March 3, 200817 yr Author w.e. 28th February Top 50 Singles 02 01 Duffy - Mercy Ne 02 V/a - Ballad of Ronnie Drew 15 03 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly 01 04 Basshunter & DJ Mental - Now You're Gone 03 05 Nickelback - Rockstar 09 06 H Two O - What's It Gonna Be? 07 07 One Republic - Stop & Stare 05 08 Britney Spears - Piece of Me 04 09 Lupe Fiasco ft Matthew Santos - Superstar Ne 10 Luan Parle - Ghost 06 11 Soulja Boy - Crank That 08 12 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music 10 13 Kylie Minogue - Wow 11 14 Adele - Chasing Pavements 21 15 Chris Brown - With You 12 16 Kanye West - Homecoming 14 17 Timbaland ft Keri Hilson & Nicole - Scream Ne 18 Ronnie Drew - Easy & Slow 13 19 Mika - Relax, Take It Easy 17 20 Scouting For Girls - Elvis Ain't Dead 25 21 Flo rida ft T-Pain - Low 16 22 Kelly Rowland - Work 20 23 Joe Dolan - Let There Be Love 18 24 Tom Baxter - Better 19 25 Journey - Don't Stop Believin' 30 26 David Jordan - Sun Goes Down 36 27 Westlife - Us Against The World 22 28 Timbaland - Apologize 23 29 Mundy & Sharon Shannon - Galway Girl 26 30 Coronas - San Diego 29 31 Mark Ronson ft Amy Winehouse - Valerie Ne 32 Coronas - Grace, Don't Wait 35 33 Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French 24 34 Cascada - What Hurts The Most 32 35 Scouting For Girls - She's So Lovely 40 36 Sean Kingston - Take You There 27 37 Alicia Keys - No-one 33 38 Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight Ne 39 Mark Hogan - Miss You 34 40 Take That - Rule The World 47 41 REM - Supernatural Superserious Ne 42 Taio Cruz - Come On Girl 37 43 Janet Jackson - Feedback 31 44 Girls Aloud - Call The Shots 38 45 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love 39 46 Goldfrapp - A&E Re 47 Kings of Leon - Fans Ne 48 Alicia Keys - Like You'll Never See Me Again 28 49 Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor 42 50 Michael Cera & Ellen Page - Anyone Else But You Dropping out 41 Shayne Ward - Breathless 43 Robyn - Be Mine 44 Cathy Davey - Reuben 45 Leon Jackson - When You Believe 46 Alvin & The Chipmunks - Bad Day 48 Carnival - Fog On The Tyne 49 Amy Winehouse - Rehab 50 Rihanna ft Jay Z - Umbrella Top 20 Downloads Ne 01 V/a - Ballad of Ronnie Drew 11 02 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly 01 03 Duffy - Mercy 02 04 Nickleback - Rockstar 03 05 One Republic - Stop & Stare 04 06 Basshunter & DJ Mental - Now You're Gone Ne 07 Luan Parle - Ghost 20 08 Chris Brown - With You 18 09 H Two O - What's It Gonna Be? 05 10 Lupe Fiasco ft Matthew Santos - Superstar 06 11 Kanye West - Homecoming 07 12 Timbaland ft Keri Hilson & Nicole - Scream 08 13 Britney Spears - Piece of Me 12 14 Kylie Minogue - Wow 10 15 Adele - Chasing Pavements Ne 16 Ronnie Drew - Easy & Slow 13 17 Scouting For Girls - Elvis Ain't Dead Ne 18 Flo rida ft T-Pain - Low 15 19 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music 09 20 Mika - Relax, Take It Easy Dropping out 14 Soulja Boy - Crank That 16 Journey - Don't Stop Believin' 17 Tom Baxter - Better 19 Kelly Rowland - Work Top 20 Airplay 10th February - 16th February 2008 01 01 Duffy - Mercy 03 02 Kylie Minogue - Wow 02 03 Adele - Chasing Pavements 04 04 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music 07 05 Kanye West - Homecoming 08 06 Lupe Fiasco ft Matthew Santos - Superstar 05 07 Mika - Relax, Take It Easy 06 08 Britney Spears - Piece of Me 18 09 One Republic - Stop & Stare 14 10 Kelly Rowland - Work 13 11 Alicia Keys - No-one 21 12 Westlife - Us Against The World 16 13 Nickelback - Rockstar 09 14 Timbaland - Apologize 17 15 Feeling - I Thought It Was Over 11 16 Girls Aloud - Call The Shots 10 17 Sugababes - Change 12 18 Tom Baxter - Better 15 19 Maroon 5 - Won't Go Home Without You 19 20 Scouting For Girls - Elvis Ain't Dead Dropping out 20 Take That - Rule The World Top 100 Artist Albums 03 01 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Once (OST) 01 02 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black 02 03 Michael Jackson - Thriller 05 04 Nickelback - All The Right Reasons 06 05 Tom Baxter - Skybound 07 06 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad 04 07 Jack Johnson - Sleep Through The Static 10 08 Mika - Life In Cartoon Motion Ne 09 Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree 09 10 Michael Buble - Call Me Irresponsible 08 11 Adele - 19 12 12 Cathy Davey - Tales of Silversleeve 18 13 Andrea Bocelli - Vivere (The Best of...) 14 14 Cascada - Perfect Day 19 15 Take That - Never Forget: The Ultimate Collection 11 16 Scouting For Girls - Scouting For Girls 16 17 Westlife - Unbreakable: Greatest Hits Vol 1 17 18 Celine Dion - All The Way... A Decade of Song 13 19 Britney Spears - Blackout 26 20 Westlife - Home Again 20 21 Amy MacDonald - This Is The Life 15 22 Garth Brooks - Ultimate Hits 21 23 Timbaland - Shock Value 37 24 Mark Ronson - Version 35 25 Take That - Beautiful World 25 26 Kings of Leon - Because of The Times 24 27 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand 32 28 Joe Dolan - Greatest Hits 31 29 Leona Lewis - Spirit 22 30 Hot Chip - Made In The Dark 39 31 Charlie Landsborough - Under Blue Skies 42 32 Joe Dolan - 32 Greatest Ever Hits 75 33 Dubliners - Definitive.... 23 34 Ham Sandwich - Carry The Meek 29 35 Feeling - Join With Us 46 36 Coronas - Heroes Or Ghosts 34 37 Shayne Ward - Breathless Re 38 Daft Punk - Alive 2007 Re 39 Michael Buble - It's Time 33 40 Alicia Keys - As I Am 27 41 Radiohead - In Rainbows 59 42 Kate Nash - Made of Bricks 43 43 Christy Moore - Live At The Point 40 44 Amy Winehouse - Frank 49 45 Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits 30 46 Bruce Springsteen - Magic 41 47 Kanye West - Graduation 58 48 Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell 54 49 Whitney Houston - Ultimate Collection 38 50 Led Zeppelin - Mothership 28 51 Sheryl Crow - Detours 50 52 Andrea Bocelli - Vivere: LIve In Tuscany 56 53 Journey - Greatest Hits 52 54 Shayne Ward - Shayne Ward 51 55 Kylie Minogue - X 57 56 Snow Patrol - Eyes Open 47 57 Katherine Jenkins - Rejoice 44 58 Phil Collins - Love Songs: A Compilation Old & New 55 59 Foo Fighters - Echoes Silence Patience & Grace Ne 60 Janet Jackson - Discipline 73 61 Eagles - Very Best of..... 36 62 Morrissey - Greatest Hits 60 63 James Blunt - All The Lost Souls 94 64 Hoosiers - Trick To Life 71 65 Dolly Parton - Very Best of..... 63 66 Van Morrison - Still On Top (Greatest Hits) Re 67 Christie Hennessy - The Definitive... 72 68 Tommy Fleming - A Journey Home 64 69 Eric Clapton - Complete Clapton 45 70 Newton Faulkner - Hand Built By Robots 48 71 Lupe Fiasco - The Cool 74 72 David Gray - Greatest Hits Re 73 Pogues - Very Best of..... Re 74 Chris Brown - Exclusive 65 75 James Blunt - Back To Bedlam 53 76 Sugababes - Change Ne 77 Seasick Steve - Dog House Music 80 78 Eurythmics - Ultimate Collection 81 79 Celine Dion - Taking Chances 88 80 Girls Aloud - Tangled Up 79 81 Killers - Sam's Town 70 82 Nelly Furtado - Loose 76 83 Nina Simone - Very Best of..... 97 84 Mickey Modelle & Celtic Pride - Irish Club Anthems 82 85 Radiohead - The Bends 67 86 Fergie - Dutchess 61 87 Feist - The Reminder 68 88 Arcade Fire - Neon Bible 62 89 Justin Timberlake - Futuresex / Lovesounds 89 90 Phil Collins - ...Hits 78 91 Killers - Sawdust 99 92 Akon - Konvicted Ne 93 David Jordan - Set The Mood Re 94 Joe Dolan - Joe Dolan Re 95 Eagles - Long Road Out of Eden 87 96 Elvis Presley - Love, Elvis Re 97 Fratellis - Costello Music 66 98 Bullet For My Valentine - Scream Aim Fire 83 99 Mary J Blige - Growing Pains Re 100 Sigur Ros - Takk.... Dropping out 69 Simple Plan - Simple Plan 77 Robyn - Robyn 84 Kings of Leon - Youth & Young Manhood 85 Duke Special - Songs From The Deep Forest 86 One Republic - Dreaming Out Loud 90 Hot Chip - The Warning 91 Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams 92 Radiohead - OK Computer 93 Mariah Carey - Greatest Hits 95 Muse - Black Holes & Revelations 96 Paolo Nutini - These Streets 98 Razorlight - Razorlight 100 Eels - Meet The Eels (Essential Eels 96-06) Top 30 Compilation Albums 01 01 Juno (OST) Ne 02 Top of The Pops: The 80s 02 03 Ultimate NRG 3 04 04 Euphoric Dance Breakdown 2008 03 05 Big Tunes 2008 07 06 Dirty Dancing (OST) 06 07 Now 68 08 08 Anthems 1991-2008 09 09 Love & Affection 11 10 R&B Lovesongs 2008 12 11 High School Musical 2 (OST) 05 12 Power of Love 15 13 PS I Love You (OST) 13 14 You Raise Me Up 2008 14 15 Best of MT USA 16 16 Bodyguard (OST) 18 17 WWE - Raw 15th Anniversary Re 18 Rebel Songs of Ireland Ne 19 Mum's Favourite Songs 10 20 101 Love Songs Re 21 Ronan Collins Showband Hits 21 22 Clubland 12 27 23 Jackie: The Album 17 24 Godskitchen Trance Anthems Ne 25 Brits Hits 2008 Re 26 100 Hits - 80s 23 27 Step Up (OST) 22 28 No 1 Dance Anthems 20 29 Chick Flicks: The Collection Re 30 Housework Songs Dropping out 19 Clubbers Guide 2008 24 Driving With Disney 25 Top Gun (OST) 26 1916 Easter Rising: 90th Anniversary 28 Sound of Love 29 101 Country Hits 30 Ultimate Tearjerkers Chart Track Commentary Duffy Shows No Mercy 29/Feb/2008 After debuting at No11 two weeks ago and jumping to No2 last week, Duffy climbs to the top of the Singles Chart this week with ‘Mercy’. However, U2, Kila, The Dubliners and ‘A Band of Bowsies’ have this week’s top-selling download with their charity collaboration ‘The Ballad Of Ronnie Drew’, coming close to debuting at No1 on the main Singles Chart ahead of the official physical release today (Fri 29th). Following their success at The Oscars, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova leap from No15 to No3 with ‘Falling Slowly’ – the winner in the ‘Best Original Song’ category from the ‘Once’ soundtrack. In the face of such fierce competition, Basshunter slips to No4 after five weeks at No1 with ‘Now You’re Gone’, one place ahead of Nickelback’s ‘Rockstar’, down from No3 to No5. Luan Parle has the next new entry with downloads of ‘Ghost’ at No10, her fourth hit single in Ireland and the highest-charting to date. The ‘Oscars-effect’ drives Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova to the top of the Album Chart this week with their ‘Once’ soundtrack, up from No3 last week. This is the first soundtrack album to top this chart since James Horner’s ‘Titanic’ ten years ago. Amy Winehouse’s ‘Back To Black’ dips to No2 after one week on top and Michael Jackson’s re-issued ‘Thriller 25’ drops from No2 to No3. Goldfrapp have this week’s highest new entry at No9 with their fourth album ‘Seventh Tree’ – matching the No9 debut for their previous album ‘Supernature’ in August 2005. Shakyfan's Commentary In a tight contest for no 1 Duffy emerges as victor. The Ballad of Ronnie Drew was released on CD on Friday so that could move up next week, but there could be a challenge from 1 of the You're A Star contestants - all 6 who performed on last night's show have those songs available as downloads at the moment. While there have been a couple of instances of both sides of a double A-sided single charting similtaneously Ronnie Drew's recording of Easy & Slow is simply a B-side to the Ballad of Ronnie Drew - both tracks have entered inside the Top 20 this week. Number 1 this week Single: Duffy - Mercy(1st week) Download: V/a - Ballad of Ronnie Drew (1st week) Airplay: Duffy - Mercy (4th week) Artist Album: Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Once (OST) (1st week) Compilation Album: Juno (OST) (2nd week)
March 12, 200817 yr Author w.e. 6th March Top 50 Singles 02 01 V/a - Ballad of Ronnie Drew 03 02 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly 01 03 Duffy - Mercy 04 04 Basshunter & DJ Mental - Now You're Gone 05 05 Nickelback - Rockstar 27 06 Westlife - Us Against The World 06 07 H Two O - What's It Gonna Be? 07 08 One Republic - Stop & Stare 21 09 Flo rida ft T-Pain - Low 08 10 Britney Spears - Piece of Me 10 11 Luan Parle - Ghost 11 12 Soulja Boy - Crank That 14 13 Adele - Chasing Pavements 15 14 Chris Brown - With You 09 15 Lupe Fiasco ft Matthew Santos - Superstar 13 16 Kylie Minogue - Wow 24 17 Tom Baxter - Better 12 18 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music 17 19 Timbaland ft Keri Hilson & Nicole - Scream 16 20 Kanye West - Homecoming 22 21 Kelly Rowland - Work 26 22 David Jordan - Sun Goes Down 19 23 Mika - Relax, Take It Easy 20 24 Scouting For Girls - Elvis Ain't Dead 23 25 Joe Dolan - Let There Be Love 42 26 Taio Cruz - Come On Girl 36 27 Sean Kingston - Take You There 25 28 Journey - Don't Stop Believin' 29 29 Mundy & Sharon Shannon - Galway Girl 33 30 Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French 32 31 Coronas - Grace, Don't Wait 43 32 Janet Jackson - Feedback 40 33 Take That - Rule The World 34 34 Cascada - What Hurts The Most 28 35 Timbaland - Apologize 31 36 Mark Ronson ft Amy Winehouse - Valerie 30 37 Coronas - San Diego 37 38 Alicia Keys - No-one 35 39 Scouting For Girls - She's So Lovely Ne 40 Leona Lewis - Better In Time 49 41 Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor 47 42 Kings of Leon - Fans 38 43 Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight Ne 44 Television Room - Modern Boys & Girls 46 45 Goldfrapp - A&E 44 46 Girls Aloud - Call The Shots 45 47 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love Ne 48 Utah Saints - Something Good '08 18 49 Ronnie Drew - Easy & Slow Ne 50 Sugababes - Denial Dropping out 39 Mark Hogan - Miss You 41 REM - Supernatural Superserious 48 Alicia Keys - Like You'll Never See Me Again 50 Michael Cera & Ellen Page - Anyone Else But You Top 20 Downloads 02 01 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly 03 02 Duffy - Mercy 04 03 Nickleback - Rockstar 05 04 One Republic - Stop & Stare 18 05 Flo rida ft T-Pain - Low 06 06 Basshunter & DJ Mental - Now You're Gone 01 07 V/a - Ballad of Ronnie Drew 07 08 Luan Parle - Ghost 08 09 Chris Brown - With You 09 10 H Two O - What's It Gonna Be? Re 11 Tom Baxter - Better 12 12 Timbaland ft Keri Hilson & Nicole - Scream 11 13 Kanye West - Homecoming 10 14 Lupe Fiasco ft Matthew Santos - Superstar 15 15 Adele - Chasing Pavements Ne 16 Westlife - Us Against The World 14 17 Kylie Minogue - Wow 13 18 Britney Spears - Piece of Me 17 19 Scouting For Girls - Elvis Ain't Dead Ne 20 Sean Kingston - Take You There Dropping out 16 Ronnie Drew - Easy & Slow 19 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music 20 Mika - Relax, Take It Easy Top 20 Airplay 17th February - 23rd February 2008 01 01 Duffy - Mercy 02 02 Kylie Minogue - Wow 03 03 Adele - Chasing Pavements 04 04 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music 06 05 Lupe Fiasco ft Matthew Santos - Superstar 09 06 One Republic - Stop & Stare 07 07 Mika - Relax, Take It Easy 05 08 Kanye West - Homecoming 27 09 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly 08 10 Britney Spears - Piece of Me 10 11 Kelly Rowland - Work 12 12 Westlife - Us Against The World 15 13 Feeling - I Thought It Was Over 13 14 Nickelback - Rockstar 16 15 Girls Aloud - Call The Shots 14 16 Timbaland - Apologize 20 17 Scouting For Girls - Elvis Ain't Dead 18 18 Tom Baxter - Better 24 19 David Jordan - Sun Goes Down 11 20 Alicia Keys - No-one Dropping out 17 Sugababes - Change 19 Maroon 5 - Won't Go Home Without You Top 100 Artist Albums Ne 01 Duffy - Rockferry 01 02 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Once (OST) 02 03 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black 05 04 Tom Baxter - Skybound Ne 05 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! 10 06 Michael Buble - Call Me Irresponsible 03 07 Michael Jackson - Thriller 04 08 Nickelback - All The Right Reasons 06 09 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad 13 10 Andrea Bocelli - Vivere (The Best of...) 08 11 Mika - Life In Cartoon Motion 07 12 Jack Johnson - Sleep Through The Static 11 13 Adele - 19 22 14 Garth Brooks - Ultimate Hits 17 15 Westlife - Unbreakable: Greatest Hits Vol 1 18 16 Celine Dion - All The Way... A Decade of Song 12 17 Cathy Davey - Tales of Silversleeve 20 18 Westlife - Home Again 15 19 Take That - Never Forget: The Ultimate Collection 09 20 Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree 14 21 Cascada - Perfect Day 25 22 Take That - Beautiful World 16 23 Scouting For Girls - Scouting For Girls 29 24 Leona Lewis - Spirit 21 25 Amy MacDonald - This Is The Life 31 26 Charlie Landsborough - Under Blue Skies 19 27 Britney Spears - Blackout 23 28 Timbaland - Shock Value 28 29 Joe Dolan - Greatest Hits 27 30 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand 37 31 Shayne Ward - Breathless 32 32 Joe Dolan - 32 Greatest Ever Hits 26 33 Kings of Leon - Because of The Times 36 34 Coronas - Heroes Or Ghosts 39 35 Michael Buble - It's Time 79 36 Celine Dion - Taking Chances 49 37 Whitney Houston - Ultimate Collection 24 38 Mark Ronson - Version 40 39 Alicia Keys - As I Am 33 40 Dubliners - Definitive.... 41 41 Radiohead - In Rainbows 52 42 Andrea Bocelli - Vivere: LIve In Tuscany 43 43 Christy Moore - Live At The Point 46 44 Bruce Springsteen - Magic 38 45 Daft Punk - Alive 2007 30 46 Hot Chip - Made In The Dark 50 47 Led Zeppelin - Mothership 63 48 James Blunt - All The Lost Souls 45 49 Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits 48 50 Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell 42 51 Kate Nash - Made of Bricks 54 52 Shayne Ward - Shayne Ward 47 53 Kanye West - Graduation 57 54 Katherine Jenkins - Rejoice 58 55 Phil Collins - Love Songs: A Compilation Old & New 55 56 Kylie Minogue - X 65 57 Dolly Parton - Very Best of..... 35 58 Feeling - Join With Us 68 59 Tommy Fleming - A Journey Home Ne 60 Cardigans - Best of... 61 61 Eagles - Very Best of..... 34 62 Ham Sandwich - Carry The Meek 44 63 Amy Winehouse - Frank 56 64 Snow Patrol - Eyes Open 76 65 Sugababes - Change Re 66 Prince - Ultimate 53 67 Journey - Greatest Hits 69 68 Eric Clapton - Complete Clapton 70 69 Newton Faulkner - Hand Built By Robots 80 70 Girls Aloud - Tangled Up 75 71 James Blunt - Back To Bedlam 72 72 David Gray - Greatest Hits 62 73 Morrissey - Greatest Hits 78 74 Eurythmics - Ultimate Collection Re 75 Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare 66 76 Van Morrison - Still On Top (Greatest Hits) Re 77 Charlie Landsborough - A Portrait of.... 82 78 Nelly Furtado - Loose 74 79 Chris Brown - Exclusive 77 80 Seasick Steve - Dog House Music 89 81 Justin Timberlake - Futuresex / Lovesounds Ne 82 Billy Bragg - Mr Love & Justice 67 83 Christie Hennessy - The Definitive... 95 84 Eagles - Long Road Out of Eden Re 85 Joe Dolan - The Collection Re 86 Michael Buble - Michael Buble 83 87 Nina Simone - Very Best of..... Re 88 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend 59 89 Foo Fighters - Echoes Silence Patience & Grace Re 90 Tommy Fleming - Voice of Hope 91 91 Killers - Sawdust 64 92 Hoosiers - Trick To Life 86 93 Fergie - Dutchess Re 94 Prince - Very Best of..... Re 95 Killers - Hot Fuss 85 96 Radiohead - The Bends 81 97 Killers - Sam's Town 73 98 Pogues - Very Best of..... Re 99 Lionel Richie - Back To Front 88 100 Arcade Fire - Neon Bible Dropping out 51 Sheryl Crow - Detours 60 Janet Jackson - Discipline 71 Lupe Fiasco - The Cool 84 Mickey Modelle & Celtic Pride - Irish Club Anthems 87 Feist - The Reminder 90 Phil Collins - ...Hits 92 Akon - Konvicted 93 David Jordan - Set The Mood 94 Joe Dolan - Joe Dolan 96 Elvis Presley - Love, Elvis 97 Fratellis - Costello Music 98 Bullet For My Valentine - Scream Aim Fire 99 Mary J Blige - Growing Pains 100 Sigur Ros - Takk.... Top 30 Compilation Albums 01 01 Juno (OST) Ne 02 Ceol '08 02 03 Top of The Pops: The 80s 04 04 Euphoric Dance Breakdown 2008 06 05 Dirty Dancing (OST) 05 06 Big Tunes 2008 09 07 Love & Affection 08 08 Anthems 1991-2008 19 09 Mum's Favourite Songs 03 10 Ultimate NRG 3 Ne 11 Mash Up Mix 2008 07 12 Now 68 10 13 R&B Lovesongs 2008 13 14 PS I Love You (OST) 18 15 Rebel Songs of Ireland 23 16 Jackie: The Album 12 17 Power of Love 16 18 Bodyguard (OST) 21 19 Ronan Collins Showband Hits 14 20 You Raise Me Up 2008 11 21 High School Musical 2 (OST) 15 22 Best of MT USA 20 23 101 Love Songs 17 24 WWE - Raw 15th Anniversary 22 25 Clubland 12 Re 26 1916 Easter Rising: 90th Anniversary Re 27 A Little Bit Country 27 28 Step Up (OST) Re 29 Top Gun (OST) 26 30 100 Hits - 80s Dropping out 24 Godskitchen Trance Anthems 25 Brits Hits 2008 28 No 1 Dance Anthems 29 Chick Flicks: The Collection 30 Housework Songs Chart Track Commentary Stars Come Out For Ronnie 07/Mar/2008 U2, The Dubliners, Kila and A Band of Bowsies climb from No2 to No1 on this week’s Singles Chart with ‘The Ballad Of Ronnie Drew’, fuelled by strong sales of the CD version released last Thursday. For U2, it’s their second recent charity collaboration to make it to No1 in Ireland, following ‘The Saints Are Coming’ (with Green Day) in November 2006. Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova continue to benefit from their win at The Oscars, up from No3 to No2 with ‘Falling Slowly’, ahead of Duffy’s ‘Mercy’ which drops to No3 after just one week at the top. There are no new entries in this week’s Top 20, but there are two high climbers in the Top 10: Westlife leap 21 places from No27 to No6 with ‘Us Against The World’ – their 23rd Top 10 single in Ireland – and US rapper Flo Rida jumps 12 places from No21 to No9 with his Irish debut single ‘Low’ (feat. T-Pain). Duffy more than compensates for losing the Singles Chart crown this week by landing at No1 on the Album Chart with her debut ‘Rockferry’ - and she’s the fifth female solo artist to top this chart in less than 6 months, following in the footsteps of Britney, Leona Lewis, Amy Winehouse and Rihanna. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have the next new entry at No5 with ‘Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!’, their fourth consecutive Top 10 album in Ireland, although Cave’s ‘Grinderman’ album failed to make the Top 10, peaking at No15 last year. Shakyfan's Commentary Well not only did the challenge from the "You're A Star" finalists not happen - not one of the tracks even made the Top 50. Despite a drop in downloads a physical release is enough to send "Ballad of Ronnie Drew" ahead of Duffy who has the consolation of number 1 in the album chart. Finally, as in the UK, Westlife's "Us Against The World" is their least successful single to date. Of the previous 22, all but 1 have made the Top 3, the exception being "Bop Bop Baby" which peaked at 4. Number 1 this week Single: V/a - Ballad of Ronnie Drew (1st week) Download: Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly (1st week) Airplay: Duffy - Mercy (5th week) Artist Album: Duffy - Rockferry (1st week) Compilation Album: Juno (OST) (3rd week)
March 15, 200817 yr Author Still the biggest & best Irish Chart thread on the internet..... w.e. 13th March Top 50 Singles 01 01 V/a - Ballad of Ronnie Drew 03 02 Duffy - Mercy 02 03 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly 04 04 Basshunter & DJ Mental - Now You're Gone 08 05 One Republic - Stop & Stare 05 06 Nickelback - Rockstar 07 07 H Two O - What's It Gonna Be? 40 08 Leona Lewis - Better In Time 09 09 Flo rida ft T-Pain - Low 19 10 Timbaland ft Keri Hilson & Nicole - Scream 06 11 Westlife - Us Against The World 12 12 Soulja Boy - Crank That 14 13 Chris Brown - With You 29 14 Mundy & Sharon Shannon - Galway Girl 11 15 Luan Parle - Ghost 17 16 Tom Baxter - Better 10 17 Britney Spears - Piece of Me 13 18 Adele - Chasing Pavements 16 19 Kylie Minogue - Wow 22 20 David Jordan - Sun Goes Down 15 21 Lupe Fiasco ft Matthew Santos - Superstar 18 22 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music 21 23 Kelly Rowland - Work 20 24 Kanye West - Homecoming 26 25 Taio Cruz - Come On Girl 30 26 Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French 23 27 Mika - Relax, Take It Easy 28 28 Journey - Don't Stop Believin' 50 29 Sugababes - Denial 31 30 Coronas - Grace, Don't Wait 27 31 Sean Kingston - Take You There Ne 32 Codes - This Is Goodbye 24 33 Scouting For Girls - Elvis Ain't Dead 48 34 Utah Saints - Something Good '08 Re 35 Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah 35 36 Timbaland - Apologize 25 37 Joe Dolan - Let There Be Love Ne 38 Chris Doran - Hey Girl 33 39 Take That - Rule The World 34 40 Cascada - What Hurts The Most 32 41 Janet Jackson - Feedback 39 42 Scouting For Girls - She's So Lovely Ne 43 Scooter - The Question Is What Is The Question? 42 44 Kings of Leon - Fans Ne 45 MGMT - Time To Pretend 37 46 Coronas - San Diego Ne 47 Edward Valentine - Careless Whisper Ne 48 Ting Tings - Great DJ 38 49 Alicia Keys - No-one 36 50 Mark Ronson ft Amy Winehouse - Valerie Dropping out 41 Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor 43 Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight 44 Television Room - Modern Boys & Girls 45 Goldfrapp - A&E 46 Girls Aloud - Call The Shots 47 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love 49 Ronnie Drew - Easy & Slow Top 20 Downloads 01 01 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly 02 02 Duffy - Mercy 05 03 Flo rida ft T-Pain - Low 04 04 One Republic - Stop & Stare 03 05 Nickleback - Rockstar 06 06 Basshunter & DJ Mental - Now You're Gone 09 07 Chris Brown - With You Re 08 Mundy & Sharon Shannon - Galway Girl Ne 09 Leona Lewis - Better In Time 08 10 Luan Parle - Ghost 12 11 Timbaland ft Keri Hilson & Nicole - Scream 10 12 H Two O - What's It Gonna Be? 11 13 Tom Baxter - Better 13 14 Kanye West - Homecoming Ne 15 David Jordan - Sun Goes Down 15 16 Adele - Chasing Pavements Ne 17 Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French 16 18 Westlife - Us Against The World 07 19 V/a - Ballad of Ronnie Drew 14 20 Lupe Fiasco ft Matthew Santos - Superstar Dropping out 17 Kylie Minogue - Wow 18 Britney Spears - Piece of Me 19 Scouting For Girls - Elvis Ain't Dead 20 Sean Kingston - Take You There Top 20 Airplay 2nd - 8th March 2008 01 01 Duffy - Mercy 02 02 Kylie Minogue - Wow 03 03 Adele - Chasing Pavements 06 04 One Republic - Stop & Stare 07 05 Mika - Relax, Take It Easy 08 06 Kanye West - Homecoming 04 07 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music 05 08 Lupe Fiasco ft Matthew Santos - Superstar 13 09 Feeling - I Thought It Was Over 19 10 David Jordan - Sun Goes Down 11 11 Kelly Rowland - Work 09 12 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly 24 13 Leona Lewis - Better In Time 12 14 Westlife - Us Against The World 14 15 Nickelback - Rockstar 15 16 Girls Aloud - Call The Shots 17 17 Scouting For Girls - Elvis Ain't Dead 20 18 Alicia Keys - No-one 10 19 Britney Spears - Piece of Me 18 20 Tom Baxter - Better Dropping out 16 Timbaland - Apologize Top 100 Artist Albums 01 01 Duffy - Rockferry 02 02 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Once (OST) 03 03 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black Re 04 One Republic - Dreaming Out Loud Ne 05 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular 04 06 Tom Baxter - Skybound 08 07 Nickelback - All The Right Reasons 05 08 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! 09 09 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad 07 10 Michael Jackson - Thriller 24 11 Leona Lewis - Spirit 21 12 Cascada - Perfect Day 11 13 Mika - Life In Cartoon Motion 06 14 Michael Buble - Call Me Irresponsible Ne 15 Brian Kennedy - Interpretations 28 16 Timbaland - Shock Value Ne 17 Rory Gallagher - The Essential... 12 18 Jack Johnson - Sleep Through The Static 14 19 Garth Brooks - Ultimate Hits 17 20 Cathy Davey - Tales of Silversleeve 23 21 Scouting For Girls - Scouting For Girls 16 22 Celine Dion - All The Way... A Decade of Song 13 23 Adele - 19 20 24 Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree 10 25 Andrea Bocelli - Vivere (The Best of...) 27 26 Britney Spears - Blackout 15 27 Westlife - Unbreakable: Greatest Hits Vol 1 25 28 Amy MacDonald - This Is The Life 34 29 Coronas - Heroes Or Ghosts 33 30 Kings of Leon - Because of The Times 18 31 Westlife - Home Again 30 32 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand 19 33 Take That - Never Forget: The Ultimate Collection 22 34 Take That - Beautiful World 43 35 Christy Moore - Live At The Point 35 36 Michael Buble - It's Time 41 37 Radiohead - In Rainbows 39 38 Alicia Keys - As I Am 40 39 Dubliners - Definitive.... 49 40 Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits 37 41 Whitney Houston - Ultimate Collection 45 42 Daft Punk - Alive 2007 79 43 Chris Brown - Exclusive Ne 44 Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair 53 45 Kanye West - Graduation 65 46 Sugababes - Change 31 47 Shayne Ward - Breathless 69 48 Newton Faulkner - Hand Built By Robots 44 49 Bruce Springsteen - Magic 95 50 Killers - Hot Fuss 38 51 Mark Ronson - Version 66 52 Prince - Ultimate 57 53 Dolly Parton - Very Best of..... 46 54 Hot Chip - Made In The Dark 32 55 Joe Dolan - 32 Greatest Ever Hits 62 56 Ham Sandwich - Carry The Meek 63 57 Amy Winehouse - Frank 71 58 James Blunt - Back To Bedlam 47 59 Led Zeppelin - Mothership Ne 60 Gutter Twins - Saturnalia 61 61 Eagles - Very Best of..... 67 62 Journey - Greatest Hits 58 63 Feeling - Join With Us 70 64 Girls Aloud - Tangled Up 78 65 Nelly Furtado - Loose 83 66 Christie Hennessy - The Definitive... 64 67 Snow Patrol - Eyes Open Re 68 Mundy - Live & Confusion Re 69 REM - In Time: The Best of..... 50 70 Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell 26 71 Charlie Landsborough - Under Blue Skies 51 72 Kate Nash - Made of Bricks 87 73 Nina Simone - Very Best of..... 68 74 Eric Clapton - Complete Clapton 97 75 Killers - Sam's Town 74 76 Eurythmics - Ultimate Collection 81 77 Justin Timberlake - Futuresex / Lovesounds 36 78 Celine Dion - Taking Chances Re 79 Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Breakdown Re 80 AC/DC - Live Re 81 Mariah Carey - Greatest Hits 72 82 David Gray - Greatest Hits 98 83 Pogues - Very Best of..... Re 84 Fratellis - Costello Music Ne 85 Chequerboard - Penny Black 96 86 Radiohead - The Bends Re 87 Hot Chip - The Warning 91 88 Killers - Sawdust 48 89 James Blunt - All The Lost Souls 86 90 Michael Buble - Michael Buble 73 91 Morrissey - Greatest Hits 89 92 Foo Fighters - Echoes Silence Patience & Grace Re 93 Kings of Leon - Youth & Young Manhood 56 94 Kylie Minogue - X Re 95 Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams 60 96 Cardigans - Best of... 54 97 Katherine Jenkins - Rejoice Re 98 Rod Stewart - Story So Far 76 99 Van Morrison - Still On Top (Greatest Hits) Ne 100 Autechre - Quaristice Dropping out 29 Joe Dolan - Greatest Hits 42 Andrea Bocelli - Vivere: LIve In Tuscany 52 Shayne Ward - Shayne Ward 55 Phil Collins - Love Songs: A Compilation Old & New 59 Tommy Fleming - A Journey Home 75 Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare 77 Charlie Landsborough - A Portrait of.... 80 Seasick Steve - Dog House Music 82 Billy Bragg - Mr Love & Justice 84 Eagles - Long Road Out of Eden 85 Joe Dolan - The Collection 88 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend 90 Tommy Fleming - Voice of Hope 92 Hoosiers - Trick To Life 93 Fergie - Dutchess 94 Prince - Very Best of..... 99 Lionel Richie - Back To Front 100 Arcade Fire - Neon Bible Top 30 Compilation Albums 02 01 Ceol '08 01 02 Juno (OST) Ne 03 Massive R&B Spring 2008 04 04 Euphoric Dance Breakdown 2008 05 05 Dirty Dancing (OST) 06 06 Big Tunes 2008 10 07 Ultimate NRG 3 Ne 08 Floorfillers 08 03 09 Top of The Pops: The 80s 08 10 Anthems 1991-2008 11 11 Mash Up Mix 2008 12 12 Now 68 15 13 Rebel Songs of Ireland 13 14 R&B Lovesongs 2008 21 15 High School Musical 2 (OST) 07 16 Love & Affection 25 17 Clubland 12 26 18 1916 Easter Rising: 90th Anniversary 14 19 PS I Love You (OST) 24 20 WWE - Raw 15th Anniversary Ne 21 101 Children's Favourites 18 22 Bodyguard (OST) 22 23 Best of MT USA 20 24 You Raise Me Up 2008 17 25 Power of Love 28 26 Step Up (OST) Ne 27 Ultimate Irish Drinking Songs Ne 28 Irish Drinking Songs Re 29 Essential Hits Ne 30 NME Classics Dropping out 09 Mum's Favourite Songs 16 Jackie: The Album 19 Ronan Collins Showband Hits 23 101 Love Songs 27 A Little Bit Country 29 Top Gun (OST) 30 100 Hits - 80s Chart Track Commentary Duffy Rocks 14/Mar/2008 Duffy’s ‘Rockferry’ takes a second week at No1 on the Album Chart, holding on to a slim lead over Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova’s ‘Once’ soundtrack at No2. There are two US rock debuts in this weeks Top 5: OneRepublic at No4 with ‘Dreaming Out Loud’ and MGMT’s ‘Oracular Spectacular’ at No5. OneRepublic have already enjoyed considerable success on the Singles Chart with their Timbaland collaboration ‘Apologize’ and with ‘Stop and Stare’ (No5 this week), but for MGMT this is their first chart appearance in Ireland. In contrast, the next two new entries in this week’s chart are from homegrown veterans: Brian Kennedy’s ‘Interpretations’ at No15 – his ninth Top 20 album in Ireland – and Rory Gallagher’s ‘The Essential’ at No17. ‘The Ballad Of Ronnie Drew’ holds at No1 on the Singles Chart for a second week despite a 45% drop in sales, just ahead of Duffy’s ‘Mercy’ which climbs back from No3 to No2, and Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova’s ‘Falling Slowly’, down from No2 to No3. Leona Lewis leaps from No40 to No8 with ‘Better In Time’, the follow-up to her second single ‘Bleeding Love’ which spent eight weeks at No1 at the end of 2007. Timbaland lands his fifth Irish Top 10 single this week with ‘Scream’ jumping from No19 to No10 - after 5 weeks in the lower reaches of the Top 20 on downloads alone, the CD version was released this week. Mundy & Sharon Shannon climb back into the Top 20 this week with downloads of ‘Galway Girl’, up from No29 to No14. This Meteor Award winning track was the best selling Irish artist download of 2007 and has spent 33 weeks in the Top 40 - but has yet to climb higher than No8. Shakyfan's Commentary Well apart from the compilation chart its "as you were" for last week's no 1s. For the 2nd week in a row there are no entries in the Top 30 of the singles chart but 3 of last weeks newcomers make impressive climbs - 40 to 8 for Leona Lewis - Better In Time, 50 to 29 for Sugababes - Denial and 48 to 34 for Utah Saints - Something Good '08. The big surprise amongst the climbers though is Mundy & Sharon Shannon's version of Galway Girl which jumps back up from 29 to 14 on it's 40th week in the Top 50. Its nice to see some steady climbers in the chart as well - David Jordan for example has been edging up the chart since entering at 36 - his run to date is 36 - 34 - 30 - 26 - 22 - 20. Girls Aloud are doing something similar with their new one going 35 - 33 - 30 - 26 so far. Finally one to watch out for in the album chart in the next couple of months - Dustin is making the most of his Eurovision adventure and there are plans for a Eurovision themed album where he hopes to duet with a couple of former Eurovision stars. Dana may be off his list but he has already recorded with Linda Martin - Well Did You Ever appeared on his 3rd album Faith of Our Feathers back in 1997 Number 1 this week Single: V/a - Ballad of Ronnie Drew (2nd week) Download: Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly (2nd week) Airplay: Duffy - Mercy (4th week) Artist Album: Duffy - Rockferry (2nd week) Compilation Album: Ceol '08 (1st week)
March 15, 200817 yr Thanks for all your hard work Shaky Fan. Really appreciate you doing this every week :)
March 22, 200817 yr Author w.e. 20th March Top 50 Singles 02 01 Duffy - Mercy 14 02 Mundy & Sharon Shannon - Galway Girl 04 03 Basshunter & DJ Mental - Now You're Gone 08 04 Leona Lewis - Better In Time 01 05 V/a - Ballad of Ronnie Drew 03 06 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly 09 07 Flo rida ft T-Pain - Low Ne 08 Estelle ft Kanye West - American Boy 05 09 One Republic - Stop & Stare 06 10 Nickelback - Rockstar 07 11 H Two O - What's It Gonna Be? 10 12 Timbaland ft Keri Hilson & Nicole - Scream 26 13 Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French 13 14 Chris Brown - With You 11 15 Westlife - Us Against The World 12 16 Soulja Boy - Crank That 18 17 Adele - Chasing Pavements 29 18 Sugababes - Denial 22 19 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music 23 20 Kelly Rowland - Work 17 21 Britney Spears - Piece of Me 34 22 Utah Saints - Something Good '08 15 23 Luan Parle - Ghost 25 24 Taio Cruz - Come On Girl 21 25 Lupe Fiasco ft Matthew Santos - Superstar 19 26 Kylie Minogue - Wow 28 27 Journey - Don't Stop Believin' Re 28 Sharon Shannon & Steve Earle - Galway Girl 24 29 Kanye West - Homecoming 27 30 Mika - Relax, Take It Easy 16 31 Tom Baxter - Better 43 32 Scooter - The Question Is What Is The Question? Ne 33 Madonna & Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes 20 34 David Jordan - Sun Goes Down 33 35 Scouting For Girls - Elvis Ain't Dead 36 36 Timbaland - Apologize Ne 37 Britney Spears - Break The Ice 35 38 Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah 39 39 Take That - Rule The World Re 40 Mundy - July (Live) 30 41 Coronas - Grace, Don't Wait 31 42 Sean Kingston - Take You There Ne 43 Panic At The Disco - Nine In The Afternoon Ne 44 Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me 49 45 Alicia Keys - No-one 46 46 Coronas - San Diego 40 47 Cascada - What Hurts The Most 41 48 Janet Jackson - Feedback Ne 49 Alphabeat - Fascination Re 50 Sarah Brightman & Andrea Bocelli - Time To Say Goodbye Dropping out 32 Codes - This Is Goodbye 37 Joe Dolan - Let There Be Love 38 Chris Doran - Hey Girl 42 Scouting For Girls - She's So Lovely 44 Kings of Leon - Fans 45 MGMT - Time To Pretend 47 Edward Valentine - Careless Whisper 48 Ting Tings - Great DJ 50 Mark Ronson ft Amy Winehouse - Valerie Top 20 Downloads 08 01 Mundy & Sharon Shannon - Galway Girl 02 02 Duffy - Mercy 01 03 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly 03 04 Flo rida ft T-Pain - Low Ne 05 Estelle ft Kanye West - American Boy 04 06 One Republic - Stop & Stare 05 07 Nickleback - Rockstar 07 08 Chris Brown - With You 06 09 Basshunter & DJ Mental - Now You're Gone 09 10 Leona Lewis - Better In Time 11 11 Timbaland ft Keri Hilson & Nicole - Scream 16 12 Adele - Chasing Pavements 17 13 Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French 10 14 Luan Parle - Ghost 12 15 H Two O - What's It Gonna Be? Re 16 Kelly Rowland - Work Re 17 Journey - Don't Stop Believin' 20 18 Lupe Fiasco ft Matthew Santos - Superstar Ne 19 Sugababes - Denial Re 20 Soulja Boy - Crank That Dropping out 13 Tom Baxter - Better 14 Kanye West - Homecoming 15 David Jordan - Sun Goes Down 18 Westlife - Us Against The World 19 V/a - Ballad of Ronnie Drew Top 20 Airplay 9th - 15th March 2008 01 01 Duffy - Mercy 04 02 One Republic - Stop & Stare 02 03 Kylie Minogue - Wow 03 04 Adele - Chasing Pavements 07 05 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music 08 06 Lupe Fiasco ft Matthew Santos - Superstar 09 07 Feeling - I Thought It Was Over 05 08 Mika - Relax, Take It Easy 11 09 Kelly Rowland - Work 06 10 Kanye West - Homecoming 13 11 Leona Lewis - Better In Time 12 12 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly 14 13 Westlife - Us Against The World 15 14 Nickelback - Rockstar 22 15 REM - Supernatural Superserious 21 16 Chris Brown - WIth You 20 17 Tom Baxter - Better 33 18 Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French 42 19 Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me 23 20 Sugababes - Denial Dropping out 10 David Jordan - Sun Goes Down 16 Girls Aloud - Call The Shots 17 Scouting For Girls - Elvis Ain't Dead 18 Alicia Keys - No-one 19 Britney Spears - Piece of Me Top 100 Artist Albums Ne 01 Mary Black - 25 Years 25 Songs 01 02 Duffy - Rockferry 02 03 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Once (OST) 03 04 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black Ne 05 Muse - Haarp 04 06 One Republic - Dreaming Out Loud 07 07 Nickelback - All The Right Reasons 66 08 Christie Hennessy - The Definitive... 05 09 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular 06 10 Tom Baxter - Skybound 11 11 Leona Lewis - Spirit Ne 12 Van Morrison - Keep It Simple 09 13 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad Ne 14 Elbow - Seldom Seen Kid 12 15 Cascada - Perfect Day 08 16 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! 17 17 Rory Gallagher - The Essential... 14 18 Michael Buble - Call Me Irresponsible 13 19 Mika - Life In Cartoon Motion 21 20 Scouting For Girls - Scouting For Girls 10 21 Michael Jackson - Thriller 26 22 Britney Spears - Blackout 19 23 Garth Brooks - Ultimate Hits 68 24 Mundy - Live & Confusion Ne 25 Bryan Adams - 11 15 26 Brian Kennedy - Interpretations 16 27 Timbaland - Shock Value 18 28 Jack Johnson - Sleep Through The Static 25 29 Andrea Bocelli - Vivere (The Best of...) 43 30 Chris Brown - Exclusive Re 31 Christie Hennessy - Platinum Collection 20 32 Cathy Davey - Tales of Silversleeve 28 33 Amy MacDonald - This Is The Life 29 34 Coronas - Heroes Or Ghosts 35 35 Christy Moore - Live At The Point 36 36 Michael Buble - It's Time 27 37 Westlife - Unbreakable: Greatest Hits Vol 1 23 38 Adele - 19 86 39 Radiohead - The Bends 39 40 Dubliners - Definitive.... 30 41 Kings of Leon - Because of The Times 87 42 Hot Chip - The Warning 22 43 Celine Dion - All The Way... A Decade of Song 24 44 Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree 31 45 Westlife - Home Again Re 46 Radiohead - OK Computer 81 47 Mariah Carey - Greatest Hits 40 48 Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits 42 49 Daft Punk - Alive 2007 84 50 Fratellis - Costello Music 79 51 Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Breakdown 32 52 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand 50 53 Killers - Hot Fuss 80 54 AC/DC - Live 33 55 Take That - Never Forget: The Ultimate Collection 34 56 Take That - Beautiful World 46 57 Sugababes - Change Ne 58 We Are Scientists - Brain Thrust Mastery 55 59 Joe Dolan - 32 Greatest Ever Hits Re 60 Muse - Black Holes & Revelations 38 61 Alicia Keys - As I Am 45 62 Kanye West - Graduation 83 63 Pogues - Very Best of..... 57 64 Amy Winehouse - Frank Re 65 Enemy - We'll Live & Die In These Towns Re 66 Portishead - Dummy 69 67 REM - In Time: The Best of..... 48 68 Newton Faulkner - Hand Built By Robots 37 69 Radiohead - In Rainbows 41 70 Whitney Houston - Ultimate Collection 49 71 Bruce Springsteen - Magic 65 72 Nelly Furtado - Loose Re 73 Neil Young - Harvest Re 74 Kooks - Inside In / Inside Out Re 75 Leonard Cohen - Greatest Hits 88 76 Killers - Sawdust Re 77 Kris Kristofferson - Very Best of..... Ne 78 Kills - Midnight Boom 62 79 Journey - Greatest Hits 67 80 Snow Patrol - Eyes Open Re 81 Rod Stewart - Best of.... 59 82 Led Zeppelin - Mothership 73 83 Nina Simone - Very Best of..... Re 84 Van Morrison - Best of...(Vol 3) 61 85 Eagles - Very Best of..... Re 86 Prince - Very Best of..... Ne 87 Mike Oldfield - Music of The Spheres 44 88 Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair Re 89 Christy Moore - The Collection 72 90 Kate Nash - Made of Bricks 58 91 James Blunt - Back To Bedlam 82 92 David Gray - Greatest Hits 47 93 Shayne Ward - Breathless Re 94 Leonard Cohen - The Essential... 54 95 Hot Chip - Made In The Dark 53 96 Dolly Parton - Very Best of..... Re 97 Sigur Ros - Hvarfheim 71 98 Charlie Landsborough - Under Blue Skies 99 99 Van Morrison - Still On Top (Greatest Hits) 76 100 Eurythmics - Ultimate Collection Dropping out 51 Mark Ronson - Version 52 Prince - Ultimate 56 Ham Sandwich - Carry The Meek 60 Gutter Twins - Saturnalia 63 Feeling - Join With Us 64 Girls Aloud - Tangled Up 70 Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell 74 Eric Clapton - Complete Clapton 75 Killers - Sam's Town 77 Justin Timberlake - Futuresex / Lovesounds 78 Celine Dion - Taking Chances 85 Chequerboard - Penny Black 89 James Blunt - All The Lost Souls 90 Michael Buble - Michael Buble 91 Morrissey - Greatest Hits 92 Foo Fighters - Echoes Silence Patience & Grace 93 Kings of Leon - Youth & Young Manhood 94 Kylie Minogue - X 95 Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams 96 Cardigans - Best of... 97 Katherine Jenkins - Rejoice 98 Rod Stewart - Story So Far 100 Autechre - Quaristice Top 30 Compilation Albums Ne 01 Now 69 02 02 Juno (OST) 01 03 Ceol '08 03 04 Massive R&B Spring 2008 08 05 Floorfillers 08 04 06 Euphoric Dance Breakdown 2008 13 07 Rebel Songs of Ireland 05 08 Dirty Dancing (OST) 06 09 Big Tunes 2008 Ne 10 Greatest Irish Legends 11 11 Mash Up Mix 2008 07 12 Ultimate NRG 3 10 13 Anthems 1991-2008 09 14 Top of The Pops: The 80s 15 15 High School Musical 2 (OST) Ne 16 Step Up 2: The Streets (OST) 19 17 PS I Love You (OST) 12 18 Now 68 18 19 1916 Easter Rising: 90th Anniversary Re 20 Irish Party Time 22 21 Bodyguard (OST) 14 22 R&B Lovesongs 2008 27 23 Ultimate Irish Drinking Songs 16 24 Love & Affection Ne 25 Irish Party Album Re 26 Irish Pub Classics 30 27 NME Classics 17 28 Clubland 12 28 29 Irish Drinking Songs 23 30 Best of MT USA Dropping out 20 WWE - Raw 15th Anniversary 21 101 Children's Favourites 24 You Raise Me Up 2008 25 Power of Love 26 Step Up (OST) 29 Essential Hits Chart Track Commentary Mary Black is Back 20/Mar/2008 Seven years ago Mary Black held the No1 spot on the Album Chart for two weeks with ‘The Best Of 1991-2001’ and this week she’s back at the top with a new solo career-spanning compilation ‘25 Years – 25 Songs’. Duffy slips to No2 after two weeks at No1 with ‘Rockferry’, ahead of Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova ‘Once’ at No3 and Amy Winehouse ‘Back To Black’ at No4. After picking up numerous accolades for their live shows, including this year’s Meteor and NME awards, Muse debut at No5 with their second live album ‘HAARP’. This is their fourth Top 5 album in Ireland – ‘Origin Of Symmetry’ and ‘Absolution’ both made it to No3 and ‘Black Holes & Revelations’ debuted at No1 in July 2006. The final newcomer to this week’s Top 10 is ‘The Definitive Christie Hennessy’ at No8. Originally released five years ago, this compilation has never before made it higher than No21, but RTE’s documentary on Sunday night has had an immediate impact on sales. Duffy’s ‘Mercy’ returns to the top of the Singles Chart this week after a two week break, but there’s a strong challenge from Mundy & Sharon Shannon, whose live version of ‘Galway Girl’ surges from No14 to No2 on the strength of downloads. In addition, Sharon’s original version of the song with Steve Earle enters the chart at No28 – eight years after the song’s CD single release. There’s only one new entry in this week’s Top 10: Estelle lands her first Irish hit with ‘American Boy’ (feat. Kanye West) at No8 Shakyfan's Commentary A great comeback for Mary Black, albeit with another Best of.., her last release "Full Tide" could only get as high as no 16 and spent just 9 weeks in the Top 100. Further down Christy Moore's "Live At The Point" hangs steady at 35 - not bad for an album which is enjoying its 467th week in the chart. But thats nothing compared to another of Christy's albums "The Collection 81-91" which re-enters at 89 and is on its 511th week on the chart. Last week saw Take That take consecutive places with Never Forget and Beautiful World at 33 and 34 respectively - this week both fall 22 places to 55 and 56. It's exactly a year since 21 Demands created history by moving from 2 to 1 to become the first ever Irish number 1 single not available in a physical format. We could be about to witness a 2nd such chart topper next week as Mundy & Sharon Shannon's Galway Girl surges from 14 to 2. What makes this particularly remarkable is that the song is on its 41st week in the chart. Its full run to date is 49 50 48 39 27 27 24 27 15 13 15 17 17 20 29 28 19 24 30 28 39 34 39 41 48 36 40 49 xx 41 13 8 13 14 18 25 29 23 29 29 14 2. Sharon can rightfully feel annoyed that she hasn't officially got the biggest selling single of the week as her original recording of the song (with Steve Earle) has come back in at no 28 meaning that she probably has the biggest selling song of the week. That version, which appeared on her 2001 album "The Diamond Mountain Sessions" was released as a CD single back then but never cracked the Top 30. Before Galway Girl Sharon had 2 hit singles - "Bungee Jumpers" reached no 30 in 1994 while Bag Of Cats reached no 20 in the summer of 97. Finally for this week its one to watch out for. You're A Star finished on Sunday and the winner was Leeann Moore. No doubt there will be a single release but in the meantime her first download track - There You'll Be- is available from 7digital.ie Should she make no 1 Leeann could also be creating a bit of history as her late mother Chris managed the same achievement back in 1993 with the double A-side "This Time/Life Without You".The single was released after Chris who was dying of cancer appeared on the Gerry Ryan show on 2FM and performed the tracks which she had written herself. The single went straight in at number 1 but sadly she died shortly before this. Number 1 this week Single: Duffy - Mercy (1st week - 2nd in total) Download: Mundy & Sharon Shannon - Galway Girl (1st week) Airplay: Duffy - Mercy (5th week) Artist Album: Mary Black - 25 Years 25 Songs (1st week) Compilation Album: Now 69 (1st week)
March 30, 200817 yr Author w.e. 27th March Top 50 Singles 07 01 Flo rida ft T-Pain - Low 08 02 Estelle ft Kanye West - American Boy 14 03 Chris Brown - With You 01 04 Duffy - Mercy 02 05 Mundy & Sharon Shannon - Galway Girl 03 06 Basshunter & DJ Mental - Now You're Gone 04 07 Leona Lewis - Better In Time 09 08 One Republic - Stop & Stare 33 09 Madonna & Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes 10 10 Nickelback - Rockstar 05 11 V/a - Ballad of Ronnie Drew 11 12 H Two O - What's It Gonna Be? 12 13 Timbaland ft Keri Hilson & Nicole - Scream 06 14 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly 13 15 Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French 37 16 Britney Spears - Break The Ice 15 17 Westlife - Us Against The World 16 18 Soulja Boy Tellem - Crank That 23 19 Luan Parle - Ghost 18 20 Sugababes - Denial 19 21 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music 17 22 Adele - Chasing Pavements 24 23 Taio Cruz - Come On Girl 22 24 Utah Saints - Something Good '08 20 25 Kelly Rowland - Work 21 26 Britney Spears - Piece of Me 28 27 Sharon Shannon & Steve Earle - Galway Girl 26 28 Kylie Minogue - Wow 27 29 Journey - Don't Stop Believin' 25 30 Lupe Fiasco ft Matthew Santos - Superstar 34 31 David Jordan - Sun Goes Down Ne 32 Sam Sparro - Black & Gold 36 33 Timbaland - Apologize 41 34 Coronas - Grace, Don't Wait 29 35 Kanye West - Homecoming 30 36 Mika - Relax, Take It Easy 35 37 Scouting For Girls - Elvis Ain't Dead 49 38 Alphabeat - Fascination 43 39 Panic At The Disco - Nine In The Afternoon 40 40 Mundy - July (Live) 46 41 Coronas - San Diego Ne 42 Soulja Boy Tellem ft Arab - Yahhh! Re 43 Girls Aloud - Call The Shots 42 44 Sean Kingston - Take You There Ne 45 T Pain ft Teddy Versetti - Church 44 46 Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me 31 47 Tom Baxter - Better 45 48 Alicia Keys - No-one Ne 49 Kanye West - Flashing Lights Ne 50 Natasha Bedingfield ft Sean Kingston - Love Like This Dropping out 32 Scooter - The Question Is What Is The Question? 38 Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah 39 Take That - Rule The World 47 Cascada - What Hurts The Most 48 Janet Jackson - Feedback 50 Sarah Brightman & Andrea Bocelli - Time To Say Goodbye Top 20 Downloads 05 01 Estelle ft Kanye West - American Boy 01 02 Mundy & Sharon Shannon - Galway Girl 04 03 Flo rida ft T-Pain - Low 02 04 Duffy - Mercy Ne 05 Madonna & Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes 06 06 One Republic - Stop & Stare 03 07 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly 08 08 Chris Brown - With You 07 09 Nickleback - Rockstar Ne 10 Britney Spears - Break The Ice 10 11 Leona Lewis - Better In Time 09 12 Basshunter & DJ Mental - Now You're Gone 14 13 Luan Parle - Ghost 13 14 Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French 11 15 Timbaland ft Keri Hilson & Nicole - Scream 12 16 Adele - Chasing Pavements 15 17 H Two O - What's It Gonna Be? Ne 18 Taio Cruz - Come On Girl Ne 19 Sharon Shannon & Steve Earle - Galway Girl Re 20 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music Dropping out 16 Kelly Rowland - Work 17 Journey - Don't Stop Believin' 18 Lupe Fiasco ft Matthew Santos - Superstar 19 Sugababes - Denial 20 Soulja Boy - Crank That Top 20 Airplay 16th - 22nd March 2008 01 01 Duffy - Mercy 02 02 One Republic - Stop & Stare 03 03 Kylie Minogue - Wow 05 04 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music 04 05 Adele - Chasing Pavements 11 06 Leona Lewis - Better In Time 18 07 Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French 06 08 Lupe Fiasco ft Matthew Santos - Superstar 16 09 Chris Brown - WIth You 08 10 Mika - Relax, Take It Easy 25 11 Estelle ft Kanye West - American Boy 12 12 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly 07 13 Feeling - I Thought It Was Over 09 14 Kelly Rowland - Work 13 15 Westlife - Us Against The World 10 16 Kanye West - Homecoming 17 17 Tom Baxter - Better 21 18 Timbaland ft Keri Hilson & Nicole - Scream 19 19 Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me 15 20 REM - Supernatural Superserious Dropping out 14 Nickelback - Rockstar 20 Sugababes - Denial Top 100 Artist Albums 01 01 Mary Black - 25 Years 25 Songs 02 02 Duffy - Rockferry 03 03 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Once (OST) 04 04 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black 06 05 One Republic - Dreaming Out Loud 07 06 Nickelback - All The Right Reasons Ne 07 Panic At The Disco - Pretty ODD 08 08 Christie Hennessy - The Definitive... 11 09 Leona Lewis - Spirit 05 10 Muse - Haarp 30 11 Chris Brown - Exclusive 10 12 Tom Baxter - Skybound 13 13 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad 09 14 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular 15 15 Cascada - Perfect Day 14 16 Elbow - Seldom Seen Kid 20 17 Scouting For Girls - Scouting For Girls 22 18 Britney Spears - Blackout 19 19 Mika - Life In Cartoon Motion Ne 20 Foals - Antidotes 16 21 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! 24 22 Mundy - Live & Confusion 21 23 Michael Jackson - Thriller 18 24 Michael Buble - Call Me Irresponsible 31 25 Christie Hennessy - Platinum Collection 23 26 Garth Brooks - Ultimate Hits 27 27 Timbaland - Shock Value Ne 28 Counting Crows - Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings 12 29 Van Morrison - Keep It Simple 29 30 Andrea Bocelli - Vivere (The Best of...) 28 31 Jack Johnson - Sleep Through The Static 43 32 Celine Dion - All The Way... A Decade of Song 34 33 Coronas - Heroes Or Ghosts 59 34 Joe Dolan - 32 Greatest Ever Hits 17 35 Rory Gallagher - The Essential... 35 36 Christy Moore - Live At The Point 26 37 Brian Kennedy - Interpretations 37 38 Westlife - Unbreakable: Greatest Hits Vol 1 36 39 Michael Buble - It's Time 55 40 Take That - Never Forget: The Ultimate Collection 33 41 Amy MacDonald - This Is The Life 32 42 Cathy Davey - Tales of Silversleeve 41 43 Kings of Leon - Because of The Times 38 44 Adele - 19 25 45 Bryan Adams - 11 54 46 AC/DC - Live 90 47 Kate Nash - Made of Bricks 48 48 Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits Ne 49 Supergrass - Diamond Hoo Haa 56 50 Take That - Beautiful World 67 51 REM - In Time: The Best of..... 57 52 Sugababes - Change 46 53 Radiohead - OK Computer 62 54 Kanye West - Graduation 39 55 Radiohead - The Bends 40 56 Dubliners - Definitive.... 45 57 Westlife - Home Again 61 58 Alicia Keys - As I Am 64 59 Amy Winehouse - Frank 81 60 Rod Stewart - Best of.... 44 61 Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree 76 62 Killers - Sawdust 65 63 Enemy - We'll Live & Die In These Towns 51 64 Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Breakdown 49 65 Daft Punk - Alive 2007 50 66 Fratellis - Costello Music 71 67 Bruce Springsteen - Magic 52 68 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand 42 69 Hot Chip - The Warning 68 70 Newton Faulkner - Hand Built By Robots 79 71 Journey - Greatest Hits 47 72 Mariah Carey - Greatest Hits 60 73 Muse - Black Holes & Revelations 53 74 Killers - Hot Fuss Re 75 Joe Dolan - Greatest Hits 97 76 Sigur Ros - Hvarfheim Re 77 Roisin Murphy - Overpowered 74 78 Kooks - Inside In / Inside Out 69 79 Radiohead - In Rainbows 73 80 Neil Young - Harvest 66 81 Portishead - Dummy 58 82 We Are Scientists - Brain Thrust Mastery 75 83 Leonard Cohen - Greatest Hits 95 84 Hot Chip - Made In The Dark 85 85 Eagles - Very Best of..... 72 86 Nelly Furtado - Loose 96 87 Dolly Parton - Very Best of..... 63 88 Pogues - Very Best of..... Re 89 Johnny Cash - American III - Solitary Man 80 90 Snow Patrol - Eyes Open 82 91 Led Zeppelin - Mothership 70 92 Whitney Houston - Ultimate Collection Ne 93 Guillemots - Red Re 94 Girls Aloud - Tangled Up Re 95 Mark Ronson - Version Re 96 Eagles - The Complete Greatest Hits 89 97 Christy Moore - The Collection Re 98 Luan Parle - Free Ne 99 Cavalera Conspiracy - Inflikted Re 100 Daft Punk - Musique Vol 1: 1993 - 2006 Dropping out 77 Kris Kristofferson - Very Best of..... 78 Kills - Midnight Boom 83 Nina Simone - Very Best of..... 84 Van Morrison - Best of...(Vol 3) 86 Prince - Very Best of..... 87 Mike Oldfield - Music of The Spheres 88 Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules & Love Affair 91 James Blunt - Back To Bedlam 92 David Gray - Greatest Hits 93 Shayne Ward - Breathless 94 Leonard Cohen - The Essential... 98 Charlie Landsborough - Under Blue Skies 99 Van Morrison - Still On Top (Greatest Hits) 100 Eurythmics - Ultimate Collection Top 30 Compilation Albums 01 01 Now 69 02 02 Juno (OST) 16 03 Step Up 2: The Streets (OST) 05 04 Floorfillers 08 04 05 Massive R&B Spring 2008 06 06 Euphoric Dance Breakdown 2008 07 07 Rebel Songs of Ireland 08 08 Dirty Dancing (OST) 18 09 Now 68 09 10 Big Tunes 2008 03 11 Ceol '08 12 12 Ultimate NRG 3 15 13 High School Musical 2 (OST) 13 14 Anthems 1991-2008 10 15 Greatest Irish Legends 14 16 Top of The Pops: The 80s 11 17 Mash Up Mix 2008 Ne 18 Clubland Classix 21 19 Bodyguard (OST) 27 20 NME Classics 30 21 Best of MT USA 17 22 PS I Love You (OST) Re 23 Step Up (OST) 19 24 1916 Easter Rising: 90th Anniversary 22 25 R&B Lovesongs 2008 Re 26 Top Gear - Seriously Cool Driving Music Re 27 WWE - Raw 15th Anniversary Re 28 Power of Love Re 29 101 80's Hits Re 30 Hannah Montana 2 (OST) Dropping out 20 Irish Party Time 23 Ultimate Irish Drinking Songs 24 Love & Affection 25 Irish Party Album 26 Irish Pub Classics 28 Clubland 12 29 Irish Drinking Songs Chart Track Commentary More Black Magic 28/Mar/2008 Mary Black takes a second week at No1 on the Album Chart with ‘25 Years – 25 Songs’, maintaining a slender lead over Duffy’s ‘Rockferry’ at No2. In an unchanged Top 4, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova hold at No3 and Amy Winehouse holds at No4. Las Vegas rockers Panic At the Disco have this week’s highest new entry at No7 with their second album ‘Pretty. Odd.’ - quite an achievement given their debut album ‘A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out’ peaked at No59 in April 2006 and until this week none of their four singles had breached the Top 40 (‘Nine In The Afternoon’ enters the Singles Chart at No39 today). Chris Brown has the only other major mover in this week’s Top 20 with ‘Exclusive’, up from No30 to No11 and benefiting from the success of his current single ‘With You’. Despite the decline of the CD format and the rise of downloads, this week’s Top 3 singles all see a surge in sales as a result of the physical release. Flo Rida climbs from No7 to No1 with ‘Low’, Estelle & Kanye West jump from No8 to No2 with ‘American Boy’ and Chris Brown’s ‘With You’ leaps from No14 to No3. Duffy’s ‘Mercy’ slips from No1 to No4, ahead of Mundy & Sharon Shannon’s ‘Galway Girl’, down from No2 to No5. Madonna & Justin Timberlake have this week’s highest climber with downloads of ‘4 Minutes’, up 24 places from No33 to No9, and Britney Spears manages a 21 place climb from No37 to No16 with ‘Break The Ice’. Number 1 this week Single: Flo rida ft T-Pain - Low (1st week) Download: Estelle ft Kanye West - American Boy (1st week) Airplay: Duffy - Mercy (6th week) Artist Album: Mary Black - 25 Years 25 Songs (2nd week) Compilation Album: Now 69 (2nd week) Shakyfan's Commentary Does anyone know how many versions of Galway Girl there are? I've got the Steve Earle version and the live recording with Mundy but they seemed to play a studio version on today's chart show.
April 7, 200817 yr here i found a site with irish music certifications no sales but certifications http://www.irishcharts.ie/awards/index.htm
April 7, 200817 yr Author w.e. 3rd April Top 50 Singles Ne 01 Glen Keating & Greg Ryan - Munster Song 01 02 Flo rida ft T-Pain - Low 02 03 Estelle ft Kanye West - American Boy 03 04 Chris Brown - With You 05 05 Mundy & Sharon Shannon - Galway Girl 04 06 Duffy - Mercy 07 07 Leona Lewis - Better In Time 09 08 Madonna & Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes 06 09 Basshunter & DJ Mental - Now You're Gone 16 10 Britney Spears - Break The Ice 10 11 Nickelback - Rockstar 15 12 Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French 08 13 One Republic - Stop & Stare 12 14 H Two O - What's It Gonna Be? 14 15 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly 13 16 Timbaland ft Keri Hilson & Nicole - Scream 11 17 V/a - Ballad of Ronnie Drew Ne 18 Radiohead - Nude 23 19 Taio Cruz - Come On Girl Ne 20 Mariah Carey - Touch My Body 32 21 Sam Sparro - Black & Gold 20 22 Sugababes - Denial 18 23 Soulja Boy Tellem - Crank That 17 24 Westlife - Us Against The World 19 25 Luan Parle - Ghost Ne 26 Shakey - Irish Party 27 27 Sharon Shannon & Steve Earle - Galway Girl Ne 28 Kooks - Always Where I Need To Be 24 29 Utah Saints - Something Good '08 21 30 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music 25 31 Kelly Rowland - Work 29 32 Journey - Don't Stop Believin' 26 33 Britney Spears - Piece of Me 22 34 Adele - Chasing Pavements 49 35 Kanye West - Flashing Lights 34 36 Coronas - Grace, Don't Wait 38 37 Alphabeat - Fascination 30 38 Lupe Fiasco ft Matthew Santos - Superstar 42 39 Soulja Boy Tellem ft Arab - Yahhh! 31 40 David Jordan - Sun Goes Down 45 41 T Pain ft Teddy Versetti - Church Re 42 House of Pain - Jump Around 28 43 Kylie Minogue - Wow 39 44 Panic At The Disco - Nine In The Afternoon 37 45 Scouting For Girls - Elvis Ain't Dead 46 46 Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me Re 47 REM - Supernatural Superserious 35 48 Kanye West - Homecoming Re 49 Ting Tings - Great DJ 36 50 Mika - Relax, Take It Easy Dropping out 33 Timbaland - Apologize 40 Mundy - July (Live) 41 Coronas - San Diego 43 Girls Aloud - Call The Shots 44 Sean Kingston - Take You There 47 Tom Baxter - Better 48 Alicia Keys - No-one 50 Natasha Bedingfield ft Sean Kingston - Love Like This Top 20 Downloads 01 01 Estelle ft Kanye West - American Boy 03 02 Flo rida ft T-Pain - Low 02 03 Mundy & Sharon Shannon - Galway Girl 04 04 Duffy - Mercy 05 05 Madonna & Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes 10 06 Britney Spears - Break The Ice 08 07 Chris Brown - With You 11 08 Leona Lewis - Better In Time 07 09 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly 09 10 Nickleback - Rockstar 06 11 One Republic - Stop & Stare 14 12 Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French Ne 13 Radiohead - Nude Ne 14 Sam Sparro - Black & Gold 18 15 Taio Cruz - Come On Girl 12 16 Basshunter & DJ Mental - Now You're Gone 13 17 Luan Parle - Ghost Ne 18 Shakey - Irish Party 19 19 Sharon Shannon & Steve Earle - Galway Girl 15 20 Timbaland ft Keri Hilson & Nicole - Scream Dropping out 16 Adele - Chasing Pavements 17 H Two O - What's It Gonna Be? 20 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music Top 20 Airplay 23rd - 29th March 2008 01 01 Duffy - Mercy 02 02 One Republic - Stop & Stare 03 03 Kylie Minogue - Wow 11 04 Estelle ft Kanye West - American Boy 06 05 Leona Lewis - Better In Time 07 06 Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French 09 07 Chris Brown - WIth You 05 08 Adele - Chasing Pavements 04 09 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music 12 10 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly 15 11 Westlife - Us Against The World 23 12 Sugababes - Denial 10 13 Mika - Relax, Take It Easy 20 14 REM - Supernatural Superserious 13 15 Feeling - I Thought It Was Over 08 16 Lupe Fiasco ft Matthew Santos - Superstar 22 17 Nickelback - Rockstar 18 18 Timbaland ft Keri Hilson & Nicole - Scream 21 19 Madonna & Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes 19 20 Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me Dropping out 14 Kelly Rowland - Work 16 Kanye West - Homecoming 17 Tom Baxter - Better Top 100 Artist Albums Ne 01 REM - Accelerate 01 02 Mary Black - 25 Years 25 Songs 02 03 Duffy - Rockferry 03 04 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Once (OST) 04 05 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black Ne 06 Raconteurs - Consolers of The Lonely 05 07 One Republic - Dreaming Out Loud 09 08 Leona Lewis - Spirit Ne 09 High Kings - High Kings 06 10 Nickelback - All The Right Reasons 11 11 Chris Brown - Exclusive 19 12 Mika - Life In Cartoon Motion 18 13 Britney Spears - Blackout 15 14 Cascada - Perfect Day 14 15 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular 10 16 Muse - Haarp 32 17 Celine Dion - All The Way... A Decade of Song 07 18 Panic At The Disco - Pretty ODD 13 19 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad 12 20 Tom Baxter - Skybound 26 21 Garth Brooks - Ultimate Hits 17 22 Scouting For Girls - Scouting For Girls 16 23 Elbow - Seldom Seen Kid 21 24 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! 51 25 REM - In Time: The Best of..... 23 26 Michael Jackson - Thriller 22 27 Mundy - Live & Confusion 27 28 Timbaland - Shock Value 28 29 Counting Crows - Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings 08 30 Christie Hennessy - The Definitive... Ne 31 Gnarls Barkley - Odd Couple 25 32 Christie Hennessy - Platinum Collection 24 33 Michael Buble - Call Me Irresponsible 33 34 Coronas - Heroes Or Ghosts 46 35 AC/DC - Live 34 36 Joe Dolan - 32 Greatest Ever Hits 20 37 Foals - Antidotes 36 38 Christy Moore - Live At The Point 30 39 Andrea Bocelli - Vivere (The Best of...) 40 40 Take That - Never Forget: The Ultimate Collection 38 41 Westlife - Unbreakable: Greatest Hits Vol 1 43 42 Kings of Leon - Because of The Times 31 43 Jack Johnson - Sleep Through The Static Ne 44 Kenny Rogers - Greatest Hits & Love Songs 42 45 Cathy Davey - Tales of Silversleeve 41 46 Amy MacDonald - This Is The Life 47 47 Kate Nash - Made of Bricks 44 48 Adele - 19 54 49 Kanye West - Graduation Ne 50 Bob Marley - A Legend - 50 Reggae Classics 35 51 Rory Gallagher - The Essential... Ne 52 Estelle - Shine 39 53 Michael Buble - It's Time 48 54 Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits Re 55 Celine Dion - Taking Chances 52 56 Sugababes - Change Ne 57 Flo Rida - Mail On Sunday 29 58 Van Morrison - Keep It Simple 60 59 Rod Stewart - Best of.... 50 60 Take That - Beautiful World 78 61 Kooks - Inside In / Inside Out Ne 62 Snoop Dogg - Ego Trippin' 76 63 Sigur Ros - Hvarfheim 56 64 Dubliners - Definitive.... Ne 65 Edith Piaf - La Vie En Rose 58 66 Alicia Keys - As I Am 77 67 Roisin Murphy - Overpowered 37 68 Brian Kennedy - Interpretations 80 69 Neil Young - Harvest Ne 70 Johnny Cash - Greatest Hits 61 71 Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree 68 72 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand 75 73 Joe Dolan - Greatest Hits 63 74 Enemy - We'll Live & Die In These Towns 70 75 Newton Faulkner - Hand Built By Robots 57 76 Westlife - Home Again 62 77 Killers - Sawdust Ne 78 Black Keys - Attack & Release 92 79 Whitney Houston - Ultimate Collection 45 80 Bryan Adams - 11 67 81 Bruce Springsteen - Magic 66 82 Fratellis - Costello Music 59 83 Amy Winehouse - Frank Re 84 Eurythmics - Ultimate Collection 87 85 Dolly Parton - Very Best of..... Re 86 Nina Simone - Very Best of..... 98 87 Luan Parle - Free Re 88 Sigur Ros - Takk.... 90 89 Snow Patrol - Eyes Open Re 90 James Blunt - Back To Bedlam 84 91 Hot Chip - Made In The Dark 72 92 Mariah Carey - Greatest Hits 94 93 Girls Aloud - Tangled Up 65 94 Daft Punk - Alive 2007 64 95 Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Breakdown Ne 96 Big Tom - Around Ireland 91 97 Led Zeppelin - Mothership 100 98 Daft Punk - Musique Vol 1: 1993 - 2006 79 99 Radiohead - In Rainbows 83 100 Leonard Cohen - Greatest Hits Dropping out 49 Supergrass - Diamond Hoo Haa 53 Radiohead - OK Computer 55 Radiohead - The Bends 69 Hot Chip - The Warning 71 Journey - Greatest Hits 73 Muse - Black Holes & Revelations 74 Killers - Hot Fuss 81 Portishead - Dummy 82 We Are Scientists - Brain Thrust Mastery 85 Eagles - Very Best of..... 86 Nelly Furtado - Loose 88 Pogues - Very Best of..... 89 Johnny Cash - American III - Solitary Man 93 Guillemots - Red 95 Mark Ronson - Version 96 Eagles - The Complete Greatest Hits 97 Christy Moore - The Collection 99 Cavalera Conspiracy - Inflikted Top 30 Compilation Albums 01 01 Now 69 18 02 Clubland Classix 03 03 Step Up 2: The Streets (OST) 02 04 Juno (OST) 04 05 Floorfillers 08 11 06 Ceol '08 08 07 Dirty Dancing (OST) 05 08 Massive R&B Spring 2008 06 09 Euphoric Dance Breakdown 2008 14 10 Anthems 1991-2008 09 11 Now 68 07 12 Rebel Songs of Ireland 13 13 High School Musical 2 (OST) 10 14 Big Tunes 2008 Ne 15 Music Inspired By O Brother Where Art Thou? Ne 16 Rat Pack Ne 17 Top 10 Hits of The 50s 12 18 Ultimate NRG 3 15 19 Greatest Irish Legends Ne 20 Simply Irish Ne 21 Edge of The 80s Ne 22 40 Children's Favourites Ne 23 Kings of Rock n Roll 23 24 Step Up (OST) 16 25 Top of The Pops: The 80s 19 26 Bodyguard (OST) Ne 27 It's Only Rock n Roll 17 28 Mash Up Mix 2008 28 29 Power of Love Re 30 Very Best of Power Ballads Dropping out 20 NME Classics 21 Best of MT USA 22 PS I Love You (OST) 24 1916 Easter Rising: 90th Anniversary 25 R&B Lovesongs 2008 26 Top Gear - Seriously Cool Driving Music 27 WWE - Raw 15th Anniversary 29 101 80's Hits 30 Hannah Montana 2 (OST) Chart Track Commentary R.E.M. Accelerate To the Top 04/Apr/2008 R.E.M. debut at No1 on this week’s Album Chart with ‘Accelerate’, their14th studio album and their fourth consecutive No1 album in Ireland. Mary Black drops to No2 after two weeks on top with ‘25 Years – 25 Songs’, ahead of Duffy at No3, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova at No4 and Amy Winehouse No5. The Raconteurs have this week’s next new entry at No6 with their rush-released second album ‘Consolers Of The Lonely’ - two places behind the No4 debut for their first album ‘Broken Boy Soldiers’ two years ago. Irish ballad group The High Kings have the third and final Top 30 new entry at No9 with their self-titled debut album, coinciding to the day with the start of their US tour supporting Celtic Woman. In the lead up to the Heineken Cup rugby quarter final this weekend between Munster and Gloucester, Glen Keating & Greg Ryan take ‘The Munster Song’ straight to the top of the Singles Chart. 6-year-old Glen performs alongside singer Greg on this charity single in aid of Bluebell ABA school for autistic children, which is in danger of closing due to lack of funds. Flo Rida drops from No1 to No2 with ‘Low’ (feat. T-Pain), still just ahead of Estelle & Kanye West’s ‘American Boy’ at No3. Shakyfan's Commentary At 6 years of age Glen Keating must be one of the youngest people ever to have an Irish no 1 single. The previous youngest for sure was Little Jimmy Osmond, who was 9 years old when "Long Haired Lover From Liverpool" went to number one in 1973. czb has come up with some possibilities on the UK Mix discussion on the Galway Girl single - were any members of St Winifred's School Choir younger than this when they performed on Brian and Michael's number one "Matchstalk Men..." in April 1978, or when they had their own number one in December 1980? - could the last (spoken) lines of the Bucks Fizz number one "Land of Make Believe" from January 1982 have been performed by someone younger? - Did Debbie [O'Farrell] feature on Glen Curtin's number one from February 1977, "Red Sails In The Sunset"? [Probably not - I know she was on "Tears On The Telephone" (number 4, 1980) and "You There On The Radio" (number 22, 1981) but not, I think, credited on both - maybe these were her only two hits.] How old would she have been then? This is Greg's 2nd hit since leaving boyband Zoo. His single "Why" got to no 5 last year spending 4 weeks in the Top 50 (5 17 24 42). Zoo themselves had 2 hits - debut "Posion / I Believe" reached no 1 (1 2 5 9 9 12 18 24 30 38) while the follow-up, a cover of Prince's I Wanna Be Your Lover peaked at 3 and spent just 3 weeks in the Top 50 (3 11 33). Next week could see an interesting battle for no 1! While The Munster Song seems to have been made available on download for the first time at the weekend, a single which has been available only on download so far is now available as a physical release. Galway Girl by Sharon Shannon & Mundy has already spent 43 weeks in the Top 50 while the original recording by Sharon & Steve Earle is enjoying a 4th week. The CD has the Mundy version as its lead track though it also includes the Steve Earle version which is the one featured in the Magners/Bulmers advert. To confuse matters the UK release reverses things and gives Steve Earle top billing. Even if it does reach no 1 next week it won't be the slowest climb to the top as czb points out in the UKMix thread. If "Galway Girl" does get to number one, unfortunately it won't have had a continuous chart presence all the way - it dropped out of the top 50 for one week at Christmas, so really its first chart-run was 49 50 48 39 27 27 24 27 15 13 15 17 17 20 29 28 19 24 30 28 39 34 39 41 48 36 40 49 (28 weeks) and its second one so far is 41 13 08 13 14 18 25 29 23 29 29 14 02 05 05 (15 weeks). So it wouldn't be the longest "slow-climb" to the top, which I think would be "The Green Fields Of France" by The Furey Brothers and Davey Arthur, from 1979: 17 09 06 05 02 03 05 05 05 07 09 07 09 10 12 09 09 07 05 03 02 01 02 02 02 04 03 02 02 03 15 XX 28 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX 22 14 13 .......which reached the top on its 22nd week on the chart, 21 weeks after it made its debut at number 17. I would also mention another possibly more similar example to Mundy, on the basis that it may have been somewhere in or close to the top 50 (when the chart was only a top 20 / top 30) for longer before getting to number one: "One Day At A Time" by Gloria - entered the chart on 18th August 1977, reached number one 25th September 1978. The early part of its unprecedented 90 weeks in the chart is unknown, but we know when it was in/out of the top 20: IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX IN IN IN IN XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX IN IN IN IN IN 01 IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN 05 06 06 07 08 10 13 14 18 13 11 07 13 12 13 11 13 22 19 19 14 13 13 13 13 11 14 11 14 08 09 09 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 04 06 11 11 07 09 05 04 03 04 05 06 10 10 10 07 05 07 09 11 If we consider separate chart-runs, there's one other hit that might beat it - Foster and Allen's "A Bunch of Thyme". Let's see: First chart run: 27 (1 week) Second chart run: 21 15 10 08 15 (5 weeks) Third chart-run: 17 11 16 06 04 04 (6 weeks) Fourth chart run: 19 19 (2 weeks) Fifth chart run: 08 08 08 08 08 08 (6 weeks) Sixth chart run: 08 08 08 08 21 28 ( 6 weeks) Seventh chart run: 26 (1 week) Eighth chart run: 21 24 25 19 13 08 03 01 02 05 17 23 30 (13 weeks) Ninth chart run: 25 25 13 19 17 11 08 16 19 (9 weeks) Tenth chart run: 20 23 27 27 (4 weeks) From this analysis, that reached the top on its 35th week in the top 30 / top 20 (including twelve weeks for six fortnights during the 34-week / 17-fortnight strike period of 1980). Whereas "Galway Girl" has so far spent 30 weeks in the top 30....... Number 1 this week Single: Glen Keating & Greg Ryan - Munster Song (1st week) Download: Estelle ft Kanye West - American Boy (2nd week) Airplay: Duffy - Mercy (7th week) Artist Album: REM - Accelerate (1st week) Compilation Album: Now 69 (3rd week)
April 12, 200817 yr Author w.e. 10th April Top 50 Singles 05 01 Mundy & Sharon Shannon - Galway Girl 02 02 Flo rida ft T-Pain - Low 03 03 Estelle ft Kanye West - American Boy 04 04 Chris Brown - With You 01 05 Glen Keating & Greg Ryan - Munster Song 08 06 Madonna & Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes 21 07 Sam Sparro - Black & Gold 06 08 Duffy - Mercy 07 09 Leona Lewis - Better In Time 09 10 Basshunter & DJ Mental - Now You're Gone 10 11 Britney Spears - Break The Ice 12 12 Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French 20 13 Mariah Carey - Touch My Body 11 14 Nickelback - Rockstar 13 15 One Republic - Stop & Stare Ne 16 Eleanor Shanley & Friends - Strange Boat 16 17 Timbaland ft Keri Hilson & Nicole - Scream 15 18 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly 14 19 H Two O - What's It Gonna Be? 22 20 Sugababes - Denial 25 21 Luan Parle - Ghost 17 22 V/a - Ballad of Ronnie Drew 39 23 Soulja Boy Tellem ft Arab - Yahhh! 23 24 Soulja Boy Tellem - Crank That 28 25 Kooks - Always Where I Need To Be 27 26 Sharon Shannon & Steve Earle - Galway Girl 18 27 Radiohead - Nude 35 28 Kanye West - Flashing Lights 24 29 Westlife - Us Against The World 19 30 Taio Cruz - Come On Girl 29 31 Utah Saints - Something Good '08 32 32 Journey - Don't Stop Believin' 26 33 Shakey - Irish Party Re 34 Natasha Bedingfield ft Sean Kingston - Love Like This Ne 35 September - Cry For You 30 36 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music 49 37 Ting Tings - Great DJ 31 38 Kelly Rowland - Work 33 39 Britney Spears - Piece of Me Ne 40 Scouting For Girls - Heartbeat 41 41 T Pain ft Teddy Versetti - Church 34 42 Adele - Chasing Pavements 43 43 Kylie Minogue - Wow 38 44 Lupe Fiasco ft Matthew Santos - Superstar 37 45 Alphabeat - Fascination 42 46 House of Pain - Jump Around 36 47 Coronas - Grace, Don't Wait Ne 48 Fragma - Toca's Miracle 2008 Ne 49 Will I Am ft Cheryl Cole - Heartbreaker Re 50 Mundy - July (Live) Dropping out 40 David Jordan - Sun Goes Down 44 Panic At The Disco - Nine In The Afternoon 45 Scouting For Girls - Elvis Ain't Dead 46 Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me 47 REM - Supernatural Superserious 48 Kanye West - Homecoming 50 Mika - Relax, Take It Easy Top 20 Downloads 01 01 Estelle ft Kanye West - American Boy 02 02 Flo rida ft T-Pain - Low 03 03 Mundy & Sharon Shannon - Galway Girl 05 04 Madonna & Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes 06 05 Britney Spears - Break The Ice 14 06 Sam Sparro - Black & Gold 04 07 Duffy - Mercy 07 08 Chris Brown - With You 09 09 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly 11 10 One Republic - Stop & Stare 08 11 Leona Lewis - Better In Time 10 12 Nickleback - Rockstar 12 13 Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French Ne 14 Mariah Carey - Touch My Body 17 15 Luan Parle - Ghost 16 16 Basshunter & DJ Mental - Now You're Gone 19 17 Sharon Shannon & Steve Earle - Galway Girl Ne 18 Kanye West - Flashing Lights 13 19 Radiohead - Nude Re 20 Sugababes - Denial Dropping out 15 Taio Cruz - Come On Girl 18 Shakey - Irish Party 20 Timbaland ft Keri Hilson & Nicole - Scream Top 20 Airplay 30th March - 5th April 2008 01 01 Duffy - Mercy 02 02 One Republic - Stop & Stare 04 03 Estelle ft Kanye West - American Boy 07 04 Chris Brown - WIth You 06 05 Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French 03 06 Kylie Minogue - Wow 05 07 Leona Lewis - Better In Time 14 08 REM - Supernatural Superserious 19 09 Madonna & Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes 12 10 Sugababes - Denial 08 11 Adele - Chasing Pavements 11 12 Westlife - Us Against The World 23 13 Kooks - Always Where I Need To Be 34 14 Sam Sparro - Black & Gold 09 15 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music 21 16 Ting Tings - Great DJ 15 17 Feeling - I Thought It Was Over 18 18 Timbaland ft Keri Hilson & Nicole - Scream 13 19 Mika - Relax, Take It Easy 17 20 Nickelback - Rockstar Dropping out 10 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly 16 Lupe Fiasco ft Matthew Santos - Superstar 20 Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me Top 100 Artist Albums 02 01 Mary Black - 25 Years 25 Songs 01 02 REM - Accelerate 03 03 Duffy - Rockferry 04 04 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Once (OST) 05 05 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black 06 06 Raconteurs - Consolers of The Lonely 09 07 High Kings - High Kings 07 08 One Republic - Dreaming Out Loud 08 09 Leona Lewis - Spirit Ne 10 Rolling Stones - Shine A Light 10 11 Nickelback - All The Right Reasons 11 12 Chris Brown - Exclusive 13 13 Britney Spears - Blackout 30 14 Christie Hennessy - The Definitive... 15 15 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular 22 16 Scouting For Girls - Scouting For Girls 17 17 Celine Dion - All The Way... A Decade of Song 35 18 AC/DC - Live 12 19 Mika - Life In Cartoon Motion 14 20 Cascada - Perfect Day Ne 21 Breeders - Mountain Battles 19 22 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad 20 23 Tom Baxter - Skybound 34 24 Coronas - Heroes Or Ghosts 21 25 Garth Brooks - Ultimate Hits 48 26 Adele - 19 16 27 Muse - Haarp 33 28 Michael Buble - Call Me Irresponsible 39 29 Andrea Bocelli - Vivere (The Best of...) Ne 30 Owen Brady - Prepare To Be Happy 24 31 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! 26 32 Michael Jackson - Thriller 18 33 Panic At The Disco - Pretty ODD 25 34 REM - In Time: The Best of..... 27 35 Mundy - Live & Confusion 40 36 Take That - Never Forget: The Ultimate Collection 28 37 Timbaland - Shock Value 36 38 Joe Dolan - 32 Greatest Ever Hits 42 39 Kings of Leon - Because of The Times 23 40 Elbow - Seldom Seen Kid 49 41 Kanye West - Graduation 41 42 Westlife - Unbreakable: Greatest Hits Vol 1 46 43 Amy MacDonald - This Is The Life 38 44 Christy Moore - Live At The Point 47 45 Kate Nash - Made of Bricks 52 46 Estelle - Shine 31 47 Gnarls Barkley - Odd Couple 45 48 Cathy Davey - Tales of Silversleeve 43 49 Jack Johnson - Sleep Through The Static 56 50 Sugababes - Change 51 51 Rory Gallagher - The Essential... 54 52 Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits 32 53 Christie Hennessy - Platinum Collection Ne 54 Neon Neon - Stainless Style 37 55 Foals - Antidotes 70 56 Johnny Cash - Greatest Hits [Not Now] 81 57 Bruce Springsteen - Magic 88 58 Sigur Ros - Takk.... 68 59 Brian Kennedy - Interpretations 99 60 Radiohead - In Rainbows 75 61 Newton Faulkner - Hand Built By Robots 29 62 Counting Crows - Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings 50 63 Bob Marley - A Legend - 50 Reggae Classics Re 64 Killers - Sam's Town 79 65 Whitney Houston - Ultimate Collection 64 66 Dubliners - Definitive.... 60 67 Take That - Beautiful World 59 68 Rod Stewart - Best of.... 67 69 Roisin Murphy - Overpowered 83 70 Amy Winehouse - Frank 57 71 Flo Rida - Mail On Sunday 98 72 Daft Punk - Musique Vol 1: 1993 - 2006 94 73 Daft Punk - Alive 2007 85 74 Dolly Parton - Very Best of..... 87 75 Luan Parle - Free 63 76 Sigur Ros - Hvarfheim 71 77 Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree 61 78 Kooks - Inside In / Inside Out 73 79 Joe Dolan - Greatest Hits Re 80 David Gray - Greatest Hits 77 81 Killers - Sawdust 76 82 Westlife - Home Again Ne 83 Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I IV 84 84 Eurythmics - Ultimate Collection Ne 85 In Flames - Sense of Purpose 93 86 Girls Aloud - Tangled Up 58 87 Van Morrison - Keep It Simple 53 88 Michael Buble - It's Time Re 89 Billy Joel - Piano Man: Best of.... Re 90 Journey - Greatest Hits 55 91 Celine Dion - Taking Chances 86 92 Nina Simone - Very Best of..... 62 93 Snoop Dogg - Ego Trippin' Re 94 Killers - Hot Fuss 96 95 Big Tom - Around Ireland Re 96 Akon - Konvicted 95 97 Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Breakdown Re 98 Portishead - Dummy 69 99 Neil Young - Harvest Re 100 Kris Kristofferson - Very Best of..... Dropping out 44 Kenny Rogers - Greatest Hits & Love Songs 65 Edith Piaf - La Vie En Rose 66 Alicia Keys - As I Am 72 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand 74 Enemy - We'll Live & Die In These Towns 78 Black Keys - Attack & Release 80 Bryan Adams - 11 82 Fratellis - Costello Music 89 Snow Patrol - Eyes Open 90 James Blunt - Back To Bedlam 91 Hot Chip - Made In The Dark 92 Mariah Carey - Greatest Hits 97 Led Zeppelin - Mothership 100 Leonard Cohen - Greatest Hits Top 30 Compilation Albums 01 01 Now 69 02 02 Clubland Classix 03 03 Step Up 2: The Streets (OST) Ne 04 Dave Pearce Trance Anthems 2008 05 05 Floorfillers 08 04 06 Juno (OST) 07 07 Dirty Dancing (OST) 06 08 Ceol '08 09 09 Euphoric Dance Breakdown 2008 Ne 10 Dance Party 2 08 11 Massive R&B Spring 2008 10 12 Anthems 1991-2008 13 13 High School Musical 2 (OST) 12 14 Rebel Songs of Ireland Ne 15 American Heartbeat 14 16 Big Tunes 2008 21 17 Edge of The 80s 18 18 Ultimate NRG 3 11 19 Now 68 26 20 Bodyguard (OST) 28 21 Mash Up Mix 2008 Ne 22 Garage Classics 19 23 Greatest Irish Legends 24 24 Step Up (OST) 16 25 Rat Pack Re 26 1916 Easter Rising: 90th Anniversary Ne 27 Country's Greatest Hits 25 28 Top of The Pops: The 80s Re 29 Hannah Montana 2 (OST) Re 30 No 1 Party Anthems Dropping out 15 Music Inspired By O Brother Where Art Thou? 17 Top 10 Hits of The 50s 20 Simply Irish 22 40 Children's Favourites 23 Kings of Rock n Roll 27 It's Only Rock n Roll 29 Power of Love 30 Very Best of Power Ballads Chart Track Commentary Sharon & Mundy Reach The Summit 11/Apr/2008 After an incredible 36 weeks in the Top 40 Singles Chart on the strength of downloads of the live version, Sharon Shannon & Mundy’s ‘The Galway Girl’ finally climbs to No1 with the CD release of the studio version. Flo Rida has a second week at No2 with ‘Low’ (feat. T-Pain), ahead of Estelle & Kanye West’s ‘American Boy’ at No3 and Chris Brown’s ‘With You’ at No4. Glen Keating & Greg Ryan dip from No1 to No5 with ‘The Munster Song’, victims of their own success as stock could not keep up with demand. Hotly-tipped newcomer Sam Sparro has this week’s highest climber in the Top 30, leaping from No21 to No7 with ‘Black & Gold’, released this week on CD. Highest new entry honours go to Eleanor Shanley & Friends, who debut at No16 with the Waterboys song ‘Strange Boat’ – part of a project to raise awareness of the need for organ donation. Mary Black climbs back to No1 on the Album Chart with ‘25 Years – 25 Songs’, after being displaced last week by R.E.M, who slip to No2 this week after one week on top with ‘Accelerator’. The Rolling Stones have this week’s highest new entry at No10 with the soundtrack to Martin Scorsese’s concert documentary ‘Shine A Light’ – their third Top 20 album this century in Ireland, following ‘40 Licks’ which spent 3 weeks at No1 in 2002, and ‘A Bigger Bang’ which debuted & peaked at No18 in 2005. Shakyfan's Commentary Back in December when he was counting down the Top 40 singles of the year Larry Gogan remarked that only one local single had reached no 1 in 2007. Things have certainly improved since then, with the likes of Band of Bowsies, Glen Keating & Greg Ryan and now Sharon Shannon & Mundy all achieving this feat with Dustin the Turkey likely to follow suit with the release of his Eurovision entry next week. The great advantage of downloads is that it is now possible for anyone to buy these songs, and even contribute to the Irish chart. For those who are interested in checking out these tracks for themselves (even if is just to hear them) I would recommend 3 sites - www.7digital.ie www.eircom.musimob.com and for independent releases www.downloadmusic.ie Where prices are listed in Euros you can use your normal credit/debit card and the equivalent in pounds is debited (1 Euro is approximately 70p) Number 1 this week Single: Mundy & Sharon Shannon - Galway Girl (1st week) Download: Estelle ft Kanye West - American Boy (3rd week) Airplay: Duffy - Mercy (8th week) Artist Album: Mary Black - 25 Years 25 Songs (3rd week (2wks + 1 wk)) Compilation Album: Now 69 (4th week) Edited April 12, 200817 yr by Shaky Fan
April 13, 200817 yr good! I'm glad Sharon Shannon & Mundy got to No.1! It's an excellent song...I'm not often a fan of Irish folk (unless its the Corrs) but this is a great song!
April 13, 200817 yr the galway girl is a brilliant song and usually like you goodelta im not into irish folk music but this kind i adore and again the corrs are brilliant also
April 20, 200817 yr Author w.e. 17th April Top 50 Singles 01 01 Mundy & Sharon Shannon - Galway Girl 02 02 Flo rida ft T-Pain - Low 03 03 Estelle ft Kanye West - American Boy 06 04 Madonna & Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes 04 05 Chris Brown - With You 07 06 Sam Sparro - Black & Gold 11 07 Britney Spears - Break The Ice 35 08 September - Cry For You 08 09 Duffy - Mercy 09 10 Leona Lewis - Better In Time 14 11 Nickelback - Rockstar Ne 12 Usher - Love In This Club 10 13 Basshunter & DJ Mental - Now You're Gone 15 14 One Republic - Stop & Stare 13 15 Mariah Carey - Touch My Body 18 16 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly 12 17 Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French 23 18 Soulja Boy Tellem ft Arab - Yahhh! Ne 19 Suddyn - Letting Go 17 20 Timbaland ft Keri Hilson & Nicole - Scream 28 21 Kanye West - Flashing Lights 25 22 Kooks - Always Where I Need To Be 19 23 H Two O - What's It Gonna Be? 49 24 Will I Am ft Cheryl Cole - Heartbreaker 21 25 Luan Parle - Ghost 22 26 V/a - Ballad of Ronnie Drew 24 27 Soulja Boy Tellem - Crank That 16 28 Eleanor Shanley & Friends - Strange Boat 26 29 Sharon Shannon & Steve Earle - Galway Girl 32 30 Journey - Don't Stop Believin' Re 31 Scooter - The Question Is What Is The Question? 31 32 Utah Saints - Something Good '08 20 33 Sugababes - Denial Ne 34 Last Shadow Puppets - Age of The Understatement 05 35 Glen Keating & Greg Ryan - Munster Song 29 36 Westlife - Us Against The World 30 37 Taio Cruz - Come On Girl 40 38 Scouting For Girls - Heartbeat 36 39 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music 45 40 Alphabeat - Fascination 37 41 Ting Tings - Great DJ 33 42 Shakey - Irish Party 38 43 Kelly Rowland - Work 39 44 Britney Spears - Piece of Me Re 45 MGMT - Time To Pretend 41 46 T Pain ft Teddy Versetti - Church 48 47 Fragma - Toca's Miracle 2008 44 48 Lupe Fiasco ft Matthew Santos - Superstar 34 49 Natasha Bedingfield ft Sean Kingston - Love Like This Ne 50 Fall Out Boy ft John Mayer - Beat It Dropping out 27 Radiohead - Nude 42 Adele - Chasing Pavements 43 Kylie Minogue - Wow 46 House of Pain - Jump Around 47 Coronas - Grace, Don't Wait 50 Mundy - July (Live) Top 20 Downloads 04 01 Madonna & Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes 01 02 Estelle ft Kanye West - American Boy 02 03 Flo rida ft T-Pain - Low 03 04 Mundy & Sharon Shannon - Galway Girl 06 05 Sam Sparro - Black & Gold 05 06 Britney Spears - Break The Ice 08 07 Chris Brown - With You Ne 08 Usher - Love In This Club Ne 09 September - Cry For You 07 10 Duffy - Mercy 12 11 Nickleback - Rockstar 10 12 One Republic - Stop & Stare 09 13 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly Ne 14 Suddyn - Letting Go 14 15 Mariah Carey - Touch My Body 11 16 Leona Lewis - Better In Time Ne 17 Kooks - Always Where I Need To Be Ne 18 Soulja Boy Tellem ft Arab - Yahhh! Ne 19 Will I Am ft Cheryl Cole - Heartbreaker 15 20 Luan Parle - Ghost Dropping out 13 Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French 16 Basshunter & DJ Mental - Now You're Gone 17 Sharon Shannon & Steve Earle - Galway Girl 18 Kanye West - Flashing Lights 19 Radiohead - Nude 20 Sugababes - Denial Top 20 Airplay 6th - 12th April 2008 01 01 Duffy - Mercy 03 02 Estelle ft Kanye West - American Boy 02 03 One Republic - Stop & Stare 07 04 Leona Lewis - Better In Time 04 05 Chris Brown - WIth You 05 06 Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French 09 07 Madonna & Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes 14 08 Sam Sparro - Black & Gold 11 09 Adele - Chasing Pavements 18 10 Timbaland ft Keri Hilson & Nicole - Scream 13 11 Kooks - Always Where I Need To Be 10 12 Sugababes - Denial 08 13 REM - Supernatural Superserious 15 14 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music 06 15 Kylie Minogue - Wow 19 16 Mika - Relax, Take It Easy 30 17 Mundy & Sharon Shannon - Galway Girl 21 18 Lupe Fiasco ft Matthew Santos - Superstar 20 19 Nickelback - Rockstar 66 20 Kylie Minogue - In My Arms Dropping out 12 Westlife - Us Against The World 16 Ting Tings - Great DJ 17 Feeling - I Thought It Was Over Top 100 Artist Albums 01 01 Mary Black - 25 Years 25 Songs Ne 02 Kooks - Konk 02 03 REM - Accelerate 03 04 Duffy - Rockferry 04 05 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Once (OST) 05 06 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black Ne 07 Mariah Carey - E=MC2 09 08 Leona Lewis - Spirit 08 09 One Republic - Dreaming Out Loud 07 10 High Kings - High Kings 11 11 Nickelback - All The Right Reasons 12 12 Chris Brown - Exclusive 13 13 Britney Spears - Blackout 06 14 Raconteurs - Consolers of The Lonely 15 15 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular Ne 16 Hannah Montanah / Miley Cyrus - Best of Both Worlds 18 17 AC/DC - Live 16 18 Scouting For Girls - Scouting For Girls 14 19 Christie Hennessy - The Definitive... 10 20 Rolling Stones - Shine A Light 17 21 Celine Dion - All The Way... A Decade of Song 28 22 Michael Buble - Call Me Irresponsible 20 23 Cascada - Perfect Day 25 24 Garth Brooks - Ultimate Hits 22 25 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad 52 26 Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits 42 27 Westlife - Unbreakable: Greatest Hits Vol 1 35 28 Mundy - Live & Confusion 24 29 Coronas - Heroes Or Ghosts Ne 30 Elliot Minor - Elliot Minor 19 31 Mika - Life In Cartoon Motion Ne 32 Mark Geary - Opium 34 33 REM - In Time: The Best of..... 37 34 Timbaland - Shock Value 23 35 Tom Baxter - Skybound 41 36 Kanye West - Graduation 31 37 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! 36 38 Take That - Never Forget: The Ultimate Collection 26 39 Adele - 19 78 40 Kooks - Inside In / Inside Out 29 41 Andrea Bocelli - Vivere (The Best of...) 44 42 Christy Moore - Live At The Point 27 43 Muse - Haarp 53 44 Christie Hennessy - Platinum Collection 21 45 Breeders - Mountain Battles 32 46 Michael Jackson - Thriller 45 47 Kate Nash - Made of Bricks 39 48 Kings of Leon - Because of The Times 38 49 Joe Dolan - 32 Greatest Ever Hits Ne 50 Sarah Brightman - Symphony Ne 51 Children of Bodom - Blooddrunk 59 52 Brian Kennedy - Interpretations 40 53 Elbow - Seldom Seen Kid 49 54 Jack Johnson - Sleep Through The Static 43 55 Amy MacDonald - This Is The Life 67 56 Take That - Beautiful World 33 57 Panic At The Disco - Pretty ODD 64 58 Killers - Sam's Town Re 59 Mariah Carey - Greatest Hits 81 60 Killers - Sawdust 84 61 Eurythmics - Ultimate Collection 72 62 Daft Punk - Musique Vol 1: 1993 - 2006 73 63 Daft Punk - Alive 2007 89 64 Billy Joel - Piano Man: Best of.... 46 65 Estelle - Shine 51 66 Rory Gallagher - The Essential... 50 67 Sugababes - Change 48 68 Cathy Davey - Tales of Silversleeve 74 69 Dolly Parton - Very Best of..... Re 70 Bryan Adams - The Best of Me Re 71 James Blunt - Back To Bedlam 80 72 David Gray - Greatest Hits Ne 73 Jimmy Cake - Spectre & Crown 88 74 Michael Buble - It's Time 75 75 Luan Parle - Free 86 76 Girls Aloud - Tangled Up 71 77 Flo Rida - Mail On Sunday 65 78 Whitney Houston - Ultimate Collection 57 79 Bruce Springsteen - Magic 55 80 Foals - Antidotes 90 81 Journey - Greatest Hits 77 82 Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree 66 83 Dubliners - Definitive.... 98 84 Portishead - Dummy 70 85 Amy Winehouse - Frank 58 86 Sigur Ros - Takk.... Re 87 Prince - Very Best of..... 92 88 Nina Simone - Very Best of..... 91 89 Celine Dion - Taking Chances 69 90 Roisin Murphy - Overpowered 47 91 Gnarls Barkley - Odd Couple Re 92 ELO - Very Best of.....All Over The World 79 93 Joe Dolan - Greatest Hits 60 94 Radiohead - In Rainbows Re 95 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand 61 96 Newton Faulkner - Hand Built By Robots Re 97 Guns n Roses - Greatest Hits Re 98 Britney Spears - My Prerogative (Greatest Hits) 82 99 Westlife - Home Again Re 100 Nelly Furtado - Loose Dropping out 30 Owen Brady - Prepare To Be Happy 54 Neon Neon - Stainless Style 56 Johnny Cash - Greatest Hits [Not Now] 62 Counting Crows - Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings 63 Bob Marley - A Legend - 50 Reggae Classics 68 Rod Stewart - Best of.... 76 Sigur Ros - Hvarfheim 83 Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I IV 85 In Flames - Sense of Purpose 87 Van Morrison - Keep It Simple 93 Snoop Dogg - Ego Trippin' 94 Killers - Hot Fuss 95 Big Tom - Around Ireland 96 Akon - Konvicted 97 Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Breakdown 99 Neil Young - Harvest 100 Kris Kristofferson - Very Best of..... Top 30 Compilation Albums 01 01 Now 69 02 02 Clubland Classix Ne 03 101 Driving Songs 04 04 Dave Pearce Trance Anthems 2008 03 05 Step Up 2: The Streets (OST) 05 06 Floorfillers 08 10 07 Dance Party 2 07 08 Dirty Dancing (OST) 06 09 Juno (OST) Ne 10 Essential Album 09 11 Euphoric Dance Breakdown 2008 08 12 Ceol '08 14 13 Rebel Songs of Ireland 17 14 Edge of The 80s 11 15 Massive R&B Spring 2008 13 16 High School Musical 2 (OST) 12 17 Anthems 1991-2008 19 18 Now 68 20 19 Bodyguard (OST) 16 20 Big Tunes 2008 18 21 Ultimate NRG 3 15 22 American Heartbeat Ne 23 Mix Tape - DJ Shortee Blitz 23 24 Greatest Irish Legends 21 25 Mash Up Mix 2008 Re 26 100 Hits - 80s 26 27 1916 Easter Rising: 90th Anniversary Re 28 101 Children's Favourites Re 29 101 Love Songs Re 30 R&B Lovesongs 2008 Dropping out 22 Garage Classics 24 Step Up (OST) 25 Rat Pack 27 Country's Greatest Hits 28 Top of The Pops: The 80s 29 Hannah Montana 2 (OST) 30 No 1 Party Anthems Chart Track Commentary Galway Girl Holds On 18/Apr/2008 Sharon Shannon & Mundy take a second week at No1 on the Singles Chart with ‘The Galway Girl’, heading a Top 3 which is unchanged from last week: Flo Rida ‘Low’ at No2 and Estelle & Kanye West ‘American Boy’ at No3. Madonna & Justin Timberlake climb from No6 to No4 with downloads of ‘4 Minutes’, and today’s 12”/CD release should catapult them higher next week. Swedish singer September has this week’s highest Top 30 new entry with ‘Cry For You’ at No8, giving her label Hard2Beat a 100% hit-rate from their first three releases (Basshunter & H ‘Two’ O provided the first two). Usher has the next new entry at No12 with ‘Love In This Club’ (feat. Young Jeezy), his eighth Irish hit single over a period of ten years. Mary Black has a fourth week at No1 on the Album Chart with ‘25 Years – 25 Songs’, ahead of this week’s highest new entry - The Kooks’ second album ‘Konk’ at No2. In contrast, their first album ‘Inside In/Inside Out’ took 6 months to reach a peak of No3 in August 2006. Mariah Carey has the next new entry at No7 with her eleventh studio album ‘E=MC²’ - her first Top 10 album in Ireland since ‘Butterfly’ which debuted at No5 in 1997. Shakyfan's Commentary A 2nd week on top for Galway Girl with a UK release imminent, albeit with the billing reversed in Steve Earle's favour. Dustin's Eurovision entry was made available as an exclusive download on the nokia website on Monday, but that appears to have no effect on the charts - that should all change next week as the CD appeared on the shelves on Friday. The Munster Song came out of nowhere a fortnight ago and seems to be disappearing just as quickly dropping from 1 to 5 last week and now falling another 30 places this week. Finally a bit of confusion on last week's Irish chart show on 2FM with Larry Gogan announcing an incorrect chart. Things started OK but got a bit confusing in the middle. This was what he announced on-air: "up to " 1 Mundy & Sharon Shannon - Galway Girl "still at" 2 Flo rida ft T-Pain - Low "still at" 3 Estelle ft Kanye West - American Boy "still at" 4 Chris Brown - With You "up from 8 to" 5 Madonna & Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes "still at" 6 Duffy - Mercy "up from 21 to" 7 Sam Sparro - Black & Gold "down from 7 to" 8 Leona Lewis - Better In Time "up from 12 to" 9 Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French "at" 10 Basshunter & DJ Mental - Now You're Gone "at" 11 Britney Spears - Break The Ice I kept an eye on the irma, chart-track and 2fm websites throughout the week but they continued to use the chart I posted earlier and the new charts are consistant with that chart. And as I type this Larry has just announced that Leona Lewis is down from 9 to 10 this week. Two corrections to last week's commentary 1) A Euro is currently around 80p 2) There were 2 "local" acts at no 1 last year, I missed out Brian McFadden's "Like Only A Woman Can" Number 1 this week Single: Mundy & Sharon Shannon - Galway Girl (2nd week) Download: Madona & Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes (1st week) Airplay: Duffy - Mercy (10th week) Artist Album: Mary Black - 25 Years, 25 Songs (4th week (2wks + 2 wks)) Compilation Album: Now 69 (5th week)
April 26, 200817 yr Author w.e. 24th April Top 50 Singles 01 01 Mundy & Sharon Shannon - Galway Girl 04 02 Madonna & Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes 02 03 Flo rida ft T-Pain - Low 03 04 Estelle ft Kanye West - American Boy Ne 05 Dustin The Turkey - Irelande Douze Points 06 06 Sam Sparro - Black & Gold 05 07 Chris Brown - With You 08 08 September - Cry For You Ne 09 Amy - Got Ur Number 12 10 Usher - Love In This Club 07 11 Britney Spears - Break The Ice 10 12 Leona Lewis - Better In Time 09 13 Duffy - Mercy 24 14 Will I Am ft Cheryl Cole - Heartbreaker 11 15 Nickelback - Rockstar 13 16 Basshunter & DJ Mental - Now You're Gone 22 17 Kooks - Always Where I Need To Be Ne 18 Script - We Cry 17 19 Girls Aloud - Can't Speak French 16 20 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly 15 21 Mariah Carey - Touch My Body 20 22 Timbaland ft Keri Hilson & Nicole - Scream 14 23 One Republic - Stop & Stare 35 24 Glen Keating & Greg Ryan - Munster Song 23 25 H Two O - What's It Gonna Be? 19 26 Suddyn - Letting Go 30 27 Journey - Don't Stop Believin' 29 28 Sharon Shannon & Steve Earle - Galway Girl 25 29 Luan Parle - Ghost 21 30 Kanye West - Flashing Lights 31 31 Scooter - The Question Is What Is The Question? 38 32 Scouting For Girls - Heartbeat 18 33 Soulja Boy Tellem ft Arab - Yahhh! 34 34 Last Shadow Puppets - Age of The Understatement 27 35 Soulja Boy Tellem - Crank That 33 36 Sugababes - Denial Ne 37 Nelly - Party People 32 38 Utah Saints - Something Good '08 37 39 Taio Cruz - Come On Girl 40 40 Alphabeat - Fascination 28 41 Eleanor Shanley & Friends - Strange Boat 36 42 Westlife - Us Against The World Ne 43 Likekings - 4AM 45 44 MGMT - Time To Pretend 26 45 V/a - Ballad of Ronnie Drew 39 46 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music 41 47 Ting Tings - Great DJ 47 48 Fragma - Toca's Miracle 2008 Re 49 Adele - Chasing Pavements 49 50 Natasha Bedingfield ft Sean Kingston - Love Like This Dropping out 42 Shakey - Irish Party 43 Kelly Rowland - Work 44 Britney Spears - Piece of Me 46 T Pain ft Teddy Versetti - Church 48 Lupe Fiasco ft Matthew Santos - Superstar 50 Fall Out Boy ft John Mayer - Beat It Top 20 Downloads 01 01 Madonna & Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes 04 02 Mundy & Sharon Shannon - Galway Girl 02 03 Estelle ft Kanye West - American Boy 03 04 Flo rida ft T-Pain - Low 05 05 Sam Sparro - Black & Gold 08 06 Usher - Love In This Club 19 07 Will I Am ft Cheryl Cole - Heartbreaker 09 08 September - Cry For You 07 09 Chris Brown - With You 10 10 Duffy - Mercy Ne 11 Dustin The Turkey - Irelande Douze Points 11 12 Nickleback - Rockstar 16 13 Leona Lewis - Better In Time 06 14 Britney Spears - Break The Ice Ne 15 Script - We Cry 17 16 Kooks - Always Where I Need To Be 13 17 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly 14 18 Suddyn - Letting Go Re 19 Journey - Don't Stop Believin' 12 20 One Republic - Stop & Stare Dropping out 15 Mariah Carey - Touch My Body 18 Soulja Boy Tellem ft Arab - Yahhh! 20 Luan Parle - Ghost Top 100 Artist Albums 01 01 Mary Black - 25 Years 25 Songs Ne 02 Last Shadow Puppets - Age of The Understatement 02 03 Kooks - Konk 04 04 Duffy - Rockferry 05 05 Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Once (OST) 03 06 REM - Accelerate 06 07 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black 08 08 Leona Lewis - Spirit 09 09 One Republic - Dreaming Out Loud 16 10 Hannah Montanah / Miley Cyrus - Best of Both Worlds 11 11 Nickelback - All The Right Reasons 22 12 Michael Buble - Call Me Irresponsible 07 13 Mariah Carey - E=MC2 13 14 Britney Spears - Blackout 18 15 Scouting For Girls - Scouting For Girls 12 16 Chris Brown - Exclusive 10 17 High Kings - High Kings 21 18 Celine Dion - All The Way... A Decade of Song 15 19 MGMT - Oracular Spectacular 14 20 Raconteurs - Consolers of The Lonely 35 21 Tom Baxter - Skybound 29 22 Coronas - Heroes Or Ghosts 17 23 AC/DC - Live 19 24 Christie Hennessy - The Definitive... 27 25 Westlife - Unbreakable: Greatest Hits Vol 1 28 26 Mundy - Live & Confusion 26 27 Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits 41 28 Andrea Bocelli - Vivere (The Best of...) 37 29 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! 20 30 Rolling Stones - Shine A Light 24 31 Garth Brooks - Ultimate Hits 38 32 Take That - Never Forget: The Ultimate Collection 39 33 Adele - 19 36 34 Kanye West - Graduation 25 35 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad 23 36 Cascada - Perfect Day 31 37 Mika - Life In Cartoon Motion 89 38 Celine Dion - Taking Chances 34 39 Timbaland - Shock Value 43 40 Muse - Haarp Ne 41 Chris De Burgh - Now & Then 42 42 Christy Moore - Live At The Point 48 43 Kings of Leon - Because of The Times 46 44 Michael Jackson - Thriller 33 45 REM - In Time: The Best of..... 75 46 Luan Parle - Free 59 47 Mariah Carey - Greatest Hits 47 48 Kate Nash - Made of Bricks 44 49 Christie Hennessy - Platinum Collection 55 50 Amy MacDonald - This Is The Life 56 51 Take That - Beautiful World 50 52 Sarah Brightman - Symphony 53 53 Elbow - Seldom Seen Kid 54 54 Jack Johnson - Sleep Through The Static 68 55 Cathy Davey - Tales of Silversleeve 79 56 Bruce Springsteen - Magic 74 57 Michael Buble - It's Time 65 58 Estelle - Shine 30 59 Elliot Minor - Elliot Minor 78 60 Whitney Houston - Ultimate Collection 99 61 Westlife - Home Again 77 62 Flo Rida - Mail On Sunday Re 63 Shayne Ward - Breathless 63 64 Daft Punk - Alive 2007 49 65 Joe Dolan - 32 Greatest Ever Hits 60 66 Killers - Sawdust 58 67 Killers - Sam's Town 70 68 Bryan Adams - The Best of Me 32 69 Mark Geary - Opium 61 70 Eurythmics - Ultimate Collection 83 71 Dubliners - Definitive.... 57 72 Panic At The Disco - Pretty ODD 73 73 Jimmy Cake - Spectre & Crown 66 74 Rory Gallagher - The Essential... 52 75 Brian Kennedy - Interpretations 93 76 Joe Dolan - Greatest Hits 81 77 Journey - Greatest Hits Re 78 Owen Brady - Prepare To Be Happy 85 79 Amy Winehouse - Frank Re 80 Kylie Minogue - X 76 81 Girls Aloud - Tangled Up Re 82 Snow Patrol - Eyes Open 84 83 Portishead - Dummy 95 84 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand 82 85 Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree 88 86 Nina Simone - Very Best of..... Re 87 Rod Stewart - Best of.... 94 88 Radiohead - In Rainbows 98 89 Britney Spears - My Prerogative (Greatest Hits) 67 90 Sugababes - Change 45 91 Breeders - Mountain Battles 40 92 Kooks - Inside In / Inside Out 87 93 Prince - Very Best of..... Re 94 Kenny Rogers - Daytime Friends: Very Best of... 69 95 Dolly Parton - Very Best of..... Ne 96 Alabama 3 - Hits & Exit Wounds Re 97 Christy Moore - The Collection (81-91) 64 98 Billy Joel - Piano Man: Best of.... 71 99 James Blunt - Back To Bedlam Re 100 Madonna - Immaculate Collection Dropping out 51 Children of Bodom - Blooddrunk 62 Daft Punk - Musique Vol 1: 1993 - 2006 72 David Gray - Greatest Hits 80 Foals - Antidotes 86 Sigur Ros - Takk.... 90 Roisin Murphy - Overpowered 91 Gnarls Barkley - Odd Couple 92 ELO - Very Best of.....All Over The World 96 Newton Faulkner - Hand Built By Robots 97 Guns n Roses - Greatest Hits 100 Nelly Furtado - Loose Top 30 Compilation Albums 01 01 Now 69 02 02 Clubland Classix 03 03 101 Driving Songs 04 04 Dave Pearce Trance Anthems 2008 05 05 Step Up 2: The Streets (OST) Ne 06 Hard2Beat Club Anthems 2008 10 07 Essential Album 07 08 Dance Party 2 06 09 Floorfillers 08 08 10 Dirty Dancing (OST) 09 11 Juno (OST) 14 12 Edge of The 80s 15 13 Massive R&B Spring 2008 13 14 Rebel Songs of Ireland 22 15 American Heartbeat 11 16 Euphoric Dance Breakdown 2008 18 17 Now 68 12 18 Ceol '08 17 19 Anthems 1991-2008 16 20 High School Musical 2 (OST) 19 21 Bodyguard (OST) 23 22 Mix Tape - DJ Shortee Blitz Re 23 O Brother Where Art Thou? 21 24 Ultimate NRG 3 27 25 1916 Easter Rising: 90th Anniversary Re 26 Top Gear - Seriously Cool Driving Music Ne 27 Positiva Essential Club Anthems 20 28 Big Tunes 2008 Re 29 No 1 Party Anthems 26 30 100 Hits - 80s Dropping out 24 Greatest Irish Legends 25 Mash Up Mix 2008 28 101 Children's Favourites 29 101 Love Songs 30 R&B Lovesongs Chart Track Commentary Duel Of The Duets 25/Apr/2008 Sharon Shannon & Mundy hold on to the top spot on the Singles Chart for a third week with ‘The Galway Girl’, fending off competition from Madonna & Justin Timberlake’s ‘4 Minutes’ which climbs from last week’s No4 to No2 with the release of the physical formats. This is the first Madonna single to climb this high in the Chart since ‘Hung Up’, which reached No2 in November 2005. The Top 10 sees two newcomers this week, the highest of which is Ireland’s Eurovision hopeful Dustin The Turkey at No5 with ‘Irelande Douze Points’. Since Dustin first appeared in the Charts back in 1990 with his Zig & Zag collaboration ‘Christmas No 1’ , seven of his previous eight releases have made the No1 spot - the last being in 2002 when he joined the Irish World Cup Squad for ‘Here Come The Good Times’. The second new entry is claimed by Dublin based Amy Martin who came to the public’s attention when she starred in TV3’s ‘Diary Of A Rising Star’: her debut single ‘Got Ur Number’ enters the Chart at No9. Mary Black continues her reign at No1 on the Album Chart for another week with ‘25 Years – 25 Songs’, her fifth week at the top. In a lean week for new releases, this week’s highest new entry is from the Last Shadow Puppets whose debut album ‘The Age Of The Understatement’ enters the Chart at No2. This collaboration between the Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner and Miles Kane from The Rascals gives the Rascals frontman his first appearance in the Irish Charts. The Kooks ‘Konk’ completes the trio at the top of the Chart, dropping one place from last week’s No2 to No3. Shakyfan's Commentary I think its fair to say that if the UK's Eurovison entry was to enter the UK singles chart at no 5 a month ahead of the contest it would considered a great achievement. But given the track record of Dustin no 5 may be considered a disspapointing result for Irelande Douze Points. Here's how his previous hits have fared: Title: THE CHRISTMAS NO. 1 Artist: ZIG AND ZAG Date of entry: 13.12.1990 Highest Placement: 1 Weeks in the Charts: 6 Title: SPANISH LADY (RE 1) Artist: DUSTIN Date of entry: 10.11.1994 Highest Placement: 1 Weeks in the Charts: 6 Title: RAT TRAP Artist: DUSTIN & GELDOF Date of entry: 07.11.1996 Highest Placement: 1 Weeks in the Charts: 6 Title: GOOD LOOKING WOMAN Artist: DUSTIN & JOE DOLAN Date of entry: 13.11.1997 Highest Placement: 1 Weeks in the Charts: 5 Title: 32 COUNTIES Artist: DUSTIN Date of entry: 18.11.1999 Highest Placement: 1 Weeks in the Charts: 3 Title: SWEET CAROLINE Artist: DUSTIN Date of entry: 22.11.2001 Highest Placement: 1 Weeks in the Charts: 4 Title: HERE COME THE GOOD TIMES Artist: IRISH WORLD CUP SQUAD Date of entry: 16.05.2002 Highest Placement: 1 Weeks in the Charts: 7 Title: PATRICIA THE STRIPPER Artist: DUSTIN WITH CHRIS DE BURGH Date of entry: 10.11.2005 Highest Placement: 3 Weeks in the Charts: 8 Meanwhile, courtesy of www.akoe.ie here are the Irish Eurovision hits. 1965 Ireland "Walking The Streets In The Rain"-Butch Moore #1 1966 Ireland "Come Back To Stay"-Dickie Rock #1 1966 Irish NF "The Wind Through The Rafters"-The Ludlows #8 1967 Ireland "If I Can Choose"-Sean Dunphy #2 1967 Irish NF "Back To The Hills/Canavaun"-Patricia Cahill #13 1967 Irish NF "The World Outside"-Deirdre O'Callaghan #15 1968 Ireland "Chance In A Lifetime"- Pat McGeegan #1 1969 Ireland "Wages Of Love-Muriel Day #1 1970 Ireland "All Kinds Of Everything"-Dana #1 1970 Irish NF "Things You Hear About Me"-Maxi Dick & Twink #17 1971 Ireland "One Day Love"-Angela Farrell #4 1972 Ireland "Ceol An Ghrá"-Sandie Jones #1 1973 Ireland "Do I Dream"-Maxi #7 1974 Ireland "Cross Your Heart"-Tina #1 1975 Ireland "That's What Friends Are For"- The Swarbriggs #2 1976 Ireland. Red Hurley-"When" #4 1976 Irish NF "Danny"-Cathal Dunne" #8 1977 Ireland "It's Nice To Be In Love Again"-Swarbriggs Plus Two #1 1977 Irish NF "There Was A Dream"-Colm Wilkinson #2 1977 Irish NF "Goodbye, Goodbye"-Chips #2 1977 Irish NF "Da-dum-da-dum-da I Love You So"-Denis Allen #7 1978 Ireland "Born To Sing"-Colm Wilkinson #8 1978 Irish NF "You Gotta Get Up"-Reform #3 1979 Ireland "Happy Man"-Cathal Dunne #3 1980 Ireland "What's Another Year"-Johnny Logan #1 1981 Ireland "Horoscopes"-Sheeba #3 1981 Interval Act "Timedance"-Planxty #3 1982 Ireland "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow"-Duskeys #12 1984 Ireland "Terminal 3"-Linda Martin #7 1985 Ireland "Wait Until The Weekend Comes"-Maria Christian #15 1986 Ireland "You Can Count On Me"-Luv Bug #2 1987 Ireland "Hold Me Now"-Johnny Logan #1 1988 Ireland "Take Him Home"-Jump The Gun" #3 1988 Interval Act "Don't Go"-Hothouse Flowers #2 1989 Ireland "The Real Me"-Kiev Connolly #17 1990 Ireland "Somewhere In Europe"-Liam Reilly #6 1991 Ireland "Could It Be That I'm In Love"-Kim Jackson #7 1992 Ireland "Why Me?"-Linda Martin #1 1993 Ireland "In Your Eyes"-Niamh Kavanagh #1 1994 Ireland "Rock'n'Roll Kids"- Harrington & McGettigan #2 1994 Interval Act "Riverdance"-Bill Whelan #1 1995 Ireland "Dreamin'"-Eddie Friel #5 1996 Ireland "The Voice"-Eimear Quinn #3 1997 Ireland "Mysterious Woman"-Marc Roberts #2 1998 Ireland "Is Always Over Now?"-Dawn #24 1999 The Mullans "When You Need Me" failed to chart 2000 Eamon Toal - "Millennium of Love" failed to chart 2001 Gary O'Shaughnessy - "Without Your Love" was never commercially released, with RTÉ only commissioning a limited pressing to promote the entry. 2003 Ireland "We've Got The World"-Mickey Harte #1 2003 Irish NF "A Better Plan"-Simon Casey #1 2004 Ireland "If My World Stopped Turning"-Chris Doran #1 2004 Irish NF "Losing You"-James Kilbane #15 2005 Ireland "Love?"-Donna & Joe #2 2006 Ireland "Every Song Is A Cry For Love"-Brian Kennedy #4 2007 There was CD release for "They Can't Stop The Spring". It was only available as a free download from the RTE website and therefore didn't qualify for the charts. Finally, it seems that the Neilsen airplay charts are no more, hence their disappearance from this thread. Number 1 this week Single: Mundy & Sharon Shannon - Galway Girl (3rd week) Download: Madona & Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes (2nd week) Artist Album: Mary Black - 25 Years, 25 Songs (5th week (2wks + 3 wks)) Compilation Album: Now 69 (6th week)
April 26, 200817 yr thanks ShakyFan! there appears to be a problem with the airplay charts that Nielsen compile. Or to be more exact, a problem with licensing. ChartsPlus, the UK charts newsletter, is no longer able, as of the current issue, to carry the UK airplay 100 as compiled by Nielsen. Nielsen have instead indicated that they want individual purchasers to pay £35 per week for the chart and to not distribute it to anyone else. It seems they must have pulled the plug on anyone carrying the chart for circulation. Someone at another board indicates that the German airplay chart (again compiled by Nielsen) has been pulled from being available on a German subscription website. I'll be interested to see whether Music week carry the new UK airplay chart tomorrow. It has carried the top 50 since the airplay chart began in the very early 1990s. Edited April 26, 200817 yr by Robbie
April 26, 200817 yr Am I correct in thinking that the last Madonna song to go to No.1 in Ireland was "Like A Prayer" way back in 1989? I can't remember any of her subsequent singles hitting the top spot here. (I'm not including "Me Against The Music" which is really a Britney song in fairness).
April 26, 200817 yr Author Someone over at UK Mix said that something like 16 countries airplay charts are no longer available. Spot on delboy! Though the next few singles all seemed to peak at 2 or 3.... Express Yourself 3 Cherish 2 Dear Jessie 3 Vogue 2 Hanky Panky, Justify My Love, Crazy For You (remix), Rescue Me, Holiday (reissue) all peaked at 3 This Used To Be My Playground 2 Erotica broke the run but still reached 4!
April 26, 200817 yr Someone over at UK Mix said that something like 16 countries airplay charts are no longer available. Spot on delboy! Though the next few singles all seemed to peak at 2 or 3.... Express Yourself 3 Cherish 2 Dear Jessie 3 Vogue 2 Hanky Panky, Justify My Love, Crazy For You (remix), Rescue Me, Holiday (reissue) all peaked at 3 This Used To Be My Playground 2 Erotica broke the run but still reached 4! It's a strange one though isn't it? There can't be many territories in the world where Madonna hasn't had a No.1 single since the 80's! Do you think "4 Minutes" will do it next week? I thought it might have hit pole position this week what with it being No.1 on I-Tunes Ireland and the physical format being out but it still only landed at No.2.
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