December 30, 20195 yr Author but wait, what about River? Didn't even chart at all in Ireland? Weird? Not in the Top 50 anyway! Mind you Ladbaby only got to 59 last week, and didn't make the Top 50 this week!
January 4, 20205 yr Author That's something like 4 times in 5 weeks that IRMA haven't bothered to update their website, though at least the first 2 weeks were added later. I'm hoping that the latest failures are just down to the Christmas holidays. Unfortunately it is practically impossible to contact them.
January 8, 20205 yr Author The charts were finally added to the IRMA website on Monday! Before I got them added to my spreadsheet the terrible news came through yesterday morning that Larry Gogan had died. As many of you will know Larry was the voice of the Irish charts for many years. He was also the first voice to be heard on RTE Radio 2 (now 2FM) when it launched in May 1979 and he remained at the station until the end of January last year when he moved to the digital station RTE Gold. A pretty amazing track record for someone in their 80's. So here are the final charts of 2019! Week Ending 26th December 2019 Top 100 Singles 01 01 Lewis Capaldi - Before You Go 03 02 Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now 02 03 Stormzy / Ed Sheeran / Buirna Boy - Own It 13 04 Wham! - Last Christmas 14 05 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You 18 06 Pogues ft Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York 05 07 Billie Eilish - Everything I Wanted 06 08 Arizona Zervas - Roxanne 07 09 Maroon 5 - Memories 16 10 Camila Cabello ft Dababy - My Oh My  09 11 Tones & I - Dance Monkey 04 12 Harry Styles - Adore You 29 13 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree 11 14 Meduza / Becky Hill / Goodboys - Lose Control 30 15 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? 21 16 Endor - Pump It Up 33 17 Michael Buble - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas 40 18 Andy Williams - It's The Most Wonderful Time of The Year 17 19 Trevor Daniel - Falling 12 20 Selena Gomez - Lose You To Love Me  37 21 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 35 22 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me 10 23 Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar 47 24 Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas 46 25 John & Yoko / Plastic Ono Band - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) 23 26 Weeknd - Blinding Lights 49 27 Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock 58 28 Jose Feliciano - Feliz Navidad 24 29 Jax Jones ft Ella Henderson - This Is Real 31 30 Dermot Kennedy - Outnumbered  34 31 Dermot Kennedy - All My Friends 08 32 Stormzy ft Headie One - Audacity 64 33 Bing Crosby - White Christmas 61 34 Michael Buble - Holly Jolly Christmas 60 35 Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime 71 36 Frank Sinatra - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 57 37 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath The Tree 70 38 Elton John - Step Into Christmas 20 39 Juice Wrld - Lucid Dreams 27 40 Regard - Ride It  68 41 Ronettes - Sleigh Ride 53 42 Justin Bieber - Mistletoe 74 43 Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 62 44 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep 28 45 Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved 44 46 Dermot Kennedy - Rome 26 47 Weeknd - Heartless 67 48 Sia - Santa's Coming For Us 79 49 Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 15 50 Stormzy - Lessons  32 51 Post Malone - Circles 94 52 Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song 22 53 Harry Styles - Falling 75 54 Coldplay - Christmas Lights 39 55 Lil Tecca - Ransom 42 56 Niall Horan - Nice To Meet Ya 41 57 Ed Sheeran / Cabello / Cardi B - South of The Border 43 58 Blackbear - Hot Girl Bummer 45 59 Idina Menzel & Aurora - Into The Unknown Re 60 Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas  51 61 Billie Eilish - Bad Guy Re 62 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day 80 63 Jonas Brothers - Like It's Christmas 88 64 Gwen Stefani ft Blake Shelton - You Make It Feel Like Christmas 90 65 Sam Smith - Have Yourself A Merry Christmas Re 66 Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Re 67 Perry Como - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas 48 68 Picture This - One Night 86 69 Taylor Swift - Christmas Tree Farm Re 70 Tony Bennett - Winter Wonderland  19 71 Lewis Capaldi - Bruises 38 72 Juice Wrld - Robbery Re 73 Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Re 74 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody 98 75 Liam Payne - All I Want (For Christmas) Re 76 Boney M - Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord Re 77 Michael Buble - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Re 78 Kylie Minogue - Santa Baby 25 79 Lizzo - Good As Hell Ne 80 Roddy Ricch - The Box  Re 81 Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby 52 82 Don Toliver - No Idea Ne 83 Daryl Hall & John Oates - Jingle Bell Rock Ne 84 Burl Ives - A Holly Jolly Christmas 54 85 Noah Cyrus - July 56 86 Dababy - Bop Re 87 Britney Spears - My Only Wish (This Year) 50 88 Riton & Oliver Heldens ft Vula - Turn Me On 63 89 Khalid - Up All Night 55 90 JP Saxe ft Julia Michaels - If The World Was Ending  77 91 Lil Nas X - Old Town Road Ne 92 Mariah Carey - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) Re 93 Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry Re 94 Jackson 5 - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus 36 95 Lil Uzi Vert - Futsal Shuffle 2020 Re 96 Chuck Berry - Run Rudolph Run Ne 97 YNW Melly - Suicidal 65 98 Selena Gomez - Look At Her Now Ne 99 Saint Jhn - Roses 72 100 Shawn Menes / Camilla Cabello - Senorita  Top 100 Artist Albums  04 01 Dermot Kennedy - Without Fear 05 02 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent 02 03 Rod Stewart - You're In My Heart 06 04 Christy Moore - Magic Nights 09 05 Michael Buble - Christmas 01 06 Harry Styles - Fine Line 07 07 Westlife - Spectrum 03 08 Stormzy - Heavy Is The Head 12 09 Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go 10 10 Leonard Cohen - Thanks For The Dance  15 11 Script - Sunsets & Full Moons 11 12 Coldplay - Everyday Life 13 13 Robbie Williams - The Christmas Present 8 14 Bing Crosby / LSO - Bing At Christmas 14 15 Ed Sheeran - No 6 Collaborations Project 18 16 Motion Picture Cast Recording - The Greatest Showman 16 17 Brendan Grace - Airs & Graces 17 18 Christy Moore - Magic Nights On The Road 19 19 Andre Rieu & Johann Strauss Orchestra - Happy Days 25 20 Celine Dion - Courage  20 21 Andrea Bocelli - Si Forever 24 22 Queen - Greatest Hits 22 23 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 30 24 Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars (Songs From The Film) 28 25 Taylor Swift - Lover 31 26 Abba - Gold 33 27 Dermot Kennedy - Dermot Kennedy 21 28 Pogues - Best of... 36 29 Motion Picture Cast Recording - A Star Is Born 26 30 Post Malone - Hollywood's Bleeding  35 31 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody - OST 32 32 Elton John - Diamonds 39 33 Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars 29 34 Gerry Cinamon - Erratic Cinematic 37 35 Kidz Bop Kids - Kidz Bop 2020 43 36 Ariana Grande - Thank U Next 42 37 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years - Don't Stop 27 38 Camila Cabello - Romance 38 39 Ed Sheeran - Divide 40 40 David Bowie - Legacy  34 41 Hozier - Wasteland Baby 44 42 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen 23 43 Rod Stewart - The Best of... 56 44 Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits 48 45 Nathan Carter - Irish Heartland 47 46 Billie Eilish - Don't Smile At Me 50 47 Picture This - Picture This 57 48 Christy Moore - On The Road 46 49 George Ezra - Staying At Tamara's 45 50 Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa  62 51 Picture This - Mdrn Lv 55 52 Lizzo - Cuz I Love You 54 53 Beatles - Abbey Road 72 54 Lana Del Rey - Norman F**king Rockwell Re 55 Bing Crosby - Christmas Classics 83 56 Ariana Grande - Sweetner 69 57 Liam Gallagher - Why Me Why Not 53 58 George Michael & Wham - Last Christmas (OST) 70 59 Mary Black - Orchestrated Re 60 Frank Sinatra - A Jolly Christmas From...  87 61 Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas 52 62 Derek Ryan - The Hits 60 63 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend 49 64 Hozier - Hozier 76 65 Lankum - The Livelong Day 64 66 Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars / Western Stars (Songs From The Film) 41 67 Juice Wrld - Goodbye & Good Riddance 90 68 Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon 66 69 Guns n Roses - Greatest Hits 78 70 Ed Sheeran - X  81 71 Christy Moore - Live At The Point 86 72 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black 58 73 Fontaines DC - Dogrel 77 74 Killers - Direct Hits Re 75 Rory Gallagher - Blues Ne 76 Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song 63 77 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits Re 78 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication 71 79 Beatles - 1/1+ 85 80 Rod Stewart - Some Guys Have All The Luck  Re 81 Coldplay - Parachutes 95 82 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Mama Mia 92 83 Nirvana - Nevermind Re 84 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Rocketman 99 85 Eagles - Hotel California Re 86 Gavin James - Only Ticket Home 59 87 Mike Denver - Workin' Man 93 88 Phil Coulter - Return To Tranquility 75 89 Westlife - Greatest Hits 79 90 Tom Walker - What A Time To Be Alive  51 91 Who - Who Re 92 Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits Re 93 Queen - Greatest Hits II Re 94 Dubliners - 50 Years 91 95 Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits 61 96 Mabel - High Expectations 80 97 Dubliners - Very Best of...(Parlaphone) 89 98 Christy Moore - The Collection: 81 - 91 67 99 Becky Hill - Get To Know Re 100 Whitney Houston - Ultimate Collection  Top 30 Compilation Albums 01 01 V/A - Now 104 03 02 OST - Frozen 2 02 03 V/A - Now 100 Hits - Christmas 05 04 V/A - 101 Showband Hits - The Ronan Collins Collection 04 05 V/A - The Best Ever Christmas (2017) 06 06 V/A - 30 Stars: Christmas 07 07 V/A - The Real Christmas 09 08 V/A - Now 100 Hits - Car Songs 16 09 V/A - Now 100 Hits - 80s 10 10 V/A - Now That's What I Call A Million (2017)  14 11 V/A - Now 100 Hits - Power Ballads 24 12 V/A - Now 100 Hits - Classic Rock 20 13 OST - Guardians of The Galaxy - Awesome Mix 1 25 14 V/A - Now That's What I Call Old Skool 13 15 V/A - Now That's What I Call Country 18 16 V/A - Now 100 Hits - Party 19 17 V/A - Now That's What I Call Disney (2014) 21 18 OST - Peaky Blinders 27 19 V/A - The Annual 2020 17 20 V/A - Now 103  11 21 V/A - Now 100 Hits - Forgotten 70s 08 22 V/A - Christmas - The Collection (2017) Re 23 V/A - Now 100 Hits - Forgotten 90s 29 24 V/A - Now That's What I Call Sing Re 25 V/A - Now 100 Hits - Even More Forgotten 80s 26 26 V/A - Classic Disney Re 27 OST - Once Upon A Time In Hollywood 12 28 V/A - Ultimate Christmas 30 29 V/A - Now That's What I Call Dad Rock Re 30 V/A - Now That's What I Call 80s Party  Top 20 Independent Albums 01 01 Brendan Grace - Airs & Graces 02 02 Gerry Cinnamon - Erratic Cinematic 03 03 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Ghosteen 04 04 Nathan Carter - Irish Heartland 09 05 Mary Black - Orchestrated 05 06 Derek Ryan - The Hits 11 07 Lankum - The Livelong Day 06 08 Fontaines DC - Dogrel 07 09 Mike Denver - Workin' Man 12 10 Phil Coulter - Return To Tranquility  Re 11 Dubliners - 50 Years 08 12 Coronas - Live At The Olympia 13 13 Daniel O'Donnell - Halfway To Paradise 15 14 Arctic Monkeys - AM Re 15 Luke Kelly - The Definitive... Re 16 Luke Kelly - The Collection 14 17 Cranberries - In The End 10 18 Phil Coulter - Best of Christmas Re 19 BTS - Love Yourself - 'Tear' Re 20 Tommy Fleming - Voice of Hope II  Top 20 Homegrown Tracks 01 01 Dermot Kennedy - Outnumbered 02 02 Niall Horan - Nice To Meet Ya 03 03 Dermot Kennedy - Rome 04 04 Picture This - One Night 05 05 Script - The Last Time 06 06 Niall Horan - Put A Little Love On Me 08 07 Versatile - Prefontaine 07 08 Versatile ft Coolio - Escape Wagon 09 09 Westlife - Hello My Love 13 10 Hudson Taylor - How I Know It's Christmas  10 11 Hozier - Almost (Sweet Music) 12 12 Picture This - If You Want To Be Loved 11 13 Westlife - My Blood 14 14 John Gibbons - Hotstepper 15 15 Chasing Abbey - Dominos 16 16 2 Johnnies - Sinead 20 17 Walking On Cars - Coldest Water 19 18 Hermitage Green - By The Glow of The Kerosene Light Re 19 Hudson Taylor - Back To You 18 20 Wild Youth - Making Me Dance  LEAVING THIS WEEK'S CHARTS Top 100 Singles 59 Ladbaby - I Love Sausage Rolls 66 Niall Horan - Put A Little Love On Me 69 Juice Wrld - Tramoline 73 Taylor Swift - Lover 76 Kanye West - Follow God 78 Gerry Cinamon - Belter 81 KSI / Rick Ross - Down Like That 82 AJ Tracey - Ladbroke Grove 83 Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia 84 Gerry Cinamon - Canter 85 Travis Scott - Highest In The Room 87 Ant Saunders - Yellow Hearts 89 Sigala ft Ella Henderson - We Got Love 91 J Hus - Must Be 92 Camila Cabello - Liar 93 Chainsmokers & Kygo - Family 95 Tom Walker - Better Half of Me 96 Ed Sheeran ft Khalid - Beautiful People 97 Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber - I Don't Care 99 Domnic Fike - 3 Nights 100 Fredo - Netflix & Chill Top 100 Artist Albums 65 Coronas - Live At The Olympia 68 Juice Wrld - Death Race For Love 73 Jax Jones - Snacks 74 Phil Coulter - Best of Christmas 82 Xxxtentacion - Question Mark 84 Post Malone - Beerbongs & Bentleys 88 James Arthur - You 94 Dave - Psychodrama 96 Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? 97 Tyler, The Creator - Igor 98 Cranberries - Dreams: The Collection 100 Guns n Roses - Appetite For Destruction Top 30 Compilation Albums 15 V/A - 101 Christmas Hits 22 V/A - Now 100 Hits - Sing-A-Long 23 V/A - Now That's What I Call Christmas 28 V/A - 100 Hits - Christmas Top 20 Independent Albums 16 Lauv - How I'm Feeling 17 Xxxtentacion - Bad Vibes Forever 18 Freya Ridings - Freya Ridings 19 Solas Choir / Mountjoy Choir - Jingle Jangle 20 Stormzy - Gang Signs & Prayer Top 20 Homegrown Tracks 17 Hozier - Dinner & Diatribes Week Ending 26th December 2019 Climbing into: Top 30 Compilations 40 23 V/A - Now 100 Hits - Forgotten 90s 34 25 V/A - Now 100 Hits - Even More Forgotten 80s 37 27 OST - Once Upon A Time In Hollywood 36 30 V/A - Now That's What I Call 80s Party  Top 20 Independent Albums 37 11 Dubliners - 50 Years 29 15 Luke Kelly - The Definitive... 24 16 Luke Kelly - The Collection 25 19 BTS - Love Yourself - 'Tear' 48 20 Tommy Fleming - Voice of Hope II  Larry At Lunchtime Links No regular shows on RTE Gold during the week beginning 23rd December. And as we now know there won't be any new shows from Larry. It appears that one of the last Classic Countdown shows he recorded (in mid November) will be broadcast this Friday at 1pm as his funeral is due to begin. Â
January 8, 20205 yr Author No year end charts ? :huh: Nothing official though we can expect to see something on the OCC or IRMA sites at some point! In the meantime I'm going to repost this which UKMix member CZB posted on 27th December. I can still only see the RTE Gold schedules for three days ahead, and unless there is a Classic Countdown as usual on Friday, Larry doesn't seem to be on at all in in this Christmas week. In the absence of a year-end chart on 2FM, I wondered if Louise would be doing anything of this kind on the Irish-language syndicated show that replaced "Top 40 Oifiguil na hEireann" half-way through 2019. (Incidentally, I found references online to that show going as far back as 2007, so it was clearly aired for over a decade!) Yesterday, Beat102-103, Spin South West and Spin 1038 had a new weekly chart (although not a new opening "Top Five Of Last Week" segment, the previous one was repeated in error) and Raidio Ri Ra's daily transmission was still the previous week's. (And I still have no idea who compiles this chart or how - it bears a slight resemblance to the official one, but older songs tend to hang around longer). Tonight, however, they aired what, if I understood enough of the Irish intro, purported to be Ireland's..... TOP 30 OF THE DECADE 2010-2019 01 - SHAPE OF YOU - ED SHEERAN (2017) 02 - DESPACITO (REMIX) - LUIS FONSI/DADDY YANKEE/BIEBER (2017) 03 - THINKING OUT LOUD - ED SHEERAN (2014) 04 - SOMEONE YOU LOVED - LEWIS CAPALDI (2019) 05 - SHOTGUN - GEORGE EZRA (2018) 06 - ONE DANCE - DRAKE FEATURING WIZKID AND KYLA (2016) 07 - NEW RULES - DUA LIPA (2017) 08 - HAPPY - PHARRELL WILLIAMS (2013) 09 - SHALLOW - LADY GAGA AND BRADLEY COOPER (2018) 10 - TAKE ME TO CHURCH - HOZIER (2014) 11 - CHEAP THRILLS - SIA (2016) 12 - HAVANA - CAMILA CABELLO FEATURING YOUNG THUG (2017) 13 - UNFORGETTABLE - FRENCH MONTANA FEATURING SWAE LEE (2017) ( 14 - not played or mentioned ) 15 - MOVES LIKE JAGGER - MAROON 5 FEATURING CHRISTINA AGUILERA (2011) 16 - CHEERLEADER (FELIX JAEHN REMIX) - OMI (2015) 17 - ROCKSTAR - POST MALONE FEATURING 21 SAVAGE (2017) 18 - GET LUCKY - DAFT PUNK FEATURING PHARRELL WILLIAMS (2013) 19 - UPTOWN FUNK - MARK RONSON FEATURING BRUNO MARS (2014) 20 - OLD TOWN ROAD - LIL NAS X FEATURING BILLY RAY CYRUS (2019) 21 - HELLO - ADELE (2015) 22 - I TOOK A PLANE TO IBIZA - MIKE POSNER (2016) 23 - CLOSER - CHAINSMOKERS FEATURING HALSEY (2016) ( 24 - not played or mentioned ) 25 - SORRY - JUSTIN BIEBER (2015) 26 - ALL OF ME - JOHN LEGEND (2014) 27 - ONE KISS - CALVIN HARRIS AND DUA LIPA (2018) 28 - WE FOUND LOVE - RIHANNA FEATURING CALVIN HARRIS (2011) 29 - GANGNAM STYLE - PSY (2012) 30 - WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL - ONE DIRECTION (2011)  This should be repeated on Raidio Ri Ra at 6pm or 8pm every day for a while - maybe any Irish speakers may be better able to understand the basis of compilation (or indeed how "official" it is?) by listening to the introduction..... Â
January 8, 20205 yr Great to see Hozier top 10 in his home countries decade sellers. Any chance Wolftones Come Out Ye Black & Tans could be top 100 this week?
January 11, 20205 yr Author Ireland's Official Top 50 biggest songs of 2019 POS TITLE ARTIST PEAK 01 SOMEONE YOU LOVED LEWIS CAPALDI 1 02 OLD TOWN ROAD LIL NAS X 1 03 BAD GUY BILLIE EILISH 2 04 DANCE MONKEY TONES & I 1 05 OUTNUMBERED DERMOT KENNEDY 2 06 3 NIGHTS DOMINIC FIKE 2 07 SHALLOW LADY GAGA & BRADLEY COOPER 1 08 I DON'T CARE ED SHEERAN & JUSTIN BIEBER 1 09 7 RINGS ARIANA GRANDE 1 10 SENORITA SHAWN MENDES/CAMILA CABELLO 1 11 PIECE OF YOUR HEART MEDUZA FT GOODBOYS 3 12 SUNFLOWER POST MALONE FT SWAE LEE 3 13 HOLD ME WHILE YOU WAIT LEWIS CAPALDI 1 14 WOW. POST MALONE 2 15 GIANT CALVIN HARRIS & RAG'N'BONE MAN 3 16 DON'T CALL ME UP MABEL 3 17 VOSSI BOP STORMZY 4 18 SWEET BUT PSYCHO AVA MAX 1 19 BRUISES LEWIS CAPALDI 8 20 POWER OVER ME DERMOT KENNEDY 11 21 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE ED SHEERAN FT KHALID 2 22 GRACE LEWIS CAPALDI 9 23 DANCING WITH A STRANGER SAM SMITH & NORMANI 4 24 SHOTGUN GEORGE EZRA 1 25 SUCKER JONAS BROTHERS 2 26 SOS AVICII FT ALOE BLACC 5 27 BURY A FRIEND BILLIE EILISH 2 28 WHEN THE PARTY'S OVER BILLIE EILISH 7 29 CIRCLES POST MALONE 2 30 BREAK UP WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND I'M BORED ARIANA GRANDE 1 31 RIDE IT REGARD 1 32 JUST YOU AND I TOM WALKER 7 33 THANK U NEXT ARIANA GRANDE 1 34 SORRY JOEL CORRY 3 35 NOTHING BREAKS LIKE A HEART MARK RONSON FT MILEY CYRUS 2 36 POST MALONE SAM FELDT FT RANI 4 37 EASTSIDE BENNY BLANCO/HALSEY/KHALID 1 38 WITHOUT ME HALSEY 3 39 HIGHER LOVE KYGO & WHITNEY HOUSTON 4 40 TRUTH HURTS LIZZO 15 41 ALL DAY AND NIGHT JAX JONES/MARTIN SOLVEIG/BEER 7 42 TALK KHALID 8 43 LADBROKE GROVE AJ TRACEY 6 44 I'M SO TIRED LAUV & TROYE SIVAN 4 45 HELLO MY LOVE WESTLIFE 2 46 GOOD AS HELL LIZZO 18 47 BODY LOUD LUXURY FT BRANDO 4 48 RANSOM LIL TECCA 3 49 SATURDAY NIGHTS KHALID 9 50 SOUTH OF THE BORDER ED SHEERAN/CABELLO/CARDI B 6  Lewis Capaldi leads Ireland's Official Top 50 biggest songs of 2019. The Scottish singer's breakthrough single Someone You Loved was the most popular track with the Irish public last year when downloads, audio streams and video plays were combined, notching up a combined 26.8 million streams (audio and video). The song was the most downloaded of 2019, while it notched up five million more streams than its closest competitor. Someone You Loved spent six weeks atop the Official Irish Singles Chart across March and April, the first of three chart toppers for Lewis in 2019, more than any other act. Lewis has more songs in the end of year countdown than any other artist, with four. Other tracks from him include Hold Me While You Wait (13), Bruises (19) and Grace (21). 2019 saw music consumption grow further year-on-year, with streaming continuing its upward trajectory. A staggering 7.5 billion audio streams were logged in Ireland last year, a 37% growth compared to 2018. Lil Nas X takes top honours for the biggest debut single of the year. Old Town Road was the second most popular song, racking up a combined 21.3 million audio and video plays. The US rapper managed four weeks at Number 1. Billie Eilish scored the biggest song of the year not to reach Number 1. Bad Guy ended the year overall in third place, with 18 million streams. Bad Guy spent six non-consecutive weeks at Number 2. Tones and I's Dance Monkey was the fourth biggest song of the year, and the most downloaded by a female artist, while Dermot Kennedy's Outnumbered lands in fifth, and was the biggest song of the year by an Irish artist. Dominic Fike’s smash hit 3 Nights lands in sixth, while 2018 chart topper Shallow by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper rounds out 2019 in seventh place with the most streamed video of the year. 2019 Number 1s I Don't Care by Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber (8), Ariana Grande's 7 Rings (9) and the year's longest-reigning chart topper Senorita by Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello (10) all feature in the year-end Top 10. https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/i...of-2019__28100/ Edited January 11, 20205 yr by Shaky Fan
January 11, 20205 yr Author Ireland's Official Top 50 biggest albums of 2019 POS TITLE ARTIST PEAK 01 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT LEWIS CAPALDI 1 02 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING 1 03 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP WHERE DO WE GO BILLIE EILISH 1 04 WITHOUT FEAR DERMOT KENNEDY 1 05 NO 6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT ED SHEERAN 1 06 THANK U NEXT ARIANA GRANDE 1 07 A STAR IS BORN MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING 4 08 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - OST QUEEN 2 09 STAYING AT TAMARA'S GEORGE EZRA 2 10 DIVIDE ED SHEERAN 1 11 DERMOT KENNEDY DERMOT KENNEDY 4 12 MDRN LV PICTURE THIS 1 13 DON'T SMILE AT ME BILLIE EILISH 4 14 SPECTRUM WESTLIFE 1 15 WESTERN STARS BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 1 16 DUA LIPA DUA LIPA 3 17 WASTELAND BABY HOZIER 1 18 HOLLYWOOD'S BLEEDING POST MALONE 1 19 50 YEARS - DON'T STOP FLEETWOOD MAC 5 20 DIAMONDS ELTON JOHN 3 21 BEERBONGS & BENTLEYS POST MALONE 1 22 GOLD - GREATEST HITS ABBA 1 23 LOVER TAYLOR SWIFT 1 24 PICTURE THIS PICTURE THIS 1 25 SCORPION DRAKE 1 26 FREE SPIRIT KHALID 2 27 ALWAYS IN BETWEEN JESS GLYNNE 4 28 SWEETENER ARIANA GRANDE 1 29 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 103 VARIOUS ARTISTS 1 30 RUMOURS FLEETWOOD MAC 9 31 SNACKS JAX JONES 10 32 MAGIC NIGHTS CHRISTY MOORE 2 33 YOU'RE IN MY HEART ROD STEWART 1 34 CURTAIN CALL - THE HITS EMINEM 1 35 GREATEST HITS WESTLIFE 3 36 HOZIER HOZIER 1 37 STONEY POST MALONE 6 38 ERRATIC CINEMATIC GERRY CINNAMON 8 39 MAMMA MIA - HERE WE GO AGAIN MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING 10 40 QUESTION MARK XXXTENTACION 2 41 X ED SHEERAN 1 42 SPEAK YOUR MIND ANNE-MARIE 4 43 SUNSETS & FULL MOONS SCRIPT 1 44 LEGACY DAVID BOWIE 7 45 PSYCHODRAMA DAVE 6 46 GOODBYE & GOOD RIDDANCE JUICE WRLD 16 47 HURTS 2B HUMAN PINK 1 48 PHOENIX RITA ORA 19 49 GREATEST HITS BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 1 50 1 BEATLES 1 In his breakthrough year, Lewis Capaldi has claimed Ireland's biggest album of 2019. The fastest-selling album of the year by an international male soloist, Lewis' debut record Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent was the biggest on Irish soil in 2019, notching up 45,000 overall chart sales (physical, download and streaming). The album was the most streamed of the year and the only released in 2019 to feature a trio of Number 1 singles. Some 7.28 million album equivalent sales in were recorded in Ireland across physical, digital and streaming in 2019, up 10% from 2018. Ireland's most popular album of 2018 ranks in second place for 2019 - The Greatest Showman's Motion Picture Cast Recording was the most physically and digitally purchased album in 2019, two years after its December 2017 release. Billie Eilish collects 2019's biggest album by a female artist with When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? in third, while the longest-reigning Number 1 of the year Dermot Kennedy's Without Fear lands in fourth and is the biggest album by an Irish act. Dermot spent seven non-consecutive weeks at the top of the Official Albums Chart. Ed Sheeran's No.6 Collaborations Project is in fifth, while fellow chart-topping album Thank U, Next by Ariana Grande is sixth.  Dermot Kennedy's self-titled collection (a prelude to his debut album) finished the year at 11, Picture This claim the biggest album by an Irish group at 12 with MDRN LV, and the year's fastest-selling album Spectrum from Westlife ranks at 14. Other 2019 releases in the Top 50 by Irish acts include Hozier's Wasteland, Baby! at 17, Magic Nights by Christy Moore at 32, and The Script's Sunsets & Full Moons at 43. https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/i...of-2019__28107/
January 11, 20205 yr Author Top 10 albums by Irish acts released in 2019 POS TITLE ARTIST 01 WITHOUT FEAR DERMOT KENNEDY 02 DERMOT KENNEDY DERMOT KENNEDY 03 MDRN LV PICTURE THIS 04 SPECTRUM WESTLIFE 05 WASTELAND BABY HOZIER 06 MAGIC NIGHTS CHRISTY MOORE 07 SUNSETS & FULL MOONS SCRIPT 08 COLOURS WALKING ON CARS 09 DOGREL FONTAINES DC 10 IN THE END CRANBERRIES 2019 was a solid year for Irish music, with a three-fold increase in the number of homegrown artists reaching Number 1 on the Official Irish Albums Chart. One of those chart toppers was Dermot Kennedy, whose debut album Without Fear was the biggest Irish album of the year. Without Fear was also the fastest-selling album of the year by an Irish soloist, the biggest vinyl seller by a domestic act, and spent more weeks at the helm than any other album, homegrown or international. The good news doesn't stop there for the Rathcoole singer. Released in January 2019, Dermot's 'self-titled collection', a prelude to his debut studio effort featuring material from previous EPs, also performed well, and was 2019's second biggest record by an Irish act. In all, six Irish acts reached the summit of the Albums Top 50 in 2019, up from just two acts that managed a Number 1 in 2018. Another of those chart-topping acts is Picture This. Their second studio album MDRN LV was the third biggest album of the year, giving them top honours for an Irish group. Westlife claimed 2019's fastest-selling album with Spectrum, and despite being released in November, managed huge sales, enough to rank them fourth on the year-end rundown. Hozier's second consecutive Number 1 album Wasteland, Baby! rounds out the Top 5 at Number 5. Big seller in the latter quarter of the year, Christy Moore's live album Magic Nights is sixth, the Official Irish Chart Act of the Decade The Script finish in seventh with their sixth Number 1 album Sunsets & Full Moons, and Walking on Cars' Top 3 effort Colours is eighth The best-selling homegrown group on vinyl, Fontaines D.C. rank ninth with their debut effort Dogrel, and The Cranberries' farewell album In The End - which peaked at Number 3 in May - concludes the Top 10.   Top 10 songs by Irish acts released in 2019 POS TITLE ARTIST 01 OUTNUMBERED DERMOT KENNEDY 02 HELLO MY LOVE WESTLIFE 03 LOST DERMOT KENNEDY 04 ALMOST (SWEET MUSIC) HOZIER 05 PREFONTAINE VERSATILE 06 NICE TO MEET YA NIALL HORAN 07 WHAT A TIME JULIA MICHAELS/NIALL HORAN 08 MAKING ME DANCE WILD YOUTH 09 BETTER MAN WESTLIFE 10 LOVE TONIGHT SOULE FT C CANE Dermot Kennedy also dominates the year's biggest songs by Irish acts. Outnumbered - which has spent 27 non-consecutive weeks at Number 1 on the Official Irish Homegrown Chart - is to no surprise the biggest domestic track of 2019. Outnumbered was streamed 12.9 million times last year. Westlife claim the most downloaded track by an Irish act with their comeback single Hello My Love at 2, while Dermot Kennedy is back again to complete the Top 3 with Lost. Hozier's Almost (Sweet Music) (4) and the first ever Homegrown Chart Number 1 Prefontaine by Versatile (5) round out the Top 5. Niall Horan appears twice on the Top 10 list. Homegrown Chart Number 1 Nice To Meet Ya ranks sixth, while his Julia Michael collaboration What A Time ended 2019 in seventh. Dublin four-piece Wild Youth occupy Number 8 with Making Me Dance, Westlife's Better Man is at Number 9, and Soulé claims 2019's biggest homegrown song by a female artist at Number 10 with Love Tonight ft. C Cane.
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