Adele helps UK artists dominate album revenue in 2011

Homegrown musicians claim highest share of UK album revenue since 2007, while total revenue steadies following 2010 slumpThe "Adele effect" had a massive impact on the UK music market in 2011, helping push British artists' share of total album revenue to 52.7% of the total, the highest since 1997, according to new figures.A 25% surge in UK digital music revenue also helped offset the continuing decline in the CD market in 2011, which shrank by almost $1bn globally as online piracy continued to p...

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