The Irish Albums Chart ranks the best-performing albums in Ireland, as compiled by Chart-Track on behalf of the Irish Recorded Music Association.
Issue date | Album | Artist | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
2 January | Halcyon / Halcyon Days | Ellie Goulding | [1] |
9 January | [2] | ||
16 January | High Hopes | Bruce Springsteen | [3] |
23 January | [4] | ||
30 January | Halcyon/Halcyon Days | Ellie Goulding | [5] |
6 February | [6] | ||
13 February | [7] | ||
20 February | It's All Good – The Best of Damien Dempsey | Damien Dempsey | [8] |
27 February | Halcyon/Halcyon Days | Ellie Goulding | [9] |
6 March | The Wagon Wheel Show Live | Nathan Carter | [10] |
13 March | The Take Off and Landing of Everything | Elbow | [11] |
20 March | In a Perfect World | Kodaline | [12] |
27 March | Symphonica | George Michael | [13] |
3 April | In a Perfect World | Kodaline | [14] |
10 April | Getting Through | The Riptide Movement | [15] |
17 April | Caustic Love | Paolo Nutini | [16] |
24 April | [17] | ||
1 May | Tribal | Imelda May | [18] |
8 May | [19] | ||
15 May | By the Rule | Mick Flannery | [20] |
22 May | Ghost Stories | Coldplay | [21] |
29 May | [22] | ||
5 June | [23] | ||
12 June | [24] | ||
19 June | The Ultimate Hits | Garth Brooks | [25] |
26 June | × | Ed Sheeran | [26] |
3 July | 5 Seconds of Summer | 5 Seconds of Summer | [27] |
10 July | The Ultimate Hits | Garth Brooks | [28] |
17 July | [29] | ||
24 July | [30] | ||
31 July | [31] | ||
7 August | × | Ed Sheeran | [32] |
14 August | I'm Not Bossy, I'm the Boss | Sinéad O'Connor | [33] |
21 August | × | Ed Sheeran | [34] |
28 August | Royal Blood | Royal Blood | [35] |
4 September | The Simple Things | Derek Ryan | [36] |
11 September | Lullaby and... The Ceaseless Roar | Robert Plant | [37] |
18 September | No Sound Without Silence | The Script | [38] |
25 September | Hozier | Hozier | [39] |
2 October | [40] | ||
9 October | [41] | ||
16 October | [42] | ||
23 October | [43] | ||
30 October | 1989 | Taylor Swift | [44] |
6 November | My Favourite Faded Fantasy | Damien Rice | [45] |
13 November | The Endless River | Pink Floyd | [46] |
20 November | Four | One Direction | [47] |
27 November | [48] | ||
4 December | × | Ed Sheeran | [49] |
11 December | [50] | ||
18 December | [51] | ||
25 December | [52] |
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