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.Chris Dafoe, "New Recordings pop Big Shiny tunes 2," The Globe and Mail, Toronto, Ontario: January 22, 1998, pg. C.5. It is the best-selling album of the series, having sold 1,233,000 copies.
Commercial performance Big Shiny Tunes 2 debuted at #1 on the Canadian Albums Chart, with 128,000 units sold in its first week. It ended up being the third best-selling album of 1997 in Canada, despite being on sale for less than a month of the year. By March 1998, the album was certified Diamond by the CRIA for sales of 1 million units.
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.
Track listing The Prodigy - "Breathe (Edit)" Blur - "Song 2" Third Eye Blind - "Semi-Charmed Life" Smash Mouth - "Walkin' on the Sun" Sugar Ray - "Fly" (featuring Super Cat) Bran Van 3000 - "Drinking in L.A." Marilyn Manson - "The Beautiful People" Holly McNarland - "Numb" Bush - "Swallowed" Matchbox 20 - "Push" Collective Soul - "Precious Declaration (Remix)" The Tea Party - "Temptation (Edit) (Tom Lord-Alge Mix)" The Chemical Brothers - "Block Rockin' Beats (Radio Edit)" Wide Mouth Mason - "My Old Self" Radiohead - "Paranoid Android" The Age of Electric - "Remote Control" Stone Temple Pilots - "Lady Picture Show"
See also List of diamond-certified albums in Canada
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