Céline Dion is the best selling Canadian artist of the last decade. The 1988 Eurovision Song Contest winner occupies the first spot of a ranking published by the Canadian magazine Applause.
Céline Dion sold no less than 150 million copies, good for the title of best selling Canadian artist of the last decade. With 150 million records she sold twice as many records as the number two Shania Twain.
This is Applause's ranking of best selling Canadian artists over the last decade:
01. 150 million – Céline Dion
02. 70 million – Shania Twain
03. 45 million – Alanis Morissette
04. 20 million – Avril Lavigne
05. 19 million – Sarah McLachlan
06. 17 million – Nickelback
07. 11,5 million – Diana Krall
08. 11 million – The Barenaked Ladies
09. 6 milllion – Nelly Furtado
10. 5 million – Sum 41
10. 5 million – Our Lady Peace
Céline Dion won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1988, representing Switzerland with the song Ne partez pas sans moi.
