The acts' respective efforts, along with other major releases from Jessie J, Ed Sheeran, Amy Winehouse and Olly Murs, accounted for 52.7% of sales in the UK last year.
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Each of the above artists sold over 500,000 copies of their records in Britain, with Coldplay selling near to a million and Adele selling close to four million copies of 21.
The new figures mean that UK artists have claimed the highest share of British album sales in 15 years.
US artists - with releases from Lady GaGa, Beyoncé, Jay-Z and Kanye West - accounted for a third of all UK sales, with Canadian releases from Michael Buble and Justin Bieber claiming 4.5%.
Meanwhile, Rihanna single handedly puts Barbados in fourth place after claiming 2.3% of all sales with her Loud and Talk That Talk albums.
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Watch the music video for Adele's 'Rolling In The Deep' below:
