James Blunt is the decade's biggest seller - and that's a beautiful thing

How can you not love a man with a nightclub called Everybody's Beautiful in his basement in Ibiza?As another set of end of decade statistics gets released there's another angry mob ready to aim a heavy boot at the door of popular culture. Sadly they've arrived a little too late to effect any change. James Blunt's Back to Bedlam is the best selling album of the decade. Really, did anyone believe the Deerhunter record was going to come out on top if enough people at ATP willed it on hard enough? N...

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13:05 on December 31 2009

James Blunt is the decade's biggest seller - and that's a beautiful thing

Guardian Music — How can you not love a man with a nightclub called Everybody's Beautiful in his basement in Ibiza?As another set of end of decade statistics gets released there's another... more info

14:39 on December 31 2009

Will Young and James Blunt win biggest selling single and album of the noughties

NME — Plus there are high entries for Coldplay, Kings Of Leon, The Beatles and Lady GaGa more info

Will Young James Blunt Coldplay The Beatles Lady Gaga

00:00 on January 1 2010

Will Young and James Blunt take decade's Official Charts top spots

Scotsman.com — WILL Young had the biggest-selling single of the decade, while fellow reality show stars including Gareth Gates, Alexandra Burke, Shayne Ward and Hear'Say also dominated ... more info

Will Young James Blunt Shayne Ward