List of UK top-ten albums in 2019

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Scottish singer and songwriter Lewis Capaldi had the best-selling album of 2019 with his debut release Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent. The album went straight in at number-one in May and spent a total of 85 non-consecutive weeks in the top 10, 10 of which were at the top spot. It also became the best-selling album of 2020. The album spawned four UK top 10 singles, including the number-ones "Someone You Loved" and "Before You Go".
US singer-songwriter Billie Eilish was 17 years and four months old when she became the youngest ever female artist to achieve a UK number-one album. Her debut release, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, entered the chart at the top spot in April and spent a total of 50 non-consecutive weeks in the top 10.

The UK Albums Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom.[1] Since 2004 the chart has been based on the sales of both physical albums and digital downloads.[2][3] Since 2015, the album chart has been based on both sales and streaming. This list shows albums that peaked in the top ten of the UK Albums Chart during 2019, as well as albums which peaked in 2018 and 2020 but were in the top 10 in 2019. The entry date is when the album appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).

One-hundred and seventy-three albums were in the top ten this year. Three albums from 2017 and fourteen albums from 2018 remained in the top ten for several weeks at the beginning of the year. 50 Years – Don't Stop by Fleetwood Mac and Unchained Melodies by Roy Orbison & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra were the albums from 2018 to reach their peak in 2019. Four artists have scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2019, as of 12 September 2019 (week ending). AJ Tracey, Freya Ridings, Khalid, Lewis Capaldi, Sigrid and Tom Walker were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top ten album in 2019.

The Greatest Showman Cast's The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack remained at the top of the chart for the opening four weeks of the year, totalling twenty-eight weeks at number-one since it was released in January 2018. The first new number-one album of the year was Amo by Bring Me the Horizon. Overall, thirty-one different albums peaked at number-one in 2019, with thirty unique artists hitting that position. An asterisk (*) in the "Weeks in Top 10" column shows that the album is currently in the top ten.

Background[]

Multiple entries[]

One-hundred and seventeen albums have charted in the top ten in 2019 (as of 12 September 2019, week ending), with one-hundred and three albums reaching their peak this year (including the re-entries Diamonds and Direct Hits, which charted in previous years but reached a peak on their latest chart run).

Four artists have scored multiple entries in the top ten in 2019 (as of 12 September 2019, week ending).

Chart debuts[]

The following table (collapsed on desktop site) does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top-ten solo album, or featured appearances on compilations or other artists recordings.

Artist Number of top 10s First entry Chart position Other entries
AJ Tracey 1 AJ Tracey 3
D-Block Europe 2 Home Alone 6 PTSD (4)
Sleaford Mods 1 Eton Alive 9
Tom Walker 1 What a Time to Be Alive 1
Dave 1 Psychodrama 1
Sigrid 1 Sucker Punch 4
Billie Eilish 1 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? 1
Khalid 1 Free Spirit 2
Marty Wilde 1 Dreamboats & Petticoats Presents The Very Best of Marty Wilde 7
Fontaines D.C. 1 Dogrel 9
Loyle Carner 1 Not Waving, but Drowning 3
Jade Bird 1 Jade Bird 10
Kiefer Sutherland 1 Reckless & Me 9
Lewis Capaldi 1 Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent 1
Rammstein 1 Rammstein 3
Slowthai 1 Nothing Great About Britain 9
Rocketman Cast 1 Rocketman: Music from the Motion Picture 5
MoStack 1 Stacko 3
Freya Ridings 1 Freya Ridings 3
NF 1 The Search 7
Mabel 1 High Expectations 3
Volbeat 1 Rewind, Replay, Rebound 7
Young Thug 1 So Much Fun 9
Headie One 1 Music x Road 5
Aitch 1 AitcH20 (EP) 3
Melanie Martinez 1 K-12 8
Jax Jones 1 Snacks (Supersize) 9
Sam Fender 1 Hypersonic Missiles 1
Dermot Kennedy 1 Without Fear 1
Summer Walker 1 Over It 7
Yungblud 1 The Underrated Youth 6
Rex Orange County 1 Pony 5
Notes

Claire Richards of the group Steps reached the top 10 with her debut solo album this year, Wildest Dreams. This added to her haul of six top 10 albums with Steps to date, including three which had topped the chart. Serge Pizzorno, the lead singer of Kasabian launched his solo project The S.L.P. and released an album of the same name which reached the top 10. All but one of Kasabian's six albums to date made number-one, the only one to miss out being their self-titled debut effort in 2004 which peaked at number four.

Soundtracks[]

Soundtrack albums for various films entered the top 10 throughout the year. This included Rocketman: Music from the Motion Picture. Bohemian Rhapsody and The Greatest Showman both remained in the top 10 for much of 2019, after first charting in 2018.

Best-selling albums[]

Lewis Capaldi had the best-selling album of the year with Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent. The album spent 36 weeks in the top 10 (31 this year, including eight weeks at number one), recorded over 600,000 combined sales and was certified 2x platinum by the BPI. No. 6 Collaborations Project by Ed Sheeran came in second place. The Greatest Showman Cast's The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack , When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? by Billie Eilish and Staying at Tamara's by George Ezra made up the top five. Albums by Queen, Ariana Grande, Tom Walker, Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper and Rod Stewart with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra were also in the top ten best-selling albums of the year.

Top-ten albums[]

Key
Symbol Meaning
Album peaked in 2017 or 2018 but still in chart in 2019.
Album released in 2017, 2018 or 2019 but peaked in 2020 or 2021.
(#) Year-end top ten album position and rank
Entered The date that the album first appeared in the chart.
Peak Highest position that the song reached in the UK Albums Chart.
Entered
(week ending)
Weeks
in
top
10
Album Artist Peak Peak
reached
(week ending)
Weeks
at
peak
Albums in 2017
16 March 2017 88 ÷[A] Ed Sheeran 1 16 March 2017 20
15 June 2017 28 Dua Lipa[B] Dua Lipa 3 1 March 2018 2
21 December 2017 10 Christmas Michael Bublé 2 2 January 2020 1
Albums in 2018
11 January 2018 88 The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack(#3) The Greatest Showman Cast 1 18 January 2018 28
5 April 2018 65 Staying at Tamara's(#5) George Ezra 1 5 April 2018 1
26 July 2018 17 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again: The Movie Soundtrack[C] Mamma Mia! film cast 1 2 August 2018 5
18 October 2018 23 A Star is Born(#9) Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 1 18 October 2018 2
25 October 2018 13 Always In Between[D] Jess Glynne 1 25 October 2018 1
1 November 2018 45 Bohemian Rhapsody: The Original Soundtrack(#6) [E] Queen 3 8 November 2018 5
8 November 2018 10 The Platinum Collection[F] 5 22 November 2018 1
22 November 2018 5 You Know I Know Olly Murs 2 22 November 2018 1
29 November 2018 6 Love Michael Bublé 1 29 November 2018 1
6 December 2018 8 Odyssey Take That 1 6 December 2018 1
6 Unchained Melodies Roy Orbison with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 3 3 January 2019 1
13 December 2018 2 A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships[G] The 1975 1 13 December 2018 1
20 December 2018 2 Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra[H] The Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 8 20 December 2018 1
27 December 2018 8 50 Years – Don't Stop Fleetwood Mac 5 17 January 2019 1
Albums in 2019
17 January 2019 1 What Is Love? Clean Bandit 9 17 January 2019 1
31 January 2019 1 Human (EP) Dodie 5 31 January 2019 1
1 Assume Form James Blake 6 31 January 2019 1
1 Please Remain Seated Thunder 8 31 January 2019 1
7 February 2019 2 Amo Bring Me the Horizon 1 7 February 2019 1
1 Toast to Our Differences Rudimental 5 7 February 2019 1
1 DNA Backstreet Boys 7 7 February 2019 1
14 February 2019 3 Encore The Specials 1 14 February 2019 1
1 Half Way There Busted 2 14 February 2019 1
1 Ripples Ian Brown 4 14 February 2019 1
1 Third Avenue Fredo 5 14 February 2019 1
1 My Wildest Dreams Claire Richards 9 14 February 2019 1
21 February 2019 12 Thank U, Next (#7) [I] Ariana Grande 1 21 February 2019 3
2 AJ Tracey AJ Tracey 3 21 February 2019 1
1 Restless Minds Ward Thomas 8 21 February 2019 1
28 February 2019 1 Home Alone D-Block Europe 6 28 February 2019 1
1 Head Above Water Avril Lavigne 10 28 February 2019 1
7 March 2019 1 Big Bad... Giggs 6 7 March 2019 1
1 Eton Alive Sleaford Mods 9 7 March 2019 1
14 March 2019 14 What a Time to Be Alive (#8) Tom Walker 1 14 March 2019 1
1 Shine a Light Bryan Adams 2 14 March 2019 1
1 Wasteland, Baby! Hozier 6 14 March 2019 1
21 March 2019 5 Psychodrama Dave 1 21 March 2019 1
2 Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1 Foals 2 21 March 2019 1
2 Still on My Mind Dido 3 21 March 2019 1
1 Sucker Punch Sigrid 4 21 March 2019 1
1 Other Aspects – Live At The Royal Festival Hall Paul Weller 10 21 March 2019 1
28 March 2019 3 Singing to Strangers Jack Savoretti 1 28 March 2019 1
4 April 2019 2 Coming Home to You Michael Ball 1 4 April 2019 1
11 April 2019 50 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (#4) Billie Eilish 1 11 April 2019 3
18 April 2019 2 Free Spirit Khalid 2 18 April 2019 1
1 Out of the Blue Mike and the Mechanics 7 18 April 2019 1
1 What's It Like Over There? Circa Waves 10 18 April 2019 1
25 April 2019 2 Map of the Soul: Persona (EP) BTS 1 25 April 2019 1
1 No Geography The Chemical Brothers 4 25 April 2019 1
1 Dreamboats & Petticoats Presents The Very Best of Marty Wilde Marty Wilde 7 25 April 2019 1
1 Dogrel Fontaines D.C. 9 25 April 2019 1
2 May 2019 1 Not Waving, but Drowning Loyle Carner 3 2 May 2019 1
1 Honk The Rolling Stones 8 2 May 2019 1
1 Jade Bird Jade Bird 10 2 May 2019 1
9 May 2019 7 Hurts 2B Human [J] Pink 1 9 May 2019 3
2 The Balance Catfish and the Bottlemen 2 9 May 2019 1
1 Love + Fear Marina 5 9 May 2019 1
1 Reckless & Me Kiefer Sutherland 9 9 May 2019 1
1 In the End The Cranberries 10 9 May 2019 1
16 May 2019 2 Father of the Bride Vampire Weekend 2 16 May 2019 1
1 End of Suffering Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes 4 16 May 2019 1
23 May 2019 1 Flesh & Blood Whitesnake 7 23 May 2019 1
30 May 2019 85 Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent (#1) Lewis Capaldi 1 30 May 2019 10
1 I Am Easy to Find The National 2 30 May 2019 1
1 Rammstein Rammstein 3 30 May 2019 1
1 Igor Tyler the Creator 4 30 May 2019 1
1 Father of Asahd DJ Khaled 6 30 May 2019 1
1 Nothing Great About Britain Slowthai 9 30 May 2019 1
6 June 2019 1 California Son Morrissey 4 6 June 2019 1
2 Rocketman: Music from the Motion Picture Various artists 5 6 June 2019 1
5 Diamonds [K] Elton John 6 6 June 2019 1
1 Future Dust The Amazons 9 6 June 2019 1
13 June 2019 2 Ignorance Is Bliss Skepta 2 13 June 2019 1
1 Further Richard Hawley 3 13 June 2019 1
1 Ten Susan Boyle 5 13 June 2019 1
20 June 2019 1 Happiness Begins Jonas Brothers 2 20 June 2019 1
1 Stacko MoStack 3 20 June 2019 1
1 Office Politics The Divine Comedy 5 20 June 2019 1
1 Tim Avicii 7 20 June 2019 1
27 June 2019 4 Western Stars Bruce Springsteen 1 27 June 2019 1
1 Madame X Madonna 2 27 June 2019 1
1 Doom Days Bastille 4 27 June 2019 1
1 Unknown Pleasures Joy Division 5 27 June 2019 1
4 July 2019 1 Lexicon Will Young 2 4 July 2019 1
1 Late Night Feelings Mark Ronson 4 4 July 2019 1
1 False Alarm Two Door Cinema Club 5 4 July 2019 1
1 Help Us Stranger The Raconteurs 8 4 July 2019 1
11 July 2019 3 Step Back in Time: The Definitive Collection Kylie Minogue 1 11 July 2019 1
1 Let's Rock The Black Keys 3 11 July 2019 1
3 Direct Hits [L] The Killers 5 18 July 2019 1
1 Indigo Chris Brown 7 11 July 2019 1
1 Gold Hank Marvin 9 11 July 2019 1
18 July 2019 1 Blue Sky in Your Head Lighthouse Family 3 18 July 2019 1
25 July 2019 48 No.6 Collaborations Project (#2) Ed Sheeran 1 25 July 2019 5
1 August 2019 2 Freya Ridings Freya Ridings 3 1 August 2019 1
1 Anima Thom Yorke 5 1 August 2019 1
8 August 2019 1 Duck Kaiser Chiefs 3 8 August 2019 1
1 The Search NF 7 8 August 2019 1
15 August 2019 2 High Expectations Mabel 3 15 August 2019 1
1 Care Package Drake 4 15 August 2019 1
1 Rewind, Replay, Rebound Volbeat 7 15 August 2019 1
22 August 2019 3 We Are Not Your Kind Slipknot 1 22 August 2019 1
1 Tallulah Feeder 4 22 August 2019 1
29 August 2019 1 No Man's Land Frank Turner 3 29 August 2019 1
1 This Is Not a Safe Place Ride 7 29 August 2019 1
1 So Much Fun Young Thug 9 29 August 2019 1
5 September 2019 6 Lover Taylor Swift 1 5 September 2019 1
1 Music x Road Headie One 5 5 September 2019 1
12 September 2019 3 Norman F**king Rockwell Lana Del Rey 1 12 September 2019 1
1 Fear Inoculum Tool 4 12 September 2019 1
1 Definitely Maybe: 25th Anniversary Edition Oasis 6 12 September 2019 1
1 The S.L.P. The S.L.P. 7 12 September 2019 1
1 Hoodies All Summer Kano 8 12 September 2019 1
1 Threads Sheryl Crow 10 12 September 2019 1
19 September 2019 13 Hollywood's Bleeding Post Malone 1 19 September 2019 1
1 AitcH2O (EP) Aitch 3 19 September 2019 1
1 Backbone Status Quo 6 19 September 2019 1
1 K-12 Melanie Martinez 8 19 September 2019 1
1 Snacks (Supersize) Jax Jones 9 19 September 2019 1
26 September 2019 3 Hypersonic Missiles Sam Fender 1 26 September 2019 1
1 Real Life Emeli Sandé 6 26 September 2019 1
1 Beneath the Eyrie Pixies 7 26 September 2019 1
1 III The Lumineers 8 26 September 2019 1
1 The Nothing Korn 9 26 September 2019 1
3 October 2019 4 Why Me? Why Not. Liam Gallagher 1 3 October 2019 1
1 Cause and Effect Keane 2 3 October 2019 1
1 Nine Blink-182 6 3 October 2019 1
10 October 2019 3 Abbey Road: 50th Anniversary Edition The Beatles 1 10 October 2019 1
4 PTSD D-Block Europe 4 10 October 2019 1
17 October 2019 1 Without Fear Dermot Kennedy 1 17 October 2019 1
2 Over It Summer Walker 7 17 October 2019 1
1 Live in the City of Angels Simple Minds 9 17 October 2019 1
1 Easter Is Cancelled The Darkness 10 17 October 2019 1
24 October 2019 1 Giants of All Sizes Elbow 1 24 October 2019 1
31 October 2019 1 Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 2 Foals 1 31 October 2019 1
2 You James Arthur 2 31 October 2019 1
1 Walk the Sky Alter Bridge 4 31 October 2019 1
1 The Underrated Youth (EP) Yungblud 6 31 October 2019 1
2 Halfway to Paradise Daniel O'Donnell 8 31 October 2019 1
7 November 2019 2 Kind Stereophonics 1 7 November 2019 1
2 Jesus Is King Kanye West 2 7 November 2019 1
1 Once Upon a Mind James Blunt 3 7 November 2019 1
1 The Best of Me Rick Astley 4 7 November 2019 1
1 Pony Rex Orange County 5 7 November 2019 1
14 November 2019 2 From Out of Nowhere Jeff Lynne's ELO 1 14 November 2019 1
2 Kiwanuka Michael Kiwanuka 2 14 November 2019 1
1 Revenge is Sweet Krept and Konan 5 14 November 2019 1
1 The Bootleg Series Vol. 15: Travelin' Thru, 1967–1969 Bob Dylan 6 14 November 2019 1
1 Back in Harmony Aled Jones & Russell Watson 7 14 November 2019 1
21 November 2019 1 Sunsets & Full Moons The Script 1 21 November 2019 1
9 Back Together Michael Ball & Alfie Boe 2 21 November 2019 1
1 Reworked Snow Patrol 3 21 November 2019 1
1 Ghosteen Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 4 21 November 2019 1
1 Blue Eyed Soul Simply Red 6 21 November 2019 1
28 November 2019 4 Spectrum Westlife 1 28 November 2019 1
1 Courage Celine Dion 2 28 November 2019 1
1 Odyssey: Greatest Hits Live Take That 5 28 November 2019 1
1 Kidz Bop 2020 Kidz Bop Kids 7 28 November 2019 1
1 Here's to Christmas Chris Kamara 8 28 November 2019 1
1 Last Christmas: Original Soundtrack George Michael & Wham! 9 28 November 2019 1
1 Chixtape 5 Tory Lanez 10 28 November 2019 1
5 December 2019 7 Everyday Life Coldplay 1 5 December 2019 1
5 The Christmas Present Robbie Williams 1 12 December 2019 1
8 You're in My Heart: Rod Stewart with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (#10) Rod Stewart with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 1 19 December 2019 3
3 Happy Days André Rieu & the Johann Strauss Orchestra 6 5 December 2019 2
1 Thanks for the Dance Leonard Cohen 7 5 December 2019 1
2 Bing at Christmas Bing Crosby with the London Symphony Orchestra 9 5 December 2019 2
19 December 2019 2 Who The Who 3 19 December 2019 1
26 December 2019 15 Heavy Is the Head Stormzy 1 16 January 2020 1
57 Fine Line Harry Styles 2 14 January 2021 1

Entries by artist[]

Glasgow-born singer-songwriter Tom Walker reached number-one in March with his debut album What a Time to Be Alive, which spent a total of 14 non-consecutive weeks in the UK top 10.

The following table shows artists who have achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2019, including albums that reached their peak in 2018. The figures only include main artists, with featured artists and appearances on compilation albums not counted individually for each artist. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 2019 is also shown.

Entries Artist Country of origin Weeks Albums
3 The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [N]  United Kingdom 7 Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Unchained Melodies, You're in My Heart: Rod Stewart with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
2 Ed Sheeran [M]  United Kingdom 24 ÷, No.6 Collaborations Project
Liam Gallagher 5 Definitely Maybe: 25th Anniversary Edition, Why Me? Why Not.
Michael Bublé [N]  Canada 2 Christmas, Love
Queen [N]  United Kingdom 36 Bohemian Rhapsody: The Original Soundtrack, The Platinum Collection

Notes[]

  • a Divide re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 24 January 2019 (week ending). It re-entered the top 10 again at number 8 on 23 May 2019 (week ending).
  • b Dua Lipa re-entered the top 10 at number 9 on 24 January 2019 (week ending).
  • c Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again: The Movie Soundtrack re-entered the top 10 at number 9 on 10 January 2019 (week ending) for 3 weeks.
  • d Always In Between re-entered the top 10 at number 7 on 10 January 2019 (week ending) for 5 weeks, at number 10 on 21 February 2019 (week ending) and at number 7 on 7 March 2019 (week ending).
  • e Bohemian Rhapsody re-entered the top 10 at number 9 on 3 January 2019 (week ending) for 5 weeks (as of 21 February 2019 week ending).
  • f The Platinum Collection originally peaked outside the top 10 at number 63 upon its initial release in 2000. It charted in the top 10 for the first time in 2002, peaking at number 2. It re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 17 January 2019 (week ending) and the same position on 31 January 2019 (week ending). It re-entered again at number 9 on 21 February 2019 (week ending) for 3 weeks (as of 7 March 2019, week ending).
  • g A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 7 March 2019 (week ending).
  • h Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 4 April 2019 (week ending).
  • i Thank U, Next re-entered the top 10 at number 9 on 2 May 2019 (week ending) and at number 10 on 16 May 2019 (week ending) for 2 weeks.
  • j Hurts 2B Human re-entered the top 10 at number 9 on 4 July 2019 (week ending).
  • k Diamonds originally peaked at number 5 on its initial release in 2017.
  • l Direct Hits originally peaked at number 6 on its initial release in 2013.
  • m Figure includes album that peaked in 2017.
  • n Figure includes album that peaked in 2018.

See also[]

References[]

General

  • "Six decades of singles charts". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

Specific

  1. ^ "The Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  2. ^ Roberts, David (2005). Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (18th edition). Guinness World Records Limited. p. 14. ISBN 1-904994-00-8.
  3. ^ "New singles formats to save the charts". BBC News. 16 October 2003. Retrieved 21 February 2010.

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