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The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA). The charts were previously compiled on behalf of IRMA by Chart-Track, and have been compiled by the Official Charts Company since 2017.^[1] Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured electronically each day from retailers' Point of sale systems and certain digital retailers. All major record stores and over forty independents submit data for the charts, accounting for over 80% of the market, according to Chart-Track. A new chart is compiled and released to the public by the Irish Recorded Music Association on Friday at noon. Each chart is dated with the "week-ending" date of the previous Thursday (i.e., the day before issue).

It is released as a Top 100; however, Chart-Track's records only record the Top 75 in the archives.

Chart achievements and trivia

Albums with the most weeks at number one

Number of weeks	Artist	Album	Year(s)
35	Adele	21	2011–2012
28	Various Artists	A Woman's Heart	1992–1993
28	Ed Sheeran	÷	2017–2018
24	Ed Sheeran	x	2014–2017
24	Dermot Kennedy	Without Fear	2019–2021
22	Various artists	The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	2018–2019
20	Olivia Rodrigo	Sour	2021–2022
17	Harry Styles	Harry's House	2022–2023
15	Adele	25	2015–2016
15	Lewis Capaldi	Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent	2019–2020
14	James Blunt	Back to Bedlam	2005–2006

Acts to occupy the top two positions

Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II (one week in October 1991).
Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch and Lucky Town (one week in April 1992).
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home and Come Away With Me (two weeks in February 2004).
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me and Feels Like Home (one week in March 2004).
Michael Jackson – The Essential Michael Jackson and Number Ones (two weeks in July 2009).
Glee Cast - Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals and Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers (one week in June 2010).
Adele – 21 and 19 (one week in March 2011, three weeks from April 2011, one week in May 2011, one week in June 2011).
Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits and Wrecking Ball (one week in July 2012).
Ed Sheeran – ÷ and x (two weeks in March 2017 and one week in August 2017).
Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell and Hits Out of Hell (one week in January 2022).
Ed Sheeran - = and ÷ (one week in May 2022).
Harry Styles - Harry's House and Fine Line (one week in September 2022).
Taylor Swift – Speak Now (Taylor's Version) and Midnights (one week in July 2023).
Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department and Lover (one week in July 2024).

In addition to the above, Taylor Swift also occupied the entire Top 5 on the chart dated 5 July 2024, with The Tortured Poets Department at the top spot, Lover at Number 2, 1989 (Taylor's Version) at Number 3, Midnights at Number 4 and Folklore at Number 5. Swift charted a total of fourteen albums in the Top 100, the most for any artist. Swift's success on the charts was largely attributable to her three sold-out concerts at the Aviva Stadium during the tracking week.^[2] Interestingly, this is also the first time that the Top 10 has been fully occupied by female artists, with albums by Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan, Charli XCX and SZA also charting in the Top 10.^[3]

References

^ "Official Charts to compile Ireland's national music charts". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
^ "Taylor Swift claims top five spots on Irish charts". RTÉ. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
^ "Irish Albums Chart - 5th July 2024". IRMA. Retrieved 5 July 2024.

[1] "Official Charts to compile Ireland's national music charts". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 20 January 2020.

[2] "Taylor Swift claims top five spots on Irish charts". RTÉ. Retrieved 5 July 2024.

[3] "Irish Albums Chart - 5th July 2024". IRMA. Retrieved 5 July 2024.

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 The '''Irish Albums Chart''' is the [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] music industry standard albums [[popularity chart]] issued weekly by the [[Irish Recorded Music Association]] (IRMA). The charts were previously compiled on behalf of IRMA by [[Chart-Track]], and have been compiled by the [[Official Charts Company]] since 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-charts-to-compile-ireland-s-national-music-charts__17564/|title=Official Charts to compile Ireland’s national music charts|website=www.officialcharts.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-20}}</ref> Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured electronically each day from retailers' [[Point of sale]] systems and certain digital retailers. All major record stores and over forty independents submit data for the charts, accounting for over 80% of the market, according to Chart-Track. A new chart is compiled and released to the public by the Irish Recorded Music Association on Friday at noon. Each chart is dated with the "week-ending" date of the previous Thursday (i.e., the day before issue).
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+|''[[A Woman's Heart (compilation album)|A Woman's Heart]]''
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 |''[[÷ (album)|÷]]''
+|2017–2018
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+|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 24
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 |''[[x (Ed Sheeran album)|x]]''
+|2014–2017
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 |-
+|[[Dermot Kennedy]]
-|<center>22</center>
+|''[[Without Fear (album)|Without Fear]]''
+|2019–2021
+|-
+|{{center|22}}
 |Various artists
 |''[[The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]''
+|2018–2019
-|2018–19
 |-
-|<center>15</center>
+|{{center|20}}
+|[[Olivia Rodrigo]]
+|''[[Sour (album)|Sour]]''
+|2021–2022
+|-
+|{{center|17}}
+|[[Harry Styles]]
+|''[[Harry's House]]''
+|2022–2023
+|-
+|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 15
 |[[Adele]]
 |''[[25 (Adele album)|25]]''
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-|<center>14</center>
-|[[James Blunt]]
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-|2005–06
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-|rowspan="4" | <center>11</center>
-|[[The Killers]]
-|''[[Hot Fuss]]''
-|2005
-|-
-|[[Snow Patrol]]
-|''[[Eyes Open]]''
-|2006–07
-|-
-|[[Lady Gaga]] and [[Bradley Cooper]]
-|''[[A Star Is Born (2018 soundtrack)|A Star Is Born]]''
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 |[[Lewis Capaldi]]
 |''[[Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent]]''
+|2019–2020
-|2019–20
+|-
+|style="text-align:center;" | 14
+|[[James Blunt]]
+|''[[Back to Bedlam]]''
+|2005–2006
 |}
 ===Acts to occupy the top two positions===
-*[[Michael Jackson]] — ''[[The Essential Michael Jackson]]'' and ''[[Number Ones (Michael Jackson album)|Number Ones]]'' (two weeks in July 2009).
+*[[Guns N' Roses]] - ''[[Use Your Illusion I]]'' and ''[[Use Your Illusion II]]'' (one week in October 1991).
-*[[Adele]] — ''[[21 (Adele album)|21]]'' and ''[[19 (Adele album)|19]]'' (one week in March 2011).
+*[[Bruce Springsteen]] - ''[[Human Touch]]'' and ''[[Lucky Town]]'' (one week in April 1992).
-*[[Ed Sheeran]] — ''[[÷ (album)|÷]]'' and ''[[X (Ed Sheeran album)|x]]'' (two weeks in March 2017 and one week in August 2017).
+*[[Norah Jones]] - ''[[Feels Like Home (Norah Jones album)|Feels Like Home]]'' and ''[[Come Away With Me]]'' (two weeks in February 2004).
+*[[Norah Jones]] - ''Come Away With Me'' and ''Feels Like Home'' (one week in March 2004).
+*[[Michael Jackson]] – ''[[The Essential Michael Jackson]]'' and ''[[Number Ones (Michael Jackson album)|Number Ones]]'' (two weeks in July 2009).
+*[[Glee Cast]] - ''[[Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals]]'' and ''[[Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers]]'' (one week in June 2010).
+*[[Adele]] – ''[[21 (Adele album)|21]]'' and ''[[19 (Adele album)|19]]'' (one week in March 2011, three weeks from April 2011, one week in May 2011, one week in June 2011).
+*[[Bruce Springsteen]] - ''[[Greatest Hits]]'' and ''[[Wrecking Ball (Bruce Springsteen album)|Wrecking Ball]]'' (one week in July 2012).
+*[[Ed Sheeran]] – ''[[÷ (album)|÷]]'' and ''[[X (Ed Sheeran album)|x]]'' (two weeks in March 2017 and one week in August 2017).
+*[[Meat Loaf]] - ''[[Bat Out Of Hell]]'' and ''[[Hits Out of Hell]]'' (one week in January 2022).
+*[[Ed Sheeran]] - ''[[%3D_(album)|=]]'' and ''÷'' (one week in May 2022).
+*[[Harry Styles]] - ''[[Harry's House]]'' and ''[[Fine Line (Harry Styles album)|Fine Line]]'' (one week in September 2022).
+*[[Taylor Swift]] – ''[[Speak Now (Taylor's Version)]]'' and ''[[Midnights]]'' (one week in July 2023).
+*[[Taylor Swift]] - ''[[The Tortured Poets Department]]'' and ''[[Lover (album)|Lover]]'' (one week in July 2024).
+In addition to the above, [[Taylor Swift]] also occupied the entire Top 5 on the chart dated 5 July 2024, with ''[[The Tortured Poets Department]]'' at the top spot, ''[[Lover (album)|Lover]]'' at Number 2, ''[[1989 (Taylor's Version)]]'' at Number 3, ''[[Midnights]]'' at Number 4 and ''[[Folklore (Taylor Swift album)|Folklore]]'' at Number 5. Swift charted a total of fourteen albums in the Top 100, the most for any artist. Swift's success on the charts was largely attributable to [[The Eras Tour|her three sold-out concerts]] at the [[Aviva Stadium]] during the tracking week.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2024/0705/1458458-taylor-swift-claims-top-five-spots-on-irish-charts/|title=Taylor Swift claims top five spots on Irish charts|website=[[RTÉ]]|language=en|access-date=2024-07-05}}</ref> Interestingly, this is also the first time that the Top 10 has been fully occupied by female artists, with albums by [[Billie Eilish]], [[Chappell Roan]], [[Charli XCX]] and [[SZA]] also charting in the Top 10.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irma.ie/#chartTab2|title=Irish Albums Chart - 5th July 2024|website=IRMA|language=en|access-date=2024-07-05}}</ref>
 ==See also==

v t e Irish music charts
Charts	Irish Albums Chart Irish Singles Chart Irish Downloads Chart Irish Independent Albums Chart IRMA
Number-one singles	Christmas Songs Artists 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Number-one albums	Artists 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Top-ten singles	2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Top selling	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
One-hit wonders	List of one-hit wonders in Ireland