The Irish Albums Chart ranks the best-performing albums in Ireland, as compiled by the Official Charts Company on behalf of the Irish Recorded Music Association. [1]
The Irish Albums Chart is the Irish music industry standard albums popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on its behalf by Chart-Track. 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.
The Official Charts Company, also referred to as Official Charts is a British inter-professional organisation that compiles various "official" record charts in the United Kingdom, including the UK Singles Chart, the UK Albums Chart, the UK Singles Downloads Chart and the UK Album Downloads Chart, as well as genre-specific and music video charts. The OCC produces its charts by gathering and combining sales data from retailers through market researchers Millward Brown, and claims to cover 99% of the singles market and 95% of the album market, and aims to collect data from any retailer who sells more than 100 chart items per week.
The Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) is a non-profit association set up in 1999 to promote certain interests of the music industry in the Republic of Ireland. It is particular active in addressing copyright issues, and it compiles the official music charts for Ireland.
| Issue date | Album | Artist | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 January | Glory Days | Little Mix | [2] |
| 13 January | x | Ed Sheeran | [3] |
| 20 January | I See You | The xx | [4] |
| 27 January | x | Ed Sheeran | [5] |
| 3 February | [6] | ||
| 10 February | Little Fictions | Elbow | [7] |
| 17 February | Human | Rag'n'Bone Man | [8] |
| 24 February | [9] | ||
| 3 March | Gang Signs & Prayer | Stormzy | [10] |
| 10 March | ÷ | Ed Sheeran | [11] |
| 17 March | [12] | ||
| 24 March | [13] | ||
| 31 March | [14] | ||
| 7 April | [15] | ||
| 14 April | [16] | ||
| 21 April | [17] | ||
| 28 April | [18] | ||
| 5 May | [19] | ||
| 12 May | [20] | ||
| 19 May | Harry Styles | Harry Styles | [21] |
| 26 May | ÷ | Ed Sheeran | [22] |
| 2 June | [23] | ||
| 9 June | Trust the Wire | The Coronas | [24] |
| 16 June | ÷ | Ed Sheeran | [25] |
| 23 June | Livin' the Dream | Nathan Carter | [26] |
| 30 June | ÷ | Ed Sheeran | [27] |
| 7 July | [28] | ||
| 14 July | [29] | ||
| 21 July | [30] | ||
| 28 July | [31] | ||
| 4 August | Everything Now | Arcade Fire | [32] |
| 11 August | ÷ | Ed Sheeran | [33] |
| 18 August | [34] | ||
| 25 August | [35] | ||
| 1 September | Picture This | Picture This | [36] |
| 8 September | Freedom Child | The Script | [37] |
| 15 September | Sleep Well Beast | The National | [38] |
| 22 September | Concrete and Gold | Foo Fighters | [39] |
| 29 September | Picture This | Picture This | [40] |
| 6 October | [41] | ||
| 13 October | As You Were | Liam Gallagher | [42] |
| 20 October | Beautiful Trauma | Pink | [43] |
| 27 October | Flicker | Niall Horan | [44] |
| 3 November | [45] | ||
| 10 November | The Thrill of It All | Sam Smith | [46] |
| 17 November | Reputation | Taylor Swift | [47] |
| 24 November | On the Road | Christy Moore | [48] |
| 1 December | [49] | ||
| 8 December | Songs of Experience | U2 | [50] |
| 15 December | On the Road | Christy Moore | [51] |
| 22 December | ÷ | Ed Sheeran | [52] |
| 29 December | [53] [54] |
| Position | Country | Artist | Weeks at No. 1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Ed Sheeran | 26 |
| 2 |  | Picture This | 3 |
| Christy Moore | ||
| 3 | | Rag'n'Bone Man | 2 |
| Niall Horan | ||
| 4 | | Little Mix | 1 |
| The xx | ||
| Elbow | ||
| Stormzy | ||
| Harry Styles | ||
| The Coronas | ||
| Nathan Carter | ||
 | Arcade Fire | ||
| The Script | ||
 | The National | ||
| Foo Fighters | ||
| Liam Gallagher | ||
| Pink | ||
| Sam Smith | ||
| Taylor Swift | ||
| U2 |
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