Queen Olivia, Stormzy and Wagatha Christie: the biggest showbiz stories of 2019

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

Lewis Capaldi leads Ireland's Official Top 50 biggest songs of 2019.

SAFETY organisation Euro NCAP has revealed the best models on the road today out of the 55 vehicles that underwent its rigorous testing procedure in 2019.

By Dade Hayes

The UK’s biggest albums of 2019 have been revealed, with Lewis Capaldi taking the Number 1 spot with his debut collection Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent.

The UK’s Top 40 biggest songs of 2019 have been unveiled, and Lewis Capaldi takes the Number 1 spot with Someone You Loved.

In 2019, there was no shortage news, whether it be scandals (ahem, and ), clapbacks (thanks, !), or relationship drama (too many names to highlight here). But it wasn’t all news. While the past 12 months was dramatic for some, it also marked the joyous birth of and ’s first child, , capping off a remarkable year for the royal couple in the one year since they got married. 

It has been another a vintage year for music, with plenty of classics being released in 2019.

Spotify Wrapped doesn’t only hand users their personal listening metrics for the year, but the streaming platform also compiled the service-wide year-end (and decade-end) data on Dec. 3. It turned out that Post Malone walked away with the most-streamed artist of 2019 title with 6.5 billion streams—but, as Rolling Stone points out, he didn’t come close to Drake’s 2018 score card.

The results are in for the showbiz categories in 2019 Reader Awards!

"There's too much TV" is a common complaint these days. But the thing is, so much of it is also good TV. Yes, the number of shows debuting new episodes every year is overwhelming and, frankly, impossible to keep up with. But the only reason anyone even cares about keeping up with so many of these shows is because they are delivering moving performances, side-splitting jokes, shocking twists, provocative dialogue, and incredible world-building week after week.

Whether they're delivered on a traditional weekly basis or via an all-at-once season dump, all TV series come in digestible chapters featuring a beginning, middle, and end. These are all parts of a show's inevitable up and downs, as each hour or half-hour is put together by a different writer, director, crew, and more, creating some episodes that are better or worse than others.

With the deluge of television being produced these days, a great performance can be key to breaking through the clutter. It can ground a moving true story, bring a dose of campy fun to a frothy escape, or help you see an actor in a wholly new light.