According to Music Week analysis, the singer's 21 is the year-to-date favourite album in both countries.
In terms of singles, Someone Like You was the biggest seller in the first three quarters of the year in the UK, while Rolling In The Deep stood above any other track's sales in the US.
The Beatles are the only act in history to have claimed the biggest-selling album and single in the UK and US in a full single year, and they ...
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