List of diamond-certified albums in Canada
Artist Album Date certified
Various artists Saturday Night Fever June 1978
Various artists Grease November 1978
Supertramp Breakfast in America October 1979
Supertramp Crime of the Century November 1979
Kenny Rogers Greatest Hits June 1981
Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin December 1982
Culture Club Colour by Numbers May 1984
Lionel Richie Ca n't Slow Down November 1984
Bruce Springsteen Born in the U.S.A July 1985
Bryan Adams Reckless December 1985
Corey Hart Boy in the Box February 1986
Dire Straits Brothers in Arms April 1986
Phil Collins No Jacket Required April 1986
Whitney Houston Whitney Houston March 1987
Madonna True Blue June 1987
Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet October 1987
U2 The Joshua Tree October 1987
The Eagles Hotel California January 1988
Various artists Dirty Dancing August 1988
Huey Lewis and the News Sports August 1988
Diamond albums
The following albums have sold at least one million units within Canada . This certification has been attained by 18 Canadian albums , representing 11 artists and one compilation album . A Canadian artist , Céline Dion , holds the record for the most diamond albums , having had six albums reach this sales status in Canada .
The following diamond-certified albums in Canada have sold at least one million units (individual CDs, tapes or LPs) as determined by Canadian Recording Industry Association, the national music recording sales certification agency. The first million-selling album in Canada was declared in May 1978 as Rumours by the British band Fleetwood Mac. 17 years later, that album was honoured for sales of a second million units.