The Great White North is a Canadian comedy album by Bob and Doug McKenzie (Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas) released in 1981 by Anthem Records (ANR-1-1036) and distributed in the United States by Mercury Records (SRM-1-4034). The title is a popular nickname for Canada.
At least one million copies of the album were sold within North America, 350,000 of these within Canada alone which earned a triple-platinum certification from the Canadian Recording ...
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The Great White North is a Canadian comedy album by Bob and Doug McKenzie (Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas) released in 1981 by Anthem Records (ANR-1-1036) and distributed in the United States by Mercury Records (SRM-1-4034). The title is a popular nickname for Canada.
At least one million copies of the album were sold within North America, 350,000 of these within Canada alone which earned a triple-platinum certification from the Canadian Recording Industry Association.
The Great White North entered the RPM Canadian album charts at #3 on 12 December 1981 and rose to the #1 position the following week where it remained until 23 January 1982. Overall, RPM ranked the album #40 of albums released in Canada during 1981.
The Great White North peaked at number 8 on the American Billboard 200 album chart in 1982.
The single, "Take Off", peaked at number 16 on the Billboard 100 singles chart in March 1982.
In 1982, this album received the Juno Award for Comedy Album of the Year.
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