Ireland's Official Top 50 biggest songs of 2019

Lewis Capaldi leads Ireland's Official Top 50 biggest songs of 2019.

The Scottish singer's breakthrough single Someone You Loved was the most popular track with the Irish public last year when downloads, audio streams and video plays were combined, notching up a combined 26.8 million streams (audio and video). The song was the most downloaded of 2019, while it notched up five million more streams than its closest competitor. 

Someone You Loved spent six weeks atop the Official Irish Singles Chart across March and April, the first of three chart toppers for Lewis in 2019, more than any other act.

Lewis has more songs in the end of year countdown than any other artist, with four. Other tracks from him include Hold Me While You Wait (13), Bruises (19) and Grace (21).

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2019 saw music consumption grow further year-on-year, with streaming continuing its upward trajectory. A staggering 7.5 billion audio streams were logged in Ireland last year, a 37% growth compared to 2018. 

Lil Nas X takes top honours for the biggest debut single of the year. Old Town Road was the second most popular song, racking up a combined 21.3 million audio and video plays. The US rapper managed four weeks at Number 1.

Billie Eilish scored the biggest song of the year not to reach Number 1. Bad Guy ended the year overall in third place, with 18 million streams. Bad Guy spent six non-consecutive weeks at Number 2.

Tones and I's Dance Monkey was the fourth biggest song of the year, and the most downloaded by a female artist, while Dermot Kennedy's Outnumbered lands in fifth, and was the biggest song of the year by an Irish artist.

Dominic Fike’s smash hit 3 Nights lands in sixth, while 2018 chart topper Shallow by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper rounds out 2019 in seventh place with the most streamed video of the year. 2019 Number 1s I Don't Care by Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber (8), Ariana Grande's 7 Rings (9) and the year's longest-reigning chart topper Senorita by Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello (10) all feature in the year-end Top 10.

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Other songs the topped the charts last year in the Top 50 include Ava Max's Sweet But Psycho at 18, Ariana Grande's Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored at 30, and Ride It by Regard which comes in at 31.

Finally, Westlife claim the most popular song by an Irish group. Their comeback single Hello My Love which peaked at Number 2 last January bows at Number 45.

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Ireland's Official Top 50 biggest songs of 2019

POS	TITLE	ARTIST	PEAK
1	SOMEONE YOU LOVED	LEWIS CAPALDI	1
2	OLD TOWN ROAD	LIL NAS X	1
3	BAD GUY	BILLIE EILISH	2
4	DANCE MONKEY	TONES & I	1
5	OUTNUMBERED	DERMOT KENNEDY	2
6	3 NIGHTS	DOMINIC FIKE	2
7	SHALLOW	LADY GAGA & BRADLEY COOPER	1
8	I DON'T CARE	ED SHEERAN & JUSTIN BIEBER	1
9	7 RINGS	ARIANA GRANDE	1
10	SENORITA	SHAWN MENDES/CAMILA CABELLO	1
11	PIECE OF YOUR HEART	MEDUZA FT GOODBOYS	3
12	SUNFLOWER	POST MALONE FT SWAE LEE	3
13	HOLD ME WHILE YOU WAIT	LEWIS CAPALDI	1
14	WOW.	POST MALONE	2
15	GIANT	CALVIN HARRIS & RAG'N'BONE MAN	3
16	DON'T CALL ME UP	MABEL	3
17	VOSSI BOP	STORMZY	4
18	SWEET BUT PSYCHO	AVA MAX	1
19	BRUISES	LEWIS CAPALDI	8
20	POWER OVER ME	DERMOT KENNEDY	11
21	BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE	ED SHEERAN FT KHALID	2
22	GRACE	LEWIS CAPALDI	9
23	DANCING WITH A STRANGER	SAM SMITH & NORMANI	4
24	SHOTGUN	GEORGE EZRA	1
25	SUCKER	JONAS BROTHERS	2
26	SOS	AVICII FT ALOE BLACC	5
27	BURY A FRIEND	BILLIE EILISH	2
28	WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER	BILLIE EILISH	7
29	CIRCLES	POST MALONE	2
30	BREAK UP WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND I'M BORED	ARIANA GRANDE	1
31	RIDE IT	REGARD	1
32	JUST YOU AND I	TOM WALKER	7
33	THANK U NEXT	ARIANA GRANDE	1
34	SORRY	JOEL CORRY	3
35	NOTHING BREAKS LIKE A HEART	MARK RONSON FT MILEY CYRUS	2
36	POST MALONE	SAM FELDT FT RANI	4
37	EASTSIDE	BENNY BLANCO/HALSEY/KHALID	1
38	WITHOUT ME	HALSEY	3
39	HIGHER LOVE	KYGO & WHITNEY HOUSTON	4
40	TRUTH HURTS	LIZZO	15
41	ALL DAY AND NIGHT	JAX JONES/MARTIN SOLVEIG/BEER	7
42	TALK	KHALID	8
43	LADBROKE GROVE	AJ TRACEY	6
44	I'M SO TIRED	LAUV & TROYE SIVAN	4
45	HELLO MY LOVE	WESTLIFE	2
46	GOOD AS HELL	LIZZO	18
47	BODY	LOUD LUXURY FT BRANDO	4
48	RANSOM	LIL TECCA	3
49	SATURDAY NIGHTS	KHALID	9
50	SOUTH OF THE BORDER	ED SHEERAN/CABELLO/CARDI B	6

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