List of best-selling albums in China

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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.

Best-selling albums in China

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

Legend

pink	Physical album
purple	Digital album

Year of release	Album	Artist	Number of copies sold	Ref.
2022	Greatest Works of Art	Jay Chou	7,219,772
2021	Epsilon	Liu Yuxin	5,878,671	[citation needed]
2019	Honey	Lay	4,858,957
1993	The Goodbye Kiss	Jacky Cheung	4,000,000
2019	Going to Powerfully Burst	R1SE	3,082,155
2020	Lit	Lay	2,741,096
2004	Common Jasmin Orange	Jay Chou	2,600,000
1984	Wandering	Cheng Fangyuan	2,000,000
1985	Childhood	Cheng Fangyuan	2,000,000
1991	Red Sun	Various (honoring Mao Zedong)	2,000,000
2016	Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories	Jay Chou	1,989,173

Best-selling physical albums

The following is a list of the best-selling physical albums in China, with album sales of over 500,000 units.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (September 2017)

Year of release	Album	Artist	Number of copies sold	Ref.
1993	Kiss And Goodbye	Jacky Cheung	4,000,000
2004	Common Jasmin Orange	Jay Chou	2,600,000
1984	Wandering	Cheng Fangyuan	2,000,000
1985	Childhood	Cheng Fangyuan	2,000,000
1983	Su Rui	Su Rui	1,500,000
—	By A Wrong Bus	Su Rui	1,500,000
—	Wolf	Qi Qin	1,300,000
1994	Nothing Will Stop Me From Loving You	Wakin Chau	1,200,000
1994	The Lion King	Various artists	1,000,000
1997	Titanic	James Horner/Celine Dion	1,000,000
1986	A Voice on the Ocean	Fei Xiang	1,000,000
1996	Too Softhearted	Richie Jen	1,000,000
2002	Start	Stefanie Sun	1,000,000
2003	To Be Continued...	Stefanie Sun	1,000,000
1997	The Third Eye	Zheng Jun	800,000
1994	Chi Luo	Zheng Jun	600,000
2001	Meteor Rain	F4	500,000
2007	Against the Light	Stefanie Sun	500,000
2004	It's Raining	Rain	500,000
1999	Next to Happiness	The Flowers	500,000
	Qingchun Shijie	Hang Hong	500,000

List of best-selling digital albums (5 tracks or more)

2 million or more units

Artist	Album	Year	Sales	Ref.
Jay Chou	Greatest Works of Art	2022	7,219,772
Cai Xukun	Mi 迷	2021	3,473,680
R1SE	Going to Powerfully Burst	2019	3,082,155
Big Bang	Made	2016	2,841,614
Lay	Lit	2020	2,741,096
Jay Chou	Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories	2016	2,000,890

1 million or more units

Artist	Album	Year	Sales	Ref.
Taylor Swift	Lover	2019	1,872,460
Li Yuchun	Wow	2019	1,858,647
Hua Chenyu	New World	2020	1,835,069
Taylor Swift	1989	2014	1,780,189
Taylor Swift	Reputation	2017	1,741,210
G-Dragon	Kwon Ji Yong	2017	1,507,570
Blackpink	The Album	2020	1,432,666
Nine Percent	To the Nines	2018	1,396,966
Li Yuchun	Liu Xing	2017	1,243,109
Taylor Swift	Folklore	2020	1,206,487
Lay	Namanana	2018	1,180,208
JJ Lin	Message in a Bottle	2017	1,173,263
Lay	Lay 02 Sheep	2017	1,008,065

List of best-selling digital singles/EPs (4 tracks or less)

20 million or more units

Artist	Single/EP	Year	Sales	Ref.
Xiao Zhan	Light	2020	54,255,539
Hua Chenyu	I Really Want to Love This World	2019	22,931,648
Jay Chou	Greatest Works of Art	2022	20,000,000+

10 million or more units

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

5 million or more units

Artist	Single/EP	Year	Sales	Ref.
Jay Chou	Mojito	2020	9,170,315
JJ Lin	No Turning Back	2020	6,855,776
Liu Yuxin	Epsilon	2021	5,874,069
Eason Chan	Keep Me By Your Side	2016	5,771,018
JJ Lin	The Story Of Us	2019	5,637,031
Jay Chou	Still Wandering	2022	5,000,000+
Jay Chou	Cold Hearted	2022	5,000,000+

3 million or more units

Artist	Single/EP	Year	Sales	Ref.
Lay	Honey	2019	4,858,957
JJ Lin	Dust and Ashes	2023	4,000,000+
Jay Chou	Pink Ocean	2022	4,000,000+
Zhang Zhehan	Surround	2021	3,873,937
Lu Han	Xplore	2016	3,664,318
Lu Han	Π-volume.1	2019	3,477,798
Li Yuchun	Ye (first EP of Growing Wild)	2016	3,418,553
Roy Wang	Song For You	2018	3,263,963
Lu Han	Reloaded	2015	3,358,873
JJ Lin	Light of Sanctuary	2020	3,282,802
Kris Wu	6	2017	3,215,357
Blackpink	How You Like That	2020	3,088,581
Zhu Zhengting	The Winter Light	2019	3,078,866
Lu Han	π-volume.3	2020	3,009,225
1K	Just Forget It	2022	3,000,000+
LBI	Summer in a Small Town	2022	3,000,000+
Jay Chou	Reflection	2022	3,000,000+
Jay Chou	You Are the Firework I Missed	2022	3,000,000+

• a.^ Sales figure includes 'equivalent track streams'.
• b.^ Sales figure based on certification number alone.

See also

• Music of China
• Mandopop
• List of best-selling albums
• List of best-selling albums by country

Notes

1. ^ The best-selling non-single release in China is Cai Xukun's Young (2019), which has sold more than 14 million copies. 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.

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29. ^ ""Going to Powerfully Burst"-R1SE sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
30. ^ "MADE". y.saoju.net. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
31. ^ ""Lit"-Lay Zhang sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
32. ^ ""Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories"-Jay Chou sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
33. ^ ""Lover"- Taylor Swift sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
34. ^ ""Wow"- Li Yuchun sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
35. ^ ""New World"- Hua Chenyu sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
36. ^ ""1989"- Taylor Swift sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
37. ^ ""Reputation"- Taylor Swift sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
38. ^ ""Kwon Ji Yong"- G-Dragon sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
39. ^ ""The Album"- BLACKPINK sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
40. ^ ""To the Nines"- Nine Percent sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
41. ^ ""Liu Xing"- Li Yuchun sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
42. ^ ""folklore"- Taylor Swift sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
43. ^ ""Namanana"- Lay sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
44. ^ ""Message in a Bottle"- JJ Lin sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
45. ^ ""Sheep"- Lay sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
46. ^ ""Light"- Xiao Zhan sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
47. ^ ""I Really Want Love This World"- Hua Chenyu sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
48. ^ "周杰伦 - 最伟大的作品". tencentmusic.com (in Chinese). Retrieved April 11, 2024.
49. ^ ""No Feelings"- Wang Yibo sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
50. ^ ""The Rules of My World"- Wang Yibo sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
51. ^ ""Won't Cry"- Jay Chou sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
52. ^ ""Mojito"- Jay Chou sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
53. ^ ""No Turning Back"- JJ Lin sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
54. ^ ""EPSILON"- Liu Yuxin sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
55. ^ ""Keep Me By Your Side"- Eason Chan sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
56. ^ ""The Story Of Us"- JJ Lin sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
57. ^ "周杰伦 - 还在流浪". tencentmusic.com (in Chinese). Retrieved April 11, 2024.
58. ^ "周杰伦 - 红颜如箱". tencentmusic.com (in Chinese). Retrieved April 11, 2024.
59. ^ "林俊杰 - 原与愁". tencentmusic.com (in Chinese). Retrieved April 11, 2024.
60. ^ "周杰伦 - 粉色海洋". tencentmusic.com (in Chinese). Retrieved April 11, 2024.
61. ^ ""Surround"- Zhang Zhehan sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
62. ^ ""Xplore"- Lu Han sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
63. ^ ""Π-volume.1"- Lu Han sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
64. ^ ""Ye"- Li Yuchun sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
65. ^ ""Song For You"- Roy Wang sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
66. ^ ""Reloaded"- Lu Han sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
67. ^ ""Light of Sanctuary"- JJ Lin sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved July 19, 2022.
68. ^ ""6"- Kris Wu sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
69. ^ ""How You Like That"- BLACKPINK sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved May 21, 2023.
70. ^ ""The Winter Light"- Zhu Zhengting sales". saoju.net (in Chinese). Retrieved November 23, 2021.
71. ^ "π-volume.3". y.saoju.net. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
72. ^ "1K - 就忘了吧". tencentmusic.com (in Chinese). Retrieved April 11, 2024.
73. ^ "LBI利比 - 小城夏天". tencentmusic.com (in Chinese). Retrieved April 11, 2024.
74. ^ "周杰伦 - 倒影". tencentmusic.com (in Chinese). Retrieved April 11, 2024.
75. ^ "周杰伦 - 错过的烟火". tencentmusic.com (in Chinese). Retrieved April 11, 2024.