In a report published on August 1 by the British Recorded Music Industry Association (BPI), the U.K. is revealed to be the root of one out of every eight albums sold worldwide in 2013. Yes that’s right one in every eight times you ripped that plastic packaging off a CD—aka clicked purchase on iTunes—that album came from an artist in the U.K.
Bolstered by the massive popularity of the likes of Adele, Mumford & Sons, and One Direction (whose album Midnight Memories claimed the top spot in 2013), this feat only goes to show the expanding legacy of U.K. music. In fact the BPI’s Gennaro Castaldo went on to point out an almost even larger accomplishment, detailing that “British talent… has recorded the world’s biggest-selling album six out of the last seven years.”
This is a huge achievement for the mid-size European nation, and undoubtedly a proud moment for the country as a whole as it only boasts roughly about 0.89% of the world’s population. I wonder what Queen Elizabeth is thinking…
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