British artists accounted for 13.7 percent of the US recorded music market in 2012, new figures show.
According to statistics from BPI, the figure equates to one in every seven albums sold across the pond - UK acts also claimed four of the five best-selling artist albums of the year in the US.
Adele, One Direction, Ed Sheeran and Mumford and Sons were all heavyweights when it came to US sales.
Adele sold more than 4.4m copies of 21 during last year while also had three songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 during February. One Direction also enjoyed a stellar year becoming the first British act to have their first two albums debut at number one in the US charts.
Ed Sheeran's + charted at number five, making it the highest charting solo UK male since Thom Yorke's The Eraser in 2006.
Geoff Taylor, BPI Chief Executive, said: ‘It’s officially a new British Invasion. British labels are discovering unique talent and using social media to help build fanbases right around the world, in particular in the US, where fans have such an affinity for British music.
‘Increasing our share of the US market for three years in a row is an encouraging sign for the future. It’s an exciting time to be part of the British music industry - as a country we can be very proud of our artists and of the British music companies who invest in them.’
Other success stories include Cher Lloyd, Ellie Goulding, and Jessie J - the latter’s Domino made number six in the singles chart while the Cher Lloyd sold more than one million copies of her single Want U Back.
The BPI predicted that the big US sales will continue into 2013 - Conor Maynard’s album Contrast and Emeli Sandé’s Our Version of Events have been big sellers so far this year.
According to statistics from BPI, the figure equates to one in every seven albums sold across the pond - UK acts also claimed four of the five best-selling artist albums of the year in the US.
Adele, One Direction, Ed Sheeran and Mumford and Sons were all heavyweights when it came to US sales.
Adele sold more than 4.4m copies of 21 during last year while also had three songs in the Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 during February. One Direction also enjoyed a stellar year becoming the first British act to have their first two albums debut at number one in the US charts.
Ed Sheeran's + charted at number five, making it the highest charting solo UK male since Thom Yorke's The Eraser in 2006.
Geoff Taylor, BPI Chief Executive, said: ‘It’s officially a new British Invasion. British labels are discovering unique talent and using social media to help build fanbases right around the world, in particular in the US, where fans have such an affinity for British music.
‘Increasing our share of the US market for three years in a row is an encouraging sign for the future. It’s an exciting time to be part of the British music industry - as a country we can be very proud of our artists and of the British music companies who invest in them.’
Other success stories include Cher Lloyd, Ellie Goulding, and Jessie J - the latter’s Domino made number six in the singles chart while the Cher Lloyd sold more than one million copies of her single Want U Back.
The BPI predicted that the big US sales will continue into 2013 - Conor Maynard’s album Contrast and Emeli Sandé’s Our Version of Events have been big sellers so far this year.
