Blunt album is decade's biggest seller

James Blunt's album Back To Bedlam has been named Britain's best-selling album of the last ten years.

The singer/songwriter's debut record topped the poll to find the US and UK's most popular artists, which was compiled by the Official Charts Company.

Dido's No Angel finished in second place, while Amy Winehouse's Back To Black came third. X Factor winner Leona Lewis' album Spirit and David Gray's White Ladder completed the top five.

In the US, The Beatles' compilation 1 was named the best-selling album of the decade, making the Liverpudlian group the only British act to feature in the American Top 10.

Boyband 'N Sync bagged second spot with their album No Strings Attached, Norah Jones took third place with Come Away With Me, and Eminem secured fourth and fifth place with The Marshall Mathers LP and The Eminem Show respectively.

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