This is a list of the best-selling albums in China .
As of 2021, China was the world's 6th 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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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.
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 [26] Cai Xukun Mi 迷 2021 3,473,680 [27] R1SE Going to Powerfully Burst 2019 3,082,155 [28] Big Bang Made 2016 2,841,614 [29] Lay Lit 2020 2,741,096 [30] Jay Chou Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories 2016 2,000,890 [31]
1 million or more units [ edit ] Artist Album Year Sales Ref. Taylor Swift Lover 2019 1,872,460 [32] Li Yuchun Wow 2019 1,858,647 [33] Hua Chenyu New World 2020 1,835,069 [34] Taylor Swift 1989 2014 1,780,189 [35] Taylor Swift Reputation 2017 1,741,210 [36] G-Dragon Kwon Ji Yong 2017 1,507,570 [37] BLACKPINK The Album 2020 1,432,666 [38] Nine Percent To the Nines 2018 1,396,966 [39] Li Yuchun Liu Xing 2017 1,243,109 [40] Taylor Swift Folklore 2020 1,206,487 [41] Lay Namanana 2018 1,180,208 [42] JJ Lin Message in a Bottle 2017 1,173,263 [43] Lay Lay 02 Sheep 2017 1,008,065 [44]
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 [50] JJ Lin No Turning Back 2020 6,855,776 [51] Liu Yuxin Epsilon 2021 5,874,069 [52] Eason Chan Keep Me By Your Side 2016 5,771,018 [53] JJ Lin The Story Of Us 2019 5,637,031 [54]
3 million or more units [ edit ] Artist Single/EP Year Sales Ref. Lay Honey 2019 4,858,957 [5] Zhang Zhehan Surround 2021 3,873,937 [55] Lu Han Xplore 2016 3,664,318 [56] Lu Han Π-volume.1 2019 3,477,798 [57] Li Yuchun Ye (first EP of Growing Wild ) 2016 3,418,553 [58] Roy Wang Song For You 2018 3,263,963 [59] Lu Han Reloaded 2015 3,358,873 [60] JJ Lin Light of Sanctuary 2020 3,282,802 [61] Kris Wu 6 2017 3,215,357 [62] Blackpink How You Like That 2020 3,088,581 [63] Zhu Zhengting The Winter Light 2019 3,078,866 [64] Lu Han π-volume.3 2020 3,009,225 [65]
See also [ edit ] ^ 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. References [ edit ] ^ "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 23, 2021 . ^ " "Greatest Works Of Art" sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022 . ^ a b " "Honey"- Lay sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021 . ^ 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 . ^ " "Going to Powerfully Burst"-R1SE sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved June 9, 2021 . ^ " "Lit"-Lay Zhang sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved June 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 . 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 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 . Retrieved November 2, 2022 – via Google Books. ^ " "Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories"-Jay Chou sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved June 9, 2021 . ^ a b c "Pop goes China's taste in music" . The Straits Times . December 27, 1988. p. 8. Retrieved November 1, 2022 . ^ White, Adam (6 August 1994). "Asia Falling Under the Influence Of Taiwan's Rock Records" (PDF) . Billboard . p. 38. ISSN 0006-2510 . Retrieved 2 November 2022 . ^ "A History Of Rock Records" . Billboard . 22 January 2000. p. R-8. Retrieved 3 November 2019 . ^ 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" . ^ a b Suryadinata, Leo (2012). "Southeast Asian Personalities of Chinese Descent: Biographical dictionary" . Institute of Southeast Asian Studies . p. 1019. Retrieved 11 September 2023 . ^ Burpee, Geoff (23 August 1997). "Everyone Gets Involved" . Billboard . p. APQ-6. Retrieved 2 November 2022 . ^ "Fat Sales, Slim Profit" . Billboard . 1 March 1997. p. APQ-4. Retrieved 2 November 2022 . ^ 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. ISBN 9789814345217 . 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 . ^ "The making of a star" . The Straits Times . November 13, 1991. p. 6. Retrieved August 28, 2023 . ^ {{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}} ^ " "迷"-Cai Xukun sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021 . ^ " "Going to Powerfully Burst"-R1SE sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021 . ^ "MADE" . y.saoju.net . Retrieved 2022-08-24 . ^ " "Lit"-Lay Zhang sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021 . ^ " "Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories"-Jay Chou sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021 . ^ " "Lover"- Taylor Swift sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021 . ^ " "Wow"- Li Yuchun sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022 . ^ " "New World"- Hua Chenyu sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022 . ^ " "1989"- Taylor Swift sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021 . ^ " "Reputation"- Taylor Swift sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022 . ^ " "Kwon Ji Yong"- G-Dragon sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021 . ^ " "The Album"- BLACKPINK sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021 . ^ " "To the Nines"- Nine Percent sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021 . ^ " "Liu Xing"- Li Yuchun sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021 . ^ " "folklore"- Taylor Swift sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022 . ^ " "Namanana"- Lay sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021 . ^ " "Message in a Bottle"- JJ Lin sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022 . ^ " "Sheep"- Lay sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021 . ^ " "Light"- Xiao Zhan sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022 . ^ " "I Really Want Love This World"- Hua Chenyu sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022 . ^ " "No Feelings"- Wang Yibo sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022 . ^ " "The Rules of My World"- Wang Yibo sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022 . ^ " "Won't Cry"- Jay Chou sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021 . ^ " "Mojito"- Jay Chou sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022 . ^ " "No Turning Back"- JJ Lin sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022 . ^ " "EPSILON"- Liu Yuxin sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021 . ^ " "Keep Me By Your Side"- Eason Chan sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021 . ^ " "The Story Of Us"- JJ Lin sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021 . ^ " "Surround"- Zhang Zhehan sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022 . ^ " "Xplore"- Lu Han sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022 . ^ " "Π-volume.1"- Lu Han sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021 . ^ " "Ye"- Li Yuchun sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022 . ^ " "Song For You"- Roy Wang sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021 . ^ " "Reloaded"- Lu Han sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021 . ^ " "Light of Sanctuary"- JJ Lin sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022 . ^ " "6"- Kris Wu sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021 . ^ " "How You Like That"- BLACKPINK sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved May 21, 2023 . ^ " "The Winter Light"- Zhu Zhengting sales" . saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021 . ^ "π-volume.3" . y.saoju.net . Retrieved 2022-08-24 .
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