Ireland's Official Top 50 vinyl albums of 2019

From cult classics to modern favourites.

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2019 was a huge year for vinyl, with sales of the phoenix format increasing by 30% year-on-year in Ireland.

In true chart style, we're revealing the Top 50 best-sellers of the year, a list featuring classic titles that are huge sellers each and every year, and huge new releases that whet the appetites of younger music fans to begin their own collection of limited editions.

The continued interest in the revival of vinyl accelerated 30% compared to the previous year, way up from the 5.3% annual growth witnessed in 2018.

Vinyl heavy hitter Rumours by Fleetwood Mac is Number 1 on the annual Top 50, ahead of Queen's Greatest Hits in second place, which was boosted by the success of the Bohemian Rhapsody movie.

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Billie Eilish's debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? is the most popular 2019 release, landing in third. Dermot Kennedy's Without Fear - 2019's fastest-selling debut LP - is fourth, while fellow chart topper Western Stars by Bruce Springsteen rounds out the Top 5. Another act appealing to vinyl collectors with their debut offering was Fontaines D.C. with Dogrel, the ninth best-seller of 2019.

More albums first released last year that make a dent on the Top 50 are: Hozier's Wastleland, Baby! (13); Why Me? Why Not. from Liam Gallagher (25); 2019's fastest-selling vinyl album Fine Line from Harry Styles (28); The Murder Capital's When I Have Fears (36); Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' Ghosteen (39); posthumous Leonard Cohen album Thanks For The Dance (40); Magic Nights by Christy Moore (43); and Lana Del Rey's Norman F**king Rockwell (49).

Ireland's Official Top 50 biggest vinyl albums of 2019

POS	TITLE	ARTIST
1	RUMOURS	FLEETWOOD MAC
2	GREATEST HITS	QUEEN
3	WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP WHERE DO WE GO	BILLIE EILISH
4	WITHOUT FEAR	DERMOT KENNEDY
5	WESTERN STARS	BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
6	THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON	PINK FLOYD
7	BACK TO BLACK	AMY WINEHOUSE
8	DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT	LEWIS CAPALDI
9	DOGREL	FONTAINES DC
10	ABBEY ROAD	BEATLES
11	LEGACY	DAVID BOWIE
12	DON'T SMILE AT ME	BILLIE EILISH
13	WASTELAND BABY	HOZIER
14	NEVERMIND	NIRVANA
15	GREATEST HITS	FLEETWOOD MAC
16	HOTEL CALIFORNIA	EAGLES
17	GREATEST HITS	BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
18	GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY - AWESOME MIX 1	ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
19	GOLD - GREATEST HITS	ABBA
20	UNKNOWN PLEASURES	JOY DIVISION
21	THE GREATEST SHOWMAN	MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING
22	CALIFORNICATION	RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
23	UNPLUGGED IN NEW YORK	NIRVANA
24	BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - OST	QUEEN
25	WHY ME WHY NOT	LIAM GALLAGHER
26	GREATEST HITS II	QUEEN
27	PURPLE RAIN - OST	PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION
28	FINE LINE	HARRY STYLES
29	FOUR SYMBOLS	LED ZEPPELIN
30	THE BEST OF	POGUES
31	LEGEND	BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS
32	GREATEST HITS	SIMON & GARFUNKEL
33	THE STONE ROSES	STONE ROSES
34	TEN	PEARL JAM
35	BACK IN BLACK	AC/DC
36	WHEN I HAVE FEARS	MURDER CAPITAL
37	BLUES	RORY GALLAGHER
38	SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND	BEATLES
39	GHOSTEEN	NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS
40	THANKS FOR THE DANCE	LEONARD COHEN
41	THE DOORS	DOORS
42	BORN IN THE USA	BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
43	MAGIC NIGHTS	CHRISTY MOORE
44	DIAMONDS	ELTON JOHN
45	BORN TO DIE	LANA DEL REY
46	DEFINITELY MAYBE	OASIS
47	A STAR IS BORN	MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING
48	NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL CHRISTMAS	VARIOUS ARTISTS
49	NORMAN F**KING ROCKWELL	LANA DEL REY
50	THE WALL	PINK FLOYD