Blurred Lines and Midnight Memories top 2013 global sales charts
One Direction fever is now officially a worldwide epidemic, with the UK lads’ third album Midnight Memories the highest selling record worldwide in 2013.
These figures come from IFPI’s Digital Music Report 2014, which also saw the launch of the Global Recording Artist Chart, which tracks artists’ popularity across multiple channels: plays on YouTube and streaming services, download stores, and physical charts. One Direction also topped this chart.
Top ten charts for Singles, Albums and Recording Artists are below.
| Rank | Artist |
| 1 | One Direction |
| 2 | Eminem |
| 3 | Justin Timberlake |
| 4 | Bruno Mars |
| 5 | Katy Perry |
| 6 | P!nk |
| 7 | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis |
| 8 | Rihanna |
| 9 | Michael Bublé |
| 10 | Daft Punk |
Source: IFPI
| Rank | Artist | Album | Total sales (m) |
| 1 | One Direction | Midnight Memories | 4.0 |
| 2 | Eminem | The Marshall Mathers LP 2 | 3.8 |
| 3 | Justin Timberlake | The 20/20 Experience | 3.6 |
| 4 | Bruno Mars | Unorthodox Jukebox | 3.2 |
| 5 | Daft Punk | Random Access Memories | 3.2 |
| 6 | Katy Perry | PRISM | 2.8 |
| 7 | Michael Bublé | To Be Loved | 2.4 |
| 8 | Imagine Dragons | Night Visions | 2.4 |
| 9 | Lady Gaga | ARTPOP | 2.3 |
| 10 | Beyoncé | BEYONCÉ | 2.3 |
Source: IFPI
| Rank | Artist | Single | Total units (m) |
| 1 | Robin Thicke ft. T.I. and Pharrell | Blurred Lines | 14.8 |
| 2 | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Wanz | Thrift Shop | 13.4 |
| 3 | Avicii | Wake Me Up | 11.1 |
| 4 | P!nk ft. Nate Ruess | Just Give Me a Reason | 9.9 |
| 5 | Katy Perry | Roar | 9.9 |
| 6 | Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers | Get Lucky | 9.3 |
| 7 | Imagine Dragons | Radioactive | 8.6 |
| 8 | Bruno Mars | When I Was Your Man | 8.3 |
| 9 | will.i.am ft. Britney Spears | Scream & Shout | 8.1 |
| 10 | Rihanna | Stay | 7.9 |
Source: IFPI. Units include single track downloads and track equivalent streams
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