The Official Top 40 biggest albums of 2019

Lewis Capaldi reclaims the Number 1 spot on this week’s Official Albums Chart, denying Selena Gomez’s new record Rare the top spot in a very close race.

They're hoping to find him ahead of next month's BRIT Awards

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

Post Maloneclosed out 2019 with the most popular album of the year in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. The data-tracking company reports that the genre-blending artist’sHollywood’s Bleedingeffort, his third release, earned 3.001 million equivalent album units during the year, with 357,000 of that sum coming from album sales.2019 marks the fourth year in a row where Nielsen Music/MRC Data’s top album was by a male artist.

Kanye West's second faith-based project, Jesus Is Born, credited to Sunday Service Choir, the collective fueling his Sunday Service live events, bullets at No. 2 for a second frame on Billboard's Top Gospel Albums chart (dated Jan.

Post Malone closed out 2019 with the most popular album of the year in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. The data-tracking company reports that the genre-blending artist’s Hollywood’s Bleeding effort, his third release, earned 3.001 million equivalent album units during the year

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.

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

Last year saw the unexpected resurgence of the cassette continue to grow, with sales in 2019 at their highest in 15 years. 

Two of the UK’s leading chart stars are battling for the Number 1 album this week.

Lewis Capaldi is Number 1 on the first Official Irish Singles Chart of 2020.

LONDON – Lewis Capaldi was the U.K.'s best-selling artist of 2019, as more than 110 billion tracks were streamed by British music fans for the first time in a single year.According to figures released by labels trade body BPI, the equivalent of 154 million albums were streamed, purchased on physical formats or downloaded in the U.K. last year, up 7.5% on 2018.It is the fifth consecutive year that consumption of recorded music has grown in the U.K.

Liam Gallagher tops the list of 2019's best-selling vinyl albums.

After just a day-and-a-half of tracking after its Christmas Day release, Kanye West's second spiritually-based project, Jesus Is Born, credited to the Sunday Service Choir, enters Billboard's Top Gospel Albums chart (dated Jan. 4, 2020) at No.

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