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2 Jan 2020, 10:12
Ed Sheeran may have been named artist of the decade, but it's been confirmed that Lewis Capaldi was the top-selling artist of 2019. As Ed has confirmed he's taking a break for the foreseeable future too, there's no better time for Lewis to try to steal his songwriting crown. The hilarious Scottish singer claimed both the best-selling single and album of 2019, with Someone You Loved, and his debut record Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent.
It's good news in general for the music industry too, as our consumption has increased for the fifth year in a row, to the highest level for 15 years.
In 2019, 154million albums were either streamed, bought or downloaded.
Here are the top ten best-sellers.
1 Lewis Capaldi
Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent
2 Ed Sheeran
No6 Collaborations Project
3 The Greatest Showman
Motion Picture Cast
4 Billie Eilish
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
5 George Ezra
Staying At Tamara’s
6 Queen
Bohemian Rhapsody OST
7 Ariana Grande
Thank U, Next
8 Tom Walker
What A Time To Be Alive
9 A Star Is Born
Motion Picture Cast
10 Rod Stewart
You’re In My Heart It was a good year too for Tom Walker and George Ezra, both scoring top 10 placings for their albums.
Ed Sheeran did well on the singles chart too, but it still wasn't enough to beat the unstoppable rise of Lewis Capaldi.
Someone You Loved
2 Lil Nas X
Old Town Road
3 Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber
I Don’t Care
4 Billie Eilish
Bad Guy
5 Calvin Harris, Rag’N’Bone Man
Giant
6 Ava Max
Sweet But Psycho
7 Stormzy
Vossi Bop
8 Tones & I
Dance Monkey
9 Mabel
Don’t Call Me Up
10 Camila Cabello, Shawn Mendes
Senorita
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