Universal can - for the first time - officially declare itself to be the largest music group in the world, after publication of the first "company-sanctioned" figures by industry trade body IFPI. Following years of wrangling, the IFPI, the five majors and indie members of the body agreed a methodology in June for determining the definitive market shares of the companies on a regional and global basis. Although this has been attempted before, figures have been largely based on secondary ...