British born singer,Adele, who surpassed records with her song Hello and latest album 25, was officially named the biggest-selling artist of 2015.
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), stated that based on worldwide sales of recordings the Adele was the top-selling musical act last year.
This stunning achievement comes even though her album was not released until 20 November and she declined to put the album on streaming sites.
Adele’s third album which came more than four years after its predecessor – broke records for first-week sales in both the United States and Britain.
Her first track on the album, Hello, was the first single to be downloaded more than one million times in the United States in one week.
IFPI chief executive Frances Moore, in a statement issued from Europe on Monday, called 25 the “runaway global sensation of 2015” and said Adele’s achievement was “simply phenomenal.”
Tracking service Nielsen SoundScan reported on Sunday that 25 had sold eight million copies in the United States – becoming only the sixth album to reach that threshold since 2001, when iTunes and other digital music innovations shook up the industry.
