MusicWeek has again posted its annual year-end sales figures. The full article is not available for free use but here are the main parts.
21 shipped 9.8 million copies
outside UK last year.
In 2011, 21 shipped 14.5 million copies
outside UK.
Add in the official shipment figure given by BPI (4.8 million in UK) you get
14.5 + 9.8 + 4.8 =
29.1 million copies
Original source:
http://www.musicweek.com/digital-edition but as that one is not free-for-use
then this:
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopi...28&start=31825
The best-selling album of the century is '1' by the Beatles with 30 million copies shipped, so Adele is coming for that.
Way to go Adele 
