Looking at the Numbers

I found this a couple of weeks ago, but I thought it might be interesting to share. On April 25, 2008, The British Recorded Music Industry released information on British music sales in America for 2007. Here are some interesting findings:

•2007 was the third consecutive year of growth for UK artists.
•Back to Black was the best selling album by a UK artist in the US for 2007.
•Snow Patrol had the biggest airplay hit in the US and Canada.

Below you will see a list of the top 40 UK artist albums sold in the USA for 2007:

1 Amy Winehouse (Back To Black)
2 Corinne Bailey Rae (Corinne Bailey Rae)
3 Led Zeppelin (Mothership Atlantic)
4 R.Plant & A.Krauss* (Raising Sand Rounder)
5 Paul McCartney (Memory Almost Full Hear Music)
6 Joss Stone (Introducing Joss Stone)
7 The Beatles (Love Capitol)
8 Lily Allen (Alright Still Capitol)
9 Ozzy Osbourne (Black Rain Epic)
10 Pink Floyd (Dark Side Of The Moon)
11 Elton John (Rocket Man-Number)
13 The Police* (The Police)
14 AC/DC* (Back In Black)
15 Paul Potts (One Chance)
16 KT Tunstall (Eye To The Telescope)
17 Queen (Greatest Hits)
18 Snow Patrol (Eyes Open)
19 The Beatles (1)
20 Traveling Wilburys* (Traveling Wilburys)
21 Eric Clapton (Complete Clapton)
22 Def Leppard (Vault-Greatest Hits)
23 Mika (Life In Cartoon Motion)
24 Annie Lennox (Songs Of Mass Destruction)
25 James Blunt (Back To Bedlam)
26 Van Morrison (Van Morrison At The Movies)
27 The Beatles (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely...)
28 Paolo Nutini (These Streets Atlantic)
29 Muse (Black Holes & Revelations)
30 Bullet For My Valentine (Poison)
31 KT Tunstall (Drastic Fantastic)
32 The Police* (Every Breath You Take)
33 The Beatles (Abbey Road Capitol)
34 Led Zeppelin (Vol 1&2 Early Days & Latter)
35 Genesis (Turn It On Again-Hits)
36 JJ Cale & Eric Clapton* (Road To Escondido)
37 Eric Clapton (Cream Of Polydor)
38 Eric Clapton (Best Of MillenniumColl.)
39 Arctic Monkeys (Favourite Worst Nightmare)
40 James Morrison (Undiscovered)
* Dual nationality
Source: Nielsen

While this list is a little outdated, and the majority of these artists don't fit the genre that I typically cover here, I still think it is interesting to see what types of British music Americans consume. Many of these artists are not new, but they have loyal fanbases that buy their music over decades, and contribute to their rank on this list. I will make sure to post the 2008 report when it is released.