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Unlike last week, the album still exists in a vinyl and CD format as well as downloads, so here is a list of the top 20 best-selling albums of last year.

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Even though the industry still call it a singles chart, it’s not really as it’s pretty much all downloads and streams, so here is a list of the top 20 most streamed/downloaded tracks of 2019.

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This information comes courtesy of the OCC who have issued a list of the top 30 biggest selling albums of the last decade on the vinyl format.

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Since the UK album chart began back in July 1956, there have been 21 albums that have reached the top five, but only spent one week on the chart. To put it into perspective, the chart was originally just a top five, in November 1958 it increased to a top 10 and in March 1960 it increased again to a top 20. In April 1966, it went to a top 30 then eight months later a top 40. Two further increases followed, a Top 50 in January 1971 and then finally a top 75 in December 1978.

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There have been 42 December-charting songs that have a B-side (or track two on a CD single) with Christma/Xmas in the title. I have not included B sides which are either a part 2 of the A side, a ‘Christmas’ mix of the A side or a re-issue of an old A side. I also haven’t included any where the record company have lazily just stuck an instrumental version of the A side.

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Here is a list of 11 songs that were written about a real place.

Ed Sheeran’s Castle on the Hill is about a hill in Framlingham, Suffolk where he grew up and at the top of that hill is a castle.

Barry Manilow’s Copacabana is the real Copacabana Night Club in Times Square, New York where Barry was a frequent visitor in the 60s.

The Small Faces’ hit Itchycoo Park is all about Little Ilford Park in east London where lead singer Steve Marriott grew up.

Coldplay’s Violet Hill is about a real street in London’s St John’s Wood area.

Eddy Grant’s 1983 hit Electric Avenue is a true story about the street just up from Brixton Station in south London.

Peter Gabriel’s 1977 hit Solsbury Hill is Little Solsbury Hill, which is northeast of the city of Bath in Somerset.

The Beatles’ Penny Lane was a real busy crossroads where Paul and John regularly met.

And the other side of Penny Lane was Strawberry Fields Forever and Strawberry Field was a children’s home run by the Salvation Army in Liverpool.

Ralph McTell’s 1974 hit Streets of London was about Croydon and the all night cafe is about one.

The Monkees’ hit Pleasant Valley Sunday was written about Pleasant Valley Way where the song writers Goffin & King lived in New Jersey.

Radiohead’s 1995 hit Fake Plastic Trees was written about the Docklands area of London.

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