Ireland's Official Top 50 biggest vinyl albums of 2019 so far

Billie Eilish, Fontaines D.C. and Bruce Springsteen have been popular on plastic so far this year.

Queen lead the way when it comes to vinyl record sales in the Republic of Ireland.

The iconic British rock group rule the list of the Top 50 best-selling vinyl albums of 2019 so far. Their Greatest Hits collection ranks at Number 1, while their Bohemian Rhapsody soundtrack lands at Number 10. Fellow music icons Fleetwood Mac impact at Number 2 as their seminal album Rumours still proves popular with the Irish public.

The best-selling 2019 release belongs to Billie Eilish at Number 3 on the YTD rundown. The 18-year-old’s debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? spent six weeks atop the Official Irish Albums Chart, spurred on by her popularity across all formats, including vinyl. Billie’s Don’t Smile at Me EP has also sold well on wax and occupies the Number 5 slot. Combining both releases, no other act has sold as many vinyl albums so far in 2019 than Billie.

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Dublin rock group Fontaines D.C. claim the biggest homegrown release on vinyl with their debut album Dogrel at Number 4, marginally ahead of Hozier’s three-week chart topper Wasteland, Baby! at Number 6.

The year’s fastest-selling vinyl album is Western Stars from Bruce Springsteen, which logs a Top 10 slot at Number 7 after just two weeks on sale. The album it dethroned from the Official Irish Albums Chart top spot also makes a Top 10 appearance; Lewis Capaldi’s Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent places at Number 9.

Picture This’ second studio album MDRN LV just misses out on a top flight slot at Number 11, while The Cranberries’ final album In The End occupies Number 17. The legendary Limerick group also appear 31 with their debut album Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?.

Other 2019 releases by homegrown talent in the Top 50 biggest vinyl albums of the year are: Rory Gallagher’s Blues (28); Colours by Walking On Cars (29); and The Gloaming’s 3 (39).

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Ireland's Official Top 50 biggest vinyl albums of 2019 so far

POS	TITLE	ARTIST
1	GREATEST HITS	QUEEN
2	RUMOURS	FLEETWOOD MAC
3	WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP WHERE DO WE GO	BILLIE EILISH
4	DOGREL	FONTAINES DC
5	DON'T SMILE AT ME	BILLIE EILISH
6	WASTELAND BABY	HOZIER
7	WESTERN STARS	BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
8	BACK TO BLACK	AMY WINEHOUSE
9	DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT	LEWIS CAPALDI
10	BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - OST	QUEEN
11	MDRN LV	PICTURE THIS
12	NEVERMIND	NIRVANA
13	A STAR IS BORN	MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING
14	THE GREATEST SHOWMAN	MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING
15	LUNGS	FLORENCE & THE MACHINE
16	LEGACY	DAVID BOWIE
17	IN THE END	CRANBERRIES
18	GOLD - GREATEST HITS	ABBA
19	GREATEST HITS	BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
20	THE STONE ROSES	STONE ROSES
21	PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS - THE BEST OF	DIRE STRAITS & MARK KNOPFLER
22	BORN TO DIE	LANA DEL REY
23	STAYING AT TAMARA'S	GEORGE EZRA
24	LEGEND	BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS
25	I AM EASY TO FIND	NATIONAL
26	IN UTERO	NIRVANA
27	BACK IN BLACK	AC/DC
28	BLUES	RORY GALLAGHER
29	COLOURS	WALKING ON CARS
30	DIAMONDS	ELTON JOHN
31	EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING IT SO WHY CAN'T	CRANBERRIES
32	WHAT'S THE STORY MORNING GLORY	OASIS
33	HOZIER	HOZIER
34	AM	ARCTIC MONKEYS
35	TRENCH	TWENTY ONE PILOTS
36	THE BEST OF	POGUES
37	A BRIEF INQUIRY INTO ONLINE	1975
38	SUCKER PUNCH	SIGRID
39	3	GLOAMING
40	GOOD KID MAAD CITY	KENDRICK LAMAR
41	GREATEST HITS	CURE
42	QUESTION MARK	XXXTENTACION
43	U218 SINGLES	U2
44	WHATEVER PEOPLE SAY I AM THAT'S WHAT I'M	ARCTIC MONKEYS
45	DEFINITELY MAYBE	OASIS
46	SWEETENER	ARIANA GRANDE
47	ON THE ROAD	CHRISTY MOORE
48	POLITICS OF LIVING	KODALINE
49	I LIKE IT WHEN YOU SLEEP FOR YOU ARE SO	1975
50	DIVIDE	ED SHEERAN