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The three album charts compiled by the IFPI (overall sales, physical sales and vinyl) "reflect the truly global nature of the industry today," chief executive Frances Moore told the BBC, "with albums by artists from the UK, US, South Korea, Australia, Japan, Canada and Sweden all making appearances."