List of Irish Independent Albums Chart number ones of 2022

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This is a list of albums that reached number-one on the Irish Independent Albums Chart in 2022. The charts were compiled by Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA).

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Chart history

List of Irish Independent Albums Chart number-one albums of 2022
Issue dateAlbumArtistLabelRef
7 January 25 Adele XL [1]
14 January
21 January
28 January
4 February
11 February Charmed Life – The Best of the Divine Comedy The Divine Comedy The Divine Comedy
18 February The Dream Alt-J Infectious
25 February AM Arctic Monkeys Domino
4 March 23 Central Cee Central Cee
11 March If My Wife New I'd Be Dead CMAT CMATBABY
18 March
25 MarchAll These Years Tommy Flemming Beaumex
1 April Never Let Me Go Placebo So Recordings
8 AprilAMArctic MonkeysDomino
15 April Wet Leg Wet Leg
22 AprilAMArctic Monkeys
29 April Skinty Fia Fontaines D.C. Partisan
6 MayCourageous Róisín O
13 May1970sJohn GallenJohn Gallen
20 MaySometimes We See More In the Dark The Blizzards The Blizzards
27 May White Ladder David Gray IHT
3 June Heart Under Just Mustard Partisan
10 JuneAMArctic MonkeysDomino
17 June The Bonny Gerry Cinnamon Little Runaway
24 June A Light for Attracting Attention The Smile XL
1 JulyLive At the Lobby Mic Christopher Born Optimistic
8 JulySkinty FiaFontaines D.C.Partisan
15 July Wasteland Brent Faiyaz Graduation/Lost Kids
22 JulyAMArctic MonkeysDomino
29 July
5 August
12 August
19 August
26 August
2 September
9 September
16 September
23 September Hold the Girl Rina Sawayama Dirty Hit
30 SeptemberSmiling Like an Idiot Sorcha Richardson Faction
7 OctoberAMArctic MonkeysDomino
14 OctoberTime Stopped The Coronas So Far So Good
21 October Being Funny in a Foreign Language The 1975 Dirty Hit
28 October The Car Arctic MonkeysDomino
4 November
11 November
18 November Faith in the Future Louis Tomlinson BMG
25 NovemberAMArctic MonkeysDomino
2 December
9 December
16 DecemberThe Morning After Nathan Carter Sharpe Music
23 DecemberAMArctic MonkeysDomino
30 December

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References

  1. "Top 20 Independent Artist Albums".