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No weekly chart on the NI Hit 40 show today. Instead they are counting down the Top 40 of the year! 01 Miley Cyrus - Flowers 02 Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding - Miracle 03 Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me 04 Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero 05 Ed Sheeran - Eyes Closed 06 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 07 Rema and Selena Gomez - Calm Down 08 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 09 Jax Jones ft Calum Scott - Whistle 10 Dua Lipa - Dance The Nig 06 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 07 Rema and Selena Gomez - Calm Down 08 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 09 Jax Jones ft. Calum Scott - Whistle 10 Dua Lipa - Dance The Night 11 Switch Disco ft. Ella Henderson - React 12 Harry Styles - As It Was 13 David Guetta and Bebe Rexha - I'm Good 14 Becky Hill - Remember 15 Anne-Marie and Shania Twain - Unhealthy 16 RAYE and 070 Shake - Escapism 17 Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire 18 Meghan Trainor - Made You Look 19 Tom Grennan - How Does It Feel? 20 Jonas Brothers - Waffle House 21 Pink - Trustfall 22 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 23 Mimi Webb - Red Flags 24 Joel Corry and Tom Grennan - Lionheart 25 Tiësto and Tate McRae - 10:35 26 David Guetta, Anne-Marie and Coi Leray - Baby Don't Hurt Me 27 Nathan Dawe, Joel Corry and Ella Henderson - 0800 Heaven 28 Lizzo - About Damn Time 29 Sza - Kill Bill 30 PinkPantheress and Ice Spice - Boy's A Liar 31 Zara LarssonCan't Tame Her 32 Niall Horan - Heaven 33 Cian Ducrot - I'll Be Waiting 34 Ed Sheeran - Celestial 35 Peggy Gou - NaNaNa 36 Venbee and Goddard - Messy In Heaven 37 Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam 38 Pink - Never Gonna Not Dance Again 39 Jazzy - Giving Me 40 Morgan Wallen - Last Night ​They also played some of the songs which missed out. Dua Lipa - Houdini Luke Combs - Fast Car Jain - Makeba Jack Harlow - Lovin' On Me Olivia Rodrigo - Get Him Back​ Noah Kahan - Stick Season Casso / Raye / D-Block Europe - Prada Tate McCrae - Greedy Miguel - Sure Thing

Week Ending 28th December 2023 (Week 52) Top 100 Singles 01 01 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 03 02 Wham! - Last Christmas 05 03 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree 04 04 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You 07 05 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas 02 06 Pogues ft Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York 10 07 Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock 09 08 Michael Buble - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas 12 09 Andy Williams - It's The Most Wonderful Time of The Year 14 10 Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 13 11 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me 22 12 Cher - DJ Play A Christmas Song 15 13 Kelly Clarkson & Ariana Grande - Santa Can't You Hear Me? 28 14 Laufey - Winter Wonderland 24 15 Ronettes - Sleigh Ride 27 16 Jose Feliciano - Feliz Navidad 18 17 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? 19 18 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath The Tree 17 19 Sia - Snowman 25 20 John & Yoko / Plastic Ono Band - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) 16 21 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 06 22 Jack Harlow - Lovin' On Me 29 23 Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas 32 24 Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime 38 25 Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song 08 26 Tate McRae - Greedy 21 27 Michael Buble - Holly Jolly Christmas 40 28 Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 41 29 Elton John - Step Into Christmas 36 30 Justin Bieber - Mistletoe 42 31 Burl Ives - A Holly Jolly Christmas 39 32 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day 11 33 Zach Bryan ft Kacey Musgraves - I Remember Everything 43 34 Coldplay - Christmas Lights 51 35 Bing Crosby - White Christmas 46 36 Frank Sinatra - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 50 37 Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 63 38 Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas 23 39 Zach Bryan - Something In The Orange 55 40 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep 20 41 Noah Kahan - Northern Attitude 26 42 Casso / Raye / D-Block Europe - Prada 70 43 Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 69 44 Perry Como - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas 57 45 Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby 66 46 Frank Sinatra - Jingle Bells 45 47 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody 67 48 Chuck Berry - Run Rudolph Run 78 49 Eagles - Please Come Home For Christmas 83 50 Donny Hathaway - This Christmas Be There 76 51 Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick 30 52 Dua Lipa - Houdini 33 53 Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday Girls 74 54 Britney Spears - My Only Wish (This Year) 89 55 Nat King Cole - Deck The Halls 31 56 Olivia Rodrigo - Can't Catch Me Now 84 57 Pretenders - 2000 Miles 81 58 Mud - Lonely This Christmas 35 59 Taylor Swift - Is It Over Now (Taylor's Version) 85 60 Sia - Santa's Coming For Us Re 61 Taylor Swift - Christmas Tree Farm 34 62 Tate McRae - Exes 96 63 John Williams - Carol of The Bells 37 64 Zara Larsson and David Guetta - On My Love Re 65 Stevie Wonder - What Christmas Means To Me Ne 66 Sabrina Carpenter - A Nonsense Christmas Re 67 Gwen Stefani ft Blake Shelton - You Make It Feel Like Christmas 44 68 Kanye West ft Pusha T - Runaway Re 69 Gene Autry - Here Comes Santa Claus Ne 70 Bing Crosby - Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas) 100 71 Mariah Carey - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 62 72 Drake ft Sexyy Red & Sza - Rich Baby Daddy Re 73 Cliff Richard - Mistletoe & Wine Re 74 Queen - Thank God It's Christmas 52 75 Noah Kahan - Dial Drunk Re 76 Jonas Brothers - Like It's Christmas Re 77 Idina Menzel ft Michael Buble - Baby It's Cold Outside Re 78 Frank Sinatra - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 56 79 Kenya Grace - Strangers Re 80 Dean Martin - Baby It's Cold Outside Re 81 Elvis Presley - Here Comes Santa Claus 49 82 Teddy Swims - Lose Control Re 83 Jackson 5 - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus Re 84 Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry Re 85 Michael Buble - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Ne 86 Dean Martin - Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer 60 87 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 54 88 Nicki Minaj ft Lil Uzi - Everybody 47 89 Zach Bryan ft War & Treaty - Hey Driver Ne 90 Nat King Cole - Joy To The World Re 91 Boney M - Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord 59 92 Billie Gillies ft Hannah Boleyn - DNA (Loving You) Ne 93 Vince Guaraldi Trio - Christmastime Is Here Ne 94 Cher - What Christmas Means To Me 48 95 Fred Again & Baby Keeem - LeaveMeAlone Ne 96 Gayla Peevey - I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas 58 97 Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire Re 98 Sam Smith - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Re 99 East 17 - Stay Another Day Re 100 Ava Max - Christmas Without You Top 100 Artist Albums 03 01 Michael Buble - Christmas 01 02 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 02 03 Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor's Version) 04 04 Olivia Rodrigo - Guts Re 05 Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song 06 06 Pogues - Best of... 05 07 Hozier - Unreal Unearth 07 08 Abba - Gold 09 09 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 52 10 Frank Sinatra - Christmas 08 11 Taylor Swift - Folklore 22 12 Elton John - Diamonds 19 13 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years - Don't Stop 12 14 Taylor Swift - Midnights 20 15 Weeknd - The Highlights 16 16 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour 15 17 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits 18 18 Taylor Swift - Lover 10 19 Hozier - Hozier 13 20 Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits 24 21 Taylor Swift - Reputation 29 22 Taylor Swift - Evermore 28 23 Lana Del Rey - Born To Die 27 24 Arctic Monkeys - AM 34 24 Queen - Greatest Hits 11 26 Tate McRae - Think Later 35 27 Kanye West - Graduation 17 28 Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday 2 37 29 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend 60 30 Nirvana - Nirvana 95 31 Dean Martin - A Winter Romance 25 32 Dermot Kennedy - Sonder Re 33 Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever Ne 34 Bing Crosby - Winter Wonderland 31 35 Cranberries - Dreams: The Collection 48 36 Beatles - 1967 - 1970 36 37 Dermot Kennedy - Without Fear 41 38 Nirvana - Nevermind 44 39 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent 30 40 Pogues - Rum Sodomy & The Lash 91 41 Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas 26 42 Killers - Rebel Diamonds 43 43 Post Malone - The Diamond Collection 32 44 Taylor Swift - 1989 42 45 Taylor Swift - Speak Now (Taylor's Version) 59 46 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black 33 47 Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds 51 48 Ed Sheeran - [Divide] 40 49 Harry Styles - Harry's House 46 50 Harry Styles - Fine Line 55 51 Travis Scott - Utopia 53 52 Andrea / Matteo / Virginia Bocelli - A Family Christmas 45 53 SZA - SOS 56 54 Hozier - Wasteland Baby 23 55 Andre Reiu & Johann Strauss Orchestra - Jewels of Romance 68 56 Ed Sheeran - = [Equals] 75 57 David Bowie - Legacy 49 58 Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan 57 59 Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon 21 60 Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God 87 61 Cure - Greatest Hits 63 62 Beatles - 1962 - 1966 Ne 63 Elvis Presley - The Classic Christmas Album Re 64 Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas Re 65 Sia - Everyday Is Christmas 65 66 50 Cent - Best of... 64 67 Eminem - Curtain Call 2 66 68 Cher - Christmas 76 69 U2 - U218 Singles 38 70 Cian Ducrot - Victory 67 71 Drake - For All The Dogs 54 72 Pogues - 30 - 30 (The Essential Collection) 71 73 Weeknd - Starboy Ne 74 Elvis Presley - Elvis' Christmas Album 14 75 Nathan Carter - Music Man 78 76 Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? 58 77 Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version) 74 78 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits Re 79 George Michael - Twenty Five 69 80 Tyler, The Creator - Igor Ne 81 Pentatonix - The Greatest Christmas Hits Re 82 Killers - Hot Fuss 61 83 Pink - Trustfall 70 84 Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd 80 85 Lankum - False Lankum 96 86 Michael Jackson - The Essential 39 87 Take That - This Life 85 88 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994 - 2009 Re 89 Smiths - The Queen Is Dead Re 90 Billy Joel - Piano Man: The Very Best of... 82 91 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream 77 92 Guns n Roses - Greatest Hits 89 93 Smiths - Sound of The Smiths Re 94 John Williams - Home Alone (OST) 97 95 Pitbull - Greatest Hits 100 96 Elvis Presley - 30 No 1 Hits Re 97 Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits 84 98 Radiohead - OK Computer 86 99 Maroon 5 - Singles Ne 100 Kelly Clarkson - When Christmas Comes Around Top 30 Compilation Albums 01 01 V/A - Now 116 02 02 Original Soundtrack - Barbie: The Album 06 03 Motion Picture Cast Recording - The Greatest Showman 03 04 V/A - Now That's What I Call 40 Years 04 05 V/A - The Best Ever... Christmas 05 06 V/A - Now That's What I Call Christmas (2022) 11 07 OST - Trolls Band Together 07 08 OST - Guardians of The Galaxy - Awesome Mix 1 14 09 OST - Pulp Fiction 09 10 OST - Mama Mia 08 11 V/A - The Hits Album - The 80s Pure Pop Album 10 12 Original TV Soundtrack - Hamilton 15 13 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Wonka 13 14 OST - Suicide Squad: The Album 16 15 OST - Frozen 18 16 OST - Moana 33 17 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Mama Mia - Here We Go Again 24 18 V/A - I Love 80s 17 19 OST - The Hunger Games - The Ballad of Songbirds 19 20 OST - Grease 23 21 V/A - Phil Collins Plays Well With Others 21 22 V/A - The Annual 2024 - Ministry of Sound 12 23 V/A - Christmas Classsics 26 24 OST - Dirty Dancing 29 25 OST - Sing 20 26 OST - Guardians of The Galaxy - Awesome Mix 2 32 27 Motion Picture Cast Recording - A Star Is Born 30 28 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Sing 2 25 29 V/A - Metro Boomin Pts Spiderman (Across The Spider-verse) 48 30 OST - Forrest Gump Top 20 Independent Albums 02 01 Arctic Monkeys - AM 01 02 Nathan Carter - Music Man 05 03 Lankum - False Lankum 06 04 Radiohead - OK Computer 03 05 CMAT - Crazymad For Me 08 06 Adele - 21 04 07 Dolores Keane - Anthology 07 08 Mary Wallopers - Irish Rock n Roll 11 09 Tumbling Paddies - The Journey So Far - Live 10 10 Adele - 25 12 11 Luke Kelly With The Dubliners - Luke's Legacy 21 12 Dubliners - 50 Years 13 13 Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare 09 14 Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What... 16 15 Daniel O'Donnell - How Lucky I Must Be 19 16 Frank Ocean - Blonde 29 17 Mary Wallopers - The Mary Wallopers 20 18 Wolfe Tones - Platinum Collection 14 19 Coronas - The Best of The Early Days 36 20 Wolfe Tones - At Their Very Best - Live Top 20 Homegrown Tracks 02 01 Cian Ducrot / Ella Henderson - Rest of Our Days 01 02 Jazzy - NRG 04 03 Kingfishr - Shot In The Dark 03 04 Hozier - Francesca 06 05 Picture This - Call It Love 08 06 Chasing Abbey - Learning To Dance (Lanigan's Ball) 07 07 Darren Kiely - Sunrise 09 08 Dermot Kennedy - Two Hearts 11 09 Aimee - Grafton Street Lights 19 10 Lankum - Go Dig My Grave 15 11 Brave Giant - Four 17 12 Danny Byrne Band - If I Die Young 10 13 Aimee Carty - 2 Days Into College 12 14 Gavin James - White Noise 13 15 Kneecap / Grian Chatten - Better Way To Live 14 16 Niall Horan - You Could Start A Cult 16 17 CMAT - Where Are Your Kids Tonight 05 18 U2 - Atomic City 18 19 Khakikid - Who's That Girl 20 20 Versatile - 27 Club CLASSIC COUNTDOWN 30/12/23 No show this week! Instead there was an extra hour of All 80s Saturday Of note is the Forrest Gump soundtrack which moves from 48 to 30 on the compilations chart. Although showing as having 42 weeks in total on the full chart this seems to be the first week in the Top 30.

NI Hit 40 (Broadcast 24.12.2023) 02 01 Wham! - Last Christmas 03 02 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You 01 03 Pogues ft Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York 04 04 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 06 05 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree 07 06 Kelly Clarkson - Under The Tree 10 07 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day 05 08 Dua Lipa - Houdini 09 09 Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas 11 10 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep 16 11 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas 20 12 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? 14 13 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody 08 14 Jack Harlow - Lovin' On Me 18 15 Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime 13 16 Noel Kahan - Stick Season 15 17 Elton John - Step Into Christmas 23 18 John & Yoko / Plastic Ono Band - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) Re 19 Cher - DJ Play A Christmas Song Ne 20 Sam Ryder - You're Christmas To Me Ne 21 Mission Christmas - It's Downtown Christmas 22 22 Rema & Selena Gomez - Calm Down 12 23 Tate McRae - Greedy 21 24 Casso / Raye / D-Block Europe - Prada 32 25 Andy Williams - It's The Most Wonderful Time of The Year 38 26 East 17 - Stay Another Day 17 27 Zara Larsson and David Guetta - On My Love 27 28 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 29 29 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me 37 30 Michael Buble - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas 36 31 Pretenders - 2000 Miles 39 32 Billy Gillies ft Hannah Boyeln - DNA 34 33 Jose Feliciano - Feliz Navidad 31 34 Ronettes - Sleigh Ride Re 35 Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock Re 36 Calvin Harris / Ellie Goulding - Miracle 19 37 Tyla - Water Re 38 Dean Martin - Let IT Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow 33 39 Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang 30 40 Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire Number 21 is a collection of local celebrities to raise money for charity. Many of them are presenters on Downtown Radio so kinda unfortunate that this week's show wasn't broadcast on the station. ​

Week Ending 21st December 2023 (Week 51) Top 100 Singles 01 01 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 02 02 Pogues ft Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York 04 03 Wham! - Last Christmas 05 04 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You 07 05 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree 03 06 Jack Harlow - Lovin' On Me 08 07 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas 06 08 Tate McRae - Greedy 10 09 Michael Buble - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas 11 10 Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock 09 11 Zach Bryan ft Kacey Musgraves - I Remember Everything 14 12 Andy Williams - It's The Most Wonderful Time of The Year 13 13 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me 21 14 Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 19 15 Kelly Clarkson & Ariana Grande - Santa Can't You Hear Me? 16 16 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 20 17 Sia - Snowman 26 18 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? 24 19 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath The Tree 17 20 Noah Kahan - Northern Attitude 28 21 Michael Buble - Holly Jolly Christmas 38 22 Cher - DJ Play A Christmas Song 15 23 Zach Bryan - Something In The Orange 29 24 Ronettes - Sleigh Ride 27 25 John & Yoko / Plastic Ono Band - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) 18 26 Casso / Raye / D-Block Europe - Prada 32 27 Jose Feliciano - Feliz Navidad 34 28 Laufey - Winter Wonderland 35 29 Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas 22 30 Dua Lipa - Houdini 12 31 Olivia Rodrigo - Can't Catch Me Now 37 32 Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime 73 33 Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday Girls 23 34 Tate McRae - Exes 31 35 Taylor Swift - Is It Over Now (Taylor's Version) 42 36 Justin Bieber - Mistletoe 40 37 Zara Larsson and David Guetta - On My Love 45 38 Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song 46 39 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day 51 40 Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 48 41 Elton John - Step Into Christmas 59 42 Burl Ives - A Holly Jolly Christmas 53 43 Coldplay - Christmas Lights 44 44 Kanye West ft Pusha T - Runaway 52 45 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody 55 46 Frank Sinatra - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 49 47 Zach Bryan ft War & Treaty - Hey Driver 25 48 Fred Again & Baby Keeem - LeaveMeAlone 63 49 Teddy Swims - Lose Control 62 50 Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 66 51 Bing Crosby - White Christmas Re 52 Noah Kahan - Dial Drunk 33 53 Lyrical Lemonade / Dave / Jack Harlow - Stop Giving Me Advice 60 54 Nicki Minaj ft Lil Uzi - Everybody 69 55 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep 50 56 Kenya Grace - Strangers 72 57 Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby 57 58 Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire 58 59 Billie Gillies ft Hannah Boleyn - DNA (Loving You) Re 60 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 54 61 Taylor Swift - Now That We Don't Talk (Taylor's Version) 61 62 Drake ft Sexyy Red & Sza - Rich Baby Daddy 79 63 Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas 39 64 Tate McRae - Run For The Hills 67 65 Dylan Gossett - Coal 84 66 Frank Sinatra - Jingle Bells 78 67 Chuck Berry - Run Rudolph Run 74 68 Sabrina Carpenter - Feather 86 69 Perry Como - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas 87 70 Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Ne 71 Nicki Minaj - FTCU 71 72 Jid ft 21 Savage & Baby Tate - Surrounding Sound 81 73 Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang 89 74 Britney Spears - My Only Wish (This Year) 30 75 Tyla - Water 97 76 Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick 65 77 Fred Again & Jozzy - Ten 94 78 Eagles - Please Come Home For Christmas 70 79 Troy Sivan - One of Your Girls 64 80 Sza - Kill Bill Re 81 Mud - Lonely This Christmas 68 82 Weeknd / Jennie / Lily Rose Depp - One of The Girls 100 83 Donny Hathaway - This Christmas Be There Re 84 Pretenders - 2000 Miles Re 85 Sia - Santa's Coming For Us 75 86 Dave & Central Cee - Sprinter 36 87 Mitski - My Love Mine All Mine 80 88 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red Re 89 Nat King Cole - Deck The Halls 85 90 Fred Again and Obongjayar - adore U Ne 91 Ella Henderson & Cian Ducrot - Rest of Our Days 88 92 Tumbling Paddies - The Way I Am Re 93 Belters Only / Fodera / Jazzy - Life Lesson Re 94 Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For Re 95 Hozier - Work Song Re 96 John Williams - Carol of The Bells Re 97 Jung Kook - Standing Next To You 82 98 Lord Huron - The Night We Met 93 99 Hozier - Take Me To Church Re 100 Mariah Carey - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) Top 100 Artist Albums 05 01 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 04 02 Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor's Version) 07 03 Michael Buble - Christmas 08 04 Olivia Rodrigo - Guts 15 05 Hozier - Unreal Unearth 03 06 Pogues - Best of... 22 07 Abba - Gold 11 08 Taylor Swift - Folklore 19 09 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 24 10 Hozier - Hozier 06 11 Tate McRae - Think Later 13 12 Taylor Swift - Midnights 30 13 Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits 02 14 Nathan Carter - Music Man 14 15 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits 16 16 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour 09 17 Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday 2 20 18 Taylor Swift - Lover 18 19 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years - Don't Stop 12 20 Weeknd - The Highlights 21 21 Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God 17 22 Elton John - Diamonds 52 23 Andre Reiu & Johann Strauss Orchestra - Jewels of Romance 25 24 Taylor Swift - Reputation 27 25 Dermot Kennedy - Sonder 01 26 Killers - Rebel Diamonds 23 27 Arctic Monkeys - AM 28 28 Lana Del Rey - Born To Die 26 29 Taylor Swift - Evermore 10 30 Pogues - Rum Sodomy & The Lash 64 31 Cranberries - Dreams: The Collection 33 32 Taylor Swift - 1989 51 33 Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds 40 34 Queen - Greatest Hits 31 35 Kanye West - Graduation 36 36 Dermot Kennedy - Without Fear 45 37 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend 43 38 Cian Ducrot - Victory 44 39 Take That - This Life 37 40 Harry Styles - Harry's House 56 41 Nirvana - Nevermind 34 42 Taylor Swift - Speak Now (Taylor's Version) 32 43 Post Malone - The Diamond Collection 35 44 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent 38 45 SZA - SOS 49 46 Harry Styles - Fine Line 87 47 Maneskin - Rush 39 48 Beatles - 1967 - 1970 41 49 Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan Ne 50 Gregory Porter - Christmas Wish 46 51 Ed Sheeran - [Divide] 50 52 Frank Sinatra - Christmas 99 53 Andrea / Matteo / Virginia Bocelli - A Family Christmas Ne 54 Pogues - 30 - 30 (The Essential Collection) 47 55 Travis Scott - Utopia 90 56 Hozier - Wasteland Baby Re 57 Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon 54 58 Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version) Re 59 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black 63 60 Nirvana - Nirvana 84 61 Pink - Trustfall 67 62 CMAT - Crazymad For Me 62 63 Beatles - 1962 - 1966 53 64 Eminem - Curtain Call 2 59 65 50 Cent - Best of... 76 66 Cher - Christmas 55 67 Drake - For All The Dogs 57 68 Ed Sheeran - = [Equals] 82 69 Tyler, The Creator - Igor 80 70 Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd 58 71 Weeknd - Starboy Ne 72 Dolores Keane - Anthology Ne 73 Nat King Cole - Christmas With… 60 74 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits 74 75 David Bowie - Legacy 66 76 U2 - U218 Singles 78 77 Guns n Roses - Greatest Hits 85 78 Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? Re 79 Niall Horan - The Show Re 80 Lankum - False Lankum Re 81 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication 61 82 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream 69 83 Joel Corry - Another Friday Night Re 84 Radiohead - OK Computer 68 85 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994 - 2009 65 86 Maroon 5 - Singles Re 87 Cure - Greatest Hits Re 88 Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler - Private Investigations: The Best of... 72 89 Smiths - Sound of The Smiths 83 90 Lana Del Rey - Norman F**king Rockwell Re 91 Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas 77 92 Beyonce - Renaissance 100 93 Jung Kook - Golden 79 94 Eminem - The Eminem Show Re 95 Dean Martin - A Winter Romance 71 96 Michael Jackson - The Essential 92 97 Pitbull - Greatest Hits 86 98 Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence 81 99 Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Re 100 Elvis Presley - 30 No 1 Hits Top 30 Compilation Albums 01 01 V/A - Now 116 02 02 Original Soundtrack - Barbie: The Album 04 03 V/A - Now That's What I Call 40 Years 05 04 V/A - The Best Ever... Christmas 03 05 V/A - Now That's What I Call Christmas (2022) 06 06 Motion Picture Cast Recording - The Greatest Showman 13 07 OST - Guardians of The Galaxy - Awesome Mix 1 17 08 V/A - The Hits Album - The 80s Pure Pop Album 10 09 OST - Mama Mia 09 10 Original TV Soundtrack - Hamilton 07 11 OST - Trolls Band Together 11 12 V/A - Christmas Classsics 12 13 OST - Suicide Squad: The Album 45 14 OST - Pulp Fiction 21 15 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Wonka 14 16 OST - Frozen 08 17 OST - The Hunger Games - The Ballad of Songbirds 15 18 OST - Moana 19 19 OST - Grease 39 20 OST - Guardians of The Galaxy - Awesome Mix 2 35 21 V/A - The Annual 2024 - Ministry of Sound 28 22 OST - Wish 18 23 V/A - Phil Collins Plays Well With Others 32 24 V/A - I Love 80s 20 25 V/A - Metro Boomin Pts Spiderman (Across The Spider-verse) 43 26 OST - Dirty Dancing 16 27 V/A - Christmas: The Collection (2017) 33 28 V/A - It's Christmas 23 29 OST - Sing 24 30 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Sing 2 Top 20 Independent Albums 01 01 Nathan Carter - Music Man 02 02 Arctic Monkeys - AM 03 03 CMAT - Crazymad For Me 20 04 Dolores Keane - Anthology 19 05 Lankum - False Lankum 07 06 Radiohead - OK Computer 04 07 Mary Wallopers - Irish Rock n Roll 05 08 Adele - 21 08 09 Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What... 06 10 Adele - 25 13 11 Tumbling Paddies - The Journey So Far - Live 40 12 Luke Kelly With The Dubliners - Luke's Legacy 12 13 Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare 21 14 Coronas - The Best of The Early Days 18 15 3 Amigos - Something Specia 15 16 Daniel O'Donnell - How Lucky I Must Be 26 17 Radiohead - In Rainbows 36 18 Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia 10 19 Frank Ocean - Blonde 28 20 Wolfe Tones - Platinum Collection Top 20 Homegrown Tracks 02 01 Jazzy - NRG 05 02 Cian Ducrot / Ella Henderson - Rest of Our Days 08 03 Hozier - Francesca 01 04 Kingfishr - Shot In The Dark Re 05 U2 - Atomic City 03 06 Picture This - Call It Love 04 07 Darren Kiely - Sunrise 07 08 Chasing Abbey - Learning To Dance (Lanigan's Ball) 06 09 Dermot Kennedy - Two Hearts 09 10 Aimee Carty - 2 Days Into College 12 11 Aimee - Grafton Street Lights 13 12 Gavin James - White Noise 11 13 Kneecap / Grian Chatten - Better Way To Live 16 14 Niall Horan - You Could Start A Cult 17 15 Brave Giant - Four Re 16 CMAT - Where Are Your Kids Tonight 18 17 Danny Byrne Band - If I Die Young 15 18 Khakikid - Who's That Girl Re 19 Lankum - Go Dig My Grave 14 20 Versatile - 27 Club CLASSIC COUNTDOWN 23/12/23 1984 https://www.rte.ie/radio/gold/clips/11589000/ Before playing Wham Will Leahy referred to the rumour that Shaky was all set to release Merry Christmas Everyone in 1984 until this one was released and it was decided to hold off for a year. This isn't the correct rumour at all - it was supposedly held off when Band Aid happened although given that Shaky had released Teardrops at the end of November and it had only just charted I'd say it was highly unlikely that it was going to be released that year. The constant loop of shows was slightly spoiled this week as Will also referred to how Last Christmas had never actually made it to number 1. This was probably true when the show was originally recorded and broadcast but is certainly no longer the case.

NI Hit 40 (Broadcast 17.12.2023) 01 01 Pogues ft Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York 02 02 Wham! - Last Christmas 03 03 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You 04 04 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 05 05 Dua Lipa - Houdini 10 06 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree 07 07 Kelly Clarkson - Under The Tree 06 08 Jack Harlow - Lovin' On Me 25 09 Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas 16 10 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day 08 11 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep 12 12 Tate McRae - Greedy 18 13 Noel Kahan - Stick Season 14 14 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody 19 15 Elton John - Step Into Christmas 28 16 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas 09 17 Zara Larsson and David Guetta - On My Love 20 18 Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime 11 19 Tyla - Water 17 20 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? 15 21 Casso / Raye / D-Block Europe - Prada 13 22 Rema & Selena Gomez - Calm Down 29 23 John & Yoko / Plastic Ono Band - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) 32 24 Taylor Swift - Is It Over Now (Taylor's Version) 23 25 Kenya Grace - Strangers 21 26 Jax Jones and D.O.D ft. Ina Wroldsen - Won't Forget You 22 27 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 31 28 Jonas Brothers ft Bailey Zimmerman - Strong Enough 30 29 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me 27 30 Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire Re 31 Ronettes - Sleigh Ride Re 32 Andy Williams - It's The Most Wonderful Time of The Year 34 33 Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang Re 34 Jose Feliciano - Feliz Navidad Ne 35 Chris De Burgh - A Spaceman Came Travelling 40 36 Pretenders - 2000 Miles Re 37 Michael Buble - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas 38 38 East 17 - Stay Another Day 24 39 Billy Gillies ft Hannah Boyeln - DNA 37 40 Sia - Snowman

Went to number 1 in Ireland last week! Dropped to number 2 this week, replaced by Noah Kahan who had been there for the previous 4 weeks. In Northern Ireland it was number 1 on the NI Hit 40 chart which takes in sales, streams and airplay.

Top 50 Tracks (09/12/23 - 15/12/23) 01 06 Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days 02 07 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 03 11 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas 04 01 Shane MacGowan - My Way 05 18 Pogues ft Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York 06 03 Bruce Springsteen - Working On The Highway 07 13 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 08 04 Bruce Springsteen - I'll See You In My Dreams 09 08 Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender 10 02 The Undertones - Thrill Me 11 17 Shakin' Stevens - The Best Christmas of Them All 12 10 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 13 09 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 14 23 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 15 15 Bruce Springsteen - One Minute You're Here 16 05 Shane MacGowan & Sinead O'Connor - Haunted 17 25 Bruce Springsteen - The Power of Prayer 18 16 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 19 Ne Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day 20 32 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You 21 34 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 22 28 Bruce Springsteen - Ghosts 23 Re Bruce Springsteen - Bobby Jean 24 Ne Terence Trent D'Arby - If You Let Me Stay 25 Ne Deacon Blue - You'll Know It's Christmas 26 21 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 27 27 Rick Astley - Dippin' My Feet 28 Re Showaddywaddy - When 29 Ne Terence Trent D'Arby - I'll Never Turn My Back On You 30 24 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 31 26 Take That - This Life 32 Ne Bryan Adams - Can't Stop This Thing We Started (Live At The Royal Albert Hall) 33 Ne Leona Lewis - One More Sleep 34 Ne Sleaford Mods - West End Girls 35 Re Showaddywaddy - Remember Then 36 Re Bruce Springsteen - Pay Me My Money Down (Live In Dublin 07/05/23) 37 Ne Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree 38 Re Showaddywaddy - Blue Moon 39 19 Pogues & The Dubliners - The Irish Rover 40 Ne Terence Trent D'Arby - Dance Little Sister 41 Re Bruce Springsteen - Janey Needs A Shooter 42 12 The Undertones - It's Going To Happen 43 40 Bruce Springsteen - Tougher Than The Rest 44 33 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red 45 Re Showaddywaddy - I Wanna Take You Home 46 49 Lewis Capaldi - Love The Hell Out of You 47 Ne Bryan Adams - Not Guilty (Live At The Royal Albert Hall) 48 50 Lewis Capaldi - Burning 49 38 Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire 50 Ne Cher - DJ Play A Christmas Song Top 10 Albums (09/12/23 - 15/12/23) 01 03 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 02 01 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 03 04 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 04 Re Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2023/05/05 Dublin, IRELAND 05 Re Showaddywaddy - Bright Lights 06 Ne Shakin Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 07 Ne Bryan Adams - Waking Up The Neighbours (Live At The Royal Albert Hall) 08 09 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 09 Ne Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing The Hardline According To… 10 Re Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2023/05/07 Dublin, IRELAND Listening to more music than the last couple of weeks and again Bruce Springsteen benefits as I put on 2 of his Dublin shows from earlier in the year. Shaky's Christmas album was dug out this week and provides one of the new entries on the album chart, just ahead of one of three live albums from Bryan Adams. Also this week after a few plays of Born In The USA I decided to dig out another of my favourite 80s albums. I know he has changed his name but to me he'll always be Terence Trent D'Arby. Showaddywaddy are also back following the announcemet this week of some Irish dates for next September. Bruce and Showaddywaddy provide some of the entries on this week's tracks chart with some more Christmas tunes also making their debut. Had a listen to Sleaford Mods version of West End Girls during the week and thought it was quite good, it turns up just outside the Top 30.

Top 50 Tracks (02/12/23 - 08/12/23) 01 Ne Shane MacGowan - My Way 02 01 The Undertones - Thrill Me 03 02 Bruce Springsteen - Working On The Highway 04 03 Bruce Springsteen - I'll See You In My Dreams 05 11 Shane MacGowan & Sinead O'Connor - Haunted 06 12 Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days 07 05 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 08 06 Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender 09 04 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 10 07 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 11 Ne Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas 12 10 The Undertones - It's Going To Happen 13 Ne Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 14 19 The Undertones - I Need Your Love The Way It Used To Be 15 08 Bruce Springsteen - One Minute You're Here 16 14 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 17 Ne Shakin' Stevens - The Best Christmas of Them All 18 Ne Pogues ft Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York 19 Re Pogues & The Dubliners - The Irish Rover 20 24 The Undertones - Oh Please 21 15 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 22 09 Bad Manners - My Girl Lollipop 23 20 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 24 27 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 25 25 Bruce Springsteen - The Power of Prayer 26 38 Take That - This Life 27 40 Rick Astley - Dippin' My Feet 28 16 Bruce Springsteen - Ghosts 29 18 The Specials - A Message To You (Rudi) 30 23 Bad Manners - Can Can 31 Re Duran Duran - Ghost Town 32 Ne Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You 33 21 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red 34 Ne Noah Kahan - Stick Season 35 22 The Undertones - Here Comes The Summer 36 13 Bad Manners - Special Brew 37 17 Holly Johnson - Americanos 38 45 Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire 39 Ne Cassö, RAYE, D-Block Europe - Prada 40 43 Bruce Springsteen - Tougher Than The Rest 41 Ne Teddy Swims - Lose Control 42 26 The Undertones - My Perfect Cousin 43 32 Bad Manners - Ne-Ne Na-Na Na-Na Nu-Nu 44 Ne Abba - One of Us 45 Re Lewis Capaldi - How I'm Feeling Now 46 34 Fun Boy 3 - The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum) 47 42 Holly Johnson - Love Train 48 Re Bad Manners - Skaville UK 49 29 Lewis Capaldi - Love The Hell Out of You 50 39 Lewis Capaldi - Burning Top 10 Albums (02/12/23 - 08/11/23) 01 02 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 02 Ne The Pogues - The Ultimate Collection 03 03 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 04 04 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 05 07 Madness - Theatre of The Absurd Presents C'est La Vie 06 01 The Undertones - Get What You Need 07 Ne Abba - Super Trouper 08 08 The Undertones - An Anthology 09 10 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 10 Re Abba - Voyage Well it was obvious that the Pogues would appear this week and in the album chart Ultimate Collection enters at number 2 though it was mainly the 2nd CD that I was listening to. This is a recording of a concert recorded at Brixton Academy. On the tracks chart the Christmas songs make their first appearances and the other new entries are mostly a result of using the DJ option on Spotify.

Top 50 Tracks (25/11/23 - 01/12/23) 01 Re The Undertones - Thrill Me 02 01 Bruce Springsteen - Working On The Highway 03 04 Bruce Springsteen - I'll See You In My Dreams 04 07 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 05 02 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 06 08 Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender 07 05 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 08 06 Bruce Springsteen - One Minute You're Here 09 Re Bad Manners - My Girl Lollipop 10 Ne The Undertones - It's Going To Happen 11 Ne Shane MacGowan & Sinead O'Connor - Haunted 12 12 Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days 13 Ne Bad Manners - Special Brew 14 10 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 15 09 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 16 03 Bruce Springsteen - Ghosts 17 40 Holly Johnson - Americanos 18 Re The Specials - A Message To You (Rudi) 19 Ne The Undertones - I Need Your Love The Way It Used To Be 20 11 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 21 13 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red 22 Ne The Undertones - Here Comes The Summer 23 Ne Bad Manners - Can Can 24 Ne The Undertones - Oh Please 25 15 Bruce Springsteen - The Power of Prayer 26 Ne The Undertones - My Perfect Cousin 27 17 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 28 Ne The Undertones - You Can't Say That 29 31 Lewis Capaldi - Love The Hell Out of You 30 Ne Bad Manners - Lip Up Fatty 31 14 OMD - Slow Train 32 Re Bad Manners - Ne-Ne Na-Na Na-Na Nu-Nu 33 Ne Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome 34 Ne Fun Boy 3 - The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum) 35 Ne The Undertones - I Know A Girl 36 Ne Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Two Tribes 37 Ne The Undertones - The Cruellest Thing 38 34 Take That - This Life 39 22 Lewis Capaldi - Burning 40 19 Rick Astley - Dippin' My Feet 41 18 OMD - Don't Go 42 Re Holly Johnson - Love Train 43 20 Bruce Springsteen - Tougher Than The Rest 44 29 Miley Cyrus - Used To Be Young 45 39 Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire 46 30 Bruce Springsteen - My Hometown 47 Ne The Specials - Ghost Town 48 Ne The Undertones - Jimmy Jimmy 49 38 Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me 50 24 Bryan Adams - You Belong To Me Top 10 Albums (25/11/23 - 01/12/23) 01 Ne The Undertones - Get What You Need 02 02 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 03 01 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 04 04 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 05 Ne The Undertones - Dig What You Need 06 Re Bad Manners - Baldheads: Live In Essex 07 06 Madness - Theatre of The Absurd Presents C'est La Vie 08 Ne The Undertones - An Anthology 09 Re Holly Johnson - Blast 10 Re OMD - Bauhaus Staircase At the start of this week I attended 3 concerts over 3 nights and it shows up on the charts. On the Friday night it was Holly Johnson, On the Saturday The Undertones and finally Bad Manners on the Sunday. Get What You Need (2003) was the first album that the Undertones recorded with current singer Paul McLoone, the follow up Dig Yourself Deep came out 4 years later. Both albums were only ever released on CD. Last year saw the release of Dig What You Need which is a mix of the 2 previous releases with a 50/50 split in material. As well as CD there was a vinyl issue and there were a few signed copies available at the show. For around £35 we got our money's worth as also on the bill were Belfast punk band The Outcasts, Neville Staple and the Buzzcocks. Towards the end of the chart week the death of Shane Macgowan was announced. With various other things going on I wasn't listening to much music at that point so only one song fro his back catalogue made it into the Top 50.

Top 50 Tracks (18/11/23 - 24/11/23) 01 02 Bruce Springsteen - Working On The Highway 02 03 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 03 31 Bruce Springsteen - Ghosts 04 08 Bruce Springsteen - I'll See You In My Dreams 05 01 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 06 11 Bruce Springsteen - One Minute You're Here 07 05 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 08 07 Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender 09 04 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 10 10 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 11 12 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 12 15 Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days 13 06 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red 14 16 OMD - Slow Train 15 21 Bruce Springsteen - The Power of Prayer 16 Ne Bruce Springsteen - Brilliant Disguise 17 22 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 18 09 OMD - Don't Go 19 13 Rick Astley - Dippin' My Feet 20 Re Bruce Springsteen - Tougher Than The Rest 21 35 Bruce Springsteen - House of A Thousand Guitars 22 36 Lewis Capaldi - Burning 23 Ne Bruce Springsteen - Bobby Jean 24 17 Bryan Adams - You Belong To Me 25 25 David Guetta & Kim Petras - When We Were Young (The Logical Song) 26 Ne Madness - If I Go Mad 27 Ne Blondie - Call Me 28 Ne Madness - Beginners 101 29 20 Miley Cyrus - Used To Be Young 30 Ne Bruce Springsteen - My Hometown 31 28 Lewis Capaldi - Love The Hell Out of You 32 Ne Scooter - Back In Ireland 33 19 Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 34 48 Take That - This Life 35 Ne Madness - Baby Burglar 36 14 Corrs - Toss The Feathers 37 50 Switch Disco ft Ella Henderson - React 38 33 Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me 39 29 Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire 40 Re Holly Johnson - Americanos 41 43 Lewis Capaldi - Any Kind of Life 42 Ne Bruce Springsteen - Cover Me 43 41 Madness - C'est La Vie 44 23 Bryan Adams - Sometimes You Lose Before You Win 45 44 Ed Sheeran - American Town 46 Re Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch 47 18 Saw Doctors - She Says 48 39 Lewis Capaldi - How I'm Feeling Now 49 37 Bryan Adams - Kick Ass 50 24 Issey Cross - Bittersweet Goodbye Top 10 Albums (18/11/23 - 24/11/23) 01 01 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 02 02 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 03 Ne Bruce Springsteen - The Essential… 04 05 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 05 Ne Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits 06 09 Madness - Theatre of The Absurd Presents C'est La Vie 07 Re Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 08 07 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2023/05/07 Dublin, IRELAND 09 10 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2023/05/05 Dublin, IRELAND 10 03 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2023/05/09 Dublin, IRELAND And even more Springsteen! A slight climb for Madness as I got to listen to the album more, hence the appearance of some of the album tracks in the tracks chart. Blondie and Scooter turned up randomly on the DJ function on Spotify while Holly Johnson returned as I was going to see him in Belfast on the night of 24th November.

Catch up time! I have been compiling these as normal but wanted to add a brief commentary to each one before posting. Top 50 Tracks (11/11/23 - 17/11/23) 01 07 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 02 08 Bruce Springsteen - Working On The Highway 03 02 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 04 01 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 05 03 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 06 04 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red 07 Ne Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender 08 10 Bruce Springsteen - I'll See You In My Dreams 09 14 OMD - Don't Go 10 09 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 11 21 Bruce Springsteen - One Minute You're Here 12 11 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 13 05 Rick Astley - Dippin' My Feet 14 13 Corrs - Toss The Feathers 15 18 Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days 16 23 OMD - Slow Train 17 12 Bryan Adams - You Belong To Me 18 06 Saw Doctors - She Says 19 15 Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 20 Re Miley Cyrus - Used To Be Young 21 Re Bruce Springsteen - The Power of Prayer 22 20 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 23 37 Bryan Adams - Sometimes You Lose Before You Win 24 25 Issey Cross - Bittersweet Goodbye 25 Ne David Guetta & Kim Petras - When We Were Young (The Logical Song) 26 Ne OMD - Look At You Now 27 Ne Sweet - Ballroom Blitz 28 36 Lewis Capaldi - Love The Hell Out of You 29 Re Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire 30 26 Beatles - Now and Then 31 31 Bruce Springsteen - Ghosts 32 Re Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 33 34 Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me 34 17 Bryan Adams - I've Been Looking For You 35 Re Bruce Springsteen - House of A Thousand Guitars 36 22 Lewis Capaldi - Burning 37 49 Bryan Adams - Kick Ass 38 Ne Campbell x Alcemist - Would You (Go To Bed With Me)? 39 48 Lewis Capaldi - How I'm Feeling Now 40 24 Chasing Abbey - Oh My Johnny (Banks of The Roses) 41 Re Madness - C'est La Vie 42 Re Corrs - Love To Love You 43 44 Lewis Capaldi - Any Kind of Life 44 Ne Ed Sheeran - American Town 45 Ne Suzi Quatro - Can The Can 46 Ne Fred Again - adore U 47 42 Anne-Marie ft Shania Twain - Unhealthy 48 Ne Take That - This Life 49 Ne Chase & Status - Baddadan 50 45 Switch Disco ft Ella Henderson - React Top 10 Albums (11/11/23 - 17/11/23) 01 01 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 02 03 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 03 Ne Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2023/05/09 Dublin, IRELAND 04 Re V/A - Now Yearbook 73 05 05 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 06 Re Corrs - Forgiven Not Forgotten 07 04 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2023/05/07 Dublin, IRELAND 08 06 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 09 Ne Madness - Theatre of The Absurd Presents C'est La Vie 10 02 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2023/05/05 Dublin, IRELAND Listening to a lot of Bruce again this week and collected my NAD copy of the Corrs debut album as well. Had preordered the new Madness album on vinyl from HMV although it would be the following Monday before I would be able to pick it up so I had to make do with playing it on Spotify. Still haven't got round to listening to Now Year 1988, had only previously played the first couple of records on it's predecessor and that's where The Sweet and Suzi Quatro come in. Some current chart hits breaking in this week as well.

Week Ending 14th December 2023 (Week 50) Top 100 Singles 02 01 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 01 02 Pogues ft Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York 03 03 Jack Harlow - Lovin' On Me 05 04 Wham! - Last Christmas 06 05 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You 08 06 Tate McRae - Greedy 07 07 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree 09 08 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas 11 09 Zach Bryan ft Kacey Musgraves - I Remember Everything 12 10 Michael Buble - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas 10 11 Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock 13 12 Olivia Rodrigo - Can't Catch Me Now 18 13 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me 20 14 Andy Williams - It's The Most Wonderful Time of The Year 21 15 Zach Bryan - Something In The Orange 19 16 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 17 17 Noah Kahan - Northern Attitude 04 18 Casso / Raye / D-Block Europe - Prada 27 19 Kelly Clarkson & Ariana Grande - Santa Can't You Hear Me? 28 20 Sia - Snowman 25 21 Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 22 22 Dua Lipa - Houdini 39 23 Tate McRae - Exes 29 24 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath The Tree Ne 25 Fred Again & Baby Keeem - LeaveMeAlone 26 26 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? 33 27 John & Yoko / Plastic Ono Band - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) 31 28 Michael Buble - Holly Jolly Christmas 35 29 Ronettes - Sleigh Ride 30 30 Tyla - Water 23 31 Taylor Swift - Is It Over Now (Taylor's Version) 36 32 Jose Feliciano - Feliz Navidad Ne 33 Lyrical Lemonade / Dave / Jack Harlow - Stop Giving Me Advice 37 34 Laufey - Winter Wonderland 34 35 Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas 32 36 Mitski - My Love Mine All Mine 38 37 Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime Ne 38 Cher - DJ Play A Christmas Song Ne 39 Tate McRae - Run For The Hills 45 40 Zara Larsson and David Guetta - On My Love 15 41 Pogues - A Rainy Night In Soho 40 42 Justin Bieber - Mistletoe 14 43 Taylor Swift - You're Losing Me 42 44 Kanye West ft Pusha T - Runaway 46 45 Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song 47 46 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day 43 47 Noah Kahan - You're Gonna Go Far 52 48 Elton John - Step Into Christmas Ne 49 Zach Bryan ft War & Treaty - Hey Driver 44 50 Kenya Grace - Strangers 50 51 Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 55 52 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody 51 53 Coldplay - Christmas Lights Re 54 Taylor Swift - Now That We Don't Talk (Taylor's Version) 54 55 Frank Sinatra - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Ne 56 Kingfishr - Shot In The Dark 49 57 Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire 24 58 Billie Gillies ft Hannah Boleyn - DNA (Loving You) 56 59 Burl Ives - A Holly Jolly Christmas Ne 60 Nicki Minaj ft Lil Uzi - Everybody 57 61 Drake ft Sexyy Red & Sza - Rich Baby Daddy 63 62 Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 65 63 Teddy Swims - Lose Control 48 64 Sza - Kill Bill 59 65 Fred Again & Jozzy - Ten 64 66 Bing Crosby - White Christmas 67 67 Dylan Gossett - Coal Ne 68 Weeknd / Jennie / Lily Rose Depp - One of The Girls 66 69 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep 61 70 Troy Sivan - One of Your Girls 69 71 Jid ft 21 Savage & Baby Tate - Surrounding Sound Re 72 Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby Ne 73 Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday Girls 82 74 Sabrina Carpenter - Feather 58 75 Dave & Central Cee - Sprinter Re 76 Pogues - Dirty Old Town 60 77 Tom Odell - Black Friday 83 78 Chuck Berry - Run Rudolph Run 81 79 Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas 68 80 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red 78 81 Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang 72 82 Lord Huron - The Night We Met 71 83 Doja Cat - Agora Hills 90 84 Frank Sinatra - Jingle Bells 70 85 Fred Again and Obongjayar - adore U 84 86 Perry Como - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas 94 87 Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 80 88 Tumbling Paddies - The Way I Am 91 89 Britney Spears - My Only Wish (This Year) 75 90 Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For 77 91 Tom Odell - Another Love 73 92 Jazzy - Giving Me Re 93 Hozier - Take Me To Church 99 94 Eagles - Please Come Home For Christmas Ne 95 Nicki Minaj ft Drake - Needle 86 96 Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners - Evergreen Re 97 Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick 92 98 Chris Brown - Angel Numbers / Ten Toes 79 99 David Kushner - Daylight Re 100 Donny Hathaway - This Christmas Be There Top 100 Artist Albums Ne 01 Killers - Rebel Diamonds Ne 02 Nathan Carter - Music Man 02 03 Pogues - Best of... 03 04 Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor's Version) 01 05 Noah Kahan - Stick Season Ne 06 Tate McRae - Think Later 04 07 Michael Buble - Christmas 05 08 Olivia Rodrigo - Guts Ne 09 Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday 2 06 10 Pogues - Rum Sodomy & The Lash 07 11 Taylor Swift - Folklore 12 12 Weeknd - The Highlights 08 13 Taylor Swift - Midnights 10 14 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits 18 15 Hozier - Unreal Unearth 13 16 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour 11 17 Elton John - Diamonds 09 18 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years - Don't Stop 19 19 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 14 20 Taylor Swift - Lover 16 21 Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God 17 22 Abba - Gold 21 23 Arctic Monkeys - AM 25 24 Hozier - Hozier 15 25 Taylor Swift - Reputation 20 26 Taylor Swift - Evermore 32 27 Dermot Kennedy - Sonder 27 28 Lana Del Rey - Born To Die 26 29 Pogues - The Very Best of... 39 30 Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits 24 31 Kanye West - Graduation 23 32 Post Malone - The Diamond Collection 34 33 Taylor Swift - 1989 36 34 Taylor Swift - Speak Now (Taylor's Version) 37 35 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent 35 36 Dermot Kennedy - Without Fear 31 37 Harry Styles - Harry's House 29 38 SZA - SOS 30 39 Beatles - 1967 - 1970 40 40 Queen - Greatest Hits 47 41 Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan Re 42 Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song 44 43 Cian Ducrot - Victory 22 44 Take That - This Life 70 45 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend 46 46 Ed Sheeran - [Divide] 38 47 Travis Scott - Utopia 42 48 Pogues - Original Album Series 52 49 Harry Styles - Fine Line 54 50 Frank Sinatra - Christmas 56 51 Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds 68 52 Andre Reiu & Johann Strauss Orchestra - Jewels of Romance 43 53 Eminem - Curtain Call 2 45 54 Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version) 41 55 Drake - For All The Dogs 69 56 Nirvana - Nevermind 48 57 Ed Sheeran - = [Equals] 51 58 Weeknd - Starboy 50 59 50 Cent - Best of... 53 60 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits 55 61 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream 49 62 Beatles - 1962 - 1966 61 63 Nirvana - Nirvana Re 64 Cranberries - Dreams: The Collection 60 65 Maroon 5 - Singles 65 66 U2 - U218 Singles 57 67 CMAT - Crazymad For Me 63 68 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994 - 2009 62 69 Joel Corry - Another Friday Night 66 70 Billy Joel - Piano Man: The Very Best of... 64 71 Michael Jackson - The Essential 77 72 Smiths - Sound of The Smiths 59 73 Metro Boomin - Heroes & Villains 71 74 David Bowie - Legacy Re 75 Mary Wallopers - Irish Rock n Roll 72 76 Cher - Christmas 58 77 Beyonce - Renaissance 84 78 Guns n Roses - Greatest Hits 76 79 Eminem - The Eminem Show 98 80 Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd 81 81 Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Re 82 Tyler, The Creator - Igor 96 83 Lana Del Rey - Norman F**king Rockwell 33 84 Pink - Trustfall 90 85 Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? 82 86 Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence Re 87 Maneskin - Rush 74 88 Green Day - God's Favorite Band - Greatest Hits Re 89 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent Re 90 Hozier - Wasteland Baby 28 91 Peter Gabriel - I/O 83 92 Pitbull - Greatest Hits Re 93 Taylor Swift - Fearless (Taylor's Version) 87 94 50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin' 92 95 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad 75 96 Morgan Wallen - One Thing At A Time 80 97 Lady Gaga - The Fame / The Fame Monster 86 98 Billie Eilish - Don't Smile At Me Re 99 Andrea / Matteo / Virginia Bocelli - A Family Christmas 73 100 Jung Kook - Golden Top 30 Compilation Albums 01 01 V/A - Now 116 02 02 Original Soundtrack - Barbie: The Album 04 03 V/A - Now That's What I Call Christmas (2022) 03 04 V/A - Now That's What I Call 40 Years 06 05 V/A - The Best Ever... Christmas 05 06 Motion Picture Cast Recording - The Greatest Showman 08 07 OST - Trolls Band Together 07 08 OST - The Hunger Games - The Ballad of Songbirds 09 09 Original TV Soundtrack - Hamilton 11 10 OST - Mama Mia 38 11 V/A - Christmas Classsics 10 12 OST - Suicide Squad: The Album 22 13 OST - Guardians of The Galaxy - Awesome Mix 1 14 14 OST - Frozen 12 15 OST - Moana 30 16 V/A - Christmas: The Collection (2017) 27 17 V/A - The Hits Album - The 80s Pure Pop Album 16 18 V/A - Phil Collins Plays Well With Others 23 19 OST - Grease 15 20 V/A - Metro Boomin Pts Spiderman (Across The Spider-verse) Ne 21 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Wonka 28 22 V/A - The Real Christmas 19 23 OST - Sing 20 24 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Sing 2 18 25 Motion Picture Cast Recording - A Star Is Born 26 26 OST - Fifty Shades of Grey 29 27 OST - Frozen 2 36 28 OST - Wish 24 29 OST - The Lion King [2019] 13 30 V/A - 30 Stars: Christmas Top 20 Independent Albums Ne 01 Nathan Carter - Music Man 01 02 Arctic Monkeys - AM 02 03 CMAT - Crazymad For Me 15 04 Mary Wallopers - Irish Rock n Roll 03 05 Adele - 21 05 06 Adele - 25 07 07 Radiohead - OK Computer 06 08 Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What... Re 09 Boygenius - Boygenius 08 10 Frank Ocean - Blonde 11 11 Radiohead - The Bends 10 12 Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare 13 13 Tumbling Paddies - The Journey So Far - Live 04 14 Dubliners - 50 Years 18 15 Daniel O'Donnell - How Lucky I Must Be 09 16 Kojaque - Phantom of The Afters 28 17 Mary Wallopers - The Mary Wallopers Ne 18 3 Amigos - Something Specia 14 19 Lankum - False Lankum 25 20 Dolores Keane - Anthology Top 20 Homegrown Tracks Ne 01 Kingfishr - Shot In The Dark 01 02 Jazzy - NRG 04 03 Picture This - Call It Love 07 04 Darren Kiely - Sunrise Re 05 Cian Ducrot / Ella Henderson - Rest of Our Days 03 06 Dermot Kennedy - Two Hearts 02 07 Chasing Abbey - Learning To Dance (Lanigan's Ball) 06 08 Hozier - Francesca Ne 09 Aimee Carty - 2 Days Into College 05 10 CMAT - Stay For Something 14 11 Kneecap / Grian Chatten - Better Way To Live 09 12 Aimee - Grafton Street Lights 12 13 Gavin James - White Noise Ne 14 Versatile - 27 Club 16 15 Khakikid - Who's That Girl 10 16 Niall Horan - You Could Start A Cult 11 17 Brave Giant - Four 17 18 Danny Byrne Band - If I Die Young Ne 19 Moncrieff - Ghost Reality 18 20 Kojaque - Cabra Drive CLASSIC COUNTDOWN 16/12/23 1973 https://www.rte.ie/radio/gold/clips/11587178/

NI Hit 40 (Broadcast 10.12.2023) Re 01 Pogues ft Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York 06 02 Wham! - Last Christmas 03 03 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You 18 04 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 02 05 Dua Lipa - Houdini 01 06 Jack Harlow - Lovin' On Me 21 07 Kelly Clarkson - Under The Tree 27 08 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep 09 09 Zara Larsson and David Guetta - On My Love 25 10 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree 05 11 Tyla - Water 04 12 Tate McRae - Greedy 08 13 Rema & Selena Gomez - Calm Down Re 14 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody 07 15 Casso / Raye / D-Block Europe - Prada Re 16 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day Re 17 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? 11 18 Noel Kahan - Stick Season Re 19 Elton John - Step Into Christmas Re 20 Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime 15 21 Jax Jones and D.O.D ft. Ina Wroldsen - Won't Forget You 17 22 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 10 23 Kenya Grace - Strangers 14 24 Billy Gillies ft Hannah Boyeln - DNA Re 25 Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas 13 26 Calvin Harris / Ellie Goulding - Miracle 12 27 Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire Re 28 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas Re 29 John & Yoko / Plastic Ono Band - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) Re 30 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me 30 31 Jonas Brothers ft Bailey Zimmerman - Strong Enough 16 32 Taylor Swift - Is It Over Now (Taylor's Version) 19 33 Take That - This Life 20 34 Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang 35 35 Raye - Worth It Ne 36 Cher - DJ Play A Christmas Song Ne 37 Sia - Snowman Re 38 East 17 - Stay Another Day 28 39 Sonny Fodera and MK ft. Clementine Douglas - Asking Re 40 Pretenders - 2000 Miles

And after 19 weeks Barbie's run at the top comes to an end this week.... replaced by Now 116! On the Artist Album chart Noah Kahan hits the top spot on it's 29th attempt. While it has spent the last 26 weeks in the Top 22 it had 3 previous appearances much lower down. In week 42 last year it entered at number 83. It didn't return until weeks 20 and 21 this year which it spent at numbers 97 and 100 before starting it's current run at number 4. And on the singles chart Fairytale of New York returns to number 1 for the first time since the middle of January 1988.

Week Ending 7th December 2023 (Week 49) Top 100 Singles 22 01 Pogues ft Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York 01 02 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 02 03 Jack Harlow - Lovin' On Me 03 04 Casso / Raye / D-Block Europe - Prada 08 05 Wham! - Last Christmas 07 06 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You 15 07 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree 04 08 Tate McRae - Greedy 21 09 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas 19 10 Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock 06 11 Zach Bryan ft Kacey Musgraves - I Remember Everything 23 12 Michael Buble - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas 05 13 Olivia Rodrigo - Can't Catch Me Now Ne 14 Taylor Swift - You're Losing Me Re 15 Pogues - A Rainy Night In Soho 11 16 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 09 17 Noah Kahan - Northern Attitude 28 18 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me 30 19 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 26 20 Andy Williams - It's The Most Wonderful Time of The Year 16 21 Zach Bryan - Something In The Orange 12 22 Dua Lipa - Houdini 10 23 Taylor Swift - Is It Over Now (Taylor's Version) 13 24 Billie Gillies ft Hannah Boleyn - DNA (Loving You) 31 25 Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 35 26 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? Re 27 Kelly Clarkson & Ariana Grande - Santa Can't You Hear Me? 34 28 Sia - Snowman 33 29 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath The Tree 14 30 Tyla - Water 38 31 Michael Buble - Holly Jolly Christmas 18 32 Mitski - My Love Mine All Mine 44 33 John & Yoko / Plastic Ono Band - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) 50 34 Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas 45 35 Ronettes - Sleigh Ride 48 36 Jose Feliciano - Feliz Navidad 64 37 Laufey - Winter Wonderland 54 38 Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime 17 39 Tate McRae - Exes 60 40 Justin Bieber - Mistletoe Re 41 Pogues - A Pair of Brown Eyes 29 42 Kanye West ft Pusha T - Runaway 27 43 Noah Kahan - You're Gonna Go Far 24 44 Kenya Grace - Strangers 25 45 Zara Larsson and David Guetta - On My Love 71 46 Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song 79 47 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day 51 48 Sza - Kill Bill 32 49 Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire 96 50 Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 89 51 Coldplay - Christmas Lights Re 52 Elton John - Step Into Christmas Ne 53 Beyonce - My House 86 54 Frank Sinatra - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Re 55 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody 88 56 Burl Ives - A Holly Jolly Christmas 39 57 Drake ft Sexyy Red & Sza - Rich Baby Daddy 57 58 Dave & Central Cee - Sprinter 42 59 Fred Again & Jozzy - Ten 36 60 Tom Odell - Black Friday 41 61 Troy Sivan - One of Your Girls 37 62 Jazzy - NRG Re 63 Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Re 64 Bing Crosby - White Christmas 46 65 Teddy Swims - Lose Control Re 66 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep 52 67 Dylan Gossett - Coal 40 68 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red 62 69 Jid ft 21 Savage & Baby Tate - Surrounding Sound 49 70 Fred Again and Obongjayar - adore U 43 71 Doja Cat - Agora Hills 53 72 Lord Huron - The Night We Met 66 73 Jazzy - Giving Me 55 74 Zach Bryan / Noah Kahan - Sarah's Place 61 75 Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For 47 76 Dua Lipa - Dance The Night (From Barbie: The Album) 56 77 Tom Odell - Another Love 58 78 Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang 70 79 David Kushner - Daylight 68 80 Tumbling Paddies - The Way I Am Re 81 Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas 76 82 Sabrina Carpenter - Feather Re 83 Chuck Berry - Run Rudolph Run Re 84 Perry Como - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas 59 85 Sonny Fodera / MK / Douglas - Asking 65 86 Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners - Evergreen 100 87 Miley Cyrus - Flowers 67 88 Mazza L20 - Murdaside 97 89 Raye ft 070 Shake - Escapism Re 90 Frank Sinatra - Jingle Bells Re 91 Britney Spears - My Only Wish (This Year) 72 92 Chris Brown - Angel Numbers / Ten Toes 69 93 Chance Pena - I Am Not Who I Was Re 94 Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 63 95 Belters Only / Fodera / Jazzy - Life Lesson Ne 96 Lana Del Rey - Take Me Home Country Roads 80 97 Jung Kook - Standing Next To You Re 98 Pinkfong - Baby Shark Re 99 Eagles - Please Come Home For Christmas 77 100 Goo Goo Dolls - Iris Top 100 Artist Albums 03 01 Noah Kahan - Stick Season Re 02 Pogues - Best of... 02 03 Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor's Version) 09 04 Michael Buble - Christmas 04 05 Olivia Rodrigo - Guts Re 06 Pogues - Rum Sodomy & The Lash 08 07 Taylor Swift - Folklore 05 08 Taylor Swift - Midnights 07 09 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years - Don't Stop 16 10 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits 06 11 Elton John - Diamonds 10 12 Weeknd - The Highlights 11 13 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour 13 14 Taylor Swift - Lover 12 15 Taylor Swift - Reputation Re 16 Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God 14 17 Abba - Gold 15 18 Hozier - Unreal Unearth 20 19 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 22 20 Taylor Swift - Evermore 17 21 Arctic Monkeys - AM 01 22 Take That - This Life 18 23 Post Malone - The Diamond Collection 24 24 Kanye West - Graduation 23 25 Hozier - Hozier Re 26 Pogues - The Very Best of... 25 27 Lana Del Rey - Born To Die Ne 28 Peter Gabriel - I/O 31 29 SZA - SOS 19 30 Beatles - 1967 - 1970 27 31 Harry Styles - Harry's House 26 32 Dermot Kennedy - Sonder Re 33 Pink - Trustfall 33 34 Taylor Swift - 1989 29 35 Dermot Kennedy - Without Fear 28 36 Taylor Swift - Speak Now (Taylor's Version) 30 37 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent 53 38 Travis Scott - Utopia 35 39 Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits 32 40 Queen - Greatest Hits 21 41 Drake - For All The Dogs Re 42 Pogues - Original Album Series 46 43 Eminem - Curtain Call 2 57 44 Cian Ducrot - Victory 40 45 Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version) 39 46 Ed Sheeran - [Divide] 38 47 Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan 37 48 Ed Sheeran - = [Equals] 34 49 Beatles - 1962 - 1966 43 50 50 Cent - Best of... 49 51 Weeknd - Starboy 41 52 Harry Styles - Fine Line 36 53 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits Re 54 Frank Sinatra - Christmas 42 55 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream 77 56 Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds 67 57 CMAT - Crazymad For Me Re 58 Beyonce - Renaissance 63 59 Metro Boomin - Heroes & Villains 45 60 Maroon 5 - Singles 59 61 Nirvana - Nirvana 48 62 Joel Corry - Another Friday Night 52 63 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994 - 2009 47 64 Michael Jackson - The Essential 44 65 U2 - U218 Singles 50 66 Billy Joel - Piano Man: The Very Best of... 86 67 Killers - Direct Hits Ne 68 Andre Reiu & Johann Strauss Orchestra - Jewels of Romance 72 69 Nirvana - Nevermind 76 70 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend 66 71 David Bowie - Legacy Ne 72 Cher - Christmas 51 73 Jung Kook - Golden 55 74 Green Day - God's Favorite Band - Greatest Hits 87 75 Morgan Wallen - One Thing At A Time 98 76 Eminem - The Eminem Show 64 77 Smiths - Sound of The Smiths 60 78 Adele - 21 62 79 George Michael - Twenty Five 65 80 Lady Gaga - The Fame / The Fame Monster 93 81 Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Re 82 Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence 61 83 Pitbull - Greatest Hits 81 84 Guns n Roses - Greatest Hits 71 85 Tiesto - Drive 88 86 Billie Eilish - Don't Smile At Me 82 87 50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin' 58 88 Britney Spears - The Singles Collection Re 89 Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever 74 90 Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? 79 91 Elvis Presley - 30 No 1 Hits 69 92 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad Re 93 Pogues - Red Roses For Me 78 94 Eagles - The Complete Greatest Hits Re 95 Dubliners - 50 Years 94 96 Lana Del Rey - Norman F**king Rockwell 73 97 Little Mix - Between Us Re 98 Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd 75 99 Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia 56 100 Pink - Greatest Hits.. So Far! Top 30 Compilation Albums 02 01 V/A - Now 116 01 02 Original Soundtrack - Barbie: The Album 03 03 V/A - Now That's What I Call 40 Years 07 04 V/A - Now That's What I Call Christmas (2022) 05 05 Motion Picture Cast Recording - The Greatest Showman 06 06 V/A - The Best Ever... Christmas 04 07 OST - The Hunger Games - The Ballad of Songbirds 12 08 OST - Trolls Band Together 10 09 Original TV Soundtrack - Hamilton 08 10 OST - Suicide Squad: The Album 09 11 OST - Mama Mia 11 12 OST - Moana 17 13 V/A - 30 Stars: Christmas 13 14 OST - Frozen 16 15 V/A - Metro Boomin Pts Spiderman (Across The Spider-verse) 14 16 V/A - Phil Collins Plays Well With Others 15 17 V/A - Wishing You A Merry Christmas 22 18 Motion Picture Cast Recording - A Star Is Born 20 19 OST - Sing 28 20 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Sing 2 26 21 V/A - Eurovision Song Contest 2023 - Liverpool 33 22 OST - Guardians of The Galaxy - Awesome Mix 1 18 23 OST - Grease 19 24 OST - The Lion King [2019] 23 25 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Encanto 24 26 OST - Fifty Shades of Grey 29 27 V/A - The Hits Album - The 80s Pure Pop Album 44 28 V/A - The Real Christmas 25 29 OST - Frozen 2 34 30 V/A - Christmas: The Collection (2017) Top 20 Independent Albums 01 01 Arctic Monkeys - AM 03 02 CMAT - Crazymad For Me 02 03 Adele - 21 15 04 Dubliners - 50 Years 04 05 Adele - 25 05 06 Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What... 08 07 Radiohead - OK Computer 06 08 Frank Ocean - Blonde 07 09 Kojaque - Phantom of The Afters 09 10 Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare 14 11 Radiohead - The Bends 17 12 Coronas - The Best of The Early Days 10 13 Tumbling Paddies - The Journey So Far - Live 22 14 Lankum - False Lankum 19 15 Mary Wallopers - Irish Rock n Roll 20 16 Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher 13 17 Cigarettes After Sex - Cigarettes After Sex 16 18 Daniel O'Donnell - How Lucky I Must Be 24 19 Saw Doctors - To Win Just Once: The Best of... 12 20 Tory Lanez - Alone At Prom Top 20 Homegrown Tracks 01 01 Jazzy - NRG Ne 02 Chasing Abbey - Learning To Dance (Lanigan's Ball) 03 03 Dermot Kennedy - Two Hearts 02 04 Picture This - Call It Love 04 05 CMAT - Stay For Something Re 06 Hozier - Francesca 05 07 Darren Kiely - Sunrise 08 08 Kingfishr - Caroline 09 09 Aimee - Grafton Street Lights 10 10 Niall Horan - You Could Start A Cult 13 11 Brave Giant - Four 12 12 Gavin James - White Noise Re 13 Cian Ducrot - Everyone Who Falls In Love (Has Someone_ 11 14 Kneecap / Grian Chatten - Better Way To Live Re 15 Lyra - The Magic of Christmas 16 16 Khakikid - Who's That Girl 14 17 Danny Byrne Band - If I Die Young 15 18 Kojaque - Cabra Drive 17 19 2 Johnnies - The Lights of Cork City Re 20 Kettama - Fly Away XTC CLASSIC COUNTDOWN 09/12/23 1994 https://www.rte.ie/radio/gold/clips/11585332/

NI Hit 40 (Broadcast 03.12.2023) 01 02 Dua Lipa - Houdini 02 01 Jack Harlow - Lovin' On Me Re 03 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You 04 04 Tate McRae - Greedy 03 05 Tyla - Water Re 06 Wham! - Last Christmas 05 07 Casso / Raye / D-Block Europe - Prada 08 08 Rema & Selena Gomez - Calm Down 06 09 Zara Larsson and David Guetta - On My Love 07 10 Kenya Grace - Strangers 14 11 Noel Kahan - Stick Season 09 12 Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire 13 13 Calvin Harris / Ellie Goulding - Miracle 12 14 Billy Gillies ft Hannah Boyeln - DNA 15 15 Jax Jones and D.O.D ft. Ina Wroldsen - Won't Forget You 17 16 Taylor Swift - Is It Over Now (Taylor's Version) 11 17 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer Re 18 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 16 19 Take That - This Life 25 20 Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang Re 21 Kelly Clarkson - Under The Tree 18 22 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red 22 23 Anne-Marie and Shania Twain - Unhealthy 10 24 Beatles - Now and Then Re 25 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree 21 26 Chase and Status and Bou ft Irah, Flowdan, Trigga, Takura - Baddadan Re 27 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep 20 28 Sonny Fodera and MK ft. Clementine Douglas - Asking 19 29 Ed Sheeran - American Town Ne 30 Jonas Brothers ft Bailey Zimmerman - Strong Enough 23 31 Miley Cyrus - Used To Be Young 29 32 Doja Cat - Agora Hills 30 33 Switch Disco ft Ella Henderson & Robert Miles - React 27 34 Campbell & Alcemist - Would You (Go To Bed With Me) Ne 35 Raye - Worth It 40 36 Olivia Rodrigo - Can't Catch Me Now 24 37 Jungle - Back On 74 35 38 Drake ft Sexyy Red & Sza - Rich Baby Daddy Re 39 Becky Hill ft Chase and Status - Disconnect 31 40 Fred Again and Obongjayar - adore U

Week Ending 30th November 2023 (Week 48) Top 100 Singles 01 01 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 03 02 Jack Harlow - Lovin' On Me 02 03 Casso / Raye / D-Block Europe - Prada 04 04 Tate McRae - Greedy 09 05 Olivia Rodrigo - Can't Catch Me Now 07 06 Zach Bryan ft Kacey Musgraves - I Remember Everything 18 07 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You 19 08 Wham! - Last Christmas 05 09 Noah Kahan - Northern Attitude 06 10 Taylor Swift - Is It Over Now (Taylor's Version) 10 11 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 08 12 Dua Lipa - Houdini 13 13 Billie Gillies ft Hannah Boleyn - DNA (Loving You) 12 14 Tyla - Water 22 15 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree 14 16 Zach Bryan - Something In The Orange 11 17 Tate McRae - Exes 16 18 Mitski - My Love Mine All Mine 30 19 Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock 15 20 Taylor Swift - Now That We Don't Talk (Taylor's Version) Re 21 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas 37 22 Pogues ft Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York 38 23 Michael Buble - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas 20 24 Kenya Grace - Strangers 23 25 Zara Larsson and David Guetta - On My Love 49 26 Andy Williams - It's The Most Wonderful Time of The Year 21 27 Noah Kahan - You're Gonna Go Far 43 28 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me 31 29 Kanye West ft Pusha T - Runaway 57 30 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 68 31 Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 32 32 Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire 64 33 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath The Tree 65 34 Sia - Snowman 83 35 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? 27 36 Tom Odell - Black Friday 24 37 Jazzy - NRG 86 38 Michael Buble - Holly Jolly Christmas 34 39 Drake ft Sexyy Red & Sza - Rich Baby Daddy 28 40 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red 25 41 Troy Sivan - One of Your Girls 26 42 Fred Again & Jozzy - Ten 35 43 Doja Cat - Agora Hills 94 44 John & Yoko / Plastic Ono Band - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) 99 45 Ronettes - Sleigh Ride 50 46 Teddy Swims - Lose Control 39 47 Dua Lipa - Dance The Night (From Barbie: The Album) Re 48 Jose Feliciano - Feliz Navidad 36 49 Fred Again and Obongjayar - adore U Re 50 Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas 53 51 Sza - Kill Bill 42 52 Dylan Gossett - Coal 47 53 Lord Huron - The Night We Met Re 54 Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime 41 55 Zach Bryan / Noah Kahan - Sarah's Place 46 56 Tom Odell - Another Love 45 57 Dave & Central Cee - Sprinter 60 58 Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang 17 59 Sonny Fodera / MK / Douglas - Asking Re 60 Justin Bieber - Mistletoe 62 61 Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For 74 62 Jid ft 21 Savage & Baby Tate - Surrounding Sound 51 63 Belters Only / Fodera / Jazzy - Life Lesson Ne 64 Laufey - Winter Wonderland 59 65 Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners - Evergreen 55 66 Jazzy - Giving Me 67 67 Mazza L20 - Murdaside 61 68 Tumbling Paddies - The Way I Am 80 69 Chance Pena - I Am Not Who I Was 63 70 David Kushner - Daylight Re 71 Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song 75 72 Chris Brown - Angel Numbers / Ten Toes 66 73 Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag 40 74 Drake ft J Cole - First Person Shooter Re 75 Drake ft Yeat - IDGAF 90 76 Sabrina Carpenter - Feather 76 77 Goo Goo Dolls - Iris Ne 78 Picture This - Call It Love Re 79 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day 52 80 Jung Kook - Standing Next To You 72 81 Olivia Rodrigo - The Grudge 82 82 Hozier - Work Song Ne 83 Ryder & Skepta - Skeptacore - Pt 3 73 84 Coldplay - Viva La Vida 69 85 Peggy Gou - (It Goes Like) Nanana Re 86 Frank Sinatra - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 79 87 Cranberries - Zombie Re 88 Burl Ives - A Holly Jolly Christmas Re 89 Coldplay - Christmas Lights 58 90 Eliza Rose & Calvin Harris - Body Moving 70 91 K.A.D. ft Kak Hatt - Just How You Like It 84 92 Paolo Nutini - Candy 87 93 Hozier - Take Me To Church 29 94 Ocean Alley - Confidence 98 95 Dominic Fike - Babydoll Re 96 Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 95 97 Raye ft 070 Shake - Escapism 81 98 Hannah Laing & Roro - Good Love 89 99 Harry Styles - As It Was 91 100 Miley Cyrus - Flowers Top 100 Artist Albums Ne 01 Take That - This Life 01 02 Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor's Version) 02 03 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 03 04 Olivia Rodrigo - Guts 05 05 Taylor Swift - Midnights 07 06 Elton John - Diamonds 06 07 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years - Don't Stop 08 08 Taylor Swift - Folklore 26 09 Michael Buble - Christmas 09 10 Weeknd - The Highlights 12 11 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour 13 12 Taylor Swift - Reputation 10 13 Taylor Swift - Lover 11 14 Abba - Gold 15 15 Hozier - Unreal Unearth 14 16 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits 20 17 Arctic Monkeys - AM 17 18 Post Malone - The Diamond Collection 16 19 Beatles - 1967 - 1970 19 20 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 04 21 Drake - For All The Dogs 18 22 Taylor Swift - Evermore 21 23 Hozier - Hozier 23 24 Kanye West - Graduation 25 25 Lana Del Rey - Born To Die 24 26 Dermot Kennedy - Sonder 27 27 Harry Styles - Harry's House 33 28 Taylor Swift - Speak Now (Taylor's Version) 28 29 Dermot Kennedy - Without Fear 32 30 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent 35 31 SZA - SOS 31 32 Queen - Greatest Hits 29 33 Taylor Swift - 1989 30 34 Beatles - 1962 - 1966 34 35 Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits 37 36 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits 41 37 Ed Sheeran - = [Equals] 38 38 Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan 39 39 Ed Sheeran - [Divide] 43 40 Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version) 48 41 Harry Styles - Fine Line 44 42 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream 36 43 50 Cent - Best of... 45 44 U2 - U218 Singles 46 45 Maroon 5 - Singles 52 46 Eminem - Curtain Call 2 42 47 Michael Jackson - The Essential 47 48 Joel Corry - Another Friday Night 57 49 Weeknd - Starboy 50 50 Billy Joel - Piano Man: The Very Best of... 53 51 Jung Kook - Golden 49 52 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994 - 2009 51 53 Travis Scott - Utopia Re 54 U2 - Live - Under A Blood Red Sky 63 55 Green Day - God's Favorite Band - Greatest Hits Re 56 Pink - Greatest Hits.. So Far! 56 57 Cian Ducrot - Victory 55 58 Britney Spears - The Singles Collection 61 59 Nirvana - Nirvana 62 60 Adele - 21 60 61 Pitbull - Greatest Hits 59 62 George Michael - Twenty Five 92 63 Metro Boomin - Heroes & Villains 67 64 Smiths - Sound of The Smiths 66 65 Lady Gaga - The Fame / The Fame Monster 68 66 David Bowie - Legacy Re 67 CMAT - Crazymad For Me 54 68 Jazzy - Constellations 77 69 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad 82 70 Adele - 25 69 71 Tiesto - Drive Re 72 Nirvana - Nevermind 74 73 Little Mix - Between Us 96 74 Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? 78 75 Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia 87 76 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend 65 77 Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds 79 78 Eagles - The Complete Greatest Hits 72 79 Elvis Presley - 30 No 1 Hits 75 80 Script - Tales From The Script - Greatest Hits 86 81 Guns n Roses - Greatest Hits 71 82 50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin' 76 83 Rolling Stones - Forty Licks 93 84 Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans 85 85 Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa 80 86 Killers - Direct Hits 94 87 Morgan Wallen - One Thing At A Time 95 88 Billie Eilish - Don't Smile At Me 88 89 Foo Fighters - The Essential 90 90 Cranberries - Stars: The Best of 1992 - 2002 Re 91 Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It...... Re 92 Cure - Greatest Hits Re 93 Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Re 94 Lana Del Rey - Norman F**king Rockwell 83 95 Taylor Swift - Fearless (Taylor's Version) 98 96 Xxxtentacion - Look At Me - The Album Re 97 Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What.. Re 98 Eminem - The Eminem Show 91 99 Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You: The Best of... Re 100 Picture This - Picture This Top 30 Compilation Albums 01 01 Original Soundtrack - Barbie: The Album 02 02 V/A - Now 116 Ne 03 V/A - Now That's What I Call 40 Years 04 04 OST - The Hunger Games - The Ballad of Songbirds 03 05 Motion Picture Cast Recording - The Greatest Showman 09 06 V/A - The Best Ever... Christmas 49 07 V/A - Now That's What I Call Christmas (2022) 05 08 OST - Suicide Squad: The Album 08 09 OST - Mama Mia 07 10 Original TV Soundtrack - Hamilton 06 11 OST - Moana 11 12 OST - Trolls Band Together 10 13 OST - Frozen 12 14 V/A - Phil Collins Plays Well With Others 13 15 V/A - Wishing You A Merry Christmas 14 16 V/A - Metro Boomin Pts Spiderman (Across The Spider-verse) 54 17 V/A - 30 Stars: Christmas 17 18 OST - Grease 15 19 OST - The Lion King [2019] 18 20 OST - Sing Ne 21 V/A - The Annual 2024 - Ministry of Sound 21 22 Motion Picture Cast Recording - A Star Is Born 16 23 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Encanto 20 24 OST - Fifty Shades of Grey 19 25 OST - Frozen 2 24 26 V/A - Eurovision Song Contest 2023 - Liverpool 22 27 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Mama Mia - Here We Go Again 27 28 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Sing 2 30 29 V/A - The Hits Album - The 80s Pure Pop Album 48 30 V/A - I Love 80s Top 20 Independent Albums 01 01 Arctic Monkeys - AM 04 02 Adele - 21 10 03 CMAT - Crazymad For Me 06 04 Adele - 25 13 05 Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What... 09 06 Frank Ocean - Blonde 07 07 Kojaque - Phantom of The Afters 17 08 Radiohead - OK Computer 15 09 Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare 11 10 Tumbling Paddies - The Journey So Far - Live Ne 11 1975 - At Their Very Best - Live From Madison Square Garden 08 12 Tory Lanez - Alone At Prom 14 13 Cigarettes After Sex - Cigarettes After Sex 16 14 Radiohead - The Bends 12 15 Dubliners - 50 Years 27 16 Daniel O'Donnell - How Lucky I Must Be 22 17 Coronas - The Best of The Early Days 20 18 Radiohead - In Rainbows 28 19 Mary Wallopers - Irish Rock n Roll 18 20 Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher Top 20 Homegrown Tracks 01 01 Jazzy - NRG Ne 02 Picture This - Call It Love 02 03 Dermot Kennedy - Two Hearts 03 04 CMAT - Stay For Something 04 05 Darren Kiely - Sunrise 06 06 Hozier - Unknown / Nth 09 07 Cian Ducrot / Ella Henderson - Rest of Our Days 07 08 Kingfishr - Caroline 12 09 Aimee - Grafton Street Lights 11 10 Niall Horan - You Could Start A Cult 08 11 Kneecap / Grian Chatten - Better Way To Live 15 12 Gavin James - White Noise 16 13 Brave Giant - Four 17 14 Danny Byrne Band - If I Die Young 13 15 Kojaque - Cabra Drive 14 16 Khakikid - Who's That Girl Re 17 2 Johnnies - The Lights of Cork City Ne 18 Le Boom - Orange Glow 18 19 Scratch - Cheeky B*stard Re 20 Chasing Abbey - Lie CLASSIC COUNTDOWN 02/12/23 2000 https://www.rte.ie/radio/gold/clips/11583478/

Sorry if it looked like I was having a go at you, far from it! And for the record my original post was a reply to something that was was said earlier in the discussion, not some random rant!

NI Hit 40 (Broadcast 26.11.2023) 01 01 Dua Lipa - Houdini 09 02 Jack Harlow - Lovin' On Me 06 03 Tyla - Water 03 04 Tate McRae - Greedy 05 05 Casso / Raye / D-Block Europe - Prada 11 06 Zara Larsson and David Guetta - On My Love 04 07 Kenya Grace - Strangers 07 08 Rema & Selena Gomez - Calm Down 10 09 Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire 02 10 Beatles - Now and Then 08 11 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 16 12 Billy Gillies ft Hannah Boyeln - DNA 12 13 Calvin Harris / Ellie Goulding - Miracle 18 14 Noel Kahan - Stick Season 13 15 Jax Jones and D.O.D ft. Ina Wroldsen - Won't Forget You 19 16 Take That - This Life 17 17 Taylor Swift - Is It Over Now (Taylor's Version) 15 18 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red 14 19 Ed Sheeran - American Town 22 20 Sonny Fodera and MK ft. Clementine Douglas - Asking 24 21 Chase and Status and Bou ft Irah, Flowdan, Trigga, Takura - Baddadan 20 22 Anne-Marie and Shania Twain - Unhealthy 25 23 Miley Cyrus - Used To Be Young 21 24 Jungle - Back On 74 Ne 25 Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang 32 26 Marshmello, Pink and Sting - Dreaming 31 27 Campbell & Alcemist - Would You (Go To Bed With Me) 28 28 Chase and Status ft. Hedex ft. Ardee - Liquor & Cigarettes 34 29 Doja Cat - Agora Hills 29 30 Switch Disco ft Ella Henderson & Robert Miles - React 26 31 Fred Again and Obongjayar - adore U Re 32 Dua Lipa - Dance The Night Ne 33 Eliza Rose & Calvin Harris - Body Moving 30 34 Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me 36 35 Drake ft Sexyy Red & Sza - Rich Baby Daddy 27 36 Nathan Dawe, Joel Corry and Ella Henderson - 0800 Heaven 38 37 Peggy Gou - (It Goes Like) NananaNe Ne 38 Nathan Dawe & Bebe Rexa - Heart Still Beating 33 39 Mitski - My Life Mine All Mine Ne 40 Olivia Rodrigo - Can't Catch Me Now

Slight delay this week. On account of my having been out at concerts on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and spending Monday recovering. Normal service should resume this weekend. Week Ending 23rd November 2023 (Week 47) Top 100 Singles 01 01 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 02 02 Casso / Raye / D-Block Europe - Prada 03 03 Jack Harlow - Lovin' On Me 04 04 Tate McRae - Greedy 05 05 Noah Kahan - Northern Attitude 07 06 Taylor Swift - Is It Over Now (Taylor's Version) 08 07 Zach Bryan ft Kacey Musgraves - I Remember Everything 06 08 Dua Lipa - Houdini 18 09 Olivia Rodrigo - Can't Catch Me Now 09 10 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer Ne 11 Tate McRae - Exes 12 12 Tyla - Water 10 13 Billie Gillies ft Hannah Boleyn - DNA (Loving You) 13 14 Zach Bryan - Something In The Orange 11 15 Taylor Swift - Now That We Don't Talk (Taylor's Version) 15 16 Mitski - My Love Mine All Mine 14 17 Sonny Fodera / MK / Douglas - Asking 24 18 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You 25 19 Wham! - Last Christmas 17 20 Kenya Grace - Strangers 20 21 Noah Kahan - You're Gonna Go Far 63 22 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree 28 23 Zara Larsson and David Guetta - On My Love 22 24 Jazzy - NRG 19 25 Troy Sivan - One of Your Girls 21 26 Fred Again & Jozzy - Ten 33 27 Tom Odell - Black Friday 23 28 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red Ne 29 Ocean Alley - Confidence 65 30 Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock Ne 31 Kanye West ft Pusha T - Runaway 27 32 Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire Ne 33 Dermot Kennedy - Two Hearts 30 34 Drake ft Sexyy Red & Sza - Rich Baby Daddy 35 35 Doja Cat - Agora Hills 26 36 Fred Again and Obongjayar - adore U 83 37 Pogues ft Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York 89 38 Michael Buble - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas 29 39 Dua Lipa - Dance The Night (From Barbie: The Album) Re 40 Drake ft J Cole - First Person Shooter 37 41 Zach Bryan / Noah Kahan - Sarah's Place 39 42 Dylan Gossett - Coal 75 43 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me Ne 44 BoyGenius / Ye Vagabonds - The Parting Glass 36 45 Dave & Central Cee - Sprinter 41 46 Tom Odell - Another Love 43 47 Lord Huron - The Night We Met Ne 48 Drake - You Broke My Heart Re 49 Andy Williams - It's The Most Wonderful Time of The Year 77 50 Teddy Swims - Lose Control 32 51 Belters Only / Fodera / Jazzy - Life Lesson 31 52 Jung Kook - Standing Next To You 42 53 Sza - Kill Bill 16 54 Beatles - Now and Then 38 55 Jazzy - Giving Me 51 56 Dermot Kennedy - Siunday Re 57 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone Ne 58 Eliza Rose & Calvin Harris - Body Moving 62 59 Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners - Evergreen 56 60 Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang 40 61 Tumbling Paddies - The Way I Am 45 62 Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For 52 63 David Kushner - Daylight Re 64 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath The Tree Re 65 Sia - Snowman 44 66 Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag 80 67 Mazza L20 - Murdaside Re 68 Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 55 69 Peggy Gou - (It Goes Like) Nanana 54 70 K.A.D. ft Kak Hatt - Just How You Like It 34 71 PinkPanthress ft Central Cee - Nice To Meet You 49 72 Olivia Rodrigo - The Grudge 57 73 Coldplay - Viva La Vida Ne 74 Jid ft 21 Savage & Baby Tate - Surrounding Sound 96 75 Chris Brown - Angel Numbers / Ten Toes 53 76 Goo Goo Dolls - Iris 61 77 Chase & Status / Bou / Flowdan - Baddadan 48 78 Chasiing Abbey - Oh My Johnny (Banks of The Roses) 50 79 Cranberries - Zombie 93 80 Chance Pena - I Am Not Who I Was 58 81 Hannah Laing & Roro - Good Love 81 82 Hozier - Work Song Re 83 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? 66 84 Paolo Nutini - Candy 67 85 Vance Joy - Riptide Re 86 Michael Buble - Holly Jolly Christmas 64 87 Hozier - Take Me To Church 60 88 Inigo Quintero - Si No Estas 70 89 Harry Styles - As It Was 100 90 Sabrina Carpenter - Feather 71 91 Miley Cyrus - Flowers 68 92 Fleetwood Mac - Dreams 69 93 Rema - Calm Down Re 94 John & Yoko / Plastic Ono Band - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) 73 95 Raye ft 070 Shake - Escapism 88 96 Killers - Mr Brightside 84 97 Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved 97 98 Dominic Fike - Babydoll Re 99 Ronettes - Sleigh Ride 82 100 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith - Desire Top 100 Artist Albums 01 01 Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor's Version) 02 02 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 04 03 Olivia Rodrigo - Guts 36 04 Drake - For All The Dogs 07 05 Taylor Swift - Midnights 06 06 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years - Don't Stop 08 07 Elton John - Diamonds 09 08 Taylor Swift - Folklore 10 09 Weeknd - The Highlights 12 10 Taylor Swift - Lover 14 11 Abba - Gold 13 12 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour 11 13 Taylor Swift - Reputation 15 14 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits 18 15 Hozier - Unreal Unearth 03 16 Beatles - 1967 - 1970 17 17 Post Malone - The Diamond Collection 25 18 Taylor Swift - Evermore 22 19 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 19 20 Arctic Monkeys - AM 20 21 Hozier - Hozier Ne 22 John Gallen - Rizla Smokes Music & Wine 21 23 Kanye West - Graduation 34 24 Dermot Kennedy - Sonder 29 25 Lana Del Rey - Born To Die 79 26 Michael Buble - Christmas 30 27 Harry Styles - Harry's House 26 28 Dermot Kennedy - Without Fear 24 29 Taylor Swift - 1989 05 30 Beatles - 1962 - 1966 27 31 Queen - Greatest Hits 31 32 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent 43 33 Taylor Swift - Speak Now (Taylor's Version) 35 34 Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits 32 35 SZA - SOS 28 36 50 Cent - Best of... 39 37 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits 40 38 Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan 38 39 Ed Sheeran - [Divide] Re 40 National - Laugh Track 48 41 Ed Sheeran - = [Equals] 44 42 Michael Jackson - The Essential 42 43 Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version) 37 44 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream 49 45 U2 - U218 Singles 45 46 Maroon 5 - Singles 46 47 Joel Corry - Another Friday Night 52 48 Harry Styles - Fine Line 50 49 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994 - 2009 Re 50 Billy Joel - Piano Man: The Very Best of... 53 51 Travis Scott - Utopia 56 52 Eminem - Curtain Call 2 23 53 Jung Kook - Golden 51 54 Jazzy - Constellations 58 55 Britney Spears - The Singles Collection 66 56 Cian Ducrot - Victory 64 57 Weeknd - Starboy Re 58 Sultans of Ping FC - Casual Sex In The Cineplex 60 59 George Michael - Twenty Five 65 60 Pitbull - Greatest Hits 62 61 Nirvana - Nirvana 74 62 Adele - 21 Re 63 Green Day - God's Favorite Band - Greatest Hits 41 64 Chris Brown - 11:11 54 65 Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds 72 66 Lady Gaga - The Fame / The Fame Monster 68 67 Smiths - Sound of The Smiths 73 68 David Bowie - Legacy 77 69 Tiesto - Drive Ne 70 Dolly Parton - Rockstar 59 71 50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin' 95 72 Elvis Presley - 30 No 1 Hits Ne 73 Madness - Theatre of The Absurd Pts C'est La Vie 81 74 Little Mix - Between Us 76 75 Script - Tales From The Script - Greatest Hits 75 76 Rolling Stones - Forty Licks 71 77 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad 61 78 Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia Re 79 Eagles - The Complete Greatest Hits 84 80 Killers - Direct Hits Re 81 Melanie Martinez - Portals 80 82 Adele - 25 Re 83 Taylor Swift - Fearless (Taylor's Version) 63 84 Robbie Williams - Greatest Hits 67 85 Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa 87 86 Guns n Roses - Greatest Hits 90 87 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend Re 88 Foo Fighters - The Essential 70 89 Kojaque - Phantom of The Afters 82 90 Cranberries - Stars: The Best of 1992 - 2002 85 91 Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You: The Best of... 88 92 Metro Boomin - Heroes & Villains 97 93 Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans 89 94 Morgan Wallen - One Thing At A Time 92 95 Billie Eilish - Don't Smile At Me 91 96 Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? 94 97 Luke Combs - Getting' Old Re 98 Xxxtentacion - Look At Me - The Album Re 99 Tory Lanez - Alone At Prom 33 100 Kid Laroi - The First Time Top 30 Compilation Albums 01 01 Original Soundtrack - Barbie: The Album Ne 02 V/A - Now 116 02 03 Motion Picture Cast Recording - The Greatest Showman Ne 04 OST - The Hunger Games - The Ballad of Songbirds 03 05 OST - Suicide Squad: The Album 04 06 OST - Moana 05 07 Original TV Soundtrack - Hamilton 07 08 OST - Mama Mia 10 09 V/A - The Best Ever... Christmas 08 10 OST - Frozen 11 11 OST - Trolls Band Together 09 12 V/A - Phil Collins Plays Well With Others 06 13 V/A - Wishing You A Merry Christmas 15 14 V/A - Metro Boomin Pts Spiderman (Across The Spider-verse) 12 15 OST - The Lion King [2019] 14 16 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Encanto 20 17 OST - Grease 13 18 OST - Sing 19 19 OST - Frozen 2 18 20 OST - Fifty Shades of Grey 16 21 Motion Picture Cast Recording - A Star Is Born 22 22 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Mama Mia - Here We Go Again 37 23 OST - Guardians of The Galaxy - Awesome Mix 1 21 24 V/A - Eurovision Song Contest 2023 - Liverpool 23 25 OST - The Fault In Our Stars 27 26 Motion Picture Cast Recording - La La Land 25 27 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Sing 2 24 28 OST - Spider-man - Into The Spider-verse 33 29 V/A - Christmas: The Collection (2017) 96 30 V/A - The Hits Album - The 80s Pure Pop Album Top 20 Independent Albums 01 01 Arctic Monkeys - AM Ne 02 John Gallen - Rizla Smokes Music & Wine Re 03 National - Laugh Track 03 04 Adele - 21 Ne 05 Madness - Theatre of The Absurd Pts C'est La Vie 04 06 Adele - 25 02 07 Kojaque - Phantom of The Afters Re 08 Tory Lanez - Alone At Prom 07 09 Frank Ocean - Blonde 06 10 CMAT - Crazymad For Me 08 11 Tumbling Paddies - The Journey So Far - Live 11 12 Dubliners - 50 Years 10 13 Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What... 15 14 Cigarettes After Sex - Cigarettes After Sex 12 15 Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare 16 16 Radiohead - The Bends 13 17 Radiohead - OK Computer 17 18 Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher Re 19 Queens of The Stone Age - In Times New Roman 27 20 Radiohead - In Rainbows Top 20 Homegrown Tracks 01 01 Jazzy - NRG Ne 02 Dermot Kennedy - Two Hearts 04 03 CMAT - Stay For Something 03 04 Darren Kiely - Sunrise 08 05 Picture This - Leftover Love 06 06 Hozier - Unknown / Nth Re 07 Kingfishr - Caroline Ne 08 Kneecap / Grian Chatten - Better Way To Live 15 09 Cian Ducrot / Ella Henderson - Rest of Our Days 13 10 High Kings & Badscandal - Chasing Rainbows 09 11 Niall Horan - You Could Start A Cult 07 12 Aimee - Grafton Street Lights 12 13 Kojaque - Cabra Drive 11 14 Khakikid - Who's That Girl 18 15 Gavin James - White Noise 16 16 Brave Giant - Four 17 17 Danny Byrne Band - If I Die Young 14 18 Scratch - Cheeky B*stard 10 19 Inhaler - Dublin In Ecstasy Ne 20 Biig Piig - Watch Me CLASSIC COUNTDOWN 25/11/23 1992 https://www.rte.ie/radio/gold/clips/11581744/

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Nobody seems to die these days! They all seem to "pass away" or "leave us". Or we "lose them". Apparently it's so as not to upset the bereaved. Personally I think it's a load of bollocks.

Week Ending 16th November 2023 (Week 46) Top 100 Singles 01 01 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 02 02 Casso / Raye / D-Block Europe - Prada Ne 03 Jack Harlow - Lovin' On Me 05 04 Tate McRae - Greedy Ne 05 Noah Kahan - Northern Attitude Ne 06 Dua Lipa - Houdini 03 07 Taylor Swift - Is It Over Now (Taylor's Version) 08 08 Zach Bryan ft Kacey Musgraves - I Remember Everything 07 09 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 09 10 Billie Gillies ft Hannah Boleyn - DNA (Loving You) 06 11 Taylor Swift - Now That We Don't Talk (Taylor's Version) 10 12 Tyla - Water 12 13 Zach Bryan - Something In The Orange 11 14 Sonny Fodera / MK / Douglas - Asking 13 15 Mitski - My Love Mine All Mine 04 16 Beatles - Now and Then 15 17 Kenya Grace - Strangers 14 18 Olivia Rodrigo - Can't Catch Me Now 16 19 Troy Sivan - One of Your Girls 22 20 Noah Kahan - You're Gonna Go Far 18 21 Fred Again & Jozzy - Ten 26 22 Jazzy - NRG 20 23 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red 38 24 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You 46 25 Wham! - Last Christmas 23 26 Fred Again and Obongjayar - adore U 25 27 Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire 45 28 Zara Larsson and David Guetta - On My Love 28 29 Dua Lipa - Dance The Night (From Barbie: The Album) 29 30 Drake ft Sexyy Red & Sza - Rich Baby Daddy 19 31 Jung Kook - Standing Next To You 27 32 Belters Only / Fodera / Jazzy - Life Lesson 32 33 Tom Odell - Black Friday Ne 34 PinkPanthress ft Central Cee - Nice To Meet You 36 35 Doja Cat - Agora Hills 35 36 Dave & Central Cee - Sprinter 31 37 Zach Bryan / Noah Kahan - Sarah's Place 33 38 Jazzy - Giving Me 34 39 Dylan Gossett - Coal 48 40 Tumbling Paddies - The Way I Am 37 41 Tom Odell - Another Love 40 42 Sza - Kill Bill 17 43 Lord Huron - The Night We Met 51 44 Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag 41 45 Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For 42 46 Hannah Laing / Hvrr - Party All The Time 49 47 Miley Cyrus - Used To Be Young 39 48 Chasiing Abbey - Oh My Johnny (Banks of The Roses) Re 49 Olivia Rodrigo - The Grudge 43 50 Cranberries - Zombie 63 51 Dermot Kennedy - Siunday 56 52 David Kushner - Daylight 59 53 Goo Goo Dolls - Iris 44 54 K.A.D. ft Kak Hatt - Just How You Like It 52 55 Peggy Gou - (It Goes Like) Nanana 55 56 Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang 57 57 Coldplay - Viva La Vida 54 58 Hannah Laing & Roro - Good Love 47 59 Drake ft Yeat - IDGAF 50 60 Inigo Quintero - Si No Estas 58 61 Chase & Status / Bou / Flowdan - Baddadan 67 62 Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners - Evergreen Re 63 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree 70 64 Hozier - Take Me To Church Re 65 Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock 66 66 Paolo Nutini - Candy 77 67 Vance Joy - Riptide 68 68 Fleetwood Mac - Dreams 62 69 Rema - Calm Down 69 70 Harry Styles - As It Was 73 71 Miley Cyrus - Flowers 60 72 Suicidal-Idol - Ecstacy 75 73 Raye ft 070 Shake - Escapism 71 74 Aliyah's Interlude - It Girl Re 75 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me 72 76 Whethan / Elley Duhe - Money On The Dash 90 77 Teddy Swims - Lose Control 79 78 Morgan Wallen - Last Night Ne 79 Stray Kids - Lalalala Ne 80 Mazza L20 - Murdaside 91 81 Hozier - Work Song 76 82 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith - Desire Re 83 Pogues ft Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York 81 84 Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved 86 85 Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way 64 86 Camrinwatsin - Life Gets Hard 87 87 Kid Laroi / JungKook / Central - Too Much 83 88 Killers - Mr Brightside Re 89 Michael Buble - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas Ne 90 David Guetta & Kim Petras - When We Were Young (The Logical Song) 84 91 Calvin Harris / Ellie Goulding - Miracle 85 92 Florence & The Machine - Dog Days Are Over Ne 93 Chance Pena - I Am Not Who I Was 74 94 Game ft 50 Cent - Hate It Or Love It 89 95 Amy MacDonald - This Is The Life Ne 96 Chris Brown - Angel Numbers / Ten Toes 99 97 Dominic Fike - Babydoll 88 98 Selena Gomez - Single Soon 93 99 Tory Lanez / Trippie Redd - Hurts Me Ne 100 Sabrina Carpenter - Feather Top 100 Artist Albums 01 01 Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor's Version) 04 02 Noah Kahan - Stick Season Re 03 Beatles - 1967 - 1970 02 04 Olivia Rodrigo - Guts Re 05 Beatles - 1962 - 1966 05 06 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years - Don't Stop 07 07 Taylor Swift - Midnights 10 08 Elton John - Diamonds 08 09 Taylor Swift - Folklore 09 10 Weeknd - The Highlights 14 11 Taylor Swift - Reputation 13 12 Taylor Swift - Lover 11 13 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour 15 14 Abba - Gold 16 15 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits Ne 16 PinkPantheress - Heaven Knows 19 17 Post Malone - The Diamond Collection 23 18 Hozier - Unreal Unearth 20 19 Arctic Monkeys - AM 25 20 Hozier - Hozier 21 21 Kanye West - Graduation 22 22 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 06 23 Jung Kook - Golden 24 24 Taylor Swift - 1989 28 25 Taylor Swift - Evermore 31 26 Dermot Kennedy - Without Fear 34 27 Queen - Greatest Hits 18 28 50 Cent - Best of... 29 29 Lana Del Rey - Born To Die 32 30 Harry Styles - Harry's House 33 31 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent 40 32 SZA - SOS Ne 33 Kid Laroi - The First Time 38 34 Dermot Kennedy - Sonder 26 35 Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits 30 36 Drake - For All The Dogs 37 37 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream 43 38 Ed Sheeran - [Divide] 45 39 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits 35 40 Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan Ne 41 Chris Brown - 11:11 48 42 Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version) 41 43 Taylor Swift - Speak Now (Taylor's Version) 39 44 Michael Jackson - The Essential 42 45 Maroon 5 - Singles 44 46 Joel Corry - Another Friday Night Re 47 Inhaler - Cuts & Bruises 57 48 Ed Sheeran - = [Equals] 51 49 U2 - U218 Singles 50 50 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994 - 2009 46 51 Jazzy - Constellations 54 52 Harry Styles - Fine Line 55 53 Travis Scott - Utopia 17 54 Rolling Stones - Hackney Diamonds Ne 55 Chris Stapleton - Higher 49 56 Eminem - Curtain Call 2 Re 57 Maneskin - Rush 52 58 Britney Spears - The Singles Collection 36 59 50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin' 58 60 George Michael - Twenty Five 87 61 Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia 64 62 Nirvana - Nirvana Re 63 Robbie Williams - Greatest Hits 56 64 Weeknd - Starboy 61 65 Pitbull - Greatest Hits 63 66 Cian Ducrot - Victory 89 67 Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa 76 68 Smiths - Sound of The Smiths Re 69 Inhaler - It Won't Always Be Like This 47 70 Kojaque - Phantom of The Afters 65 71 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad 68 72 Lady Gaga - The Fame / The Fame Monster 66 73 David Bowie - Legacy 67 74 Adele - 21 69 75 Rolling Stones - Forty Licks 70 76 Script - Tales From The Script - Greatest Hits 71 77 Tiesto - Drive Re 78 New Order - Substance Re 79 Michael Buble - Christmas 74 80 Adele - 25 75 81 Little Mix - Between Us 73 82 Cranberries - Stars: The Best of 1992 - 2002 Re 83 Lana Del Rey - Lust For Life 72 84 Killers - Direct Hits 80 85 Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You: The Best of... 3 86 Scratch - Mind Yourself 85 87 Guns n Roses - Greatest Hits 82 88 Metro Boomin - Heroes & Villains 81 89 Morgan Wallen - One Thing At A Time 83 90 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend 78 91 Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? 77 92 Billie Eilish - Don't Smile At Me 86 93 Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It...... 88 94 Luke Combs - Getting' Old 79 95 Elvis Presley - 30 No 1 Hits 84 96 Luke Combs - This One's For You 91 97 Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans Ne 98 John Francis Flynn - Look Over The Wall See The Sky 62 99 CMAT - Crazymad For Me 96 100 Phil Collins - The Singles Top 30 Compilation Albums 01 01 Original Soundtrack - Barbie: The Album 02 02 Motion Picture Cast Recording - The Greatest Showman 03 03 OST - Suicide Squad: The Album 04 04 OST - Moana 05 05 Original TV Soundtrack - Hamilton 22 06 V/A - Wishing You A Merry Christmas 06 07 OST - Mama Mia 07 08 OST - Frozen 08 09 V/A - Phil Collins Plays Well With Others 17 10 V/A - The Best Ever... Christmas 09 11 OST - Trolls Band Together 11 12 OST - The Lion King [2019] 14 13 OST - Sing 13 14 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Encanto 12 15 V/A - Metro Boomin Pts Spiderman (Across The Spider-verse) 18 16 Motion Picture Cast Recording - A Star Is Born 10 17 V/A - Now 115 15 18 OST - Fifty Shades of Grey 19 19 OST - Frozen 2 16 20 OST - Grease 20 21 V/A - Eurovision Song Contest 2023 - Liverpool 21 22 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Mama Mia - Here We Go Again 23 23 OST - The Fault In Our Stars 26 24 OST - Spider-man - Into The Spider-verse 24 25 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Sing 2 27 26 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Trolls 25 27 Motion Picture Cast Recording - La La Land 31 28 Original Cast Recording - Six - The Musical 28 29 V/A - The Greatest Showman - Reimagined 29 30 OST - Aladdin Top 20 Independent Albums 01 01 Arctic Monkeys - AM 02 02 Kojaque - Phantom of The Afters 04 03 Adele - 21 05 04 Adele - 25 Ne 05 John Francis Flynn - Look Over The Wall See The Sky 03 06 CMAT - Crazymad For Me 07 07 Frank Ocean - Blonde 08 08 Tumbling Paddies - The Journey So Far - Live Ne 09 Stray Kids - Rock-star 09 10 Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What... 11 11 Dubliners - 50 Years 12 12 Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare 14 13 Radiohead - OK Computer Ne 14 James Marriott - Are We There Yet 19 15 Cigarettes After Sex - Cigarettes After Sex 22 16 Radiohead - The Bends 17 17 Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher 26 18 Wolfe Tones - At Their Very Best - Live 23 19 Saw Doctors - To Win Just Once: The Best of... 24 20 Coronas - The Best of The Early Days Top 20 Homegrown Tracks 01 01 Jazzy - NRG 02 02 Dermot Kennedy - Sunday Ne 03 Darren Kiely - Sunrise 03 04 CMAT - Stay For Something Ne 05 Kingfishr - Vancouver 05 06 Hozier - Unknown / Nth Ne 07 Aimee - Grafton Street Lights 04 08 Picture This - Leftover Love 06 09 Niall Horan - You Could Start A Cult 16 10 Inhaler - Dublin In Ecstasy 11 11 Khakikid - Who's That Girl Re 12 Kojaque - Cabra Drive 12 13 High Kings & Badscandal - Chasing Rainbows 08 14 Scratch - Cheeky B*stard 13 15 Cian Ducrot / Ella Henderson - Rest of Our Days 14 16 Brave Giant - Four 15 17 Danny Byrne Band - If I Die Young 18 18 Gavin James - White Noise 17 19 Chasing Abbey - Lie 19 20 2 Johnnies - The Lights of Cork City CLASSIC COUNTDOWN 18/11/23 1977 https://www.rte.ie/radio/gold/clips/11580085/

NI Hit 40 (Broadcast 19.11.2023) Ne 01 Dua Lipa - Houdini 01 02 Beatles - Now and Then 02 03 Tate McRae - Greedy 03 04 Kenya Grace - Strangers 06 05 Casso / Raye / D-Block Europe - Prada 08 06 Tyla - Water 07 07 Rema & Selena Gomez - Calm Down 04 08 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer Ne 09 Jack Harlow - Lovin' On Me 05 10 Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire 10 11 Zara Larsson and David Guetta - On My Love 09 12 Calvin Harris / Ellie Goulding - Miracle 21 13 Jax Jones and D.O.D ft. Ina Wroldsen - Won't Forget You 11 14 Ed Sheeran - American Town 12 15 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red 16 16 Billy Gillies ft Hannah Boyeln - DNA 15 17 Taylor Swift - Is It Over Now (Taylor's Version) 24 18 Noel Kahan - Stick Season 40 19 Take That - This Life 13 20 Anne-Marie and Shania Twain - Unhealthy 32 21 Jungle - Back On 74 20 22 Sonny Fodera and MK ft. Clementine Douglas - Asking 18 23 Becky Hill ft Chase and Status - Disconnect 28 24 Chase and Status and Bou ft Irah, Flowdan, Trigga, Takura - Baddadan 14 25 Miley Cyrus - Used To Be Young 23 26 Fred Again and Obongjayar - adore U 25 27 Nathan Dawe, Joel Corry and Ella Henderson - 0800 Heaven 33 28 Chase and Status ft. Hedex ft. Ardee - Liquor & Cigarettes 26 29 Switch Disco ft Ella Henderson & Robert Miles - React 19 30 Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me 31 31 Campbell & Alcemist - Would You (Go To Bed With Me) 30 32 Marshmello, Pink and Sting - Dreaming 36 33 Mitski - My Life Mine All Mine Ne 34 Doja Cat - Agora Hills 35 35 D.O.D. - So Much In Love Ne 36 Drake ft Sexyy Red & Sza - Rich Baby Daddy 39 37 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 34 38 Peggy Gou - (It Goes Like) Nanana Ne 39 PinkPanthress ft Central Cee - Nice To Meet You 29 40 Olivia Rodrigo - Get Him Back

Top 50 Tracks (04/11/23 - 10/11/23) 01 01 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 02 07 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 03 09 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 04 04 Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red 05 05 Rick Astley - Dippin' My Feet 06 Re Saw Doctors - She Says 07 Ne Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 08 Re Bruce Springsteen - Working On The Highway 09 13 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 10 28 Bruce Springsteen - I'll See You In My Dreams 11 47 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 12 03 Bryan Adams - You Belong To Me 13 06 Corrs - Toss The Feathers 14 02 OMD - Don't Go 15 10 Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 16 Ne Irish Rugby World Cup Squad Featuring Simon Casey & The Phil Coulter Orchestra - Ireland's Call 17 12 Bryan Adams - I've Been Looking For You 18 35 Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days 19 Ne Luke Kelly - The Town I Loved So Well 20 33 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 21 30 Bruce Springsteen - One Minute You're Here 22 19 Lewis Capaldi - Burning 23 08 OMD - Slow Train 24 18 Chasing Abbey - Oh My Johnny (Banks of The Roses) 25 20 Issey Cross - Bittersweet Goodbye 26 50 Beatles - Now and Then 27 22 Bruce Springsteen - Pay Me My Money Down (Live In Dublin 07/05/23) 28 Re Saw Doctors - Macnas Parade 29 Re Sonia - Only Fools (Never Fall In Love) 30 Ne Luke Kelly - Scorn Not His Simplicity 31 Re Bruce Springsteen - Ghosts 32 Ne Sandie Shaw - Puppet On A String 33 Re Saw Doctors - FCA 34 15 Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me 35 Ne Bruce Springsteen - Tougher Than The Rest 36 39 Lewis Capaldi - Love The Hell Out of You 37 Re Bryan Adams - Sometimes You Lose Before You Win 38 Re Paul Hardcastle - The Wizard 39 Re Saw Doctors - Joyce Country Ceili Band 40 11 Pink - Who Knew 41 Ne Bruce Springsteen - Sleepy Joe's Café 42 Re Anne-Marie ft Shania Twain - Unhealthy 43 Re Duran Duran - Ghost Town 44 21 Lewis Capaldi - Any Kind of Life 45 40 Switch Disco ft Ella Henderson - React 46 25 OMD - Robot Man 47 Re Saw Doctors - I'll Be On My Way 48 42 Lewis Capaldi - How I'm Feeling Now 49 16 Bryan Adams - Kick Ass 50 Ne Bruce Springsteen - Hitch Hikin' Top 10 Albums (04/11/23 - 10/11/23) 01 Re Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 02 Re Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2023/05/05 Dublin, IRELAND 03 03 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 04 02 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2023/05/07 Dublin, IRELAND 05 05 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 06 01 OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 07 Ne Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love 08 Ne Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars 09 04 Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 10 Re Bruce Springsteen - Greetings From Asbury Park, New Jersey No prizes for guessing who I got concert tickets for this week! Having purchased them on Monday morning I decided to play some of the Boss's back catalogue. There are some re-entries for the Saw Doctors after I saw them live in Belfast the previous Friday (3rd November). On Tuesday (7th) I saw Phil Coulter in concert. More recently he has been a recording artist but he started off writing for others and had a lot of success doing so. He co-wrote 2 Eurovision classics with Bill Martin - Puppet On A String and Congratulations. He also wrote for the Bay City Rollers (Shang-A-Lang), Kenny (Fancy Pants), Slik (Requiem) and Cilla Black (Surround Yourself). In the States Elvis had a hit with Phil's song My Boy. He also worked with Irish folk band The Dubliners in the 70s and 2 of his best known songs were recorded by Luke Kelly from the band.