One in every eight artist albums sold across the world are by British acts, new BPI findings have revealed.
A BPI analysis for its 2014 yearbook showed that eight of the UK’s top 10 best-selling artist albums were by British acts. These artists claimed a 52 percent share of the overall albums market.
Boy band One Direction spearheaded the charge with their Midnight Memories album selling 4m copies during the period between its release at the end of November 2013 and year end.
Their sales performance helped ensure that 13 percent of all global artist album sales in 2013 were by British artists. British acts have now accounted for the top-selling global album in six of the last seven years.
BPI’s Gennaro Castaldo said: ‘For home-grown talent to have recorded the world’s biggest-selling album six out of the last seven years is a phenomenal achievement that says a great deal about the popularity of British music around the world, especially taking into account the fact that one in every eight albums sold globally are by UK artists.
‘Aside from the obvious contribution to British exports, this success underlines the vital role that our music and artists play in promoting the appeal of British culture around the world.’
Visit the BPI shop to order the latest copy of the yearbook.
A BPI analysis for its 2014 yearbook showed that eight of the UK’s top 10 best-selling artist albums were by British acts. These artists claimed a 52 percent share of the overall albums market.
Boy band One Direction spearheaded the charge with their Midnight Memories album selling 4m copies during the period between its release at the end of November 2013 and year end.
Their sales performance helped ensure that 13 percent of all global artist album sales in 2013 were by British artists. British acts have now accounted for the top-selling global album in six of the last seven years.
BPI’s Gennaro Castaldo said: ‘For home-grown talent to have recorded the world’s biggest-selling album six out of the last seven years is a phenomenal achievement that says a great deal about the popularity of British music around the world, especially taking into account the fact that one in every eight albums sold globally are by UK artists.
‘Aside from the obvious contribution to British exports, this success underlines the vital role that our music and artists play in promoting the appeal of British culture around the world.’
Visit the BPI shop to order the latest copy of the yearbook.
