"Big Shiny Tunes 2" is the second edition of the
MuchMusic compilation series, Big Shiny Tunes. The album had been accompanied by heavy advertising in Canada.[2] It is the best-selling album of the series, having sold 1,233,000 copies.[3]
Commercial performance
Big Shiny Tunes 2 debuted at #1 on the
Canadian Albums Chart,[4] with 128,000 units sold in its first week.[5] By March 1998, the album was certified Diamond by the
CRIA for sales of 1 million units.[6]
Big Shiny Tunes 2 went on to sell 1,233,000 copies before going out of print. Despite being out of print, Big Shiny Tunes 2 is still the fourth best-selling album ever in Canada of the
Nielsen SoundScan era as of 2020.[7]