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Week ending 29th January 2026 (Week 05) Top 100 Singles Ne 01 Harry Styles - Aperture 01 02 Kingfishr - Killeagh 02 03 Djo - End of Beginning 03 04 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In 05 05 Raye - Where Is My Husband 04 06 Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia 06 07 Dave / Tems - Raindance 08 08 Zara Larsson - Lush Life 12 09 Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall In Love) 10 10 Kingfishr - Diamonds & Roses 11 11 Sienna Spiro - Die On This Hill 07 12 Zach Bryan - Say Why 13 13 Bruno Mars - I Just Might 09 14 Zach Bryan - Plastic Cigarette 14 15 Olivia Dean - Man I Need 15 16 PinkPantheress - Stateside Ne 17 Dermot Kennedy - Funeral 19 18 Fleetwood Mac - Landslide 17 19 Olivia Dean - OK Love You Bye 20 20 Huntr / X / Ejae / Audrey Nuna / Rei - Golden 18 21 Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain 21 22 Police - Every Breath You Take 22 23 Amble - Socrates Smiled 16 24 Zach Bryan - Appetite 23 25 Taylor Swift - Opalite 24 26 Sonny Fodera / D O D / Baskcomb - Think About Us 26 27 Alex Warren - Ordinary 28 28 Haven ft Kaitlin Aragon - I Run 30 29 Disco Lines & Tinashe - No Broke Boys 27 30 Esdeekid - 4 Raws 31 31 Sombr - 12 To 12 29 32 Buffalo Traffic Jam - Fool’s Gold 25 33 Sienna Spiro - You Stole The Show 47 34 Lil Uzi Vert - What You Saying 44 35 Kingfishr - Hold Me Down Re 36 Harry Styles - As It Was Ne 37 Arctic Monkeys - Opening Night 33 38 Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun 38 39 Sam Fender - People Watching 41 40 Sombr - Back To Friends 42 41 Addison Rae - Fame Is A Gun 36 42 Amble - Lonely Island 43 43 Noah Kahan - Everywhere Everything 40 44 Amble - Schoolyard Days 34 45 Esdeekid - Century 37 46 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill 39 47 Tate McRae - Tit For Tat 64 48 Bella Kay - IloveItIloveItIloveIt 51 49 Ella Langley - Choosin’ Texas 55 50 Cure - Boys Don’t Cry 50 51 Goo Goo Dolls - Iris 60 52 Fleetwood Mac - Dreams 45 53 Aaron Rowe - Please Don’t Hate Me 54 54 Sombr - Undressed 48 55 Diana Ross - Upside Down 59 56 Jeff Buckley - Lover You Should’ve Come Over 57 57 Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not 49 58 Tyla - Chanel 63 59 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 53 60 Role Model - Sally When The Wine Runs Out Re 61 Fleetwood Mac - Silver Springs 66 62 Tame Impala - Dracula 56 63 Tiffany - I Think We’re Alone Now 75 64 Tate McRae - Siren Sounds 52 65 Role Model - Writings On The Wall 73 66 Killers - Mr Brightside 61 67 David Bowie - Heroes 69 68 Fred Again / Sammy Virji / Reggie - Talk of The Town 72 69 Lizzy McAlpine - Pushing It Down And Praying 68 70 Huntr / X / Ejae / Audrey Nuna / Rei - What It Sounds Like 74 71 Shakira - Zoo 81 72 Gigi Perez - Sailor Song 58 73 Luke Combs - Sleepless In A Hotel Room 76 74 MK & Clemintine Douglas - Come Find Me 70 75 Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go? 82 76 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 71 77 Sienna Spiro - Maybe. Ne 78 Fred Again / Young Thug - Scared 96 79 Djo - Delete Ya Ne 80 Esdeekid / Fakemink / Rico Ace - LV Sandals 77 81 Mikeeysmind / Chill 77 / Unjaps - Papaoutai 79 82 Gracie Abrams - That’s So True 86 83 Fontaines DC - Favourite 85 84 Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild 90 85 Zxkai / Slxughter - No Batidao 87 86 Gunna & Burna Boy - WGFT 88 87 Fontaines DC - Starburster Re 88 Noah Kahan & Hozier - Northern Attitude 83 89 Kehlani - Folded 62 90 ASAP Rocky - Stay Here 4 Life 89 91 Tate McRae - Sports Car Ne 92 Tumbling Paddies - Closing Time 94 93 Tkandz / Cxsper - Now or Never 80 94 Beaumont / Remy Ma - Conceited (What The F**k) 91 95 Paolo Nutini - Candy 78 96 Katseye - Internet Girl 99 97 Chappell Roan - Good Luck Babe 46 98 ASAP Rocky - Helicopter Re 99 Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World 93 100 Huntr / X / Ejae / Audrey Nuna / Rei - Takedown Top 100 Artist Albums 02 01 Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving 01 02 Zach Bryan - With Heaven On Top Ne 03 Madra Salach - It’s A Hell of An Age 03 04 Kingfishr - Halcyon 05 05 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years - Don't Stop 04 06 Amble - Reverie 06 07 Noah Kahan - Stick Season Ne 08 Megadeth - Megadeth 09 09 Tate McRae - So Close To What 11 10 Weeknd - The Highlights 12 11 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 10 12 Sabrina Carpenter - Man’s Best Friend 14 13 Ed Sheeran - +-=DivideX - Tour Collection 13 14 Taylor Swift - The Life of A Showgirl Ne 15 Louis Tomlinson - How Did I Get Here 16 16 Abba - Gold 17 17 Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet 18 18 Michael Jackson - The Essential 27 19 Harry Styles - Harry's House 19 20 Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1) 21 21 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994 - 2009 08 22 ASAP Rocky - Don’t Be Dumb 30 23 Harry Styles - Fine Line 23 24 Pitbull - Greatest Hits 20 25 Esdeekid - Rebel 22 26 Elton John - Diamonds 33 27 Fontaines DC - Romance 24 28 Sombr - I Barely Know Her 28 29 Hozier - Hozier 31 30 Linkin Park - Papercuts - Singles Collection 2000 - 2023 25 31 Olivia Rodrigo - Guts 32 32 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour 34 33 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits 29 34 50 Cent - Best of... 26 35 Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? 38 36 Maroon 5 - Singles 40 37 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits 36 38 Avicii - Forever 37 39 Gracie Abrams - The Secret of Us 35 40 Charli XCX - Brat 39 41 Billy Joel - Piano Man: The Very Best of... 51 42 Arctic Monkeys - AM 42 43 Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan 45 44 Taylor Swift - Folklore 41 45 Sam Fender - People Watching 82 46 Fred Again - USB 49 47 Calvin Harris - 96 Months 46 48 OneRepublic - The Collection 48 49 Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard And Soft 07 50 Madison Beer - Locket 50 51 Chappell Roan - The Rise And Fall of A Midwest Princess 54 52 Queen - Greatest Hits 44 53 Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department 52 54 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad 53 55 Lady Gaga - The Fame / The Fame Monster 43 56 Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans 55 57 Kanye West - Graduation 47 58 David Bowie - Legacy 62 59 Bruce Springsteen - Best of… 60 60 Post Malone - The Diamond Collection 58 61 Britney Spears - The Singles Collection 57 62 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream 59 63 Beatles - 1967 - 1970 56 64 Cure - Greatest Hits 88 65 Dermot Kennedy - Without Fear 63 66 Cocomelon - Nursery Rhymes By Cocomelon 64 67 SZA - SOS 67 68 Smiths - Sound of The Smiths 61 69 Oasis - Definitely Maybe 66 70 Lana Del Rey - Born To Die 76 71 Calvin Harris - 18 Months 91 72 Green Day - God's Favorite Band - Greatest Hits 68 73 Teddy Swims - I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Complete Collection) 77 74 Cranberries - Stars: The Best of 1992 - 2002 71 75 Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler - Private Investigations: The Best of... 72 76 Nirvana - Nirvana 70 77 50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin' 69 78 Ed Sheeran - [Divide] 75 79 Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing – The Very Best of… 65 80 Taylor Swift - Reputation 89 81 Guns n Roses - Greatest Hits 74 82 Taylor Swift - Lover 81 83 Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa 78 84 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend 84 85 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent 86 86 Zach Bryan - The Great American Bar Scene 73 87 Tate McRae - Think Later 87 88 Phil Collins - The Singles 93 89 Killers - Rebel Diamonds 83 90 Script - Tales From The Script - Greatest Hits 80 91 Zach Bryan - American Heartbreak 98 92 Radiohead - OK Computer Re 93 Celine Dion - My Love: The Essential Collection 100 94 U2 - U218 Singles Re 95 Eminem - Curtain Call 2 90 96 George Michael - Twenty Five 79 97 Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine Re 98 Gorillaz - 2001 - 2011: The Singles Collection Re 99 Bon Jovi - Greatest Hits 85 100 Nirvana - Nevermind Top 30 Compilation Albums 01 01 OST - Kpop Demon Hunters 02 02 Motion Picture Cast Recording - The Greatest Showman 03 03 Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton 04 04 Original Cast Recording - Hazbin Hotel - Season Two - OST 05 05 OST - Suicide Squad: The Album 06 06 OST - Mama Mia 08 07 OST - Frozen 09 08 OST - Moana 10 09 Celine Dion / Redi Hasa - I Am - Celine Dion (OST) 07 10 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Wicked – For Good 11 11 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Wicked 12 12 OST - Grease 13 13 OST - Fifty Shades of Grey 14 14 V/A - Phil Collins Plays Well With Others 16 15 OST - Arcane League of Legends - Season 2 15 16 OST - The Lion King [2019] 18 17 OST - Barbie: The Album 20 18 OST - Frozen 2 21 19 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Mama Mia - Here We Go Again 22 20 OST - Sing 17 21 Original Cast Recording - Hazbin Hotel - Season One - OST 27 22 OST - Guardians of The Galaxy - Awesome Mix 1 19 23 OST - F1: The Album 33 24 OST - Sinners 25 25 V/A - The Greatest Showman - Reimagined 24 26 OST - The Fault In Our Stars 23 27 Motion Picture Cast Recording - A Star Is Born 28 28 V/A - Eurovision Song Contest 2025 – Basel 26 29 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Encanto 31 30 OST - Annie (2014) Top 20 Independent Albums Ne 01 Madra Salach - It’s A Hell of An Age Ne 02 Megadeth - Megadeth Ne 03 Louis Tomlinson - How Did I Get Here 01 04 Esdeekid - Rebel 02 05 Fontaines DC - Romance 03 06 Arctic Monkeys - AM 05 07 Radiohead - OK Computer 04 08 Geese - Getting Killed 06 09 CMAT - Euro-Country 07 10 Frank Ocean - Blonde 10 11 Djo - The Crux 11 12 Bad Bunny - Debi Tirar Mas Fotos 09 13 Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia Ne 14 Searows - Death In The Business of Whaling 08 15 Lily Allen - West End Girl 14 16 Adele - 21 12 17 Adele - 25 18 18 Radiohead - The Bends 22 19 Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What... 21 20 Raye - My 21st Century Blues Top 20 Homegrown Tracks Ne 01 Dermot Kennedy - Funeral 01 02 Kingfishr - Hold Me Down 03 03 Amble - Jersey Giant 02 04 Aaron Rowe - Please Don’t Hate Me 04 05 Pa Sheehy - The Top of Bin Ban 05 06 Robert Grace - Home Ne 07 Madra Salach - The Man Who Seeks Pleasure 06 08 CMAT - When A Good Man Cries 08 09 Kneecap ft Sub Focus - No Comment 07 10 F3Miii - Noble 10 11 Florence Road - Break The Girl 09 12 Picture This - Yours Forever 16 13 Kettama - Fade Away (It’s A Feeling) 17 14 Tumbling Paddies - You’re All That Matters 13 15 Jazzy / Ankhoi - Closer To The Floor Ne 16 Scratch ft Kevin Rheault - Pullin’ Teeth 18 17 Casper Walsh - Kitchen Talking 15 18 Dan McCabe - My Heart’s Tonight In Ireland 11 19 Darren Kiely - Fade 20 20 Ye Vagabonds - On Sitric Road Top 5 Music DVDs Re 01 Cure - The Show of A Lost World Re 02 David Gilmour - Live At Circus Maximus Re 03 Coldplay - Live 2012 Re 04 Rodriguez - Searching For Sugar Man 03 05 Hans Zimmer & Friends - Live: Diamond In The Desert CLASSIC COUNTDOWN 31/01/26 1989 www.rte.ie/radio/gold/clips/11776929/ Having spent every week since I started posting the Music DVD chart at either number 1 or number 2 it's slightly strange to see that Taylor Swift has fallen completely out of the Top 5 this week.

Top 50 Tracks (18/01/26 - 24/01/26) 01 01 Bill Whelan - Riverdance 02 Re Salt n Pepa - Push It 03 08 Ed Sheeran - Azizam 04 04 Ed Sheeran - Sapphire 05 06 Bill Whelan - Firedance 06 12 Raye - Where Is My Husband! 07 07 Bill Whelan - American Wake 08 03 Sultans of Ping FC - Where’s Me Jumper? 09 Ne Salt n Pepa - Twist and Shout 10 02 Sinead Lohan Whatever It Takes 11 09 Bill Whelan - Marta's Dance / The Russian Dervish 12 15 Ed Sheeran - Camera 13 19 Huntr / X / Ejae / Audrey Nuna / Rei Ami - Golden 14 Re Ed Sheeran - Perfect 15 14 Taylor Swift - Opalite 16 10 Bill Whelan - Andalucia 17 11 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt. 18 13 Bill Whelan - Slip Into Spring / The Harvest 19 Re Ed Sheeran - Shape of You 20 22 Bill Whelan - Reel Around The Sun 21 17 Kingfishr - Killeagh 22 05 Sultans of Ping FC - You Talk Too Much 23 29 Ed Sheeran - Old Phone 24 Re Olivia Dean - Man I Need 25 25 Dire Straits - Walk of Life 26 Ne Olivia Dean - So Easy 27 37 Bill Whelan - The Countess Cathleen / Wonen of The Sidhe 28 Re Westlife - Chariot 29 Re Ed Sheeran - Galway Girl 30 Ne Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In 31 20 Alan Fletcher - (I’ve Got A) Crush On Susie K 32 45 Dire Straits - Why Worry? 33 32 Ed Sheeran - Opening 34 Ne Djo - End of Beginning 35 16 Sultans of Ping FC - Stupid Kid 36 23 Black Star Riders - Crazy Horses 37 42 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing 38 27 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 39 41 Saw Doctors - About You Now 40 31 Saw Doctors - Sound Sham 41 26 Sultans of Ping FC - Veronica 42 48 Lewis Capaldi - Survive 43 39 Sinead Lohan - Diving To Be Deeper 44 44 Dire Straits - The Man's Too Strong 45 33 The Fureys - Green Fields of France 46 34 Sinead Lohan - If I Go 47 Ne Planxty - Timedance 48 Re Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill 49 24 The Fureys - Red Rose Café 50 21 Saw Doctors - Michael D Rockin' In The Dail Top 10 Albums (18/01/26 - 24/01/26) 01 01 Bill Whelan - Riverdance: 25th Anniversary 02 05 Ed Sheeran - Play 03 02 Bill Whelan - Riverdance: Music From The Show 04 Re Salt n Pepa - A Salt With A Deadly Pepa 05 04 Bill Whelan - Riverdance: 10th Anniversary 06 Ne Bill Whelan - Riverdance: Music From The Show (Version 2) 07 09 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 08 06 Bill Whelan - Riverdance: Music From The Broadway Show 09 03 Sultans of Ping FC - Casual Sex In The Cineplex 10 07 Beoga - Live At 10 Rather than listening to the version on Spotify non stop I've been flippoing between the different CD versions of Riverdance. There are 5 in total and all have now made the top 10. CD1 - The original release from 1995 cD2 - The reissue with different track listing CD3 - 10th anniversary recording CD4 - music from the Broadway show CD5 - 25th anniversary recording Spotify brought up a new mix of Salt n Pepa's Push It this week and though I wasn't that impressed I was persuaded to go back and check out the original alongside the A Salt With A Deadly Pepa album. Over on the tracks chart there's a Riverdance related new entry. Back in 1981 Bill Whelan was involved in composing the music used for that year's Eurovision interval. It was performed on the night by Planxty and was later released as a single. Some older Ed Sheeran tracks enter following a new Spotify live session which was recorded live in Dublin and some of the curren hits on the NI Hit 40 also enter this week.

Top 50 Tracks (11/01/26 - 17/01/26) 01 01 Bill Whelan - Riverdance 02 02 Sinead Lohan Whatever It Takes 03 Ne Sultans of Ping FC - Where’s Me Jumper? 04 06 Ed Sheeran - Sapphire 05 Ne Sultans of Ping FC - You Talk Too Much 06 03 Bill Whelan - Firedance 07 07 Bill Whelan - American Wake 08 08 Ed Sheeran - Azizam 09 10 Bill Whelan - Marta's Dance / The Russian Dervish 10 12 Bill Whelan - Andalucia 11 05 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt. 12 04 Raye - Where Is My Husband! 13 15 Bill Whelan - Slip Into Spring / The Harvest 14 13 Taylor Swift - Opalite 15 16 Ed Sheeran - Camera 16 Ne Sultans of Ping FC - Stupid Kid 17 09 Kingfishr - Killeagh 18 Ne Sultans of Ping FC - Give Him A Ball (And A Yard of Grass) 19 31 Huntr / X / Ejae / Audrey Nuna / Rei Ami - Golden 20 Re Alan Fletcher - (I’ve Got A) Crush On Susie K 21 33 Saw Doctors - Michael D Rockin' In The Dail 22 Re Bill Whelan - Reel Around The Sun 23 18 Black Star Riders - Crazy Horses 24 11 The Fureys - Red Rose Café 25 32 Dire Straits - Walk of Life 26 Ne Sultans of Ping FC - Veronica 27 22 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 28 17 The Fureys - Clare To Here 29 36 Ed Sheeran - Old Phone 30 Ne Paul Hardcastle - 19 31 25 Saw Doctors - Sound Sham 32 29 Ed Sheeran - Opening 33 14 The Fureys - Green Fields of France 34 19 Sinead Lohan - If I Go 35 28 Sinead Lohan - No Mermaid 36 Ne Beoga - B/C Set: Live 37 Re Bill Whelan - The Countess Cathleen / Wonen of The Sidhe 38 40 Saw Doctors - This Is Me 39 21 Sinead Lohan - Diving To Be Deeper 40 Ne Jennifer Hansen & Alan Fletcher - Million Reasons 41 23 Saw Doctors - About You Now 42 30 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing 43 34 Sinead Lohan - Come Let Me Out 44 45 Dire Straits - The Man's Too Strong 45 39 Dire Straits - Why Worry? 46 20 The Fureys - Leaving of Liverpool 47 24 Black Star Riders - Green And Troubled Land 48 38 Lewis Capaldi - Survive 49 26 Abba - Little Things 50 27 Black Star Riders - Don't Let The World Get In The Way Top 10 Albums (11/01/26 - 17/01/26) 01 01 Bill Whelan - Riverdance: 25th Anniversary 02 Ne Bill Whelan - Riverdance: Music From The Show 03 Ne Sultans of Ping FC - Casual Sex In The Cineplex 04 04 Bill Whelan - Riverdance: 10th Anniversary 05 05 Ed Sheeran - Play 06 Ne Bill Whelan - Riverdance: Music From The Broadway Show 07 Re Beoga - Live At 10 08 Ne Paul Hardcastle - 19: The 30th Anniversary Remixes 09 08 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 10 09 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA Two albums played at random this week. Paul Hardcastle and Sultans of Ping FC. And 2 further versions of the Riverdance soundtrack, one of which I had ordered on Ebay. There was another one ordered at the same time but it didn't arrive until after the chart period so next week could see the same album taking up half the chart.

Top 50 Tracks (04/01/26 - 10/01/26) 01 04 Bill Whelan - Riverdance 02 Re Sinead Lohan Whatever It Takes 03 10 Bill Whelan - Firedance 04 09 Raye - Where Is My Husband! 05 02 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt. 06 03 Ed Sheeran - Sapphire 07 14 Bill Whelan - American Wake 08 06 Ed Sheeran - Azizam 09 01 Kingfishr - Killeagh 10 12 Bill Whelan - Marta's Dance / The Russian Dervish 11 Re The Fureys - Red Rose Café 12 13 Bill Whelan - Andalucia 13 17 Taylor Swift - Opalite 14 Re The Fureys - Green Fields of France 15 16 Bill Whelan - Slip Into Spring / The Harvest 16 08 Ed Sheeran - Camera 17 Re The Fureys - Clare To Here 18 Re Black Star Riders - Crazy Horses 19 Re Sinead Lohan - If I Go 20 Re The Fureys - Leaving of Liverpool 21 Re Sinead Lohan - Diving To Be Deeper 22 15 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 23 19 Saw Doctors - About You Now 24 Re Black Star Riders - Green And Troubled Land 25 29 Saw Doctors - Sound Sham 26 05 Abba - Little Things 27 Re Black Star Riders - Don't Let The World Get In The Way 28 Re Sinead Lohan - No Mermaid 29 37 Ed Sheeran - Opening 30 Re Dire Straits - Money For Nothing 31 38 Huntr / X / Ejae / Audrey Nuna / Rei Ami - Golden 32 Re Dire Straits - Walk of Life 33 11 Saw Doctors - Michael D Rockin' In The Dail 34 Re Sinead Lohan - Come Let Me Out 35 07 Kylie Minogue - X.M.A.S. 36 20 Ed Sheeran - Old Phone 37 23 Bruce Springsteen - Working On The Highway 38 36 Lewis Capaldi - Survive 39 Re Dire Straits - Why Worry? 40 18 Saw Doctors - This Is Me 41 Re Black Star Riders - Wrong Side of Paradise 42 22 Amy Macdonald - Mr Rock n Roll 43 30 Saw Doctors - I Useta Lover 44 24 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 45 Re Dire Straits - The Man's Too Strong 46 21 Abba - Don't Shut Me Down 47 41 Amy Macdonald - Barrowland Ballroom 48 Re Black Star Riders - Better Than Saturday Night 49 26 Abba - Just A Notion 50 33 Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days Top 10 Albums (04/01/26 - 10/01/26) 01 01 Bill Whelan - Riverdance: 25th Anniversary 02 Re Sinead Lohan - Who Do You Think I Am? 03 Re Black Star Riders - Wrong Side of Paradise 04 Ne Bill Whelan - Riverdance: 10th Anniversary 05 03 Ed Sheeran - Play 06 Re Sinead Lohan - No Mermaid 07 Re The Fureys & Davey Arthur - 30 Years On: Recorded Live In Vicar Street 08 Re Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 09 05 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 10 02 Abba - Voyage More albums that I hadn't played for a while. The Fureys & Davey Arthur return is down to seeing them in Belfast on Friday 2nd. Having listened to the 25th anniversary edition of the Riverdance soundtrack I came across the 10th anniversary edition on CD and played that as well.

Top 50 Tracks (28/12/25 - 03/01/26) 01 14 Kingfishr - Killeagh 02 08 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt. 03 10 Ed Sheeran - Sapphire 04 04 Bill Whelan - Riverdance 05 02 Abba - Little Things 06 11 Ed Sheeran - Azizam 07 01 Kylie Minogue - X.M.A.S. 08 18 Ed Sheeran - Camera 09 Re Raye - Where Is My Husband! 10 06 Bill Whelan - Firedance 11 31 Saw Doctors - Michael D Rockin' In The Dail 12 17 Bill Whelan - Marta's Dance / The Russian Dervish 13 15 Bill Whelan - Andalucia 14 13 Bill Whelan - American Wake 15 26 Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 16 19 Bill Whelan - Slip Into Spring / The Harvest 17 32 Taylor Swift - Opalite 18 30 Saw Doctors - This Is Me 19 24 Saw Doctors - About You Now 20 35 Ed Sheeran - Old Phone 21 25 Abba - Don't Shut Me Down 22 27 Amy Macdonald - Mr Rock n Roll 23 34 Bruce Springsteen - Working On The Highway 24 28 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 25 Re Bruce Springsteen - Badlands 26 33 Abba - Just A Notion 27 07 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day 28 12 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 29 05 Saw Doctors - Sound Sham 30 37 Saw Doctors - I Useta Lover 31 22 Saw Doctors - Joyce Country Ceili Band 32 Re Bruce Springsteen - Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out 33 42 Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days 34 43 Saw Doctors - Wha'D'ya Think A That? 35 Re Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge of Town 36 50 Lewis Capaldi - Survive 37 44 Ed Sheeran - Opening 38 48 Huntr / X / Ejae / Audrey Nuna / Rei Ami - Golden 39 23 Saw Doctors - I Love To Go Awanderin' 40 41 Saw Doctors - I'll Be On My Way 41 38 Amy Macdonald - Barrowland Ballroom 42 46 Bruce Springsteen - Darlington County 43 03 Ash - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 44 Ne Olivia Dean - Man I Need 45 36 Ash - Girl From Mars 46 09 Shakin' Stevens - The Best Christmas of Them All 47 29 Bryan Adams - Roll With The Punches 48 16 Mel Smith & Kim Wilde - Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree 49 47 Saw Doctors - Villains 50 20 Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas Top 10 Albums (28/12/25 - 03/01/26) 01 01 Bill Whelan - Riverdance: 25th Anniversary0 02 02 Abba - Voyage 03 06 Ed Sheeran - Play 04 Ne Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 1980/12/31 Uniondale, New York 05 04 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 06 08 Saw Doctors - To Win Just Once: The Best of… 07 09 Saw Doctors - New Years Day Live 08 03 Shakin Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 09 05 Kylie Minogue - Kylie Christmas (Fully Wrapped) 10 07 Michael Buble - Christmas The Christmas songs haven't completely disappeared but they are starting to fall. As a result several songs leap back up the chart and Raye re-enters with another current one (Man I Need) making it's debut. The Kingfishr track was everywhere on Irish TV and radio over the holidays and as a result it jumps back up to claim the number 1 slot. The new entry on the album chart was the free listen on nugs.net during the week.

Top 50 Tracks (21/12/25 - 27/12/25) 01 01 Kylie Minogue - X.M.A.S. 02 Re Abba - Little Things 03 02 Ash - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 04 04 Bill Whelan - Riverdance 05 03 Saw Doctors - Sound Sham 06 08 Bill Whelan - Firedance 07 07 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day 08 14 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt. 09 15 Shakin' Stevens - The Best Christmas of Them All 10 05 Ed Sheeran - Sapphire 11 09 Ed Sheeran - Azizam 12 21 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 13 06 Bill Whelan - American Wake 14 12 Kingfishr - Killeagh 15 10 Bill Whelan - Andalucia 16 13 Mel Smith & Kim Wilde - Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree 17 19 Bill Whelan - Marta's Dance / The Russian Dervish 18 17 Ed Sheeran - Camera 19 26 Bill Whelan - Slip Into Spring / The Harvest 20 Ne Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas 21 Re Pogues ft Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York 22 25 Saw Doctors - Joyce Country Ceili Band 23 18 Saw Doctors - I Love To Go Awanderin' 24 23 Saw Doctors - About You Now 25 Re Abba - Don't Shut Me Down 26 Re Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark 27 35 Amy Macdonald - Mr Rock n Roll 28 Re Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 29 Re Bryan Adams - Roll With The Punches 30 16 Saw Doctors - This Is Me 31 20 Saw Doctors - Michael D Rockin' In The Dail 32 27 Taylor Swift - Opalite 33 Re Abba - Just A Notion 34 Re Bruce Springsteen - Working On The Highway 35 29 Ed Sheeran - Old Phone 36 24 Ash - Girl From Mars 37 40 Saw Doctors - I Useta Lover 38 33 Amy Macdonald - Barrowland Ballroom 39 Re Bryan Adams - Make Up Your Mind 40 38 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas 41 34 Saw Doctors - I'll Be On My Way 42 Re Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days 43 22 Saw Doctors - Wha'D'ya Think A That? 44 32 Ed Sheeran - Opening 45 11 Ash - Burn Baby Burn 46 Re Bruce Springsteen - Darlington County 47 30 Saw Doctors - Villains 48 28 Huntr / X / Ejae / Audrey Nuna / Rei Ami - Golden 49 48 Lewis Capaldi - The Day That I Die 50 43 Lewis Capaldi - Survive Top 10 Albums (21/12/25 - 27/12/25) 01 01 Bill Whelan - Riverdance: 25th Anniversary 02 Re Abba - Voyage 03 04 Shakin Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 04 Re Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 05 02 Kylie Minogue - Kylie Christmas (Fully Wrapped) 06 05 Ed Sheeran - Play 07 10 Michael Buble - Christmas 08 07 Saw Doctors - To Win Just Once: The Best of… 09 Ne Saw Doctors - New Years Day Live 10 Re Bryan Adams - Roll With The Punches Ash drop a place but now the Top 3 is full of Christmas songs with the return of Abba's Little Things, probably my favourite track from the Voyage album which I was playing again this week. The Best Christmas of Them All by Shaky climbs a few places to make it 5 festive tunes in the Top 10. This one was helped by the fact that I got it played as a request on one of the local BBC radio stations during the week.

Top 50 Tracks (14/12/25 - 20/12/25) 01 10 Kylie Minogue - X.M.A.S. 02 06 Ash - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 03 Re Saw Doctors - Sound Sham 04 01 Bill Whelan - Riverdance 05 02 Ed Sheeran - Sapphire 06 03 Bill Whelan - American Wake 07 12 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day 08 08 Bill Whelan - Firedance 09 05 Ed Sheeran - Azizam 10 09 Bill Whelan - Andalucia 11 04 Ash - Burn Baby Burn 12 Re Kingfishr - Killeagh 13 16 Mel Smith & Kim Wilde - Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree 14 07 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt. 15 29 Shakin' Stevens - The Best Christmas of Them All 16 Re Saw Doctors - This Is Me 17 15 Ed Sheeran - Camera 18 27 Saw Doctors - I Love To Go Awanderin' 19 20 Bill Whelan - Marta's Dance / The Russian Dervish 20 14 Saw Doctors - Michael D Rockin' In The Dail 21 30 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 22 Re Saw Doctors - Wha'D'ya Think A That? 23 41 Saw Doctors - About You Now 24 25 Ash - Girl From Mars 25 19 Saw Doctors - Joyce Country Ceili Band 26 33 Bill Whelan - Slip Into Spring / The Harvest 27 21 Taylor Swift - Opalite 28 18 Huntr / X / Ejae / Audrey Nuna / Rei Ami - Golden 29 24 Ed Sheeran - Old Phone 30 Re Saw Doctors - Villains 31 Re Saw Doctors - Chips 32 36 Ed Sheeran - Opening 33 13 Amy Macdonald - Barrowland Ballroom 34 32 Saw Doctors - I'll Be On My Way 35 11 Amy Macdonald - Mr Rock n Roll 36 34 Saw Doctors - Hay Wrap 37 Re Saw Doctors - FCA 38 42 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas 39 Re Saw Doctors - All We Love 40 37 Saw Doctors - I Useta Lover 41 Ne Michael Buble - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 42 26 Kylie Minogue - Christmas Isn’t Christmas ‘Til You Get Here 43 17 Lewis Capaldi - Survive 44 39 Amy Macdonald - Forward 45 44 Kylie Minogue - Santa Baby 46 Re Saw Doctors - Man On The Moon 47 45 Bill Whelan - Reel Around The Sun 48 23 Lewis Capaldi - The Day That I Die 49 Ne Kingfishr - 21 50 49 Raye - Where Is My Husband! Top 10 Albums (14/12/25 - 20/12/25) 01 01 Bill Whelan - Riverdance: 25th Anniversary 02 03 Kylie Minogue - Kylie Christmas (Fully Wrapped) 03 Ne Kingfishr - Halcyon 04 07 Shakin Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 05 02 Ed Sheeran - Play 06 Re Saw Doctors - Villains 07 04 Saw Doctors - To Win Just Once: The Best of… 08 Re Saw Doctors - Live At The Melody Tent 09 Ne Ash - Intergalactic Sonic 7”s 10 Ne Michael Buble - Christmas Another Christmas album makes the Top 10 along with a great singles collection from Ash. The highest new entry though is from Kingfishr. Tickets for their 2 shows at the SSE Arena in June went on sale some time back but I hadn't thought about going until a work colleague mentioned it. The tracks chart has been taken over by the Saw Doctors after seeing them on 12th December and Riverdance which I saw on the 20th. Three Christmas songs in the Top 10 including the Top 2. The Ash song I saw performed live at their Belfast concert before checking it out on Spotify can't quite beat Kylie. I used to love her music back in the 80s and then lost interest but this is the best thing she has done in a long time. The various remixes released during the week as well as the coverage of the race for Christmas number 1 certainly helped too.

Top 50 Tracks (07/12/25 - 13/12/25) 01 01 Bill Whelan - Riverdance 02 02 Ed Sheeran - Sapphire 03 10 Bill Whelan - American Wake 04 Ne Ash - Burn Baby Burn 05 05 Ed Sheeran - Azizam 06 Ne Ash - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 07 03 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt. 08 08 Bill Whelan - Firedance 09 19 Bill Whelan - Andalucia 10 18 Kylie Minogue - X.M.A.S. 11 14 Amy Macdonald - Mr Rock n Roll 12 Re Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day 13 04 Amy Macdonald - Barrowland Ballroom 14 Re Saw Doctors - Michael D Rockin' In The Dail 15 16 Ed Sheeran - Camera 16 Ne Mel Smith & Kim Wilde - Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree 17 09 Lewis Capaldi - Survive 18 06 Huntr / X / Ejae / Audrey Nuna / Rei Ami - Golden 19 Re Saw Doctors - Joyce Country Ceili Band 20 22 Bill Whelan - Marta's Dance / The Russian Dervish 21 15 Taylor Swift - Opalite 22 12 Amy Macdonald - Is This What You’ve Been Waiting For? 23 07 Lewis Capaldi - The Day That I Die 24 21 Ed Sheeran - Old Phone 25 Ne Ash - Girl From Mars 26 Ne Kylie Minogue - Christmas Isn’t Christmas ‘Til You Get Here 27 Re Saw Doctors - I Love To Go Awanderin' 28 Re Jean-Michel Jarre - Computer Weekend 29 27 Shakin' Stevens - The Best Christmas of Them All 30 37 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 31 Ne Paul Carrack - When My Little Girl Is Smiling 32 Re Saw Doctors - I'll Be On My Way 33 Ne Bill Whelan - Slip Into Spring / The Harvest 34 Re Saw Doctors - Hay Wrap 35 11 Amy Macdonald - Poison Prince 36 30 Ed Sheeran - Opening 37 Re Saw Doctors - I Useta Lover 38 Ne Ash - Goldfinger 39 23 Amy Macdonald - Forward 40 20 Amy Macdonald - This Is The Life 41 47 Saw Doctors - About You Now 42 Re Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas 43 Re Jean-Michel Jarre - September 44 Ne Kylie Minogue - Santa Baby 45 31 Bill Whelan - Reel Around The Sun 46 24 Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia 47 13 Something Happens - Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello (Petrol) 48 29 Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, Samuil Lee - Soda Pop 49 43 Raye - Where Is My Husband! 50 34 Ed Sheeran - A Little More Top 10 Albums (07/12/25 - 13/12/25) 01 01 Bill Whelan - Riverdance: 25th Anniversary 02 03 Ed Sheeran - Play 03 Ne Kylie Minogue - Kylie Christmas (Fully Wrapped) 04 Re Saw Doctors - To Win Just Once: The Best of… 05 02 Amy Macdonald - Is This What You’ve Been Waiting For? 06 Re Jean-Michel Jarre - Revoluions 07 05 Shakin Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 08 Re Jean-Michel Jarre - Concerts In China 09 04 Amy Macdonald - This Is The Life 10 Ne Jean-Michel Jarre - Live In Bratislava Saw that Jean-Michel Jarre had a new album out and was listening to that and a couple of his older ones. A busy week concert wise with a Christmas themed show on Thursday, the Saw Doctors on Friday and Ash on Saturday, hence the return of those 2 bands and some festive favourites. Also had a listen to Kylie's album on Spotify while waiting for the signed CD to arrive.

Top 50 Tracks (30/11/25 - 06/12/25) 01 02 Bill Whelan - Riverdance 02 01 Ed Sheeran - Sapphire 03 04 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt. 04 Re Amy Macdonald - Barrowland Ballroom 05 03 Ed Sheeran - Azizam 06 05 Huntr / X / Ejae / Audrey Nuna / Rei Ami - Golden 07 06 Lewis Capaldi - The Day That I Die 08 18 Bill Whelan - Firedance 09 11 Lewis Capaldi - Survive 10 10 Bill Whelan - American Wake 11 Re Amy Macdonald - Poison Prince 12 Re Amy Macdonald - Is This What You’ve Been Waiting For? 13 15 Something Happens - Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello (Petrol) 14 Re Amy Macdonald - Mr Rock n Roll 15 21 Taylor Swift - Opalite 16 14 Ed Sheeran - Camera 17 16 Beach Boys - Fun Fun Fun 18 Ne Kylie Minogue - X.M.A.S. 19 25 Bill Whelan - Andalucia 20 Re Amy Macdonald - This Is The Life 21 09 Ed Sheeran - Old Phone 22 29 Bill Whelan - Marta's Dance / The Russian Dervish 23 Re Amy Macdonald - Forward 24 26 Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia 25 23 Beach Boys - I Get Around 26 Re Bad Manners - My Girl Lollipop 27 Re Shakin' Stevens - The Best Christmas of Them All 28 Re Bad Manners - Special Brew 29 24 Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, Samuil Lee - Soda Pop 30 20 Ed Sheeran - Opening 31 Ne Bill Whelan - Reel Around The Sun 32 Re Bad Manners - Skaville UK 33 12 Five - Keep On Movin' 34 22 Ed Sheeran - A Little More 35 08 Madness - My Girl 2 36 07 Five - Everybody Get Up 37 Re Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 38 28 Five & Queen - We Will Rock You 39 32 Lewis Capaldi - Something In The Heavens 40 Re Amy Macdonald - Can You Hear Me? 41 19 Beach Boys - Surfin’ USA 42 Re Bad Manners - Can Can 43 Ne Raye - Where Is My Husband! 44 Re Amy Macdonald - I’m Done (Games That You Play) 45 38 Dire Straits - Walk of Life 46 27 Madness - Shame and Scandal 47 48 Saw Doctors - About You Now 48 50 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing 49 Ne Gary Barlow - Merry Christmas Everyone 50 Ne Shakin' Stevens - Echoes of Merry Christmas Everyone Top 10 Albums (30/11/25 - 06/12/25) 01 01 Bill Whelan - Riverdance: 25th Anniversary 02 Re Amy Macdonald - Is This What You’ve Been Waiting For? 03 02 Ed Sheeran - Play 04 Re Amy Macdonald - This Is The Life 05 Re Shakin Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone 06 Ne Amy Macdonald - Under Stars (Live In Berlin) 07 07 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 08 04 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 09 Ne Bad Manners - The Return of The Ugly 10 03 Madness - Hit Parade Two concerts this week which led to re-entries - Bad Manners and Amy MacDonald. Coming into December it was time to listen to Shaky's Christmas album too. Singles wise I heard Kylie's festive offering and loved it. Even better I managed to get a signed copy of the album from Banquet Records minutes before they sold out.

Top 50 Tracks (23/11/25 - 29/11/25) 01 05 Ed Sheeran - Sapphire 02 07 Bill Whelan - Riverdance 03 09 Ed Sheeran - Azizam 04 03 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt. 05 19 Huntr / X / Ejae / Audrey Nuna / Rei Ami - Golden 06 17 Lewis Capaldi - The Day That I Die 07 01 Five - Everybody Get Up 08 02 Madness - My Girl 2 09 18 Ed Sheeran - Old Phone 10 16 Bill Whelan - American Wake 11 12 Lewis Capaldi - Survive 12 06 Five - Keep On Movin' 13 14 Five - Got The Feelin' 14 13 Ed Sheeran - Camera 15 04 Something Happens - Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello (Petrol) 16 Ne Beach Boys - Fun Fun Fun 17 10 Something Happens - Parachute 18 31 Bill Whelan - Firedance 19 Ne Beach Boys - Surfin’ USA 20 26 Ed Sheeran - Opening 21 Ne Taylor Swift - Opalite 22 08 Ed Sheeran - A Little More 23 Ne Beach Boys - I Get Around 24 21 Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, Samuil Lee - Soda Pop 25 Ne Bill Whelan - Andalucia 26 Ne Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia 27 20 Madness - Shame and Scandal 28 24 Five & Queen - We Will Rock You 29 43 Bill Whelan - Marta's Dance / The Russian Dervish 30 Re Bruce Springsteen - Ghosts 31 Ne Beach Boys - California Girls 32 23 Lewis Capaldi - Something In The Heavens 33 11 Fiachna O’Braonain, Tom Dunne & Alan Connor - Si Do Mhaimeo I (Live) 34 34 Madness - House of Fun 35 28 Madness - Wings of A Dove 36 15 Five - Rock The Party 37 Ne Beach Boys - Good Vibrations 38 33 Dire Straits - Walk of Life 39 36 Dire Straits - The Man's Too Strong 40 Re Bruce Springsteen - If I Was The Priest 41 50 Disco Lines and Tanashe - No Broke Boys 42 Re Bruce Springsteen - The Power of Prayer 43 46 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 44 35 Madness - Drip Fed Fred 45 27 Gareth Gates & The Kumars - Spirit In The Sky 46 44 Madness - Bed and Breakfast Man 47 38 Madness - My Girl 48 37 Saw Doctors - About You Now 49 48 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 50 45 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing Top 10 Albums (23/11/25 - 29/11/25) 01 01 Bill Whelan - Riverdance: 25th Anniversary 02 03 Ed Sheeran - Play 03 02 Madness - Hit Parade 04 Re Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 05 Ne Beach Boys - Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of… 06 07 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 07 04 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 08 Re Five - Greatest Hits 09 Ne Five - Kingsize 10 10 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 1984/08/20 East Rutherford, New Jersey This week saw another concert announcement and I'm heading to see the Beach Boys again in June. The Taylor Swift tracks had been growing on me since first hearing them on the NI Hit 40 chart and this week both break into the Top 50.

Top 50 Tracks (16/11/25 - 22/11/25) 01 Ne Five - Everybody Get Up 02 Re Madness - My Girl 2 03 03 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt. 04 01 Something Happens - Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello (Petrol) 05 06 Ed Sheeran - Sapphire 06 Re Five - Keep On Movin' 07 04 Bill Whelan - Riverdance 08 14 Ed Sheeran - A Little More 09 09 Ed Sheeran - Azizam 10 05 Something Happens - Parachute 11 02 Fiachna O’Braonain, Tom Dunne & Alan Connor - Si Do Mhaimeo I (Live) 12 11 Lewis Capaldi - Survive 13 13 Ed Sheeran - Camera 14 Re Five - Got The Feelin' 15 Ne Five - Rock The Party 16 22 Bill Whelan - American Wake 17 Ne Lewis Capaldi - The Day That I Die 18 07 Ed Sheeran - Old Phone 19 08 Huntr / X / Ejae / Audrey Nuna / Rei Ami - Golden 20 Ne Madness - Shame and Scandal 21 21 Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, Samuil Lee - Soda Pop 22 10 John Travolta & Olivia Newton John - Grease Megamix 23 18 Lewis Capaldi - Something In The Heavens 24 Re Five & Queen - We Will Rock You 25 17 Kylie Minogue - Shocked 26 20 Ed Sheeran - Opening 27 16 Gareth Gates & The Kumars - Spirit In The Sky 28 Re Madness - Wings of A Dove 29 Re Madness - Lovestruck 30 30 Kylie Minogue - What Do I Have To Do? 31 36 Bill Whelan - Firedance 32 Ne Chas & Dave - Strummin’ 33 37 Dire Straits - Walk of Life 34 Re Madness - House of Fun 35 Re Madness - Drip Fed Fred 36 48 Dire Straits - The Man's Too Strong 37 33 Saw Doctors - About You Now 38 Ne Madness - My Girl 39 27 Hothouse Flowers - Don't Go 40 12 Vic Reeves & The Wonderstuff - Dizzy 41 19 Roxette - Joyride 42 25 Bon Jovi - Red White and Jersey 43 31 Bill Whelan - Marta's Dance / The Russian Dervish 44 Re Madness - Bed and Breakfast Man 45 47 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing 46 45 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 47 15 KLF & Tammy Wynette - Justified & Ancient 48 29 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 49 Re Madness - NW5 50 38 Disco Lines and Tanashe - No Broke Boys Top 10 Albums (16/11/25 - 22/11/25) 01 03 Bill Whelan - Riverdance: 25th Anniversary 02 Ne Madness - Hit Parade 03 02 Ed Sheeran - Play 04 06 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 05 Ne Chas & Dave - Gerthcha! The EMI Years 06 Ne Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 1999/03/19 Kings Hall, Belfast, UK 07 05 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 08 01 V/A - Now Yearbook 91 09 04 Fiachna O’Braonain, Tom Dunne & Alan Connor - Live At The Pavillion 10 Re Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 1984/08/20 East Rutherford, New Jersey Yet another Madness hits compilation arrived on Friday and I had a listen on Spotify. Although this seems to be the definitive release with every single on it I already have it all several times over on previous compilations so I decided not to buy it. Again there were some albums which hadn't been played for a while and they were picked at random. And on the tracks chart I was playing some of Five's hit singles ahead of seeing them in Belfast on the Saturday.

Top 50 Tracks (09/11/25 - 15/11/25) 01 02 Something Happens - Hello Hello Hello Hello Hello (Petrol) 02 04 Fiachna O’Braonain, Tom Dunne & Alan Connor - Si Do Mhaimeo I (Live) 03 06 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt. 04 Re Bill Whelan - Riverdance 05 20 Something Happens - Parachute 06 03 Ed Sheeran - Sapphire 07 01 Ed Sheeran - Old Phone 08 09 Huntr / X / Ejae / Audrey Nuna / Rei Ami - Golden 09 05 Ed Sheeran - Azizam 10 Ne John Travolta & Olivia Newton John - Grease Megamix 11 11 Lewis Capaldi - Survive 12 Ne Vic Reeves & The Wonderstuff - Dizzy 13 12 Ed Sheeran - Camera 14 21 Ed Sheeran - A Little More 15 Ne KLF & Tammy Wynette - Justified & Ancient 16 07 Gareth Gates & The Kumars - Spirit In The Sky 17 Ne Kylie Minogue - Shocked 18 13 Lewis Capaldi - Something In The Heavens 19 Ne Roxette - Joyride 20 10 Ed Sheeran - Opening 21 16 Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, Samuil Lee - Soda Pop 22 Re Bill Whelan - American Wake 23 Ne Dannii Minogue - Jump To The Beat 24 14 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits 25 08 Bon Jovi - Red White and Jersey 26 Ne A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It? 27 17 Hothouse Flowers - Don't Go 28 Ne Sonia - Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy 29 33 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 30 Ne Kylie Minogue - What Do I Have To Do? 31 Re Bill Whelan - Marta's Dance / The Russian Dervish 32 18 Ed Sheeran - Shivers 33 23 Saw Doctors - About You Now 34 Re Chesney Hawkes - The One and Only 35 39 Bon Jovi & Billy Falcon - Kiss The Bride 36 Re Bill Whelan - Firedance 37 42 Dire Straits - Walk of Life 38 38 Disco Lines and Tanashe - No Broke Boys 39 19 Bon Jovi & Joe Elliott - Walls of Jericho 40 22 Hothouse Flowers - Hallelujah Jordan 41 36 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 42 24 Bon Jovi & James Bay - Legendary 43 46 Fiachna O’Braonain, Tom Dunne & Alan Connor - On The Road Again (Live) 44 15 Abba - Does Your Mother Know? 45 26 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 46 41 Westlife - Chariot 47 48 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing 48 47 Dire Straits - The Man's Too Strong 49 35 Abba - Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight) 50 37 Busted - Year 3000 Top 10 Albums (09/11/25 - 15/11/25) 01 Ne V/A - Now Yearbook 91 02 01 Ed Sheeran - Play 03 Re Bill Whelan - Riverdance: 25th Anniversary 04 07 Fiachna O’Braonain, Tom Dunne & Alan Connor - Live At The Pavillion 05 05 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 06 06 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 07 Ne Something Happens - Stuck Together With God’s Glue 08 Ne Kylie Minogue - Rhythm of Love 09 03 Ed Sheeran - Equals (=) 10 08 Falco - Falco 3 The theme for the week seems to have been the early 90s as I finally got my hands on the new Now Yearbook. Just over a month to go before Riverdance returns to Belfast I had a few listens to the most recent release of the soundtrack album.

Top 50 Tracks (26/10/25 - 01/11/25) 01 01 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt. 02 06 Ed Sheeran - Old Phone 03 03 Ed Sheeran - Sapphire 04 09 Huntr / X / Ejae / Audrey Nuna / Rei Ami - Golden 05 08 Ed Sheeran - Azizam 06 13 Ed Sheeran - Opening 07 07 Lewis Capaldi - Survive 08 Re Bon Jovi - Red White and Jersey 09 11 Lewis Capaldi - Something In The Heavens 10 23 Ed Sheeran - Camera 11 15 Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, Samuil Lee - Soda Pop 12 12 Saw Doctors - About You Now 13 04 McFly - 5 Colours In Her Hair 14 18 Busted - Year 3000 15 14 Colin Farrell - I Fought The Law 16 Ne Bon Jovi & Joe Elliott - Walls of Jericho 17 Ne Bon Jovi & James Bay - Legendary 18 40 Falco - Rock Me Amadeus 19 Re Busted - Thunderbirds Are Go 20 Ne Bon Jovi & Bruce Springsteen - Hollow Man 21 24 Disco Lines and Tanashe - No Broke Boys 22 22 Zig and Zag - Zig Zaggin' 23 Ne Bon Jovi & Billy Falcon - Kiss The Bride 24 37 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 25 16 Showaddywaddy - Dancin' Party 26 21 Traveling Wilburys - Handle With Care 27 34 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 28 38 Ed Sheeran - A Little More 29 19 Traveling Wilburys - Not Alone Any More 30 33 Westlife - Chariot 31 Ne Bon Jovi & The War And Treaty - The People's House 32 Ne Bon Jovi & Lainey Wilson - I Wrote You A Song 33 10 Busted - That's What I Go To School For 34 25 McFly - That Girl 35 05 Traveling Wilburys - End of The Line 36 Ne Bon Jovi & Jelly Roll - Living Proof 37 47 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 38 17 Kraftwerk - Autobahn 39 Ne Bon Jovi & Robbie Williams - We Made It Look Easy 40 45 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 41 20 Shakin' Stevens - Hot Dog 42 28 Zig and Zag - Christmas No 1 43 30 McFly - Obviously 44 Ne Bon Jovi & Ryan Tedder - Seeds 45 26 Showaddywaddy - When 46 27 Kraftwerk - The Model 47 36 Showaddywaddy - Under The Moon of Love 48 35 Perrie - If He Wanted To He Would 49 39 McFly - All About You 50 43 Beoga - Subject To Change Top 10 Albums (26/10/25 - 01/11/25) 01 07 Falco - Falco 3 02 01 Ed Sheeran - Play 03 Re Falco - Emotional 04 Ne Bon Jovi - Forever (Legendary Edition) 05 04 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 06 08 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 07 02 McFly - Room On The Third Floor 08 03 Traveling Wilburys - Traveling Wilburys 09 05 Beoga - Phases 10 06 Busted - Greatest Hits 2.0 This week saw the release of a new version of one of my favourite albums of recent years - Forever by Bon Jovi. While this version with duets and a couple of new songs is good I wouldn't rate it as highly.

Top 50 Tracks (26/10/25 - 01/11/25) 01 01 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt. 02 06 Ed Sheeran - Old Phone 03 03 Ed Sheeran - Sapphire 04 09 Huntr / X / Ejae / Audrey Nuna / Rei Ami - Golden 05 08 Ed Sheeran - Azizam 06 13 Ed Sheeran - Opening 07 07 Lewis Capaldi - Survive 08 Re Bon Jovi - Red White and Jersey 09 11 Lewis Capaldi - Something In The Heavens 10 23 Ed Sheeran - Camera 11 15 Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, Samuil Lee - Soda Pop 12 12 Saw Doctors - About You Now 13 04 McFly - 5 Colours In Her Hair 14 18 Busted - Year 3000 15 14 Colin Farrell - I Fought The Law 16 Ne Bon Jovi & Joe Elliott - Walls of Jericho 17 Ne Bon Jovi & James Bay - Legendary 18 40 Falco - Rock Me Amadeus 19 Re Busted - Thunderbirds Are Go 20 Ne Bon Jovi & Bruce Springsteen - Hollow Man 21 24 Disco Lines and Tanashe - No Broke Boys 22 22 Zig and Zag - Zig Zaggin' 23 Ne Bon Jovi & Billy Falcon - Kiss The Bride 24 37 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 25 16 Showaddywaddy - Dancin' Party 26 21 Traveling Wilburys - Handle With Care 27 34 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 28 38 Ed Sheeran - A Little More 29 19 Traveling Wilburys - Not Alone Any More 30 33 Westlife - Chariot 31 Ne Bon Jovi & The War And Treaty - The People's House 32 Ne Bon Jovi & Lainey Wilson - I Wrote You A Song 33 10 Busted - That's What I Go To School For 34 25 McFly - That Girl 35 05 Traveling Wilburys - End of The Line 36 Ne Bon Jovi & Jelly Roll - Living Proof 37 47 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 38 17 Kraftwerk - Autobahn 39 Ne Bon Jovi & Robbie Williams - We Made It Look Easy 40 45 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 41 20 Shakin' Stevens - Hot Dog 42 28 Zig and Zag - Christmas No 1 43 30 McFly - Obviously 44 Ne Bon Jovi & Ryan Tedder - Seeds 45 26 Showaddywaddy - When 46 27 Kraftwerk - The Model 47 36 Showaddywaddy - Under The Moon of Love 48 35 Perrie - If He Wanted To He Would 49 39 McFly - All About You 50 43 Beoga - Subject To Change Top 10 Albums (26/10/25 - 01/11/25) 01 07 Falco - Falco 3 02 01 Ed Sheeran - Play 03 Re Falco - Emotional 04 Ne Bon Jovi - Forever (Legendary Edition) 05 04 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 06 08 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 07 02 McFly - Room On The Third Floor 08 03 Traveling Wilburys - Traveling Wilburys 09 05 Beoga - Phases 10 06 Busted - Greatest Hits 2.0 This week saw the release of a new version of one of my favourite albums of recent years - Forever by Bon Jovi. While this version with duets and a couple of new songs is good I wouldn't rate it as highly.

Top 50 Tracks (19/10/25 - 25/10/25) 01 01 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt. 02 Re Busted - Thunderbirds Are Go 03 05 Ed Sheeran - Sapphire 04 Re McFly - 5 Colours In Her Hair 05 Re Traveling Wilburys - End of The Line 06 02 Ed Sheeran - Old Phone 07 04 Lewis Capaldi - Survive 08 06 Ed Sheeran - Azizam 09 16 Huntr / X / Ejae / Audrey Nuna / Rei Ami - Golden 10 Re Busted - That's What I Go To School For 11 07 Lewis Capaldi - Something In The Heavens 12 08 Saw Doctors - About You Now 13 10 Ed Sheeran - Opening 14 12 Colin Farrell - I Fought The Law 15 21 Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, Samuil Lee - Soda Pop 16 Re Showaddywaddy - Dancin' Party 17 03 Kraftwerk - Autobahn 18 Re Busted - Year 3000 19 Re Traveling Wilburys - Not Alone Any More 20 11 Shakin' Stevens - Hot Dog 21 Re Traveling Wilburys - Handle With Care 22 Re Zig and Zag - Zig Zaggin' 23 14 Ed Sheeran - Camera 24 09 Disco Lines and Tanashe - No Broke Boys 25 Re McFly - That Girl 26 Re Showaddywaddy - When 27 13 Kraftwerk - The Model 28 Re Zig and Zag - Christmas No 1 29 15 Amy Macdonald - Forward 30 Re McFly - Obviously 31 Re Busted - Crashed The Wedding 32 Re Showaddywaddy - Remember Then 33 Ne Westlife - Chariot 34 28 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 35 29 Perrie - If He Wanted To He Would 36 Re Showaddywaddy - Under The Moon of Love 37 19 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 38 34 Ed Sheeran - A Little More 39 Re McFly - All About You 40 49 Falco - Rock Me Amadeus 41 17 Albert Lee - Tear It Up 42 Re Showaddywaddy - Out On The Town 43 Re Beoga - Subject To Change 44 22 Shakin' Stevens - Wild At Heart - Neros Mix 45 24 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 46 33 Kraftwerk - Tour De France 47 31 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 48 Re Beoga - Anne Bonny 49 18 The Cure - The Lovecats 50 Re Traveling Wilburys - Dirty World Top 10 Albums (19/10/25 - 25/10/25) 01 01 Ed Sheeran - Play 02 Re McFly - Room On The Third Floor 03 Re Traveling Wilburys - Traveling Wilburys 04 03 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 05 Re Beoga - Phases 06 Re Busted - Greatest Hits 2.0 07 Re Falco - Falco 3 08 Re Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 09 Ne Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska 10 Re Showaddywaddy - Bright Lights Another busy week for live shows! As well as comedian Chris McCausland at the end of the week I got to see Busted and McFly in a double header on the Wednesday night followed the next evening by Showaddywaddy. The Springsteen and Falco appreciation continued with some of their other albums and Beoga and the Traveling Wilburys were random selections as were the Zig & Zag tracks. Heard the latest Westlife single during the week and quite liked it.

Top 50 Tracks (12/10/25 - 18/10/25) 01 05 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt. 02 04 Ed Sheeran - Old Phone 03 07 Kraftwerk - Autobahn 04 02 Lewis Capaldi - Survive 05 03 Ed Sheeran - Sapphire 06 01 Ed Sheeran - Azizam 07 06 Lewis Capaldi - Something In The Heavens 08 10 Saw Doctors - About You Now 09 16 Disco Lines and Tanashe - No Broke Boys 10 08 Ed Sheeran - Opening 11 Ne Shakin' Stevens - Hot Dog 12 Ne Colin Farrell - I Fought The Law 13 11 Kraftwerk - The Model 14 09 Ed Sheeran - Camera 15 12 Amy Macdonald - Forward 16 Ne Huntr / X / Ejae / Audrey Nuna / Rei Ami - Golden 17 Ne Albert Lee - Tear It Up 18 13 The Cure - The Lovecats 19 17 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 20 Ne Albert Lee - Luxury Liner 21 Ne Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, Samuil Lee - Soda Pop 22 14 Shakin' Stevens - Wild At Heart - Neros Mix 23 Ne Albert Lee - Tear Stained Letter 24 22 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 25 25 Kraftwerk - Geiger Counter 26 15 The Cure - Friday I’m In Love 27 32 Olly Murs - Save Me 28 34 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 29 Ne Perrie - If He Wanted To He Would 30 18 Saw Doctors - I Useta Lover 31 19 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 32 38 MK ft Crystal - Dior 33 20 Kraftwerk - Tour De France 34 31 Ed Sheeran - A Little More 35 26 Ash - Ad Astra 36 23 Falco - The Star of Moon and Sun 37 Re Post Malone & Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help 38 45 Saw Doctors - She Loves Me - She Loves Me Not 39 33 Amy Macdonald - Is This What You’ve Been Waiting For? 40 47 The Cure - Boys Don’t Cry 41 21 Lulu - The Boat That I Row 42 39 Moliy, Skillibeng, Shenseea and Silent Addy - Shake It To The Max 43 30 Falco - Sound of Musik 44 43 Falco - Emotional 45 29 Kraftwerk - Radioactivity 46 24 Falco - Vienna Calling 47 35 Blondie - Maria 48 27 Falco - The Kiss of Kathleen Turner 49 28 Falco - Rock Me Amadeus 50 36 The Cure - Close To Me Top 10 Albums (12/10/25 - 18/10/25) 01 01 Ed Sheeran - Play 02 02 Kraftwerk - Autobahn 03 03 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 04 Ne Albert Lee - Live In Concert 2018 05 Ne Albert Lee & Hogan’s Heroes - Live At The New Morning 06 06 Kraftwerk - Radioactivity 07 04 Kraftwerk - Computerworld 08 09 Saw Doctors - To Win Just Once: The Best of… 09 05 The Cure - Greatest Hits 10 08 Ash - Ad Astra Albert Lee is a guitar legend and is still touring in his 80s. This week he played the Empire Music Hall in Belfast and I was there. The live At the New Morning album was already in my collection but the other one I picked up at the merch stand after the show where I got to meet the man himself. The week's highest new entry on the tracks chart also has an Albert connection as he played on it and it's parent album Take One. Two of the Demon Hunters singles also made the tracks chart this week along with a random play from Spotify - actor Colin Farrell's cover of I Fought The Law which appeared on the Intermission soundtrack album.

Top 50 Tracks (05/10/25 - 11/10/25) 01 03 Ed Sheeran - Azizam 02 05 Lewis Capaldi - Survive 03 01 Ed Sheeran - Sapphire 04 02 Ed Sheeran - Old Phone 05 04 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt. 06 07 Lewis Capaldi - Something In The Heavens 07 Re Kraftwerk - Autobahn 08 06 Ed Sheeran - Opening 09 10 Ed Sheeran - Camera 10 12 Saw Doctors - About You Now 11 Ne Kraftwerk - The Model 12 11 Amy Macdonald - Forward 13 16 The Cure - The Lovecats 14 Re Shakin' Stevens - Wild At Heart - Neros Mix 15 13 The Cure - Friday I’m In Love 16 Ne Disco Lines and Tanashe - No Broke Boys 17 32 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 18 20 Saw Doctors - I Useta Lover 19 28 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 20 Re Kraftwerk - Tour De France 21 08 Lulu - The Boat That I Row 22 22 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 23 19 Falco - The Star of Moon and Sun 24 23 Falco - Vienna Calling 25 Ne Kraftwerk - Geiger Counter 26 15 Ash - Ad Astra 27 27 Falco - The Kiss of Kathleen Turner 28 31 Falco - Rock Me Amadeus 29 Ne Kraftwerk - Radioactivity 30 09 Falco - Sound of Musik 31 37 Ed Sheeran - A Little More 32 30 Olly Murs - Save Me 33 25 Amy Macdonald - Is This What You’ve Been Waiting For? 34 42 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 35 24 Blondie - Maria 36 35 The Cure - Close To Me 37 14 Tommy Fleming - Hard Times 38 41 MK ft Crystal - Dior 39 39 Moliy, Skillibeng, Shenseea and Silent Addy - Shake It To The Max 40 45 Saw Doctors - Joyce Country Ceili Band 41 21 Tommy Fleming - Something Inside So Strong 42 18 Ash - Which One Do You Want? 43 46 Falco - Emotional 44 17 Tommy Fleming - Bright Blue Rose 45 36 Saw Doctors - She Loves Me - She Loves Me Not 46 40 Alan Fletcher - (I’ve Got A) Crush On Susie K 47 44 The Cure - Boys Don’t Cry 48 29 Blondie - Sunday Girl 49 43 Bryan Adams - Never Ever Let You Go 50 34 Bob Luman - Let’s Think About The Living Top 10 Albums (05/10/25 - 11/10/25) 01 01 Ed Sheeran - Play 02 Ne Kraftwerk - Autobahn 03 05 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 04 Ne Kraftwerk - Computerworld 05 04 The Cure - Greatest Hits 06 Ne Kraftwerk - Radioactivity 07 02 Tommy Fleming - Voice of Hope 08 06 Ash - Ad Astra 09 Re Saw Doctors - To Win Just Once: The Best of… 10 07 Bryan Adams - Roll With The Punches Another week and another concert announcement - this time it was Kraftwerk. Having paid £90 for a ticket last time I was expecting to be paying at least £100 for this one but I got a great seat for £80. I also played the Saw Doctors Best of.. again getting ready for their gig which was now only 2 months away.

Top 50 Tracks (28/09/25 - 04/10/25) 01 01 Ed Sheeran - Sapphire 02 04 Ed Sheeran - Old Phone 03 02 Ed Sheeran - Azizam 04 06 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt. 05 03 Lewis Capaldi - Survive 06 05 Ed Sheeran - Opening 07 08 Lewis Capaldi - Something In The Heavens 08 Ne Lulu - The Boat That I Row 09 09 Falco - Sound of Musik 10 17 Ed Sheeran - Camera 11 11 Amy Macdonald - Forward 12 07 Saw Doctors - About You Now 13 Ne The Cure - Friday I’m In Love 14 Ne Tommy Fleming - Hard Times 15 Ne Ash - Ad Astra 16 Ne The Cure - The Lovecats 17 Ne Tommy Fleming - Bright Blue Rose 18 Ne Ash - Which One Do You Want? 19 13 Falco - The Star of Moon and Sun 20 19 Saw Doctors - I Useta Lover 21 Ne Tommy Fleming - Something Inside So Strong 22 15 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 23 18 Falco - Vienna Calling 24 10 Blondie - Maria 25 12 Amy Macdonald - Is This What You’ve Been Waiting For? 26 14 Blondie - Hangin’ On The Telephone 27 22 Falco - The Kiss of Kathleen Turner 28 20 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 29 32 Blondie - Sunday Girl 30 16 Olly Murs - Save Me 31 27 Falco - Rock Me Amadeus 32 24 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 33 Ne Tommy Fleming - From A Distance 34 Ne Bob Luman - Let’s Think About The Living 35 Ne The Cure - Close To Me 36 29 Saw Doctors - She Loves Me - She Loves Me Not 37 40 Ed Sheeran - A Little More 38 Ne Ash - Fun People 39 31 Moliy, Skillibeng, Shenseea and Silent Addy - Shake It To The Max 40 26 Alan Fletcher - (I’ve Got A) Crush On Susie K 41 36 MK ft Crystal - Dior 42 41 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 43 23 Bryan Adams - Never Ever Let You Go 44 Ne The Cure - Boys Don’t Cry 45 39 Saw Doctors - Joyce Country Ceili Band 46 46 Falco - Emotional 47 21 Simply Red - Something Got Me Started 48 35 Amy Macdonald - We Survive 49 25 Hothouse Flowers - Give It Up 50 30 Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart Top 10 Albums (28/09/25 - 04/10/25) 01 01 Ed Sheeran - Play 02 Ne Tommy Fleming - Voice of Hope 03 Ne Blondie - Real Real Blondie 04 Ne The Cure - Greatest Hits 05 04 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 06 Ne Ash - Ad Astra 07 07 Bryan Adams - Roll With The Punches 08 06 Amy Macdonald - Is This What You’ve Been Waiting For? 09 02 Falco - Live Forever (The Complete Show - Berlin 1986) 10 03 Simply Red - Stars More Blondie this week! Also had a listen to the new album from Ash which came out on Friday. I last saw Tommy Fleming live back in 1995 so I was due to see him again. And during the week it was announced that The Cure were doing some shows in the summer of 2026 including one in Belfast so it was time to dig out their Greatest Hits album.

Top 50 Tracks (21/09/25 - 27/09/25) 01 01 Ed Sheeran - Sapphire 02 03 Ed Sheeran - Azizam 03 06 Lewis Capaldi - Survive 04 07 Ed Sheeran - Old Phone 05 04 Ed Sheeran - Opening 06 05 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt. 07 02 Saw Doctors - About You Now 08 21 Lewis Capaldi - Something In The Heavens 09 Re Falco - Sound of Musik 10 Ne Blondie - Maria 11 08 Amy Macdonald - Forward 12 09 Amy Macdonald - Is This What You’ve Been Waiting For? 13 Re Falco - The Star of Moon and Sun 14 Ne Blondie - Hangin’ On The Telephone 15 17 Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 16 10 Olly Murs - Save Me 17 19 Ed Sheeran - Camera 18 Re Falco - Vienna Calling 19 11 Saw Doctors - I Useta Lover 20 20 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 21 Ne Simply Red - Something Got Me Started 22 Re Falco - The Kiss of Kathleen Turner 23 18 Bryan Adams - Never Ever Let You Go 24 29 Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 25 12 Hothouse Flowers - Give It Up 26 15 Alan Fletcher - (I’ve Got A) Crush On Susie K 27 Ne Falco - Rock Me Amadeus 28 Re Simply Red - Holding Back The Years 29 13 Saw Doctors - She Loves Me - She Loves Me Not 30 32 Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart 31 25 Moliy, Skillibeng, Shenseea and Silent Addy - Shake It To The Max 32 Ne Blondie - Sunday Girl 33 Ne Simply Red - Stars 34 Ne Simply Red - Fairground 35 26 Amy Macdonald - We Survive 36 39 MK ft Crystal - Dior 37 14 Hothouse Flowers - Don't Go 38 16 Bryan Adams - Roll With The Punches 39 22 Saw Doctors - Joyce Country Ceili Band 40 Ne Ed Sheeran - A Little More 41 45 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 42 34 Amy Macdonald - Can You Hear Me? 43 40 Lewis Capaldi - How I'm Feeling Now 44 27 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA (Electric Nebraska) 45 24 Bryan Adams - Make Up Your Mind 46 Re Falco - Emotional 47 42 Lewis Capaldi - Any Kind of Life 48 36 Amy Macdonald - Trapped 49 49 Beoga - Tradfather 50 33 Saw Doctors - Small Bit of Love Top 10 Albums (21/09/25 - 27/09/25) 01 01 Ed Sheeran - Play 02 Ne Falco Live Forever (The Complete Show - Berlin 1986) 03 Ne Simply Red Stars 04 02 Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 05 Ne Blondie No Exit 06 03 Amy Macdonald - Is This What You’ve Been Waiting For? 07 04 Bryan Adams - Roll With The Punches 08 09 Hothouse Flowers - People 09 07 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 10 05 Saw Doctors - To Win Just Once: The Best of… Falco and Blondie were random listens of albums that I hadn't heard for a while. With the Falco one I had intended to listen to the deluxe edition of the Emotional album but but found this live recording on Spotify. It was a good week for Simply Red after I finally got to see them live in Belfast some 2 years after buying the tickets.

While I've still been compiling the charts each week I had got out of the Habit of posting them. So over the next couple of nights here comes the catchup of the last 4 months. Top 50 Tracks (14/09/25 - 20/09/25) 01 01 Ed Sheeran - Sapphire 02 03 Saw Doctors - About You Now 03 05 Ed Sheeran - Azizam 04 24 Ed Sheeran - Opening 05 02 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt. 06 11 Lewis Capaldi - Survive 07 27 Ed Sheeran - Old Phone 08 04 Amy Macdonald - Forward 09 06 Amy Macdonald - Is This What You’ve Been Waiting For? 10 09 Olly Murs - Save Me 11 28 Saw Doctors - I Useta Lover 12 12 Hothouse Flowers - Give It Up 13 19 Saw Doctors - She Loves Me - She Loves Me Not 14 10 Hothouse Flowers - Don't Go 15 07 Alan Fletcher - (I’ve Got A) Crush On Susie K 16 08 Bryan Adams - Roll With The Punches 17 Re Lewis Capaldi - Wish You The Best 18 15 Bryan Adams - Never Ever Let You Go 19 Ne Ed Sheeran - Camera 20 Re Lewis Capaldi - Pointless 21 Ne Lewis Capaldi - Something In The Heavens 22 18 Saw Doctors - Joyce Country Ceili Band 23 33 Bryan Adams - How’s That Workin’ For Ya? 24 16 Bryan Adams - Make Up Your Mind 25 34 Moliy, Skillibeng, Shenseea and Silent Addy - Shake It To The Max 26 22 Amy Macdonald - We Survive 27 31 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA (Electric Nebraska) 28 17 Amy Macdonald - I’m Done (Games That You Play) 29 Re Lewis Capaldi - Heavenly Kind of State of Mind 30 14 Bon Jovi - Red White and Jersey 31 Ne Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin - It’s My Party 32 29 Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart 33 21 Saw Doctors - Small Bit of Love 34 13 Amy Macdonald - Can You Hear Me? 35 Re Shakin' Stevens - Dirty Water 36 32 Amy Macdonald - Trapped 37 23 Brian Kennedy - Put The Message In The Box 38 26 Hothouse Flowers - Hallelujah Jordan 39 40 MK ft Crystal - Dior 40 Re Lewis Capaldi - How I'm Feeling Now 41 42 Dire Straits - Walk of Life 42 Re Lewis Capaldi - Any Kind of Life 43 25 Wet Wet Wet - Don't Want To Forgive Me Now 44 35 Saw Doctors - That's What She Said Last Night 45 36 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 46 30 Hothouse Flowers - I'm Sorry 47 20 Gorillaz ft Sparks - The Happy Dictator 48 37 Alan Fletcher - Sleeping Alongside of Susan 49 38 Beoga - Tradfather 50 39 Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Rich Top 10 Albums (14/09/25 - 20/09/25) 01 03 Ed Sheeran - Play 02 Re Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 03 05 Amy Macdonald - Is This What You’ve Been Waiting For? 04 01 Bryan Adams - Roll With The Punches 05 02 Saw Doctors - To Win Just Once: The Best of… 06 07 Bon Jovi - Forever 07 08 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 08 Re Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 09 04 Hothouse Flowers - People 10 06 V/A - Now Yearbook 76 Not much to say about this week's charts. With a full week of playing Ed Sheeran was able to creep up to number 1 ahead of Lewis Capaldi who came back in at 2 following the release of his latest single. As for the mini Springsteen revival that was down to seeing a Bruce tribute act during the week.

NI Hit 40 (Broadcast 25.01.2026) 01 01 Bruno Mars I Just Might 02 02 Raye - Where Is My Husband! 03 03 Huntr / X / Ejae / Audrey Nuna / Rei Ami and Kpop - Golden 04 04 Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia 06 05 Alex Warren - Ordinary 05 06 Djo - End of Beginning 07 07 Olivia Dean - Man I Need 09 08 Dave / Tems - Raindance 08 09 Taylor Swift - Opalite 13 10 Zara Larsson - Lush Life 12 11 Sienna Spiro - Die On This Hill 10 12 Ed Sheeran - Sapphire 15 13 Olivia Dean - So Easy 11 14 Haven - I Run 14 15 Sonny Fodera, D.O.D and Poppy Baskcomb - Think About Us 16 16 Lola Young - Messy 18 17 Tyla - Chanel 17 18 Sombr - 12 To 12 19 19 David Guetta, Teddy Swims ft Tones ft I - Gone Gone Gone 26 20 Benson Boone - Mr Electric Blue 20 21 Shakira - Zoo 23 22 Myles Smith - Nice To Meet You 24 23 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In 21 24 Calvin Harris & Clementine Douglas - Blessings 35 25 Kingfishr - Hold Me Down 27 26 Ed Sheeran - Camera 28 27 Disco Lines and Tinashe - No Broke Boys Ne 28 PinkPantheress and Zara Larsson - Stateside 30 29 Skye Newman - FU & UF 22 30 Kato ft Jon - Turn The Lights Off Re 31 Goo Goo Dolls - Iris 31 32 Alex Warren - Carry You Home 33 33 Myles Smith - Stay 29 34 Katseye - Gabriela 40 35 Teddy Swims - Lose Control 32 36 Fred Again, Sammy Virji and Reggie - Talk of The Town Ne 37 Mumford & Sons - The Banjo Song Re 38 Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not 37 39 Lewis Capaldi - Survive Re 40 Sam Fender - People Watching Future Breakers Harry Styles - Aperture Dermot Kennedy - Funeral Hilary Duff - Roommates

Week ending 22nd January 2026 (Week 04) Top 100 Singles 01 01 Kingfishr - Killeagh 02 02 Djo - End of Beginning 04 03 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In 03 04 Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia 06 05 Raye - Where Is My Husband 07 06 Dave / Tems - Raindance 08 07 Zach Bryan - Say Why 10 08 Zara Larsson - Lush Life 05 09 Zach Bryan - Plastic Cigarette 09 10 Kingfishr - Diamonds & Roses 14 11 Sienna Spiro - Die On This Hill 11 12 Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall In Love) 15 13 Bruno Mars - I Just Might 12 14 Olivia Dean - Man I Need 33 15 PinkPantheress - Stateside 13 16 Zach Bryan - Appetite 18 17 Olivia Dean - OK Love You Bye 16 18 Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain 17 19 Fleetwood Mac - Landslide 20 20 Huntr / X / Ejae / Audrey Nuna / Rei - Golden 19 21 Police - Every Breath You Take 22 22 Amble - Socrates Smiled 21 23 Taylor Swift - Opalite 24 24 Sonny Fodera / D O D / Baskcomb - Think About Us 25 25 Sienna Spiro - You Stole The Show 23 26 Alex Warren - Ordinary 27 27 Esdeekid - 4 Raws 28 28 Haven ft Kaitlin Aragon - I Run 26 29 Buffalo Traffic Jam - Fool’s Gold 29 30 Disco Lines & Tinashe - No Broke Boys 32 31 Sombr - 12 To 12 31 32 Esdeekid & Rico Ace - Phantom 44 33 Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun 35 34 Esdeekid - Century 34 35 Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed 36 36 Amble - Lonely Island 30 37 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill 39 38 Sam Fender - People Watching 37 39 Tate McRae - Tit For Tat 40 40 Amble - Schoolyard Days 41 41 Sombr - Back To Friends 47 42 Addison Rae - Fame Is A Gun 45 43 Noah Kahan - Everywhere Everything 49 44 Kingfishr - Hold Me Down Ne 45 Aaron Rowe - Please Don’t Hate Me Ne 46 ASAP Rocky - Helicopter 62 47 Lil Uzi Vert - What You Saying 38 48 Diana Ross - Upside Down 48 49 Tyla - Chanel 53 50 Goo Goo Dolls - Iris 58 51 Ella Langley - Choosin’ Texas 50 52 Role Model - Writings On The Wall 55 53 Role Model - Sally When The Wine Runs Out 51 54 Sombr - Undressed Re 55 Cure - Boys Don’t Cry 42 56 Tiffany - I Think We’re Alone Now 52 57 Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not 43 58 Luke Combs - Sleepless In A Hotel Room Ne 59 Jeff Buckley - Lover You Should’ve Come Over 54 60 Fleetwood Mac - Dreams 46 61 David Bowie - Heroes Ne 62 ASAP Rocky - Stay Here 4 Life 60 63 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club Ne 64 Bella Kay - IloveItIloveItIloveIt Ne 65 ASAP Rocky - Stole Ya Flow 61 66 Tame Impala - Dracula Re 67 Fleetwood Mac - The Chain 64 68 Huntr / X / Ejae / Audrey Nuna / Rei - What It Sounds Like 63 69 Fred Again / Sammy Virji / Reggie - Talk of The Town 57 70 Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go? 65 71 Sienna Spiro - Maybe. 66 72 Lizzy McAlpine - Pushing It Down And Praying 67 73 Killers - Mr Brightside 79 74 Shakira - Zoo 71 75 Tate McRae - Siren Sounds 74 76 MK & Clemintine Douglas - Come Find Me Ne 77 Mikeeysmind / Chill 77 / Unjaps - Papaoutai 56 78 Katseye - Internet Girl 69 79 Gracie Abrams - That’s So True 68 80 Beaumont / Remy Ma - Conceited (What The F**k) 77 81 Gigi Perez - Sailor Song 75 82 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 73 83 Kehlani - Folded 72 84 Sabrina Carpenter - House Tour 70 85 Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild 76 86 Fontaines DC - Favourite 82 87 Gunna & Burna Boy - WGFT 85 88 Fontaines DC - Starburster 84 89 Tate McRae - Sports Car Ne 90 Zxkai / Slxughter - No Batidao 89 91 Paolo Nutini - Candy 83 92 Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under 86 93 Huntr / X / Ejae / Audrey Nuna / Rei - Takedown 91 94 Tkandz / Cxsper - Now or Never 92 95 Teddy Swims - Lose Control 78 96 Djo - Delete Ya 87 97 Billy Joel - Piano Man 95 98 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 88 99 Chappell Roan - Good Luck Babe Ne 100 Jessie Murph - Bad As The Rest Top 100 Artist Albums 01 01 Zach Bryan - With Heaven On Top 02 02 Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving 03 03 Kingfishr - Halcyon 04 04 Amble - Reverie 05 05 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years - Don't Stop 06 06 Noah Kahan - Stick Season Ne 07 Madison Beer - Locket Ne 08 ASAP Rocky - Don’t Be Dumb 08 09 Tate McRae - So Close To What 07 10 Sabrina Carpenter - Man’s Best Friend 09 11 Weeknd - The Highlights 10 12 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 11 13 Taylor Swift - The Life of A Showgirl 13 14 Ed Sheeran - +-=DivideX - Tour Collection Ne 15 Robbie Williams - Britpop 14 16 Abba - Gold 12 17 Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet 16 18 Michael Jackson - The Essential 15 19 Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1) 17 20 Esdeekid - Rebel 18 21 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994 - 2009 20 22 Elton John - Diamonds 26 23 Pitbull - Greatest Hits 22 24 Sombr - I Barely Know Her 21 25 Olivia Rodrigo - Guts 19 26 Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? Re 27 Harry Styles - Harry's House 24 28 Hozier - Hozier 27 29 50 Cent - Best of... 78 30 Harry Styles - Fine Line 33 31 Linkin Park - Papercuts - Singles Collection 2000 - 2023 25 32 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour 23 33 Fontaines DC - Romance 28 34 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits 41 35 Charli XCX - Brat 44 36 Avicii - Forever 29 37 Gracie Abrams - The Secret of Us 35 38 Maroon 5 - Singles 38 39 Billy Joel - Piano Man: The Very Best of... 37 40 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits 32 41 Sam Fender - People Watching 36 42 Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan 45 43 Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans 42 44 Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department 43 45 Taylor Swift - Folklore 46 46 OneRepublic - The Collection 31 47 David Bowie - Legacy 40 48 Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard And Soft 50 49 Calvin Harris - 96 Months 47 50 Chappell Roan - The Rise And Fall of A Midwest Princess 30 51 Arctic Monkeys - AM 52 52 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad 53 53 Lady Gaga - The Fame / The Fame Monster 49 54 Queen - Greatest Hits 51 55 Kanye West - Graduation 48 56 Cure - Greatest Hits 61 57 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream 65 58 Britney Spears - The Singles Collection 55 59 Beatles - 1967 - 1970 59 60 Post Malone - The Diamond Collection 39 61 Oasis - Definitely Maybe 54 62 Bruce Springsteen - Best of… 58 63 Cocomelon - Nursery Rhymes By Cocomelon 60 64 SZA - SOS 66 65 Taylor Swift - Reputation 64 66 Lana Del Rey - Born To Die 62 67 Smiths - Sound of The Smiths 67 68 Teddy Swims - I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Complete Collection) 81 69 Ed Sheeran - [Divide] 57 70 50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin' 70 71 Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler - Private Investigations: The Best of... 73 72 Nirvana - Nirvana 71 73 Tate McRae - Think Later 68 74 Taylor Swift - Lover 74 75 Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing – The Very Best of… 95 76 Calvin Harris - 18 Months 77 77 Cranberries - Stars: The Best of 1992 - 2002 75 78 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend 72 79 Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine 56 80 Zach Bryan - American Heartbreak 87 81 Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa 69 82 Fred Again - USB 85 83 Script - Tales From The Script - Greatest Hits 76 84 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent 63 85 Nirvana - Nevermind 79 86 Zach Bryan - The Great American Bar Scene 97 87 Phil Collins - The Singles 98 88 Dermot Kennedy - Without Fear 82 89 Guns n Roses - Greatest Hits 84 90 George Michael - Twenty Five Re 91 Green Day - God's Favorite Band - Greatest Hits Re 92 Celine Dion - The Essential Re 93 Killers - Rebel Diamonds Re 94 Geese - Getting Killed Re 95 Harry Styles - Harry Styles 93 96 Elvis Presley - 30 No 1 Hits 80 97 Taylor Swift - Midnights 83 98 Radiohead - OK Computer 92 99 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black 86 100 U2 - U218 Singles Top 30 Compilation Albums 01 01 OST - Kpop Demon Hunters 02 02 Motion Picture Cast Recording - The Greatest Showman 03 03 Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton 04 04 Original Cast Recording - Hazbin Hotel - Season Two - OST 06 05 OST - Suicide Squad: The Album 07 06 OST - Mama Mia 05 07 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Wicked – For Good 08 08 OST - Frozen 10 09 OST - Moana 11 10 Celine Dion / Redi Hasa - I Am - Celine Dion (OST) 09 11 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Wicked 12 12 OST - Grease 13 13 OST - Fifty Shades of Grey 15 14 V/A - Phil Collins Plays Well With Others 16 15 OST - The Lion King [2019] 14 16 OST - Arcane League of Legends - Season 2 18 17 Original Cast Recording - Hazbin Hotel - Season One - OST 17 18 OST - Barbie: The Album 21 19 OST - F1: The Album 20 20 OST - Frozen 2 22 21 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Mama Mia - Here We Go Again 23 22 OST - Sing 28 23 Motion Picture Cast Recording - A Star Is Born 27 24 OST - The Fault In Our Stars 26 25 V/A - The Greatest Showman - Reimagined 29 26 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Encanto 19 27 OST - Guardians of The Galaxy - Awesome Mix 1 30 28 V/A - Eurovision Song Contest 2025 – Basel 25 29 Motion Picture Cast Recording - La La Land 31 30 Jackboys & Travis Scott - Jackboys 2 Top 20 Independent Albums 01 01 Esdeekid - Rebel 02 02 Fontaines DC - Romance 03 03 Arctic Monkeys - AM 09 04 Geese - Getting Killed 04 05 Radiohead - OK Computer 07 06 CMAT - Euro-Country 11 07 Frank Ocean - Blonde 05 08 Lily Allen - West End Girl 08 09 Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia 06 10 Djo - The Crux 17 11 Bad Bunny - Debi Tirar Mas Fotos 13 12 Adele - 25 Ne 13 Sleaford Mods - The Demise of Planet X 15 14 Adele - 21 14 15 Radiohead - In Rainbows 16 16 Dubliners - 50 Years Ne 17 John Blek - The Midnight Ache 19 18 Radiohead - The Bends 10 19 Kneecap - Fine Art 21 20 Cigarettes After Sex - Cigarettes After Sex Top 20 Homegrown Tracks 01 01 Kingfishr - Hold Me Down Ne 02 Aaron Rowe - Please Don’t Hate Me 02 03 Amble - Jersey Giant Ne 04 Pa Sheehy - The Top of Bin Ban 04 05 Robert Grace - Home 05 06 CMAT - When A Good Man Cries 07 07 F3Miii - Noble 09 08 Kneecap ft Sub Focus - No Comment 08 09 Picture This - Yours Forever 11 10 Florence Road - Break The Girl 10 11 Darren Kiely - Fade 12 12 Westlife - Chariot Ne 13 Jazzy / Ankhoi - Closer To The Floor 13 14 Chasing Abbey - Íorōnta 17 15 Dan McCabe - My Heart’s Tonight In Ireland 15 16 Kettama - Fade Away (It’s A Feeling) Re 17 Tumbling Paddies - You’re All That Matters 16 18 Casper Walsh - Kitchen Talking 19 19 Jack Keogh - Killeagh Re 20 Ye Vagabonds - On Sitric Road Top 5 Music DVDs 01 01 Taylor Swift - Speak Now: World Tour Live Re 02 Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration: 30th Anniversary Re 03 Hans Zimmer & Friends - Live: Diamond In The Desert Ne 04 Beach Boys - An American Band Re 05 Original London Cast - Miss Saigon CLASSIC COUNTDOWN 24/01/26 1982 www.rte.ie/radio/gold/clips/11775735/

NI Hit 40 (Broadcast 18.01.2026) Ne 01 Bruno Mars - I Just Might 01 02 Raye - Where Is My Husband! 06 03 Huntr / X / Ejae / Audrey Nuna / Rei Ami and Kpop - Golden 02 04 Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia 04 05 Djo - End of Beginning 03 06 Alex Warren - Ordinary 05 07 Olivia Dean - Man I Need 07 08 Taylor Swift - Opalite 13 09 Dave / Tems - Raindance 08 10 Ed Sheeran - Sapphire 09 11 Haven - I Run 11 12 Sienna Spiro - Die On This Hill 20 13 Zara Larsson - Lush Life 16 14 Sonny Fodera, D.O.D and Poppy Baskcomb - Think About Us 15 15 Olivia Dean - So Easy 10 16 Lola Young - Messy 12 17 Sombr - 12 To 12 27 18 Tyla - Chanel 14 19 David Guetta, Teddy Swims ft Tones ft I - Gone Gone Gone 26 20 Shakira - Zoo 18 21 Calvin Harris & Clementine Douglas - Blessings 22 22 Kato ft Jon - Turn The Lights Off 19 23 Myles Smith - Nice To Meet You 30 24 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In 35 25 Sombr - Back To Friends Ne 26 Benson Boone - Mr Electric Blue 17 27 Ed Sheeran - Camera 24 28 Disco Lines and Tinashe - No Broke Boys 32 29 Katseye - Gabriela Re 30 Skye Newman - FU & UF 33 31 Alex Warren - Carry You Home 38 32 Fred Again, Sammy Virji and Reggie - Talk of The Town 37 33 Myles Smith - Stay Re 34 Westlife - Chariot 36 35 Kingfishr - Hold Me Down 25 36 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 23 37 Lewis Capaldi - Survive Re 38 Alex Warren - Eternity 29 39 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things Re 40 Teddy Swims - Lose Control Future Breakers Sabrina Carpenter - House Tour Robbie Williams - All My Life Leigh-Anne ft Rvssian and Valiant - Most Wanted

Week ending 15th January 2026 (Week 03) Top 100 Singles 01 01 Kingfishr - Killeagh 03 02 Djo - End of Beginning 02 03 Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia 04 04 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In Ne 05 Zach Bryan - Plastic Cigarette 05 06 Raye - Where Is My Husband 07 07 Dave / Tems - Raindance Ne 08 Zach Bryan - Say Why 06 09 Kingfishr - Diamonds & Roses 10 10 Zara Larsson - Lush Life 08 11 Olivia Dean - So Easy (To Fall In Love) 09 12 Olivia Dean - Man I Need Ne 13 Zach Bryan - Appetite 16 14 Sienna Spiro - Die On This Hill Ne 15 Bruno Mars - I Just Might 12 16 Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain 11 17 Fleetwood Mac - Landslide Ne 18 Olivia Dean - OK Love You Bye 13 19 Police - Every Breath You Take 15 20 Huntr / X / Ejae / Audrey Nuna / Rei - Golden 18 21 Taylor Swift - Opalite 17 22 Amble - Socrates Smiled 20 23 Alex Warren - Ordinary 28 24 Sonny Fodera / D O D / Baskcomb - Think About Us 38 25 Sienna Spiro - You Stole The Show 30 26 Buffalo Traffic Jam - Fool’s Gold 32 27 Esdeekid - 4 Raws 33 28 Haven ft Kaitlin Aragon - I Run 24 29 Disco Lines & Tinashe - No Broke Boys 19 30 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill 23 31 Esdeekid & Rico Ace - Phantom 26 32 Sombr - 12 To 12 41 33 PinkPantheress - Stateside 22 34 Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed 29 35 Esdeekid - Century 31 36 Amble - Lonely Island 36 37 Tate McRae - Tit For Tat 21 38 Diana Ross - Upside Down 34 39 Sam Fender - People Watching 35 40 Amble - Schoolyard Days 40 41 Sombr - Back To Friends 25 42 Tiffany - I Think We’re Alone Now Ne 43 Luke Combs - Sleepless In A Hotel Room 53 44 Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun 39 45 Noah Kahan - Everywhere Everything 27 46 David Bowie - Heroes 42 47 Addison Rae - Fame Is A Gun 43 48 Tyla - Chanel 45 49 Kingfishr - Hold Me Down 44 50 Role Model - Writings On The Wall 48 51 Sombr - Undressed 54 52 Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not 55 53 Goo Goo Dolls - Iris 49 54 Fleetwood Mac - Dreams 51 55 Role Model - Sally When The Wine Runs Out 37 56 Katseye - Internet Girl 47 57 Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go? 69 58 Ella Langley - Choosin’ Texas 52 59 Fleetwood Mac - Silver Springs 50 60 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 56 61 Tame Impala - Dracula 74 62 Lil Uzi Vert - What You Saying 63 63 Fred Again / Sammy Virji / Reggie - Talk of The Town 57 64 Huntr / X / Ejae / Audrey Nuna / Rei - What It Sounds Like 83 65 Sienna Spiro - Maybe. 62 66 Lizzy McAlpine - Pushing It Down And Praying 68 67 Killers - Mr Brightside 88 68 Beaumont / Remy Ma - Conceited (What The F**k) 61 69 Gracie Abrams - That’s So True 59 70 Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild 73 71 Tate McRae - Siren Sounds 65 72 Sabrina Carpenter - House Tour 77 73 Kehlani - Folded 79 74 MK & Clemintine Douglas - Come Find Me 71 75 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 67 76 Fontaines DC - Favourite 72 77 Gigi Perez - Sailor Song Ne 78 Djo - Delete Ya Ne 79 Shakira - Zoo Ne 80 ASAP Rocky - Punk Rocky 94 81 Djo - Basic Being Basic 91 82 Gunna & Burna Boy - WGFT 70 83 Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under 78 84 Tate McRae - Sports Car 84 85 Fontaines DC - Starburster 81 86 Huntr / X / Ejae / Audrey Nuna / Rei - Takedown 76 87 Billy Joel - Piano Man 82 88 Chappell Roan - Good Luck Babe 86 89 Paolo Nutini - Candy 89 90 Billie Eilish - Birds of A Feather 92 91 Tkandz / Cxsper - Now or Never 90 92 Teddy Swims - Lose Control 85 93 Taylor Swift - Father Figure 80 94 Noah Kahan & Hozier - Northern Attitude 87 95 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 66 96 Sabrina Carpenter - Such A Funny Way 99 97 She & Him - I Thought I Saw Your Face Today Re 98 Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana 98 99 Train - Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me) 75 100 Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World Top 100 Artist Albums Ne 01 Zach Bryan - With Heaven On Top 01 02 Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving 02 03 Kingfishr - Halcyon 03 04 Amble - Reverie 04 05 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years - Don't Stop 05 06 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 06 07 Sabrina Carpenter - Man’s Best Friend 08 08 Tate McRae - So Close To What 10 09 Weeknd - The Highlights 07 10 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 09 11 Taylor Swift - The Life of A Showgirl 11 12 Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet 13 13 Ed Sheeran - +-=DivideX - Tour Collection 12 14 Abba - Gold 14 15 Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1) 16 16 Michael Jackson - The Essential 15 17 Esdeekid - Rebel 18 18 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994 - 2009 17 19 Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? 19 20 Elton John - Diamonds 22 21 Olivia Rodrigo - Guts 21 22 Sombr - I Barely Know Her 20 23 Fontaines DC - Romance 23 24 Hozier - Hozier 25 25 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour 27 26 Pitbull - Greatest Hits 30 27 50 Cent - Best of... 35 28 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits 28 29 Gracie Abrams - The Secret of Us 26 30 Arctic Monkeys - AM 43 31 David Bowie - Legacy 24 32 Sam Fender - People Watching 37 33 Linkin Park - Papercuts - Singles Collection 2000 - 2023 Ne 34 Kid Laroi - Before I Forget 39 35 Maroon 5 - Singles 29 36 Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan 40 37 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits 33 38 Billy Joel - Piano Man: The Very Best of... 38 39 Oasis - Definitely Maybe 32 40 Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard And Soft 41 41 Charli XCX - Brat 36 42 Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department 34 43 Taylor Swift - Folklore 45 44 Avicii - Forever Re 45 Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans 46 46 OneRepublic - The Collection 31 47 Chappell Roan - The Rise And Fall of A Midwest Princess 42 48 Cure - Greatest Hits 44 49 Queen - Greatest Hits 61 50 Calvin Harris - 96 Months 51 51 Kanye West - Graduation 62 52 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad 48 53 Lady Gaga - The Fame / The Fame Monster 54 54 Bruce Springsteen - Best of… 49 55 Beatles - 1967 - 1970 47 56 Zach Bryan - American Heartbreak 63 57 50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin' 52 58 Cocomelon - Nursery Rhymes By Cocomelon 72 59 Post Malone - The Diamond Collection 53 60 SZA - SOS 65 61 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream 59 62 Smiths - Sound of The Smiths 67 63 Nirvana - Nevermind 58 64 Lana Del Rey - Born To Die 82 65 Britney Spears - The Singles Collection 57 66 Taylor Swift - Reputation 69 67 Teddy Swims - I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Complete Collection) 64 68 Taylor Swift - Lover 79 69 Fred Again - USB 75 70 Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler - Private Investigations: The Best of... 56 71 Tate McRae - Think Later 55 72 Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine 86 73 Nirvana - Nirvana 81 74 Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing – The Very Best of… 71 75 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend 89 76 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent 91 77 Cranberries - Stars: The Best of 1992 - 2002 84 78 Harry Styles - Fine Line 66 79 Zach Bryan - The Great American Bar Scene 76 80 Taylor Swift - Midnights 77 81 Ed Sheeran - [Divide] 87 82 Guns n Roses - Greatest Hits 68 83 Radiohead - OK Computer 60 84 George Michael - Twenty Five 95 85 Script - Tales From The Script - Greatest Hits 93 86 U2 - U218 Singles 92 87 Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa 94 88 Lily Allen - West End Girl 90 89 Role Model - Kansas Anymore 83 90 Djo - The Crux 50 91 CMAT - Euro-Country 80 92 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black Re 93 Elvis Presley - 30 No 1 Hits 78 94 Amble - The Commons Re 95 Calvin Harris - 18 Months 73 96 Sade - The Bes of… Re 97 Phil Collins - The Singles Re 98 Dermot Kennedy - Without Fear 70 99 Tame Impala - Currents Re 100 Celine Dion - My Love: The Essential Collection Top 30 Compilation Albums 01 01 OST - Kpop Demon Hunters 02 02 Motion Picture Cast Recording - The Greatest Showman 04 03 Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton 03 04 Original Cast Recording - Hazbin Hotel - Season Two - OST 05 05 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Wicked – For Good 06 06 OST - Suicide Squad: The Album 08 07 OST - Mama Mia 09 08 OST - Frozen 07 09 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Wicked 10 10 OST - Moana 12 11 Celine Dion / Redi Hasa - I Am - Celine Dion (OST) 15 12 OST - Grease 13 13 OST - Fifty Shades of Grey 14 14 OST - Arcane League of Legends - Season 2 11 15 V/A - Phil Collins Plays Well With Others 17 16 OST - The Lion King [2019] 22 17 OST - Barbie: The Album 16 18 Original Cast Recording - Hazbin Hotel - Season One - OST 18 19 OST - Guardians of The Galaxy - Awesome Mix 1 20 20 OST - Frozen 2 19 21 OST - F1: The Album 21 22 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Mama Mia - Here We Go Again 23 23 OST - Sing 25 24 Original Broadway Cast - Moulin Rouge: The Musical 36 25 Motion Picture Cast Recording - La La Land 26 26 V/A - The Greatest Showman - Reimagined 27 27 OST - The Fault In Our Stars 24 28 Motion Picture Cast Recording - A Star Is Born 32 29 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Encanto 29 30 V/A - Eurovision Song Contest 2025 – Basel Top 20 Independent Albums 01 01 Esdeekid - Rebel 02 02 Fontaines DC - Romance 03 03 Arctic Monkeys - AM 05 04 Radiohead - OK Computer 07 05 Lily Allen - West End Girl 06 06 Djo - The Crux 04 07 CMAT - Euro-Country 08 08 Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia 18 09 Geese - Getting Killed 09 10 Kneecap - Fine Art 12 11 Frank Ocean - Blonde Ne 12 Alter Bridge - Alter Bridge 11 13 Adele - 25 13 14 Radiohead - In Rainbows 16 15 Adele - 21 15 16 Dubliners - 50 Years 19 17 Bad Bunny - Debi Tirar Mas Fotos Ne 18 Dry Cleaning - Secret Love 10 19 Radiohead - The Bends 14 20 Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What... Top 20 Homegrown Tracks 02 01 Kingfishr - Hold Me Down 01 02 Amble - Jersey Giant 04 03 Tumbling Paddies - Closing Time 03 04 Robert Grace - Home 05 05 CMAT - When A Good Man Cries 07 06 Sonny Fodera & Jazzy - All This Time 06 07 F3Miii - Noble 09 08 Picture This - Yours Forever 08 09 Kneecap ft Sub Focus - No Comment 10 10 Darren Kiely - Fade 11 11 Florence Road - Break The Girl 12 12 Westlife - Chariot 13 13 Chasing Abbey - Íorōnta 17 14 Aaron Rowe - Lose Lose 15 15 Kettama - Fade Away (It’s A Feeling) 14 16 Casper Walsh - Kitchen Talking 18 17 Dan McCabe - My Heart’s Tonight In Ireland 20 18 Swimming Paul & Malaki - Kisses And Cigarettes 19 19 Jack Keogh - Killeagh Re 20 Fontaines DC - Starburster / In Heaven (Lady In The Radiator Song) Top 5 Music DVDs 01 01 Taylor Swift - Speak Now: World Tour Live 02 02 Cure - The Show of A Lost World Re 03 George Michael - Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of… Re 04 Slash - Live At The Serpent Festival Ne 05 Andre Rieu - Under The Stars: Live In Maastricht 5 CLASSIC COUNTDOWN 17/01/26 1995 www.rte.ie/radio/gold/clips/11774313/

NI Hit 40 (Broadcast 11.01.2026) 01 01 Raye - Where Is My Husband! 02 02 Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia 04 03 Alex Warren - Ordinary 13 04 Djo - End of Beginning 05 05 Olivia Dean - Man I Need 03 06 Huntr / X / Ejae / Audrey Nuna / Rei Ami and Kpop - Golden 06 07 Taylor Swift - Opalite 07 08 Ed Sheeran - Sapphire 10 09 Haven - I Run 11 10 Lola Young - Messy 08 11 Sienna Spiro - Die On This Hill 09 12 Sombr - 12 To 12 12 13 Dave / Tems - Raindance 21 14 David Guetta, Teddy Swims ft Tones ft I - Gone Gone Gone 15 15 Olivia Dean - So Easy 14 16 Sonny Fodera, D.O.D and Poppy Baskcomb - Think About Us 27 17 Ed Sheeran - Camera 18 18 Calvin Harris & Clementine Douglas - Blessings 20 19 Myles Smith - Nice To Meet You 35 20 Zara Larsson - Lush Life Re 21 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt. 22 22 Kato ft Jon - Turn The Lights Off 24 23 Lewis Capaldi - Survive 25 24 Disco Lines and Tinashe - No Broke Boys 40 25 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 17 26 Shakira - Zoo 16 27 Tyla - Chanel Re 28 Prince - Purple Rain 28 29 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 23 30 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In 33 31 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill 26 32 Katseye - Gabriela 39 33 Alex Warren - Carry You Home Re 34 Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild 38 35 Sombr - Back To Friends 30 36 Kingfishr - Hold Me Down Re 37 Myles Smith - Stay 29 38 Fred Again, Sammy Virji and Reggie - Talk of The Town Re 39 David Bowie - Heroes Re 40 Gracie Abrams - That's So True Future Breakers Bruno Mars - I Just Might Doechii ft SZA - Girl Get Up Jade - Church Listening back earlier to the start of last week's show as there seems to have been some kind of issue. Having given up on the rayo website I have recently taken to listening on radioplayer. I was actually slightly late tuning in last week but when I came in Pink Pony Club was already playing although it sounded like it was sticking in parts. Going back to record the first few minutes from rayo I found that the show started with a jingle and went straight to PPC. That was on the Cool FM part. On Downtown the recording started with the news which cuts out suddenly and then we get the number 39 jingle and it goes straight into Carry You Home. Evanna was back today and seemed to have calmed down a bit. One thing I realised was that she correctly played Purple Rain at 28 but on double checking it was actually When Doves Cry that Stuart had played as a future breaker. Both songs feature in Stranger Things apparantly but it's interesting that it was the one that was featured as a future breaker which failed to chart.