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". Lewis Capaldi - Ilosaarirock 2018 - 03.jpg
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. Billie Eilish 2019 by Glenn Francis.jpg
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).

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One-hundred and seventy-three albums were in the top ten this year. Two albums from 2017 and fifteen albums from 2018 remained in the top ten for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while Heavy Is the Head by Stormzy was released in 2019 but did not reach its peak until 2020. Fine Line by Harry Styles debuted this year but its peak position was not until two years later in 2021. Christmas by Michael Bublé was originally released in 2011, launched a new chart run in 2018, reaching a peak on its latest run in 2019 and again in 2020. 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-one unique artists hitting that position.

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.

ArtistNumber of top 10sFirst entryChart positionOther entries
AJ Tracey 1 AJ Tracey 3—
D-Block Europe 2Home Alone6PTSD (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 1Dreamboats & Petticoats Presents The Very Best of Marty Wilde7—
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 Cast1 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 1AitcH20 (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 1The Underrated Youth6—
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 2× 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
SymbolMeaning
‡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
EnteredThe date that the album first appeared in the chart.
PeakHighest position that the song reached in the UK Albums Chart.
Entered
(week ending)		Weeks
in
top
10		AlbumArtistPeakPeak
reached
(week ending)		Weeks
at
peak
Albums in 2017
16 March 201788 ÷ ‡ [A] Ed Sheeran 116 March 201720
15 June 201728 Dua Lipa ‡ [B] Dua Lipa 31 March 20182
Albums in 2018
11 January 201888 The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ‡ (#3) The Greatest Showman cast 118 January 201828
5 April 201865 Staying at Tamara's ‡ (#5) George Ezra 15 April 20181
26 July 201817 Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again: The Movie Soundtrack ‡ [C] Mamma Mia! film cast 12 August 20185
18 October 201823 A Star is Born ‡ (#9) Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 118 October 20182
25 October 201813 Always In Between ‡ [D] Jess Glynne 125 October 20181
1 November 201845 Bohemian Rhapsody: The Original Soundtrack ‡ (#6) [E] Queen 38 November 20185
8 November 201810 The Platinum Collection ‡ [F] 522 November 20181
22 November 20185 You Know I Know ‡ Olly Murs 222 November 20181
29 November 20186 Love ‡ Michael Bublé 129 November 20181
6 December 20188 Odyssey ‡ Take That 16 December 20181
6Unchained Melodies Roy Orbison with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 33 January 20191
13 December 20182 A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships ‡ [G] The 1975 113 December 20181
8 Christmas ♦ Michael Bublé 22 January 20201
20 December 20182 Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ‡ [H] The Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 820 December 20181
27 December 20188 50 Years – Don't Stop Fleetwood Mac 517 January 20191
Albums in 2019
17 January 20191 What Is Love? Clean Bandit 917 January 20191
31 January 20191 Human (EP) Dodie 531 January 20191
1 Assume Form James Blake 631 January 20191
1 Please Remain Seated Thunder 831 January 20191
7 February 20192 Amo Bring Me the Horizon 17 February 20191
1 Toast to Our Differences Rudimental 57 February 20191
1 DNA Backstreet Boys 77 February 20191
14 February 20193 Encore The Specials 114 February 20191
1 Half Way There Busted 214 February 20191
1 Ripples Ian Brown 414 February 20191
1 Third Avenue Fredo 514 February 20191
1 My Wildest Dreams Claire Richards 914 February 20191
21 February 201912 Thank U, Next (#7) [I] Ariana Grande 121 February 20193
2 AJ Tracey AJ Tracey 321 February 20191
1Restless Minds Ward Thomas 821 February 20191
28 February 20191Home Alone D-Block Europe 628 February 20191
1 Head Above Water Avril Lavigne 1028 February 20191
7 March 20191 Big Bad... Giggs 67 March 20191
1 Eton Alive Sleaford Mods 97 March 20191
14 March 201914 What a Time to Be Alive (#8) Tom Walker 114 March 20191
1 Shine a Light Bryan Adams 214 March 20191
1 Wasteland, Baby! Hozier 614 March 20191
21 March 20195 Psychodrama Dave 121 March 20191
2 Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1 Foals 221 March 20191
2 Still on My Mind Dido 321 March 20191
1 Sucker Punch Sigrid 421 March 20191
1Other Aspects – Live At The Royal Festival Hall Paul Weller 1021 March 20191
28 March 20193 Singing to Strangers Jack Savoretti 128 March 20191
4 April 20192 Coming Home to You Michael Ball 14 April 20191
11 April 201950 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (#4) Billie Eilish 111 April 20193
18 April 20192 Free Spirit Khalid 218 April 20191
1 Out of the Blue Mike and the Mechanics 718 April 20191
1 What's It Like Over There? Circa Waves 1018 April 20191
25 April 20192 Map of the Soul: Persona (EP) BTS 125 April 20191
1 No Geography The Chemical Brothers 425 April 20191
1Dreamboats & Petticoats Presents The Very Best of Marty Wilde Marty Wilde 725 April 20191
1 Dogrel Fontaines D.C. 925 April 20191
2 May 20191 Not Waving, but Drowning Loyle Carner 32 May 20191
1 Honk The Rolling Stones 82 May 20191
1 Jade Bird Jade Bird 102 May 20191
9 May 20197 Hurts 2B Human [J] Pink 19 May 20193
2 The Balance Catfish and the Bottlemen 29 May 20191
1 Love + Fear Marina 59 May 20191
1 Reckless & Me Kiefer Sutherland 99 May 20191
1 In the End The Cranberries 109 May 20191
16 May 20192 Father of the Bride Vampire Weekend 216 May 20191
1 End of Suffering Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes 416 May 20191
23 May 20191 Flesh & Blood Whitesnake 723 May 20191
30 May 201985 Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent (#1) Lewis Capaldi 130 May 201910
1 I Am Easy to Find The National 230 May 20191
1 Rammstein Rammstein 330 May 20191
1 Igor Tyler the Creator 430 May 20191
1 Father of Asahd DJ Khaled 630 May 20191
1 Nothing Great About Britain Slowthai 930 May 20191
6 June 20191 California Son Morrissey 46 June 20191
2 Rocketman: Music from the Motion Picture Various artists56 June 20191
5 Diamonds [K] Elton John 66 June 20191
1 Future Dust The Amazons 96 June 20191
13 June 20192 Ignorance Is Bliss Skepta 213 June 20191
1 Further Richard Hawley 313 June 20191
1 Ten Susan Boyle 513 June 20191
20 June 20191 Happiness Begins Jonas Brothers 220 June 20191
1 Stacko MoStack 320 June 20191
1 Office Politics The Divine Comedy 520 June 20191
1 Tim Avicii 720 June 20191
27 June 20194 Western Stars Bruce Springsteen 127 June 20191
1 Madame X Madonna 227 June 20191
1 Doom Days Bastille 427 June 20191
1 Unknown Pleasures Joy Division 527 June 20191
4 July 20191 Lexicon Will Young 24 July 20191
1 Late Night Feelings Mark Ronson 44 July 20191
1 False Alarm Two Door Cinema Club 54 July 20191
1 Help Us Stranger The Raconteurs 84 July 20191
11 July 20193 Step Back in Time: The Definitive Collection Kylie Minogue 111 July 20191
1 Let's Rock The Black Keys 311 July 20191
3 Direct Hits [L] The Killers 518 July 20191
1 Indigo Chris Brown 711 July 20191
1Gold Hank Marvin 911 July 20191
18 July 20191Blue Sky in Your Head Lighthouse Family 318 July 20191
25 July 201948 No.6 Collaborations Project (#2) Ed Sheeran 125 July 20195
1 August 20192 Freya Ridings Freya Ridings 31 August 20191
1 Anima Thom Yorke 51 August 20191
8 August 20191 Duck Kaiser Chiefs 38 August 20191
1 The Search NF 78 August 20191
15 August 20192 High Expectations Mabel 315 August 20191
1 Care Package Drake 415 August 20191
1 Rewind, Replay, Rebound Volbeat 715 August 20191
22 August 20193 We Are Not Your Kind Slipknot 122 August 20191
1 Tallulah Feeder 422 August 20191
29 August 20191 No Man's Land Frank Turner 329 August 20191
1 This Is Not a Safe Place Ride 729 August 20191
1 So Much Fun Young Thug 929 August 20191
5 September 20196 Lover Taylor Swift 15 September 20191
1 Music x Road Headie One 55 September 20191
12 September 20193 Norman F**king Rockwell Lana Del Rey 112 September 20191
1 Fear Inoculum Tool 412 September 20191
1 Definitely Maybe Oasis 612 September 20191
1 The S.L.P. The S.L.P. 712 September 20191
1 Hoodies All Summer Kano 812 September 20191
1 Threads Sheryl Crow 1012 September 20191
19 September 201913 Hollywood's Bleeding Post Malone 119 September 20191
1AitcH2O (EP) Aitch 319 September 20191
1Backbone Status Quo 619 September 20191
1 K-12 Melanie Martinez 819 September 20191
1 Snacks (Supersize) Jax Jones 919 September 20191
26 September 20193 Hypersonic Missiles Sam Fender 126 September 20191
1 Real Life Emeli Sandé 626 September 20191
1 Beneath the Eyrie Pixies 726 September 20191
1 III The Lumineers 826 September 20191
1 The Nothing Korn 926 September 20191
3 October 20194 Why Me? Why Not. Liam Gallagher 13 October 20191
1 Cause and Effect Keane 23 October 20191
1 Nine Blink-182 63 October 20191
10 October 20193 Abbey Road: 50th Anniversary Edition The Beatles 110 October 20191
4PTSD D-Block Europe 410 October 20191
17 October 20191 Without Fear Dermot Kennedy 117 October 20191
2 Over It Summer Walker 717 October 20191
1 Live in the City of Angels Simple Minds 917 October 20191
1 Easter Is Cancelled The Darkness 1017 October 20191
24 October 20191 Giants of All Sizes Elbow 124 October 20191
31 October 20191 Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 2 Foals 131 October 20191
2 You James Arthur 231 October 20191
1 Walk the Sky Alter Bridge 431 October 20191
1The Underrated Youth (EP) Yungblud 631 October 20191
2Halfway to Paradise Daniel O'Donnell 831 October 20191
7 November 20192 Kind Stereophonics 17 November 20191
2 Jesus Is King Kanye West 27 November 20191
1 Once Upon a Mind James Blunt 37 November 20191
1 The Best of Me Rick Astley 47 November 20191
1 Pony Rex Orange County 57 November 20191
14 November 20192 From Out of Nowhere Jeff Lynne's ELO 114 November 20191
2 Kiwanuka Michael Kiwanuka 214 November 20191
1 Revenge is Sweet Krept and Konan 514 November 20191
1 The Bootleg Series Vol. 15: Travelin' Thru, 1967–1969 Bob Dylan 614 November 20191
1Back in Harmony Aled Jones & Russell Watson 714 November 20191
21 November 20191 Sunsets & Full Moons The Script 121 November 20191
9 Back Together Michael Ball & Alfie Boe 221 November 20191
1Reworked Snow Patrol 321 November 20191
1 Ghosteen Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 421 November 20191
1 Blue Eyed Soul Simply Red 621 November 20191
28 November 20194 Spectrum Westlife 128 November 20191
1 Courage Celine Dion 228 November 20191
1Odyssey: Greatest Hits Live Take That 528 November 20191
1Kidz Bop 2020 Kidz Bop Kids 728 November 20191
1Here's to Christmas Chris Kamara 828 November 20191
1 Last Christmas: Original Soundtrack George Michael & Wham! 928 November 20191
1 Chixtape 5 Tory Lanez 1028 November 20191
5 December 20197 Everyday Life Coldplay 15 December 20191
5 The Christmas Present Robbie Williams 112 December 20191
8 You're in My Heart: Rod Stewart with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (#10) Rod Stewart with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 119 December 20193
3Happy Days André Rieu & the Johann Strauss Orchestra 65 December 20192
1 Thanks for the Dance Leonard Cohen 75 December 20191
2Bing at Christmas Bing Crosby with the London Symphony Orchestra 95 December 20192
19 December 20192 Who The Who 319 December 20191
26 December 201915 Heavy Is the Head ♦ Stormzy 116 January 20201
57 Fine Line ♦ Harry Styles 214 January 20211

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. Tom Walker Piknik i Parken 2018 (181841) (cropped).jpg
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.

EntriesArtistWeeksAlbums
3 The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [N] 7 Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra , Unchained Melodies, You're in My Heart: Rod Stewart with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
2 D-Block Europe 5Home Alone, PTSD
Ed Sheeran [M] 24 ÷ , No.6 Collaborations Project
Foals 3 Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1 , Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 2
Liam Gallagher 5 Definitely Maybe , Why Me? Why Not.
Michael Bublé [N] 4 Christmas , Love
Queen [N] 36 Bohemian Rhapsody: The Original Soundtrack , The Platinum Collection

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