Irish Albums Chart
{{short description|Irish albums sales chart}}
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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.{{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}} 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=
| class="wikitable" |
| Number of weeks !Artist !Album !Year(s) |
|---|
| {{center|35}}
|21 |2011–2012 |
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 28
|Various Artists |1992–1993 |
| rowspan="2"|Ed Sheeran
|÷ |2017–2018 |
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 24
|x |2014–2017 |
| Dermot Kennedy
|2019–2021 |
| {{center|22}}
|Various artists |The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |2018–2019 |
| {{center|21}}
|Sour |2021–2022 |
| {{center|18}}
|2024–2025 |
| {{center|17}}
|2022–2023 |
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 15
|25 |2015–2016 |
| Lewis Capaldi
|Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent |2019–2020 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 14
|2005–2006 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 13
|2023–2025 |
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | 11
|2005 |
| Snow Patrol
|2006–2007 |
| Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
|2018 |
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | 10
|2003–2004 |
| Dido
|2003–2004 |
| Taylor Swift
|The Tortured Poets Department |2024 |
=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.{{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}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.irma.ie/#chartTab2|title=Irish Albums Chart - 5th July 2024|website=IRMA|language=en|access-date=2024-07-05}}