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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
This is a list of Top 10 Best Selling Albums in China.
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Best-selling physical albums
This is a following list of the Top 10 Best-selling physical albums in China.
List of best-selling digital albums (5 tracks or more)
2 million or more units
Artist
Album
Year
Sales
Ref.
R1SE
Going to Powerfully Burst
2019
3,060,139
[ 19]
Lay
Lit
2020
2,621,758
[ 20]
1 million or more units
Artist
Album
Year
Sales
Ref.
Jay Chou
Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories
2016
1,985,751
[ 21]
Li Yuchun
Wow
2019
1,856,260
[ 22]
Taylor Swift
Lover
2019
1,825,647
[ 23]
Hua Chenyu
New World
2020
1,749,556
[ 24]
Taylor Swift
1989
2014
1,733,539
[ 25]
Taylor Swift
Reputation
2017
1,715,580
[ 26]
G-Dragon
Kwon Ji Yong
2017
1,498,734
[ 27]
Nicki Minaj
Queen
2018
1,314,292
[ 28]
Nine Percent
To the Nines
2018
1,288,093
[ 29]
BLACKPINK
The Album
2020
1,274,277
[ 30]
Li Yuchun
Liu Xing
2017
1,241,885
[ 31]
Lay
Namanana
2018
1,168,508
[ 32]
JJ Lin
Message in a Bottle
2017
1,051,009
[ 33]
Lay
Lay 02 Sheep
2017
1,001,198
[ 34]
List of best-selling digital singles/EPs (4 tracks or less)
20 million or more units
10 million or more units
5 million or more units
3 million or more units
Artist
Single/EP
Year
Sales
Ref.
Lay
Honey
2019
4,778,517
[ 4]
JJ Lin
The Story Of Us
2019
4,068,777
[ 41]
Lu Han
Xplore
2016
3,663,199
[ 42]
Lu Han
Π-volume.1
2019
3,477,798
[ 43]
Li Yuchun
Ye (first EP of Growing Wild )
2016
3,417,849
[ 44]
Roy Wang
Song For You
2018
3,263,963
[ 45]
Lu Han
Reloaded
2015
3,358,873
[ 46]
Kris Wu
6
2017
3,212,024
[ 47]
Zhu Zhengting
The Winter Light
2019
3,076,536
[ 48]
BLACKPINK
How You Like That
2020
3,040,638
[ 49]
See also
Notes
^ 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 consist of two tracks. The next best-selling non-single EP in China is Lay Zhang 's Honey (2019), which has sold more than 4.7 million copies,[ 4] and consist of four tracks, which is a standard size for modern EPs in North America and Europe.
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 .
^ a b " "Young"- Cai Xukun sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020 .
^ a b c " "Honey"- Lay sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020 .
^ " "Going to Powerfully Burst"-R1SE sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved December 15, 2020 .
^ " "Lit"-Lay Zhang sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved December 15, 2020 .
^ a b 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.
^ a b c Reference for sales:
Reference for album titles and release dates:
^ " "Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories"-Jay Chou sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved December 15, 2020 .
^ " "Wow"- Li Yuchun sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved December 15, 2020 .
^ " "Lover"- Taylor Swift sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved December 15, 2020 .
^ " "1989"- Taylor Swift sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved December 15, 2020 .
^ 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…
^ Far Eastern Economic Review (May 23, 2003). "Chinese aim to build a great wall of sound" . The Guardian . Retrieved March 19, 2017 .
^ " "Going to Powerfully Burst"-R1SE sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020 .
^ " "Lit"-Lay Zhang sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020 .
^ " "Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories"-Jay Chou sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020 .
^ " "Wow"- Li Yuchun sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020 .
^ " "Lover"- Taylor Swift sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020 .
^ " "New World"- Hua Chenyu sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020 .
^ " "1989"- Taylor Swift sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020 .
^ " "Reputation"- Taylor Swift sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020 .
^ " "Kwon Ji Yong"- G-Dragon sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020 .
^ Cumulative digital sales of Queen from China's three major music platforms:
^ " "To the Nines"- Nine Percent sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020 .
^ " "The Album"- BLACKPINK sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020 .
^ " "Liu Xing"- Li Yuchun sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020 .
^ " "Namanana"- Lay sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020 .
^ " "Message in a Bottle"- JJ Lin sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020 .
^ " "Sheep"- Lay sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020 .
^ " "Light"- Xiao Zhan sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020 .
^ " "I Really Want Love This World"- Hua Chenyu sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020 .
^ " "No Feelings"- Wang Yibo sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020 .
^ " "Won't Cry"- Jay Chou sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020 .
^ " "Mojito"- Jay Chou sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020 .
^ " "Keep Me By Your Side"- Eason Chan sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020 .
^ " "The Story Of Us"- JJ Lin sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020 .
^ " "Xplore"- Lu Han sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020 .
^ " "Π-volume.1"- Lu Han sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020 .
^ " "Ye"- Li Yuchun sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020 .
^ " "Song For You"- Roy Wang sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020 .
^ " "Reloaded"- Lu Han sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020 .
^ " "6"- Kris Wu sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020 .
^ " "The Winter Light"- Zhu Zhengting sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020 .
^ " "How You Like That"- BLACKPINK sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 22, 2020 .
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