List of best-selling albums in Taiwan
This is the list of best-selling albums in Taiwan. Seven domestic albums and one international album have shipped over a million copies in Taiwan. Hong Kong singer Jacky Cheung is the best-selling artist in Taiwan, with three albums sold more than one million copies, while Taiwanese singer A-mei is the best-selling female artist in Taiwan. Taiwan's album sales peaked in 1990s, but it was adversely impacted by the copyright infringement and Internet downloads since the 21st century.
Best-selling albums
Certification levels
is by Recording Industry Foundation in Taiwan. In March 2002, the certification level was changed to unit sales. Prior to that Gold was awarded when an album has shipped 100,000 and platinum 200,000 copies.Certification | August 1996 to February 2002 | March 2002 to December 2005 | January 2006 to October 2007 | November 2007 to December 2008 | Since 1 January 2009 |
Gold | 100,000 | 50,000 | 35,000 | 20,000 | 15,000 |
Platinum | 200,000 | 100,000 | 70,000 | 40,000 | 30,000 |
Certification | August 1996 to February 2002 | March 2002 to December 2005 | January 2006 to October 2007 | November 2007 to December 2008 | Since 1 January 2009) |
Gold | 25,000 | 15,000 | 10,000 | 7,000 | 5,000 |
Platinum | 50,000 | 30,000 | 20,000 | 14,000 | 10,000 |