The Irish Albums Chart ranks the best-performing albums in Ireland, as compiled by Chart-Track on behalf of the Irish Recorded Music Association. The chart week runs from Friday to Thursday. [1]
Issue date | Album | Artist | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
3 January | + | Ed Sheeran | [2] |
10 January | [3] | ||
17 January | Awayland | Villagers | [4] |
24 January | Les Misérables | Original Motion Picture Cast | [5] |
31 January | [6] | ||
7 February | Our Version of Events | Emeli Sandé | [7] |
14 February | [8] | ||
21 February | [9] | ||
28 February | [10] | ||
7 March | [11] | ||
14 March | The Next Day | David Bowie | [12] |
21 March | The 20/20 Experience | Justin Timberlake | [13] |
28 March | [14] | ||
4 April | Rage and Romance | Bressie | [15] |
11 April | Paramore | Paramore | [16] |
18 April | To Be Loved | Michael Bublé | [17] |
25 April | [18] | ||
2 May | [19] | ||
9 May | [20] | ||
16 May | Absolute Zero | Little Green Cars | [21] |
23 May | Random Access Memories | Daft Punk | [22] |
30 May | [23] | ||
6 June | ...Like Clockwork | Queens of the Stone Age | [24] |
13 June | Random Access Memories | Daft Punk | [25] |
20 June | In a Perfect World | Kodaline | [26] |
27 June | [27] | ||
4 July | Chop Chop | Bell X1 | [28] |
11 July | In a Perfect World | Kodaline | [29] |
18 July | To Be Loved | Michael Bublé | [30] |
25 July | [31] | ||
1 August | In a Perfect World | Kodaline | [32] |
8 August | [33] | ||
15 August | [34] | ||
22 August | Where I Wanna Be | Nathan Carter | [35] |
29 August | Hail to the King | Avenged Sevenfold | [36] |
5 September | In a Perfect World | Kodaline | [37] |
12 September | AM | Arctic Monkeys | [38] |
19 September | [39] | ||
26 September | Mechanical Bull | Kings of Leon | [40] |
3 October | [41] | ||
10 October | Bangerz | Miley Cyrus | [42] |
17 October | Lightning Bolt | Pearl Jam | [43] |
24 October | Prism | Katy Perry | [44] |
31 October | Reflektor | Arcade Fire | [45] |
7 November | The Marshall Mathers LP 2 | Eminem | [46] |
14 November | [47] | ||
21 November | [48] | ||
28 November | Midnight Memories | One Direction | [49] |
5 December | [50] | ||
12 December | [51] | ||
19 December | [52] | ||
26 December | [53] |
British singer Leona Lewis has released five studio albums, twenty-five singles, one live video album, one extended play and twenty-five music videos. Following winning the third series of British television talent show, The X Factor in 2006, Lewis released "A Moment Like This" in the United Kingdom and Ireland, which became the fastest selling single ever by a female artist in the UK. Her follow-up single, "Bleeding Love" reached number one in 35 countries, and was the biggest-selling single of 2008 worldwide. The song has had over two billion streams. Lewis's first studio album, Spirit was released to follow the single; it became the fastest-selling debut album of all time in the UK and Ireland, and the first debut album by a British solo artist to debut at number one on the Billboard 200. As of April 2012, Spirit is the 20th biggest-selling album of all time in the UK. The next single, "Better in Time", was also successful worldwide, reaching the top ten in many countries. Subsequent singles "Forgive Me" and "Run" were released across Europe and Australia; "Forgive Me" went on to moderate success, while "Run" became Lewis's third number one in the UK, and also reached the top spot in Austria and Ireland. "I Will Be" was released as the final single in North America.