VIDEO : Adele Helps Music Revenues Record First Growth Since the Dawn of the Digital Age

LONDON (AP) ? Adele had the world's best-selling album last year, a global smash that helped music revenues record their first significant growth since the dawn of the digital age two decades ago. Figures released Tuesday by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry show that the British singer's chart-topping "25" sold 17.4 million copies ? five times more than runners-up Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift, whose albums "X'' and "1989" both sold 3.5 million copies. The IFPI said global revenues from recorded music rose 3.2 percent between 2014 and 2015, to $15 billion, as an industry decimated by the digital revolution returned to growth.