10. Reminder - FEIST (9,700)

Top-Selling Artists Of Soundscan Era (May 1991 – Dec. 2008):

01. CELINE DION (7,027,000)
02. SHANIA TWAIN (4,225,000)
03. BACKSTREET BOYS (4,100,000)
04. U2 (3,403,000)
05. SARAH MCLACHLAN (3,143,000)
06. THE BEATLES (2,964,000)
07. EMINEM (2,926,000)
08. ANDREA BOCELLI (2,770,000)
09. BRITNEY SPEARS (2,696,000)
10. METALLICA (2,669,000)