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https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-56495126
The Weeknd and BTS help boost music industry revenues to $21bn
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image captionThe Weeknd and BTS had some of the best-selling music of 2021
The recorded music industry made $21.6bn (£15.7bn) last year, the highest figure since 2002.
Revenues grew by 7.4%, driven by the success of artists like Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift and Drake in the charts.
BTS had the best-selling album, Map Of The Soul: 7; while The Weeknd's retro-pop anthem Blinding Lights was the biggest single, shifting 2.7bn copies.
Streaming sites like Spotify and Apple Music accounted for 62.1% of all revenues, reaching $13.4bn (£9.7bn).
BTS - beating the superstars
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image captionBTS were the most successful act of the year
BTS were the world's biggest act, marking the first time a South Korean band has topped the global chart.
The pop group pushed Taylor Swift, who took the crown last year, into second place, while Drake came third - despite not releasing a new album in 2020.
BTS had two of the year's top 10 best-selling records, led by Map Of The Soul: 7, which fans bought or downloaded 4.8 million times.
Their fifth album, Be, which was recorded in response to the coronavirus pandemic, was the fourth biggest-seller, on 2.69 million copies; while the Japanese-language Map Of The Soul: 7 - The Journey, sold 1.17 million.
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