List of Irish Independent Albums Chart number ones of 2016

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This is a list of albums that reached number-one on the Irish Independent Albums Chart in 2016. The charts were compiled by GfK's Chart-Track on behalf of the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA).

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Chart history

List of Irish Independent Albums Chart number-one albums of 2016
Issue dateAlbumArtistLabelRef
7 January 25 Adele XL [1]
14 January [2]
21 January [3]
28 January [4]
4 February [5]
11 February [6]
18 February [7]
25 February [8]
3 March 2 The Gloaming Real World [9]
10 March25AdeleXL [10]
17 March [11]
24 March [12]
31 March [13]
7 April [14]
14 April [15]
21 AprilCut Loose Mike Denver Sharpe Music [16]
28 April25AdeleXL [17]
5 May [18]
12 May A Moon Shaped Pool Radiohead [19]
19 MayGrace & GloryHigh KingsCeltic Collections [20]
26 May [21]
2 June25AdeleXL [22]
9 June [23]
16 June [24]
23 JuneA Moon Shaped PoolRadiohead [25]
30 June25Adele [26]
7 July [27]
14 July [28]
21 July Chaleur humaine Christine and the Queens Because Music [29]
28 July25AdeleXL [30]
4 AugustChaleur humaineChristine and the QueensBecause Music [31]
11 August [32]
18 AugustPicture This EP Picture This Picture This [33]
25 August At Swim Lisa Hannigan Play It Again Sam [34]
1 September [35]
8 September We Move James Vincent McMorrow Believe/Faction [36]
15 September Skeleton Tree Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Bad Seed [36]
22 September [37]
29 SeptemberPicture This EPPicture ThisPicture This [38]
6 October 22, A Million Bon Iver Jagjaguwar [39]
13 October [40]
20 OctoberArms Bell X1 BellyUp [41]
27 OctoberHappy Man Derek Ryan Sharpe Music [42]
3 November25AdeleXL [43]
10 NovemberPicture This EPPicture ThisPicture This [44]
17 November25AdeleXL [45]
24 NovemberStories Tommy Fleming TF Productions [46]
1 December Before the Dawn Kate Bush Fish People [47]
8 December [48]
15 DecemberPicture This EPPicture ThisPicture This [49]
22 December25AdeleXL [50]
29 December [51]

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