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This is a summary of the year 2009 in the Canadian music industry.
Events
- March 29 – The Juno Awards of 2009 are held in Vancouver, British Columbia.
- June 15 – The 2009 Polaris Music Prize 40-album longlist is announced.
- July 7 – The 2009 Polaris Music Prize 10-album shortlist is to be announced.
- September 21 – Fucked Up's album The Chemistry of Common Life is announced as the winner of the 2009 Polaris Music Prize.
- September – K'naan's single "Wavin' Flag" is announced as the official theme song of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Albums
A
- Apostle of Hustle, Eats Darkness
- Marie-Pierre Arthur, Marie-Pierre Arthur
- Attack in Black, Years (by One Thousand Fingertips)
B
- Jason Bajada, Loveshit
- Alexis Baro, From the Other Side[1]
- Howie Beck, How to Fall Down in Public
- Daniel Bélanger, Nous
- Bell Orchestre, As Seen Through Windows
- Art Bergmann, Lost Art Bergmann
- Justin Bieber, My World
- Billy Talent, Billy Talent III
- Jully Black, The Black Book
- Blue Rodeo, The Things We Left Behind
- Will Bonness, Subtle Fire
- Brian Borcherdt, Torches/The Ward Colorado Demos
- Bruce Peninsula, A Mountain Is a Mouth
- Michael Bublé, Crazy Love
- By Divine Right, Mutant Message
C
- Patricia Cano, This Is the New World
- Paul Cargnello, Bras coupé
- CFCF, Continent
- DJ Champion, Resistance
- Classified, Self Explanatory
- The Cliks, Dirty King
- Leonard Cohen, Live in London
- Antoine Corriveau, Ni vu ni connu
- Rose Cousins, The Send Off
- Eliana Cuevas, Luna Llena
- Cuff the Duke, Way Down Here
- Amelia Curran, Hunter Hunter
D
- The Dardanelles, The Dardanelles
- Default, Comes and Goes
- Despised Icon, Day of Mourning
- Digawolf, Distant Morning Star
- Julie Doiron, I Can Wonder What You Did with Your Day
- Drake, So Far Gone
E
- Emerson Drive, I Believe
- Evening Hymns, Spirit Guides
F
- Julie Fader, Outside In
- Melanie Fiona, The Bridge
- Faber Drive, Can't Keep a Secret
G
- Gentleman Reg, Jet Black
- Hannah Georgas, The Beat Stuff
- The Good Lovelies, The Good Lovelies (March), Under the Mistletoe (December)
- Jenn Grant, Echoes
- Grand Analog, Metropolis Is Burning
- Great Lake Swimmers, Lost Channels (March), The Legion Sessions (October)
- Emm Gryner, Goddess
H
- Handsome Furs, Face Control
- Ron Hawkins, 10 Kinds of Lonely
- Hayden, The Place Where We Lived
- Hedley, The Show Must Go
- The Hidden Cameras, Origin:Orphan
- Hollerado, Record in a Bag
- Hot Panda, Volcano...Bloody Volcano
- The Hylozoists, L'Île de sept villes
I
- Immaculate Machine, High on Jackson Hill
- In-Flight Safety, We Are an Empire, My Dear
- Islands, Vapours
J
- jacksoul, SOULmate
- Jets Overhead, No Nations
- The Junction, Another Link in the Chain
- Junior Boys, Begone Dull Care
K
- K'naan, Troubadour
- k-os, Yes!
- Kalle Mattson, Whisper Bee
L
- Lhasa, Lhasa
- Lightning Dust, Infinite Light
- Lights, The Listening
- The Lovely Feathers, Fantasy of the Lot
M
- Ryan MacGrath, In My Own Company
- Catherine MacLellan, Water in the Ground
- Magneta Lane, Gambling with God
- Malajube, Labyrinthes
- Dan Mangan, Nice, Nice, Very Nice
- Carolyn Mark and NQ Arbuckle, Let's Just Stay Here
- Melissa McClelland, Victoria Day
- Metric, Fantasies
- Amy Millan, Masters of the Burial
- Misstress Barbara, I'm No Human
- Taylor Mitchell, For Your Consideration
- Moneen, The World I Want to Leave Behind
- Montag, Hibernation
- The Most Serene Republic, ...And the Ever Expanding Universe
- MSTRKRFT, Fist of God
N
O
- Octoberman, Fortresses
- Ohbijou, Beacons
- Oktoécho, Oktoécho
- Our Lady Peace, Burn Burn
P
- Paper Moon, Only During Thunderstorms
- Peaches, I Feel Cream
- Pilot Speed, Wooden Bones
- Pink Mountaintops, Outside Love
- Joel Plaskett, Three
- Po' Girl, Deer in the Night
- Pony Up!, Stay Gold
- Priestess, Prior to the Fire
- Propagandhi, Supporting Caste
R
- Corin Raymond, There Will Always Be a Small Time
- Lee Reed, Introductory Offer
- Reverie Sound Revue, Reverie Sound Revue
- Amanda Rheaume, Kiss Me Back
- Alejandra Ribera, Navigator/Navigateher
- Rock Plaza Central, ...at the moment of our most needing
- Royal City, Royal City
- Ruby Jean and the Thoughtful Bees, Ruby Jean and the Thoughtful Bees
- Daniel Romano, Frederick Squire and Julie Doiron, Daniel, Fred & Julie
- The Rural Alberta Advantage, Hometowns
S
- John K. Samson, City Route 85
- Crystal Shawanda, I'll Be Home for Christmas
- Shout Out Out Out Out, Reintegration Time
- The Slew, 100%
- Souldia, Art kontrol
- Still Life Still, Girls Come Too
- Sunparlour Players, Wave North
- Sunset Rubdown, Dragonslayer
- Swan Lake, Enemy Mine
T
- Tegan and Sara, Sainthood
- Think About Life, Family
- Three Days Grace, Life Starts Now
- Thunderheist, Thunderheist
- Thus Owls, Cardiac Malformations
- Tiga, Ciao!
- Timber Timbre, Timber Timbre
- Tire le coyote, EP
- Torngat, La Petite Nicole
- The Tragically Hip, We Are the Same
- Two Hours Traffic, Territory
U
- Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker, Questamation
- United Steel Workers of Montreal, Three on the Tree
V
- Various Artists, Friends in Bellwoods II
- Various Artists, Great Canadian Song Quest
- Various Artists, Record of the Week Club
- vitaminsforyou, He Closed His Eyes So He Could Dance with You
- Roch Voisine, Americana II
W
- Martha Wainwright, Sans Fusils, Ni Souliers, à Paris: Martha Wainwright's Piaf Record
- Patrick Watson, Wooden Arms
- Wax Mannequin, Saxon
- WHOOP-Szo, Where I Dream Is Where I Live
- The Wooden Sky, If I Don't Come Home You'll Know I'm Gone
Y
- Years, Years
- You Say Party! We Say Die!, XXXX
- Young Galaxy, Invisible Republic
Z
- Zeus, Sounds Like Zeus
Top hits on record
Top 10 albums
These are the top selling albums in Canada. These albums consist of Canadian sales only.
Rank | Artist | Album | Peak position | Sales | Certification |
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1 | Michael Bublé | Crazy Love | 1 | 320,000 | 4× Platinum[2] |
2 | The Canadian Tenors | The Perfect Gift | n/a | 240,000 | 3× Platinum[3] |
3 | Ginette Reno | Fais-Moi De La Tendresse | n/a | 209,000[4] | n/a |
4 | Billy Talent | Billy Talent III | 1 | 160,000 | 2× Platinum |
5 | Hedley | The Show Must Go | 6 | 160,000 | 2× Platinum |
6 | Johnny Reid | Dance with Me | 3 | 160,000 | 2× Platinum[5] |
7 | Justin Bieber | My World | 1 | 160,000 | 2× Platinum |
8 | The Tragically Hip | We Are the Same | 1 | 160,000 | 2× Platinum[6] |
9 | Blue Rodeo | The Things We Left Behind | 6 | 80,000 | Platinum[7] |
10 | Johnny Reid | Christmas | 7 | 80,000 | Platinum[8] |
Top 10 American albums
Rank | Artist | Album | Peak position | Sales | Certification |
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1 | The Black Eyed Peas | The E.N.D. | 1 | 400,000 | 5× Platinum |
2 | Eminem | Relapse | 1 | 195,000 | n/a |
3 | Green Day | 21st Century Breakdown | 1 | 160,000 | 2× Platinum |
4 | Michael Jackson | This Is It | 1 | 160,000 | 2× Platinum |
5 | Adam Lambert | For Your Entertainment | 8 | 80,000 | Platinum[9] |
6 | Bon Jovi | The Circle | 1 | 80,000 | Platinum |
7 | Bruce Springsteen | Working on a Dream | 1 | 80,000[10] | Platinum |
8 | Carrie Underwood | Play On | 2 | 80,000 | Platinum |
9 | Daughtry | Leave This Town | 2 | 80,000 | Platinum[11] |
10 | Glee | Glee: The Music, Volume 1 | 4 | 80,000 | Platinum |
Top 10 British albums
Rank | Artist | Album | Peak position | Sales | Certification |
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1 | The Beatles | The Beatles Stereo Box Set | n/a | 800,000 | Diamond[12] |
2 | Susan Boyle | I Dreamed a Dream | 1 | 400,000[13] | 5× Platinum[14] |
3 | Mumford & Sons | Sigh No More | 2 | 160,000 | 2× Platinum |
4 | Muse | The Resistance | 1 | 80,000 | Platinum[2] |
5 | Florence and the Machine | Lungs | 21 | 40,000 | Gold |
6 | Leona Lewis | Echo | 16 | 40,000 | Gold[15] |
7 | Lily Allen | It's Not Me, It's You | 1 | 40,000 | Gold[14] |
8 | Mika | The Boy Who Knew Too Much | 19 | 40,000 | Gold |
9 | Taio Cruz | Rokstarr | 3 | 40,000 | Gold[16] |
10 | The xx | xx | n/a | 40,000 | Gold[17] |
Top International albums
Rank | Artist | Album | Peak position | Sales | Certification |
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1 | Andrea Bocelli | My Christmas | 2 | 264,000[4] | 2× Platinum |
2 | David Guetta | One Love | 2 | 160,000 | 2× Platinum[2] |
3 | U2 | No Line on the Horizon | 1 | 160,000 | 2× Platinum[citation needed] |
4 | Rihanna | Rated R | 5 | 80,000 | Platinum |
5 | Rod Stewart | Soulbook | 3 | 80,000 | Platinum[15] |
6 | Bernard Adamus | Burn | TBA | 40,000 | Gold[18] |
7 | Phoenix | Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix | 19 | 40,000 | Gold |
8 | Tiësto | Kaleidoscope | 6 | 40,000 | Gold |
9 | Daniel O'Donnell | Hope and Praise | n/a | 5,000 | Gold[19] |
Canadian Hot 100 Year-End List
No. | Artist(s) | Title |
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1 | The Black Eyed Peas | "I Gotta Feeling" |
2 | Lady Gaga | "Poker Face" |
3 | Flo Rida | "Right Round" |
4 | The Black Eyed Peas | "Boom Boom Pow" |
5 | Jason Mraz | "I'm Yours" |
6 | Sean Kingston | "Fire Burning" |
7 | Pitbull | "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" |
8 | Taylor Swift | "Love Story" |
9 | Karl Wolf featuring Culture | "Africa" |
10 | Kings of Leon | "Use Somebody" |
11 | Katy Perry | "Hot n Cold" |
12 | Beyoncé | "Halo" |
13 | Lady Gaga | "LoveGame" |
14 | Taylor Swift | "You Belong with Me" |
15 | Britney Spears | "Circus" |
16 | David Guetta featuring Akon | "Sexy Bitch" |
17 | Miley Cyrus | "The Climb" |
18 | Lady Gaga | "Paparazzi" |
19 | Beyoncé | "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" |
20 | Kelly Clarkson | "My Life Would Suck Without You" |
21 | Coldplay | "Viva la Vida" |
22 | Nickelback | "If Today Was Your Last Day" |
23 | Pink | "Please Don't Leave Me" |
24 | T.I. featuring Rihanna | "Live Your Life" |
25 | T.I. featuring Justin Timberlake | "Dead and Gone" |
26 | Kevin Rudolf featuring Lil Wayne | "Let It Rock" |
27 | Nickelback | "Gotta Be Somebody" |
28 | Katy Perry | "Waking Up in Vegas" |
29 | The Pussycat Dolls | "I Hate This Part" |
30 | Pink | "Sober" |
31 | Beyoncé | "If I Were a Boy" |
32 | The All-American Rejects | "Gives You Hell" |
33 | Miley Cyrus | "Party in the U.S.A." |
34 | The Fray | "You Found Me" |
35 | Stereos | "Summer Girl" |
36 | Britney Spears | "Womanizer" |
37 | 3OH!3 | "Don't Trust Me" |
38 | Cascada | "Evacuate the Dancefloor" |
39 | Deborah Cox | "Beautiful U R" |
40 | Jay Sean featuring Lil Wayne | "Down" |
41 | Keri Hilson featuring Kanye West and Ne-Yo | "Knock You Down" |
42 | Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis | "Just Dance" |
43 | Marianas Trench | "Cross My Heart" |
44 | Cobra Starship featuring Leighton Meester | "Good Girls Go Bad" |
45 | Akon featuring Colby O'Donis and Kardinal Offishall | "Beautiful" |
46 | Marianas Trench | "All to Myself" |
47 | Kanye West | "Heartless" |
48 | Faber Drive | "G-Get Up and Dance" |
49 | Jordin Sparks | "Battlefield" |
50 | A. R. Rahman and The Pussycat Dolls featuring Nicole Scherzinger | "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" |
51 | Linkin Park | "New Divide" |
52 | The Veronicas | "Untouched" |
53 | Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West | "Run This Town" |
54 | Akon | "Right Now (Na Na Na)" |
55 | Pitbull | "Hotel Room Service" |
56 | Shinedown | "Second Chance" |
57 | Shakira | "She Wolf" |
58 | Hedley | "Cha-Ching" |
59 | Pink | "So What" |
60 | Soulja Boy featuring Sammie | "Kiss Me thru the Phone" |
61 | Billy Talent | "Rusted from the Rain" |
62 | Kid Cudi | "Day 'n' Nite" |
63 | Jason Derulo | "Whatcha Say" |
64 | Daughtry | "No Surprise" |
65 | Kanye West | "Love Lockdown" |
66 | Green Day | "21 Guns" |
67 | Ciara featuring Justin Timberlake | "Love Sex Magic" |
68 | Britney Spears | "If U Seek Amy" |
69 | The New Cities | "Dead End Countdown" |
70 | Kelly Clarkson | "Already Gone" |
71 | Britney Spears | "3" |
72 | Green Day | "Know Your Enemy" |
73 | Madonna | "Celebration" |
74 | Owl City | "Fireflies" |
75 | The Black Eyed Peas | "Meet Me Halfway" |
76 | Kesha | "Tik Tok" |
77 | Flo Rida featuring Wynter Gordon | "Sugar" |
78 | Kelly Clarkson | "I Do Not Hook Up" |
79 | Drake | "Best I Ever Had" |
80 | Eminem, Dr. Dre and 50 Cent | "Crack a Bottle" |
81 | Justin Bieber | "One Time" |
82 | Beyoncé | "Sweet Dreams" |
83 | Danny Fernandes | "Fantasy" |
84 | Michael Bublé | "Haven't Met You Yet" |
85 | Stereos | "Throw Ya Hands Up" |
86 | Ne-Yo | "Mad" |
87 | Divine Brown | "Sunglasses" |
88 | Jamie Foxx featuring T-Pain | "Blame It" |
89 | Rihanna | "Rehab" |
90 | Our Lady Peace | "All You Did Was Save My Life" |
91 | Rihanna | "Disturbia" |
92 | David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland | "When Love Takes Over" |
93 | Melanie Fiona | "Give It to Me Right" |
94 | Mariah Carey | "Obsessed" |
95 | The Killers | "Spaceman" |
96 | Leona Lewis | "Better in Time" |
97 | Suzie McNeil | "Supergirl" |
98 | Rob Thomas | "Her Diamonds" |
99 | Colbie Caillat | "Fallin' for You" |
100 | State of Shock | "Too Pretty"[20] |
Deaths
- January 31 – Dewey Martin, rock drummer
- March 15 – Edmund Hockridge, singer and actor
- March 22 – Archie Green, folklorist and musicologist
- May 3 – Renée Morisset, pianist
- June 27 – Jackie Washington, blues musician
- October 28 – Taylor Mitchell, folk singer-songwriter
- November 22 – Haydain Neale, soul/R&B singer
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