The worldwide success of acts including One Direction and Adele propelled UK artists' share of total global album sales to a record of more than 13% last year.
The two acts took up three of the top five selling albums globally last year with Rod Stewart, Mumford & Sons, Led Zeppelin, Ed Sheeran andEmeli Sandé also making the top 20.
Adele's 21 topped the global best seller chart for the second year running, the first album to do so, meaning that UK acts have managed to take the title of world's top-selling album for five of the past six years. One Direction had the third and fourth biggest global sellers last year in Up All Night and Take Me Home respectively.
Sales of albums by UK artists accounted for 13.3% of the worldwide total in 2012, up on the 12.6% achieved in 2011 and the highest ever. The UK has now provided the best-selling album worldwide for six of the past seven years.
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