Brits dominate UK album market
Brit music has returned to its Spice Girls heyday, with British artists accounting for 52.7 per cent of last year’s album sales in the UK, according to Official Charts Company data, pushing the US to its lowest market share (32.7 per cent) since 1999. But while Adele and Coldplay increased Britain’s share of the UK singles market to 42.6 per cent, the US retained top spot with 43.8 per cent.