Ireland's Official Top 50 biggest albums of 2019

The biggest albums of the year.

In his breakthrough year, Lewis Capaldi has claimed Ireland's biggest album of 2019.

The fastest-selling album of the year by an international male soloist, Lewis' debut record Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent was the biggest on Irish soil in 2019, notching up 45,000 overall chart sales (physical, download and streaming). The album was the most streamed of the year and the only released in 2019 by a male artist to feature a trio of Number 1 singles.

Some 7.28 million album equivalent sales in were recorded in Ireland across physical, digital and streaming in 2019, up 10% from 2018.

Ireland's most popular album of 2018 ranks in second place for 2019 - The Greatest Showman's Motion Picture Cast Recording was the most physically and digitally purchased album in 2019, two years after its December 2017 release.

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Billie Eilish collects 2019's biggest album by a female artist with When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? in third, while the longest-reigning Number 1 of the year Dermot Kennedy's Without Fear lands in fourth and is the biggest album by an Irish act. Dermot spent seven non-consecutive weeks at the top of the Official Albums Chart.

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Ed Sheeran's No.6 Collaborations Project is in fifth, while fellow chart-topping album Thank U, Next by Ariana Grande is sixth.

Dermot Kennedy's self-titled collection (a prelude to his debut album) finished the year at 11, Picture This claim the biggest album by an Irish group at 12 with MDRN LV, and the year's fastest-selling album Spectrum from Westlife ranks at 14. Other 2019 releases in the Top 50 by Irish acts include Hozier's Wasteland, Baby! at 17, Magic Nights by Christy Moore at 32, and The Script's Sunsets & Full Moons at 43.

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Ireland's Official Top 50 biggest albums of 2019

POS	TITLE	ARTIST	PEAK
1	DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT	LEWIS CAPALDI	1
2	THE GREATEST SHOWMAN	MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING	1
3	WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP WHERE DO WE GO	BILLIE EILISH	1
4	WITHOUT FEAR	DERMOT KENNEDY	1
5	NO 6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT	ED SHEERAN	1
6	THANK U NEXT	ARIANA GRANDE	1
7	A STAR IS BORN	MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING	4
8	BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - OST	QUEEN	2
9	STAYING AT TAMARA'S	GEORGE EZRA	2
10	DIVIDE	ED SHEERAN	1
11	DERMOT KENNEDY	DERMOT KENNEDY	4
12	MDRN LV	PICTURE THIS	1
13	DON'T SMILE AT ME	BILLIE EILISH	4
14	SPECTRUM	WESTLIFE	1
15	WESTERN STARS	BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN	1
16	DUA LIPA	DUA LIPA	3
17	WASTELAND BABY	HOZIER	1
18	HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING	POST MALONE	1
19	50 YEARS - DON'T STOP	FLEETWOOD MAC	5
20	DIAMONDS	ELTON JOHN	3
21	BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS	POST MALONE	1
22	GOLD - GREATEST HITS	ABBA	1
23	LOVER	TAYLOR SWIFT	1
24	PICTURE THIS	PICTURE THIS	1
25	SCORPION	DRAKE	1
26	FREE SPIRIT	KHALID	2
27	ALWAYS IN BETWEEN	JESS GLYNNE	4
28	SWEETENER	ARIANA GRANDE	1
29	NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 103	VARIOUS ARTISTS	1
30	RUMOURS	FLEETWOOD MAC	9
31	SNACKS	JAX JONES	10
32	MAGIC NIGHTS	CHRISTY MOORE	2
33	YOU'RE IN MY HEART	ROD STEWART	1
34	CURTAIN CALL - THE HITS	EMINEM	1
35	GREATEST HITS	WESTLIFE	3
36	HOZIER	HOZIER	1
37	STONEY	POST MALONE	6
38	ERRATIC CINEMATIC	GERRY CINNAMON	8
39	MAMMA MIA - HERE WE GO AGAIN	MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING	10
40	QUESTION MARK	XXXTENTACION	2
41	X	ED SHEERAN	1
42	SPEAK YOUR MIND	ANNE-MARIE	4
43	SUNSETS & FULL MOONS	SCRIPT	1
44	LEGACY	DAVID BOWIE	7
45	PSYCHODRAMA	DAVE	6
46	GOODBYE & GOOD RIDDANCE	JUICE WRLD	16
47	HURTS 2B HUMAN	PINK	1
48	PHOENIX	RITA ORA	19
49	GREATEST HITS	BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN	1
50	1	BEATLES	1

Ireland's Official Top 50 biggest albums of 2019

The biggest albums of the year.

Ireland's Official Top 50 biggest albums of 2019

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