We've always been proud of our British pop that towers supra that produced by
our European neighbours, but for the yesteryear decade � when it comes to
worldwide gross revenue � we've come up against better-faring American artists.
But no longer, it seems. In a chart of this year's biggest-selling pop artists
in the world, four out of the basketball team best-selling acts of the Apostles hail from Britain.
Amy Winehouse's Back to Black, first released in 2006, sold 3.67 million
copies this year, pushing its total sales to almost 10 million.
Coldplay released Viva la Vida just last month, simply they have managed already
to shift 2.6 million copies, putting them in second base place. Leona Lewis sold
2.4 million copies of Spirit, putting her third, piece Duffy is in fifth
place after selling 2.25 1000000 copies of Rockferry.
The Welsh vocaliser left American rivals Madonna, Alicia Keys, Mariah Carey, Lil
Wayne and Michael Jackson's re-released Thriller trailing behind in the Top
10. Only Jack Johnson outsold her, pipping her to quarter place.
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