By Hassan Sanusi
The 23-year-old singer’s second album, X was released in June and is the most downloaded record from the retailer in the UK in 2014.
Speaking of the announcement, he said: ‘Absolutely buzzing to hear I’ve got the best selling album on iTunes this year.’
The news comes days after the record was named as the most-streamed album in the world for 2014 on Spotify, with more than 430 million plays since it was released.
Elsewhere in the rundown of the UK’s favourite albums, Sam Smith‘s debut, ‘In the Lonely Hour’ came second, with the soundtrack of hit Disney movie, Frozen being the third best seller.
iTunes also revealed the best-selling singles from the past year, with Pharrell Williams topping the list with his worldwide hit, ‘Happy’ and the Grammy-nominated ‘Rather Be’ by Clean Bandit and Jess Glynne coming in at second place, which was also iTunes UK’s pick for best song.
