From: rob.mcintyreNOSPAMPLEASE@sympatico.ca   
      
   Many non Canadians artists tour and are popular in Canada yet we rarely see   
   posts about them here because they aren't Canadian.   
      
   BTW, I doubt Nana has beaten Celine Dion's sales here in Canada so I doubt   
   she was the #1 artist in Canada for 40 years. I don't remember hearing   
   anything about Nana getting Diamond certifications. I'd say she got gold   
   (50,000) and platinum sales (100,000) at best for any particular album cause   
   Diamond certifications (1 million) are big news here - Celine Dion, Alanis   
   Morissette and Sarah McLachlan are some of the very few female vocalists   
   that sold enough of a particular cd to get the award.   
      
   Perhaps she could be a big seller in the francophone market but she would   
   also compete with Celine there. I'm looking in the album chart book from   
   Nanda Lwyn now and Celine's got 5 french hit albums in there while Nana is   
   listed as having one, which charted low in the 20's in 1979. Celine Dion's   
   "S'Il Suffisait D'aimer" topped the national charts in 1998 - A french album   
   in a primarily english chart.   
      
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