Ireland's Official Top 50 biggest albums of 2019 so far

Which of these have you bought physically, downloaded or streamed?

With three quarters of the year down, OfficialCharts.com/Ireland can today reveal the most popular albums with the Irish public in 2019 so far.

Lewis Capaldi claims Ireland’s biggest album released in 2019 with Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent. Ireland’s fastest-selling debut album of the decade by a male artist, the album has so far spent five weeks at Number 1 and features two chart-topping singles in Someone You Loved and Hold Me While You Wait.

While Lewis claims the biggest album released this year, the overall best-seller since January 1 is the Motion Picture Cast Recording to The Greatest Showman. The soundtrack first released in December 2017 has shifted more copies on physical and download formats than any other so far this year and is also the fourth most streamed record.

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Billie Eilish takes the honours for the most streamed album of 2019 to date with her debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, also the year’s longest-reigning Number 1 at six weeks and biggest by a female artist. Ariana Grande ranks in fourth with Thank U, Next, followed by A Star Is Born’s cast recording in fifth position.

2019’s biggest album not to reach Number 1 on the Irish Top 50 is Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody OST, which peaked at Number 2 and sits in sixth position in the year-to-date chart. Ed Sheeran cemented his place as the act with most weeks at Number 1 on the Official Irish Albums Chart this decade (61 weeks) with No.6 Collaborations Project, which is 2019’s seventh biggest LP.

Picture This are ninth with their second studio album MDRN LV, 2019’s biggest album by an Irish act so far, while fellow homegrown acts in the Top 20 include Hozier’s chart-topping album Wasteland, Baby! at 13 and Dermot Kennedy’s self-titled collection makes an appearance at 16. Fellow Irish acts Walking On Cars at 41 with Colours and Gavin James’ Only Ticket Home is at 47.

The international male soloist with the most Number 1 albums this decade, Bruce Springsteen’s chart-topper Western Stars shines at Number 12, while the woman with the most chart-topping records since 2010 Taylor Swift occupies Number 25 with Lover. Fellow 2019 Number 1 albums Hurts 2B Human from Pink and Hollywood’s Bleeding by Post Malone are at Number 30 and Number 38 respectively.

Ireland's Official Top 50 biggest albums of 2019 so far

POS	TITLE	ARTIST	PEAK
1	THE GREATEST SHOWMAN	MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING	1
2	DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT	LEWIS CAPALDI	1
3	WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP WHERE DO WE GO	BILLIE EILISH	1
4	THANK U NEXT	ARIANA GRANDE	1
5	A STAR IS BORN	MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING	1
6	BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - OST	QUEEN	2
7	NO 6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT	ED SHEERAN	1
8	STAYING AT TAMARA'S	GEORGE EZRA	2
9	MDRN LV	PICTURE THIS	1
10	DIVIDE	ED SHEERAN	1
11	DON'T SMILE AT ME	BILLIE EILISH	4
12	WESTERN STARS	BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN	1
13	WASTELAND BABY	HOZIER	1
14	DUA LIPA	DUA LIPA	3
15	BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS	POST MALONE	1
16	DERMOT KENNEDY	DERMOT KENNEDY	5
17	50 YEARS - DON'T STOP	FLEETWOOD MAC	5
18	DIAMONDS	ELTON JOHN	3
19	SCORPION	DRAKE	1
20	PICTURE THIS	PICTURE THIS	1
21	GOLD - GREATEST HITS	ABBA	1
22	FREE SPIRIT	KHALID	2
23	ALWAYS IN BETWEEN	JESS GLYNNE	4
24	SWEETENER	ARIANA GRANDE	1
25	LOVER	TAYLOR SWIFT	1
26	MAMMA MIA - HERE WE GO AGAIN	MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING	1
27	STONEY	POST MALONE	6
28	SPEAK YOUR MIND	ANNE-MARIE	4
29	SNACKS	JAX JONES	10
30	HURTS 2B HUMAN	PINK	1
31	CURTAIN CALL - THE HITS	EMINEM	1
32	QUESTION MARK	XXXTENTACION	2
33	HOZIER	HOZIER	1
34	X	ED SHEERAN	1
35	RUMOURS	FLEETWOOD MAC	12
36	PHOENIX	RITA ORA	19
37	GREATEST HITS	WESTLIFE	3
38	HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING	POST MALONE	1
39	PSYCHODRAMA	DAVE	6
40	WHAT IS LOVE	CLEAN BANDIT	22
41	COLOURS	WALKING ON CARS	2
42	GOODBYE & GOOD RIDDANCE	JUICE WRLD	16
43	DREAMS - THE COLLECTION	CRANBERRIES	3
44	LEGACY	DAVID BOWIE	7
45	GREATEST HITS	BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN	1
46	1	BEATLES	6
47	ONLY TICKET HOME	GAVIN JAMES	2
48	BRIGHTER DAYS	SIGALA	20
49	SHAWN MENDES	SHAWN MENDES	2
50	LM5	LITTLE MIX	2

© IRMA

nicosnectarinegirl

4th October 2019

some of those albums are under certified in Ireland for example greatest Showman should be a minimum of 6 x platinum denoting sales of 90 K granted it's also under certified in Britain where it should be a minimum of 7 x platinum though it's only certified 5 x platinum though it hasn't reached the top 60 best selling albums in UK chart History yet and some of the top sellers are in need of updates Oasis's What's The Story Morning Glory for example should be 16 x platinum MJ's Thriller should be 15 x platinum etc

further complications

8th October 2019

Is there a website where you can see the certified albums?