32 incredible chart facts of 2019 about the Official Irish Singles and Albums Charts

Cardi B tweeted over the weekend her desire to potentially break into politics in a few years. Cardi has actively and openly expressed her disappointment in President Donald Trump and the current American government.

Cardi B isn't just a hitmaking rapper. In fact, she probably knows more about United States history and government than most of the people sitting in Congress right now, and unlike other hip-hop artists, she seems to know what she's talking about.

US rapper Cardi B waves as she arrives prior to the Chanel Women’s Spring-Summer 2020 Ready-to-Wear collection fashion show at the Grand Palais in Paris, on October 1, 2019. (Photo by Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP) (Photo by CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP via Getty Images)

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

This is what happens when you really devote time and commitment to exercise and fitness. In most of the roles during actor Ethan Suplee‘s career, he was known as either obese or quite chubby. He played an obese bully Frankie Stechino on Boy Meets World from 1994-1998, and still had his heavy body playing a neo-Nazi Seth Ryan the 1998 film American History X. But over the years he’s whittled down the excess weight and now has muscles any bodybuilder would kill for.

Justin Bieber scores this week’s highest new entry on the Official Irish Singles Chart.

Lewis Capaldi claims the first Official Irish Chart Double of the new decade.

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

2019 was a solid year for Irish music, with a three-fold increase in the number of homegrown artists reaching Number 1 on the Official Irish Albums Chart.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West live with their four children North, Saint, Chicago and Psalm in a stunning house in Calabasas, California.They bought the property for $20 million, but it is now worth a whopping $60 million after undergoing a huge renovation and redesign.The house is very sculptural and stylised in its look, completely without clutter or, for that matter, colour. In an interview the reality star did with American Vogue she was asked how she would describe her home aesthetic.

It’s an eerie start to the decade on the Official Film Chart, as IT: Chapter Two lands a Number 1 debut on the first chart of 2020. The spooky sequel to the 2017 Stephen King adaptation, starring Bill Skarsgard as the eponymous – and murderous – clown, floats straight to the top of the chart on digital downloads alone.

Triggered by the recent airstrikes on Iran by the USA, Cardi B is considering applying for Nigerian citizenship and the Nigerian government is happy to take her in. The situation between the two countries recently escalated following a US airstrike that ended up killing Iranian major general Qasem Soleimani.

2019 was a big year for artist breakthroughs, with several UK and international acts scoring hugely successful debut albums.