Outside of the US, BTD has comfortably outsold every other album this year with the exception of '21' so it is the biggest 2012 release outside the US. Not bad for a supposed tumblr/ATRL only artist eh?
US sales as a %tage of WW sales of the Top 10. Some interesting figures.
1 Adele - 21 9,2 million copies (US 4.3 million - 40%)
2 Taylor Swift - Red- 3,8 million copies (US 2.6 million - 69%)
3 One Direction - Up All Night - 3,6 million copies (US 1.5 million - 42%)
4 Lana Del Rey - Born To Die - 2,9 million copies (US 450,000 - 15%)
5 One Direction - Take Me Home - 2,8 million copies (US 1.05 million - 37%)
6 Mumford & Sons - Babel - 2,7 million copies (US 1.3 million - 49%)
7 Pink - The Truth About Love- 2,4 million copies (US 819,000 - 34%)
8 Justin Bieber - Believe - 2,3 million copies (US 1.19 million - 52%)
9 Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto - 2,2 million copies (US 499,000 - 23%)
10 Maroon 5 - Overexposed - 2,0 million copies (US 896,000 - 45%)
