The Universal album, which following its release last December took just 19 days to break through 1m sales in the UK, is one of 15 albums to be recognised by the IFPI in the past month for sales of at least 1m across Europe.

The album is one of five to reach 2m pan-European sales during the period and is joined on the list by Sony's AC/DC album Black Ice and the Universal albums This Is The Life by Amy ...