Nickelback's 'All The Right Reasons' is the Top Canadian Album of the 21st Century on the Billboard 200
The 2005 release has logged 206 weeks on the chart since it debuted, making it the 9th biggest album of the century so far. Several more Canadians pop up on Billboard's Top Billboard 200 Albums of the 21st Century chart including Drake, The Weeknd, Avril Lavigne and Justin Bieber.
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Nickelback have the right reasons to celebrate: the B.C. rock band has the biggest Canadian album of the century so far.
That's according to Billboard's newly-shared Top Billboard 200 Albums of the 21st Century chart, which recaps performance on the weekly Billboard 200 albums chart from the start of 2000 through the end of 2024.
All The Right Reasons, Nickelback's 2005 chart-topper featuring hits like "Photograph" and "Far Away" comes in at No. 9 on the chart, both the highest Canadian record and the highest placing rock record. The rest of the top ten belongs mostly to country and pop and Hamilton, with Morgan Wallen's Dangerous: The Double Album at No. 1.
All The Right Reasons followed Nickelback's 2001 breakthrough Silver Side Up and 2003's The Long Road to become the band's first and only No. 1 placement on the Billboard 200. Though it only stayed at the top for one week, the album had a long tail, notching 29 weeks in the top 10, 122 weeks in the top 40 and 206 on the chart in total. It spawned five top 20 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and dominated airplay on radio and TV music video channels. No rock album has since lived up to its commercial heights.
Five more Canadian artists appear on the full 200-entry chart and 17 total albums. Though Drake and The Weeknd have the most albums on the chart, Canada's king of Christmas Michael Bublé has the next-highest-ranked record, his 2011 release Christmas at No. 13. The album has been a mainstay on holiday radio since its release over a decade ago, returning to No. 1 on the Canadian chart this holiday season.
Next is Drake's Views at No. 28, the record that gave the Toronto mogul his first No. 1 hit on the Hot 100 as a lead artist with "One Dance." Drake notches five more albums on the chart, making him the most frequent Canadian artist to appear. He was also ranked No. 2 on Billboard's Top Artists of the 21st Century chart.
Avril Lavigne follows at No. 47 with her smash debut Let Go, which made her a teen icon across the globe (she's No. 47 on the artists chart, too). The Weeknd has four albums on the chart, with his hits compilation The Highlights ranked highest at No. 52, while Justin Bieber scores two appearances, with his My World 2.0 at No. 59. Nickelback also have two more albums on the chart: their breakthrough Silver Side Up slides in at No. 97 and their All The Right Reasons follow-up Dark Horse is at No. 104.
The chart provides a glimpse of a major transition in Canadian music: the 2000s-released albums that appear are all rock albums, while the 2010s and beyond are all hip-hop and pop records, telling a story about a shift in commercial popularity for those genres.
Check out the full Top Billboard 200 Albums of the 21st Century here, and all the Canadian albums on it below:
Biggest Canadian Albums on the Billboard 200 in the 21st Century
No. 9: Nickelback, All The Right Reasons
No. 13: Michael Bublé, Christmas
No. 28: Drake, Views
No. 36: Drake, Scorpion
No. 47: Avril Lavigne, Let Go
No. 52: The Weeknd, The Highlights
No. 59: Justin Bieber, My World 2.0
No. 64: The Weeknd, Starboy
No. 65: Drake, Certified Lover Boy
No. 69: Drake, Take Care
No. 79: The Weeknd, After Hours
No. 97: Nickelback, Silver Side Up
No. 100: The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness
No. 104: Nickelback, Dark Horse
No. 133: Drake, More Life
No. 139: Justin Bieber, Purpose
No. 200: Drake, If You're Reading This It's Too Late
