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

As of 2023, China was the world's 5th largest music market, an increase from being 14th in 2015 and 27th in 2005.[1][2]

Best-selling albums in China

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This is a list of the top 10 best-selling albums in China.

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purple Digital album
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 (honoring Mao Zedong) 2,000,000 [11]
2016 Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories Jay Chou 1,989,173 [12]

Best-selling physical albums

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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)

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2 million or more units

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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 2019 3,082,155 [30]
Big Bang Made 2016 2,841,614 [31]
Lay Lit 2020 2,741,096 [32]
Jay Chou Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories 2016 2,000,890 [33]

1 million or more units

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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)

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20 million or more units

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Artist Single/EP Year Sales Ref.
Xiao Zhan Light 2020 54,255,539 [47]
Hua Chenyu I Really Want to Love This World 2019 22,931,648 [48]
Jay Chou Greatest Works of Art 2022 21,819,000[a] [49]

10 million or more units

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Artist Single/EP Year Sales Ref.
Wang Yibo No Feelings 2019 17,585,162 [50]
Wang Yibo The Rules of My World 2020 15,451,449 [51]
Cai Xukun Young 2019 14,505,045 [3]
Jay Chou Won't Cry 2019 10,917,586 [52]

5 million or more units

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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

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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 of Growing 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'.

See also

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Notes

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  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.
  1. ^ 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]

References

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  1. ^ "Global Music Report 2019: Annual State of the Industry" (PDF). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved May 17, 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.
  3. ^ a b ""Young"- Cai Xukun sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  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.
  10. ^ a b c d Reference for sales: Reference for album titles and release dates:
  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.
  12. ^ ""Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories"-Jay Chou sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  13. ^ a b c "Pop goes China's taste in music". The Straits Times. December 27, 1988. p. 8. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  14. ^ White, Adam (August 6, 1994). "Asia Falling Under the Influence Of Taiwan's Rock Records" (PDF). Billboard. p. 38. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  15. ^ "A History Of Rock Records". Billboard. January 22, 2000. p. R-8. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  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 "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. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  19. ^ a b Suryadinata, Leo (2012). "Southeast Asian Personalities of Chinese Descent: Biographical dictionary". Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. p. 1019. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
  20. ^ Burpee, Geoff (August 23, 1997). "Everyone Gets Involved". Billboard. p. APQ-6. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  21. ^ "Fat Sales, Slim Profit". Billboard. March 1, 1997. p. APQ-4. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  22. ^ Becker, Jasper (December 10, 1995). "The last rock star in China". South China Morning Post. Retrieved June 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
  23. ^ 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.
  24. ^ 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
  25. ^ "Korean Culture No. 2: K-pop Beyond Asia". Korean Culture and Information Service. 2015. p. 42. Retrieved July 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)
  26. ^ Far Eastern Economic Review (May 23, 2003). "Chinese aim to build a great wall of sound". The Guardian. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
  27. ^ "The making of a star". The Straits Times. November 13, 1991. p. 6. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
  28. ^ {{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}}
  29. ^ ""迷"-Cai Xukun sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  30. ^ ""Going to Powerfully Burst"-R1SE sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  31. ^ "MADE". y.saoju.net. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  32. ^ ""Lit"-Lay Zhang sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  33. ^ ""Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories"-Jay Chou sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  34. ^ ""Lover"- Taylor Swift sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  35. ^ ""Wow"- Li Yuchun sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  36. ^ ""New World"- Hua Chenyu sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  37. ^ ""1989"- Taylor Swift sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  38. ^ ""Reputation"- Taylor Swift sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  39. ^ ""Kwon Ji Yong"- G-Dragon sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  40. ^ ""The Album"- BLACKPINK sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  41. ^ ""To the Nines"- Nine Percent sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  42. ^ ""Liu Xing"- Li Yuchun sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  43. ^ ""folklore"- Taylor Swift sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  44. ^ ""Namanana"- Lay sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  45. ^ ""Message in a Bottle"- JJ Lin sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  46. ^ ""Sheep"- Lay sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  47. ^ ""Light"- Xiao Zhan sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  48. ^ ""I Really Want Love This World"- Hua Chenyu sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  49. ^ "周杰伦 - 最伟大的作品". tencentmusic.com (in Chinese). Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  50. ^ ""No Feelings"- Wang Yibo sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  51. ^ ""The Rules of My World"- Wang Yibo sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  52. ^ ""Won't Cry"- Jay Chou sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  53. ^ ""Mojito"- Jay Chou sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  54. ^ ""No Turning Back"- JJ Lin sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  55. ^ ""EPSILON"- Liu Yuxin sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  56. ^ ""Keep Me By Your Side"- Eason Chan sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  57. ^ ""The Story Of Us"- JJ Lin sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  58. ^ "周杰伦 - 红颜如箱". tencentmusic.com (in Chinese). Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  59. ^ "周杰伦 - 还在流浪". tencentmusic.com (in Chinese). Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  60. ^ "林俊杰 - 原与愁". tencentmusic.com (in Chinese). Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  61. ^ "周杰伦 - 粉色海洋". tencentmusic.com (in Chinese). Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  62. ^ "周杰伦 - 倒影". tencentmusic.com (in Chinese). Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  63. ^ ""Surround"- Zhang Zhehan sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  64. ^ "周杰伦 - 错过的烟火". tencentmusic.com (in Chinese). Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  65. ^ ""Xplore"- Lu Han sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  66. ^ "LBI利比 - 小城夏天". tencentmusic.com (in Chinese). Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  67. ^ "1K - 就忘了吧". tencentmusic.com (in Chinese). Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  68. ^ ""Π-volume.1"- Lu Han sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  69. ^ ""Ye"- Li Yuchun sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  70. ^ "阿梨粤 - 晚风心里吹". tencentmusic.com (in Chinese). Retrieved October 23, 2024.
  71. ^ ""Reloaded"- Lu Han sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  72. ^ ""Light of Sanctuary"- JJ Lin sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
  73. ^ ""Song For You"- Roy Wang sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  74. ^ ""6"- Kris Wu sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  75. ^ ""How You Like That"- BLACKPINK sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved May 21, 2023.
  76. ^ ""The Winter Light"- Zhu Zhengting sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  77. ^ "承桓 - 我会等". tencentmusic.com (in Chinese). Retrieved October 23, 2024.
  78. ^ "π-volume.3". y.saoju.net. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  79. ^ "柯柯柯柯啊 - 姑娘在远方". tencentmusic.com (in Chinese). Retrieved November 2, 2024.
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