The U.K. music retail market rose 9.9% in H1 2019 to £672.7m ($854.3m), thanks to growth in streaming, which is up 25.8% year-on-year, according to stats from the Entertainment Retailers' Association (ERA). Best-sellers included The Greatest Showman ST and Lewis Capaldi’s debut.

Subscription streaming generated £485.9m ($617m) from January to the end of June, which is a massive 72.2% of the value of the entire market. Still, the rate of growth is down from the 37.7% rise streaming recorded across the whole of 2018.

Physical generated £138.8m ($176.3m) in sales in H1 2019, down 13.8% on H1 2018 — a slightly improved rate of decline on 2018’s year-end 16.6%. Downloads dropped 26.1% over the same six-month period to £48.1m ($81.1m), which is generally on par with the rate of decline the format has recorded in Blighty over the last three years.

The top selling albums for Q1 2019, with their U.K. labels and sales stats:

The Greatest Showman ST (Atlantic) 381k
Lewis Capaldi Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent (Virgin EMI) 229k
George Ezra Staying at Tamara’s (Columbia) 227k
Ariana Grande thank u, next (Island) 226k
Bohemian Rhapsody OST (Virgin EMI) 221k
Now That’s What I Call Music 102 216k
Billie Eilish When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go (Polydor) 200k
A Star is Born ST (Polydor) 175k
Tom Walker What A Time To Be Alive (Relentless) 168k
Jess Glynne Always In Between (Atlantic) 132k

The top selling singles for Q1 2019, with their U.K. labels and sales stats:

Lewis Capaldi “Someone You Loved” 1.3m
Calvin Harris & Rag’n’Bone Man “Giant” (Columbia) 970k
Ava Max “Sweet But Psycho” (Atlantic) 964k
Lil Nas X “Old Town Road” (RCA)
Ariana Grande “7 Rings” 817k
Mabel “Don’t Call Me Up” (Polydor) 766k
Post Malone “Wow.” (Island) 759k
Sam Smith & Normani “Dancing with a Stranger” (Capitol) 698k
Billie Eilish “Bad Guy” 668k
George Ezra “Shotgun” 641k