Adele has been named Billboard's top artist of 2012,
while her hit record 21 was named top album of the year in the music magazine's
annual review.
The 24-year-old
is the first to receive both accolades two years in a row.
Londoner Adele
was also named top female artist, with hip hop star Drake named top male
artist.
Former X Factor
contestants One Direction rounded off a successful year of US invasion after
being named top new artist and Maroon 5 were top group.
The honours for
Adele come in a year which saw her win six Grammy awards and dominate the US
charts.
Her second
album 21 went straight to number one when it was released in March 2011 and did
not leave the top 10 until the beginning of September this year. During that
time, it spent 24 weeks at the top spot.
The year's top
three songs were Gotye's Somebody That I Used to Know, Carly Rae Jepsen's Call Me
Maybe and Fun's We Are Young, respectively.
British acts in
the top 10 - Ellie Goulding's Lights was at five, with Glad You Came by The
Wanted at six and One Direction's What Makes You Beautiful at 10.
Other British
successes included Mumford and Sons who topped the rock, alternative and folk
album artist categories, as well as scoring the honour in each of the genres
for their album Babel.
The magazine's
review is based on chart performance, as well as streaming and social data.
Source: BBC
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