2008 in Canadian music

none 2008 2008 Canadian music This is a summary of the year 2008 in the Canadian music industry. Events April 6 – Juno Awards of 2008 held June 12 – 2008 Polaris Music Prize longlist announced June 15 – 2008 MuchMusic Video Awards held July 7 – 2008 Polaris Music Prize shortlist announced September 29 – Caribou's Andorra wins the Polaris Music Prize. Albums A Bryan Adams, 11 Amylie, Jusqu'aux oreilles The Awkward Stage, Slimming Mirrors, Flattering Lights B Jill Barber, Chances Matthew Barber, Ghost Notes Barenaked Ladies, Snacktime! Laura Barrett, Victory Garden Daniel Bélanger, Joli chaos Billy Talent, 666 Black Mountain, In the Future Bonjour Brumaire, De la Nature des Foules Born Ruffians, Red, Yellow & Blue Isabelle Boulay, Nos Lendemains The Buttless Chaps, Cartography C Cadence Weapon, Afterparty Babies Cancer Bats, Hail Destroyer Brendan Canning, Something for All of Us Paul Cargnello, Bragging Castlemusic, You Can't Take Anyone Chic Gamine, Chic Gamine Annabelle Chvostek, Resilience City and Colour, Bring Me Your Love Cœur de pirate, Cœur de pirate Ora Cogan, Harbouring Jason Collett, Here's to Being Here Constantines, Kensington Heights Antoine Corriveau, Entre quatre murs Crystal Castles, Crystal Castles Isabelle Cyr, Isabelle CyrFrancis Hébert, "Isabelle Cyr: Éponyme". Voir, February 7, 2008. D The Dears, Missiles Destroyer, Trouble in Dreams Die Mannequin, Unicorn Steak DL Incognito, A Captured Moment in Time Luke Doucet, Blood's Too Rich The D'Urbervilles, We Are the Hunters E Fred Eaglesmith, Tinderbox Kathleen Edwards, Asking for Flowers Elliott Brood, Mountain Meadows André Ethier, Born of Blue Fog F FemBots, Calling Out Forest City Lovers, Haunting Moon Sinking G Great Big Sea, Fortune's Favour H Hawk Nelson, Hawk Nelson Is My Friend Hayden, In Field & Town Hello, Blue Roses, The Portrait Is Finished and I Have Failed to Capture Your Beauty... Hey Rosetta!, Into Your Lungs Veda Hille, This Riot Life Hilotrons, Happymatic Human Highway, Moody Motorcycle I Islands, Arm's Way J Danko Jones, Never Too Loud K Kardinal Offishall, Not 4 Sale Kalle Mattson, Telescope Karkwa, Le volume du vent Kellarissa, Flamingo Koriass, Les racines dans le béton Keith Kouna, Les Années monsieur L Land of Talk, Some Are Lakes Éric Lapointe, Ma peau Library Voices, Hunting Ghosts (& Other Collected Shorts) The Lost Fingers, Lost in the 80s Rob Lutes, Truth & Fiction M Raine Maida, The Hunters Lullaby Catherine Major, Rose sang Kate Maki, On High Jon McKiel, The Nature of ThingsBrian Shultz, "Jon McKiel, The Nature of Things". Punk News, February 12, 2008. Sarah McLachlan, Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan Millimetrik, Northwest Passage's New Era (LP), Keys (EP) Ariane Moffatt, Tous les sens Alanis Morissette, Flavors of Entanglement N Nickelback, Dark Horse Novillero, A Little Tradition O One Hundred Dollars, Forest of Tears P Pas Chic Chic, Au ContraireVish Khanna, "Pas Chic Chic: Au Contraire". Exclaim!, April 28, 2008. Philémon Cimon, EP 2008 Dany Placard, Raccourci Plants and Animals, Parc Avenue Prism, Big Black Sky Protest the Hero, Fortress The Provincial Archive, Nameless Places R Rattlesnake Choir, Live MusicKerry Doole, [https://exclaim.ca/music/article/rattlesnake_choir-live_music "Rattlesnake Choir, Live Music". Exclaim!, March 23, 2008. Sam Roberts, Love at the End of the World Justin Rutledge, Man Descending S Said The Whale, Howe Sounds/Taking Abalonia Ron Sexsmith, Exit Strategy of the Soul Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band, 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons Crystal Shawanda, Dawn of a New Day Simple Plan, Simple Plan Zal Sissokho, Silaba Sloan, Parallel Play Snailhouse, Lies on the Prize Spirit of the West, Spirituality 1983-2008: The Consummate Compendium Stars, Sad Robots The Stills, Oceans Will Rise Jeffery Straker, Step Right Up Sweatshop Union, Water Street T Theory of a Deadman, Scars & Souvenirs Tokyo Police Club, Elephant Shell The Trews, No Time for Later V Chad VanGaalen, Soft Airplane W Martha Wainwright, I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too Andrée Watters, Minuit Wolf Parade, At Mount Zoomer Woodhands, Heart Attack Hawksley Workman, Between the Beautifuls and Los Manlicious Top hits on record Top 10 albums These are the top selling albums in Canada. These albums consist of Canadian sales only. RankArtistAlbumPeakpositionSalesCertification1NickelbackDark Horse1480,0006× Platinumhttp://www.cria.ca/gold/0410_g.php Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum - January 2005 2012-02-26 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131029224648/http://www.cria.ca/gold/0410_g.php 2013-10-29 2Simple PlanSimple Plan2200,000Platinumhttp://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Certification Results 2009-05-17 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090601023939/http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php 2009-06-01 3The Canadian TenorsThe Canadian Tenors22160,0002× Platinum4Celine DionMy Love: Essential Collection2160,0002× Platinum5City and ColourBring Me Your Love380,000Platinum6Cœur de pirateCœur de pirateN/A80,000Platinum7Sarah McLachlanCloser: The Best of Sarah McLachlan380,000Platinum8Theory of a DeadmanScars & Souvenirs280,000Platinum9Sam RobertsLove at the End of the World150,000Goldhttp://www.cria.ca/gold/1108_g.php Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum - January 2005 2011-04-03 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110706175030/http://www.cria.ca/gold/1108_g.php 2011-07-06 10Tara OramChasing the Sun850,000Gold Top 10 American albums RankArtistAlbumPeakpositionSalesCertification1Lady GagaThe Fame1560,0007× Platinum2Taylor SwiftFearless1480,0006× Platinum3Kings of LeonOnly by the Night2320,0004× Platinum4PinkFunhouse3250,0002× Platinum5BeyoncéI Am... Sasha Fierce6240,0003× PlatinumCanada album I Am...Sasha Fierce Beyonce6Britney SpearsCircus1240,0003× Platinum7Guns N' RosesChinese Democracy2240,0003× Platinum8MetallicaDeath Magnetic1240,0003× Platinum9Katy PerryOne of the Boys6200,0002× Platinum10Lil WayneTha Carter III1160,0002× Platinum Top 5 British albums RankArtistAlbumPeakpositionSalesCertification1ColdplayViva la Vida or Death and All His Friends1480,0006× Platinum2Adele194240,0003× PlatinumCanada album 19 Adele3SealSoul1180,000Platinumhttp://www.cria.ca/goldplat.php#album Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum www.cria.ca https://web.archive.org/web/20090430201954/http://www.cria.ca/goldplat.php 2009-04-304Bullet for My ValentineScream Aim FireN/A40,000Gold5Natasha BedingfieldPocketful of Sunshine1340,000Goldhttp://www.cria.ca/gold/1108_g.php Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum - January 2005 2011-04-03 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110706175030/http://www.cria.ca/gold/1108_g.php 2011-07-06 Top International albums RankArtistAlbumPeakpositionSalesCertification1AC/DCBlack Ice1400,0005× Platinum2Jesse CookFrontiersN/A50,000GoldCanada album Frontiers Jesse Cook Canadian Hot 100 Year-End List No.Artist(s)Title1Timbaland featuring OneRepublic"Apologize"2Leona Lewis"Bleeding Love"3Flo Rida featuring T-Pain"Low"4Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake"4 Minutes"5Katy Perry"I Kissed a Girl"6Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis"Just Dance"7Alicia Keys"No One"8Rihanna"Disturbia"9Coldplay"Viva la Vida"10Rihanna"Don't Stop the Music"11Kardinal Offishall featuring Akon"Dangerous"12Natasha Bedingfield"Pocketful of Sunshine"13Chris Brown"Forever"14Hedley"For the Nights I Can't Remember"15The Pussycat Dolls"When I Grow Up"16Jordin Sparks with Chris Brown"No Air"17Rihanna"Take a Bow"18Colbie Caillat"Bubbly"19Pink"So What"20Metro Station"Shake It"21Miley Cyrus"See You Again"22Sara Bareilles"Love Song"23Hedley"Never Too Late"24Usher featuring Young Jeezy"Love in This Club"25Estelle featuring Kanye West"American Boy"26Kreesha Turner"Don't Call Me Baby"27Jordin Sparks"Tattoo"28Chris Brown"With You"29OneRepublic"Stop and Stare"30Britney Spears"Piece of Me"31Katy Perry"Hot n Cold"32Fergie"Clumsy"33Kanye West"Stronger"34Santana featuring Chad Kroeger"Into the Night"35Feist"1234"36Duffy"Mercy"37Simple Plan"Your Love Is a Lie"38Jordin Sparks"One Step at a Time"39Lil Wayne featuring Static Major"Lollipop"40M.I.A."Paper Planes"41Sean Kingston"Take You There"42Avril Lavigne"Hot"43Maroon 5 featuring Rihanna"If I Never See Your Face Again"44Ne-Yo"Closer"45Buckcherry"Sorry"46Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson"The Way I Are"47Chris Brown featuring T-Pain"Kiss Kiss"48Leona Lewis"Better in Time"49Fergie"Big Girls Don't Cry"50Linkin Park"Shadow of the Day"51Soulja Boy"Crank That (Soulja Boy)"52Kid Rock"All Summer Long"53Finger Eleven"I'll Keep Your Memory Vague"543 Doors Down"It's Not My Time"55Mariah Carey"Touch My Body"56Jesse McCartney"Leavin'"57Kevin Rudolf featuring Lil Wayne"Let It Rock"58Britney Spears"Break the Ice"59New Kids on the Block"Summertime"60Coldplay"Violet Hill"61Hedley"Old School"62Simple Plan"When I'm Gone"63Madonna"Give It 2 Me"64Finger Eleven"Paralyzer"65Britney Spears"Womanizer"66Natasha Bedingfield featuring Sean Kingston"Love Like This"67Wyclef Jean featuring Akon, Lil Wayne and Niia"Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)"68Janet Jackson"Feedback"69State of Shock"Money Honey"70Lights"Drive My Soul"71Enur featuring Natasja"Calabria 2008"72Flo Rida featuring Timbaland"Elevator"73Plain White T's"Hey There Delilah"74Flo Rida featuring will.i.am"In the Ayer"75David Cook"The Time of My Life"76Jonas Brothers"Burnin' Up"77Yael Naim"New Soul"78Maroon 5"Won't Go Home Without You"79T.I."Whatever You Like"80Ray J and Yung Berg"Sexy Can I"81Theory of a Deadman"All or Nothing"82Nickelback"Gotta Be Somebody"83Faber Drive"When I'm with You"84Andrew F"The End"85Christina Aguilera"Keeps Gettin' Better"86Miley Cyrus"7 Things"87State of Shock"Best I Ever Had"88John Mayer"Say"89David Archuleta"Crush"90Celine Dion"Taking Chances"91The Ting Tings"Shut Up and Let Me Go"92Elise Estrada"Unlove You"93Gavin DeGraw"In Love with a Girl"94Daughtry"Feels Like Tonight"95Kanye West"Love Lockdown"96Girlicious"Like Me"97Rihanna featuring Jay-Z"Umbrella"98T.I. featuring Rihanna"Live Your Life"99Maroon 5"Wake Up Call"100Rihanna featuring Ne-Yo"Hate That I Love You"http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2008/canadian-hot-100 Canadian Hot 100 – Year-End 2008 Billboard 2017-07-19 Deaths January 4 – Mort Garson, composer February 15 – Willie P. Bennett, folk singer-songwriter March 2 – Jeff Healey, blues guitarist May 11 – John Rutsey, former drummer for Rush July 3 – Oliver Schroer, fiddler and composer 2007 in Canadian music Canadian music 2008 2009 in Canadian music References