Shaky Fan

Week ending 19th June 2025 (Week 25) Top 100 Singles 01 01 Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild 02 02 Sombr - Undressed 11 03 MK ft Chrystal - Dior 28 04 Disco Lines & Tinashe - No Broke Boys 04 05 Alex Warren - Ordinary 05 06 Sombr - Back To Friends 06 07 Kingfishr - Killeagh 13 08 Charli XCX - Party 4 U 22 09 Zach Bryan - Nine Ball 03 10 Tate McRae - Just Keep Watching 07 11 Calvin Harris & Clementine Douglas - Blessings 08 12 Kingfishr - Diamonds & Roses 09 13 Benson Boone - Mystical Magic 17 14 Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not 14 15 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 12 16 Hozier - Too Sweet 24 17 Olivia Dean - Nice To Each Other 15 18 Amble - Schoolyard Days 42 19 Zach Bryan - Oklahoma Smoke Show 10 20 Alex Warren ft Jelly Roll - Bloodline 18 21 Max Dean / Locky / Luke Dean - Can’t Decide Re 22 Zach Bryan - Revival 20 23 Ed Sheeran - Sapphire 16 24 Addison Rae - Fame Is A Gun 55 25 Charli XCX - Girl So Confusing 23 26 Ed Sheeran - Azizam 19 27 Lola Young - One Thing 93 28 Charli XCX - 365 26 29 Levi Heron - The Glen 25 30 CMAT - Take A Sexy Picture of Me Re 31 Black Eyed Peas - Rock That Body Re 32 Morgan Seatree - Say My Name 29 33 Moliy & Silent Addy - Shake It To The Max (Fly) 30 34 Billie Eilish - Birds of A Feather 27 35 Dermot Kennedy - Let Me In 34 36 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 31 37 Chappell Roan - Good Luck Babe 32 38 Skye Newman - Family Matters 36 39 Kingfishr - Eyes Don't Lie 44 40 Kneecap - H.O.O.D. 33 41 Lorde - Ribs 40 42 Lola Young - Messy 41 43 Gracie Abrams - That’s So True 43 44 Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing 39 45 Jack Black - Steve’s Lava Chicken 45 46 WizTheMC / Bees & Honey - Show Me Love 47 47 Noah Kahan - You're Gonna Go Far 37 48 Morgan Wallen & Tate McRae - What I Want 46 49 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt Ne 50 Coldplay - Sparks Ne 51 Twenty One Pilots - The Contract 48 52 Alex Warren - Carry You Home 54 53 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 56 54 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 57 55 Chrystal - The Days 49 56 Tate McRae - Sports Car 50 57 Amble - Lonely Island Ne 58 Audrey Hobert - Sue Me 60 59 Sonny Fodera / Douglas - Tell Me 51 60 Gigi Perez - Sailor Song 53 61 Kettama - It Gets Better 61 62 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso 65 63 Goo Goo Dolls - Iris 62 64 Fontaines DC - Favourite 63 65 Sabrina Carpenter - Taste 59 66 Amble - Swan Song 66 67 Teddy Swims - Lose Control 68 68 Kiki Wera - Pool 21 69 Tate McRae - Revolving Door 64 70 Lorde - What Was That 52 71 Fleetwood Mac - Dreams 78 72 Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) 75 73 Chappell Roan - Hot To Go 69 74 Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile 74 75 David Guetta ft Sia - Beautiful People 73 76 Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams 79 77 Natasha Beddingfield - Unwritten 67 78 Ely Oaks & Lavinia - Borderline 85 79 Hugel / Topic / Arash - I Adore You 97 80 Sonny Fodera, Jazzy and D.O.D - Somedays 72 81 WifiSkeleton & I wanna be a jack-o-lantern - Nope your too late I already died 82 82 Dasha - Austin 77 83 Hozier - Take Me To Church Ne 84 J-Hope ft Glorilla - Killin’ It Girl 71 85 Benson Boone - Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else 83 86 Teddy Swims - The Door 35 87 Myles Smith - Stargazing 86 88 Lil Tecca - Owa Owa 70 89 2 Johnnies - The GAA, The Ska, The Ra 91 90 Killers - Mr Brightside 87 91 Fontaines DC - Starburster Re 92 Kneecap - Get Your Brits Out 94 93 Josh Baker & Omar+ - Back It Up 81 94 Radiohead - Let Down Re 95 Max McNown - A Lot More Free Re 96 Noah Kahan & Hozier - Northern Attitude Re 97 Tom Odell - Another Love Re 98 Bl3ss / Camrinwatsin / Bbyclose - Kisses 90 99 Paolo Nutini - Candy Re 100 Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under Top 100 Artist Albums 07 01 Charli XCX - Brat 01 02 Amble - Reverie 03 03 Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet 05 04 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 04 05 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years - Don't Stop 23 06 Zach Bryan - American Heartbreak 24 07 Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan 08 08 Ed Sheeran - +-=DivideX - Tour Collection 31 09 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994 - 2009 13 10 Olivia Rodrigo - Guts 11 11 Abba - Gold 09 12 Tate McRae - So Close To What 12 13 Fontaines DC - Romance 02 14 Addison Rae - Addison 15 15 Weeknd - The Highlights 19 16 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour 14 17 Chappell Roan - The Rise And Fall of A Midwest Princess 36 18 Zach Bryan - The Great American Bar Scene 10 19 Pitbull - Greatest Hits 18 20 Elton John - Diamonds 16 21 Morgan Wallen - I’m The Problem 20 22 Hozier - Hozier 21 23 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 22 24 Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1) 17 25 Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard And Soft Ne 26 Lil Tecca - Dopamine Ne 27 James Marriott - Don’t Tell The Dog 25 28 Billy Joel - Piano Man: The Very Best of... 28 29 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits 26 30 Avicii - Forever Avicii 27 31 Gracie Abrams - The Secret of Us 33 32 Calvin Harris - 96 Months Re 33 Beach Boys - Sounds of Summer (The Very Best of…) 35 34 Michael Jackson - The Essential 32 35 Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department 37 36 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream 41 37 Queen - Greatest Hits 40 38 Maroon 5 - Singles 34 39 Taylor Swift - Folklore 42 40 50 Cent - Best of... 38 41 Benson Boone - Fireworks & Rollerblades 43 42 Arctic Monkeys - AM 39 43 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits 44 44 SZA - SOS 49 45 Script - Tales From The Script - Greatest Hits 46 46 Linkin Park - Papercuts - Singles Collection 2000 - 2023 29 47 Taylor Swift - Reputation Ne 48 49th & Main - Happy Tears 51 49 Lana Del Rey - Born To Die 59 50 Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? 48 51 Kanye West - Graduation 57 52 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend 50 53 Lady Gaga - The Fame / The Fame Monster Re 54 Beach Boys - Pet Sounds 45 55 Ed Sheeran - [Divide] 63 56 Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa 61 57 Bruce Springsteen - Best of… 56 58 Cocomelon - Nursery Rhymes By Cocomelon 58 59 Cranberries - Stars: The Best of 1992 - 2002 52 60 Taylor Swift - Lover 72 61 Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler - Private Investigations: The Best of... 54 62 Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine 55 63 Nirvana - Nirvana 62 64 U2 - U218 Singles 53 65 Dermot Kennedy - Without Fear 60 66 Post Malone - The Diamond Collection 65 67 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad 68 68 Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing – The Very Best of… 64 69 Radiohead - OK Computer 66 70 Beatles - 1967 - 1970 69 71 Taylor Swift - Midnights 67 72 Guns n Roses - Greatest Hits 76 73 Britney Spears - The Singles Collection 83 74 Nirvana - Nevermind 70 75 Taylor Swift - 1989 73 76 Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever 78 77 Rolling Stones - Forty Licks 95 78 Oasis - Definitely Maybe Re 79 Sam Fender - People Watching 96 80 Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia Ne 81 Van Morrison - Remembering Now 86 82 Sting & The Police - Very Best of... Re 83 Saw Doctors - To Win Just Once: The Best of... 89 84 Black Eyed Peas - The Beginning 93 85 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Greatest Hits Ne 86 Cure - Mixes of A Lost World 90 87 Eminem - Curtain Call 2 99 88 Killers - Rebel Diamonds Re 89 Tate McRae - Think Later 74 90 Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia Re 91 Kneecap - Fine Art 81 92 50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin' 97 93 Calvin Harris - 18 Months 91 94 Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go Re 95 George Michael - Twenty Five 79 96 Green Day - God's Favorite Band - Greatest Hits 77 97 Smiths - Sound of The Smiths 98 98 Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You: The Best of... 84 99 Phil Collins - The Singles 94 100 Beyonce - Cowboy Carter Top 30 Compilation Albums 02 01 Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton 01 02 V/A - Eurovision Song Contest 2025 – Basel 03 03 Motion Picture Cast Recording - The Greatest Showman 04 04 OST - Mama Mia 05 05 OST - Suicide Squad: The Album 06 06 OST - Moana 10 07 Original Soundtrack - Barbie: The Album 07 08 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Wicked 08 09 OST - Arcane League of Legends - Season 2 09 10 OST - Grease 12 11 Celine Dion / Redi Hasa - I Am - Celine Dion (OST) 11 12 OST - Frozen 13 13 OST - Fifty Shades of Grey 15 14 V/A - Phil Collins Plays Well With Others 16 15 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Mama Mia - Here We Go Again 17 16 OST - The Lion King [2019] 14 17 OST - Sinners 20 18 OST - Sing 18 19 OST - A Minecraft Movie 22 20 Motion Picture Cast Recording - A Star Is Born 23 21 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Moana 2 21 22 V/A - Eurovision Song Contest 2024 - Malmo 33 23 Original Cast Recording - Six - The Musical 24 24 OST - The Fault In Our Stars 19 25 V/A - Now 120 25 26 OST - Frozen 2 28 27 V/A - Masters of Their Craft 27 28 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Encanto 68 29 V/A - The Best Country Classics Album... Ever! 32 30 OST - Annie (2014) Top 20 Independent Albums 02 01 Fontaines DC - Romance Ne 02 James Marriott - Don’t Tell The Dog 04 03 Arctic Monkeys - AM Ne 04 49th & Main - Happy Tears 05 05 Radiohead - OK Computer Ne 06 Van Morrison - Remembering Now 13 07 Saw Doctors - To Win Just Once: The Best of... 06 08 Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia 11 09 Kneecap - Fine Art 09 10 Frank Ocean - Blonde 01 11 Pulp - More 10 12 Bad Bunny - Debi Tirar Mas Fotos 08 13 Dubliners - 50 Years 15 14 Radiohead - The Bends 17 15 Adele - 21 16 16 Adele - 25 18 17 Cigarettes After Sex - Cigarettes After Sex 19 18 Adrianne Lenker - Songs & Instrumentals 03 19 Marina - Princess of Power 14 20 Radiohead - In Rainbows Top 20 Homegrown Tracks 01 01 Kingfishr - Diamonds & Roses 02 02 CMAT - Take A Sexy Picture of Me 04 03 Amble - Swan Song 06 04 Picture This - Go Gently 05 05 Fontaines DC - In The Modern World 07 06 Tumbling Paddies - Take Me Home 08 07 Cian Ducrot - Shalalala 09 08 Obsku - Seen It All Before 11 09 2 Johnnies - Streets of New York 12 10 Simple Things - Small Town 10 11 Aaron Rowe - Hey Ma 16 12 Highstool Prophets - Dirty Old Town 15 13 Belters Only ft Jazzy - Hanging With The DJ 17 14 Darren Kiely - Weight 18 15 Gurriers - Top of The Bill Re 16 Mary Wallopers - The Broad Majestic Shannon 20 17 Dan McCabe - Caledonia 19 18 Keywest - The Things I Wish I'd Done Ne 19 49th & Main - Happy Days Ne 20 Van Morrison - Remembering Now Top 5 Music DVDs Ne 01 Girls Aloud - The Girls Aloud Show 01 02 Taylor Swift - Speak Now: World Tour Live Re 03 Bananarama - Glorious: Live In London Re 04 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Live In New York City Re 05 Abba - Gold CLASSIC COUNTDOWN 21/06/25 1977 www.rte.ie/radio/gold/clips/11725363/

Top 50 Tracks (08/06/25 - 14/06/25) 01 08 Beoga - Tradfather 02 Re Bay City Rollers - Shang-A-Lang 03 04 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt. 04 01 Hothouse Flowers - Don't Go 05 02 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 06 05 Hothouse Flowers - Give It Up 07 03 Beoga - Anne Bonny 08 09 Bon Jovi - Legendary 09 Ne Bay City Rollers - Remember (Sha La La La) 10 17 Beoga - Shore Road Punk 11 Ne Moby - Natural Blues 12 Ne Tracy Chapman - Fast Car 13 16 Gracie Abrams - That's So True 14 Re Bay City Rollers - I Only Wanna Be With You 15 37 Beoga - Monos 16 Ne Moby - Honey 17 Ne Bay City Rollers - Bye Bye Baby 18 06 Alex Warren - Carry You Home 19 Ne Beoga - Subject To Change 20 Ne Bay City Rollers - Summerlove Sensation 21 Ne Tracy Chapman - Talkin’ Bout A Revolution 22 21 Bon Jovi - Living Proof 23 10 Bryan Adams - You Belong To Me 24 24 Myles Smith - Nice To Meet You 25 11 Bryan Adams - I've Been Looking For You 26 07 Amy Macdonald - Is This What You’ve Been Waiting For? 27 19 Hothouse Flowers - I'm Sorry 28 18 Mark McCabe - Maniac 2000 29 15 Amy Macdonald - Forward 30 32 Beoga - Phases 31 Ne Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night 32 14 Bryan Adams - Kick Ass 33 22 Bryan Adams - Roll With The Punches 34 12 Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 35 30 Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart 36 23 Bryan Adams - Can't Stop This Thing We Started 37 40 Alex Warren - Ordinary 38 34 Myles Smith - Stargazing 39 39 The Wurzels - Wurzel Me Up 40 44 Bon Jovi - The People's House 41 33 Bon Jovi - Walls of Jericho 42 Ne Tracy Chapman - Baby Can I Hold You 43 20 Bryan Adams - Make Up Your Mind 44 28 Bryan Adams - Never Ever Let You Go 45 26 Hothouse Flowers - It’ll Be Easier In The Morning 46 31 Cast of Seven Drunken Nights - I'll Tell Me Ma (Live) 47 47 Post Malone & Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help 48 45 Lola Young - Messy 49 48 Moliy, Skillibeng, Shenseea and Silent Addy - Shake It To The Max 50 49 Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender Top 10 Albums (07/06/25 - 14/06/25) 01 01 Beoga - Phases 02 02 Bon Jovi - Forever 03 Ne Bay City Rollers - Greatest Hits 04 Ne Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman 05 Re Bruce Springsteen - The River 06 Ne Moby - Play 07 08 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2024/05/09 Belfast, Northern Ireland 08 03 Hothouse Flowers - People 09 04 Bryan Adams - Shine A Light 10 10 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You Another gig anouncement this week saw me listening to the Bay City Rollers (Woody's version of the band is playing a Belfast show next April). With various posts on Facebook about his recent UK dates I decided to concentrate on The River by Bruce Springsteen, There were a couple of albums that I hadn't played for years which I thought were due a listen - the Moby one as a result of seeing Harry Hill in Belfast as Natural Blues is part of his act. And once again I was listening a lot to Beoga's new album.

NI Hit 40 (Broadcast 15.06.2025) 01 01 Alex Warren - Ordinary Ne 02 Ed Sheeran - Sapphire 02 03 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 03 04 Ed Sheeran - Azizam 04 05 Calvin Harris & Clementine Douglas - Blessings Ne 06 Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild 06 07 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 08 08 Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not 07 09 Myles Smith - Nice To Meet You 10 10 Alex Warren - Carry You Home 05 11 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt. 21 12 Myles Smith - Gold 09 13 Skye Newman - Family Matters 19 14 Alex Warren and Jelly Roll - Bloodline 15 15 Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile 13 16 Lola Young - Messy 20 17 Benson Boone - Mystical Magical 14 18 Teddy Swims - The Door 12 19 Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams 16 20 Shahboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) 18 21 Picture This - A Thousand Times 17 22 Myles Smith - Stargazing 22 23 Sombr - Undressed 11 24 Wizthemc ft Bees ft Honey - Show Me Love 23 25 Benson Boone - Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else 27 26 Levi Heron - The Glen 30 27 Sam Fender - People Watching 34 28 Lola Young - One Thing Re 29 Dasha - Austin 32 30 David Guetta and Sia - Beautiful People 25 31 Teddy Swims - Lose Control 35 32 Post Malone / Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help 24 33 Gracie Abrams - That's So True 28 34 Miley Cyrus - Easy Lover Ne 35 MK ft Chrystal - Dior Ne 36 Ella Henderson - Me & You Ne 37 Tom Grennan - Full Attention 40 38 Jessie J - Living My Best Life Ne 39 Teddy Swims - God Went Crazy 39 40 Max Dean, Luke Dean and Locky - Can’t Decide Future Breakers Will Smith - Pretty Girls Biffy Clyro - A Little love Mark Ronson & RAYE - Suzanne David Guetta and Cedric Gervais - If A Better World Tate McRae - Just Keep Watching Olivia Dean - Nice To Each Other Over the last couple of weeks the recent changes to the format have gone. The recaps have gone apart from the top 10 and instead of playing all the future breakers just before the Top 20 they have been split up again. Will Smith was played just before Gracie Abrams, the next 3 were played just ahead of the Top 20 and the final 2 were played just after Messy. Also of note is that although this is it's first week in the Top 40 David McCalmond said that Ella Henderson was climbing 6 places to re-enter the chart.

Week ending 12th June 2025 (Week 24) Top 100 Singles Ne 01 Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild 01 02 Sombr - Undressed 02 03 Tate McRae - Just Keep Watching 03 04 Alex Warren - Ordinary 04 05 Sombr - Back To Friends 07 06 Kingfishr - Killeagh 05 07 Calvin Harris & Clementine Douglas - Blessings 11 08 Kingfishr - Diamonds & Roses 13 09 Benson Boone - Mystical Magic 08 10 Alex Warren ft Jelly Roll - Bloodline Ne 11 MK ft Chrystal - Dior 12 12 Hozier - Too Sweet 15 13 Charli XCX - Party 4 U 14 14 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 09 15 Amble - Schoolyard Days 32 16 Addison Rae - Fame Is A Gun 18 17 Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not 16 18 Max Dean / Locky / Luke Dean - Can’t Decide 23 19 Lola Young - One Thing Ne 20 Ed Sheeran - Sapphire 17 21 Tate McRae - Revolving Door 30 22 Zach Bryan - Nine Ball 19 23 Ed Sheeran - Azizam Ne 24 Olivia Dean - Nice To Each Other 22 25 CMAT - Take A Sexy Picture of Me 31 26 Levi Heron - The Glen 20 27 Dermot Kennedy - Let Me In Ne 28 Disco Lines & Tinashe - No Broke Boys 28 29 Moliy & Silent Addy - Shake It To The Max (Fly) 06 30 Billie Eilish - Birds of A Feather 29 31 Chappell Roan - Good Luck Babe 26 32 Skye Newman - Family Matters 21 33 Lorde - Ribs 34 34 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 27 35 Myles Smith - Stargazing 37 36 Kingfishr - Eyes Don't Lie 25 37 Morgan Wallen & Tate McRae - What I Want 46 38 Zach Bryan ft Kacey Musgraves - I Remember Everything 24 39 Jack Black - Steve’s Lava Chicken 35 40 Lola Young - Messy 33 41 Gracie Abrams - That’s So True Re 42 Zach Bryan - Oklahoma Smoke Show 38 43 Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing 36 44 Kneecap - H.O.O.D. 10 45 WizTheMC / Bees & Honey - Show Me Love 42 46 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt 43 47 Noah Kahan - You're Gonna Go Far 47 48 Alex Warren - Carry You Home 39 49 Tate McRae - Sports Car 44 50 Amble - Lonely Island 50 51 Gigi Perez - Sailor Song 54 52 Fleetwood Mac - Dreams 40 53 Kettama - It Gets Better 53 54 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 63 55 Charli XCX - Girl So Confusing 51 56 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 52 57 Chrystal - The Days Ne 58 Addison Rae - New York 48 59 Amble - Swan Song 62 60 Sonny Fodera / Douglas - Tell Me 61 61 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso 55 62 Fontaines DC - Favourite 67 63 Sabrina Carpenter - Taste 41 64 Lorde - What Was That 58 65 Goo Goo Dolls - Iris 66 66 Teddy Swims - Lose Control 64 67 Ely Oaks & Lavinia - Borderline 59 68 Kiki Wera - Pool 60 69 Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile Re 70 2 Johnnies - The GAA, The Ska, The Ra 87 71 Benson Boone - Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else 80 72 WifiSkeleton & I wanna be a jack-o-lantern - Nope your too late I already died 70 73 Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams 74 74 David Guetta ft Sia - Beautiful People 65 75 Chappell Roan - Hot To Go Re 76 Addison Rae - Headphones On 69 77 Hozier - Take Me To Church 71 78 Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) 75 79 Natasha Beddingfield - Unwritten 88 80 Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere Ne 81 Radiohead - Let Down 86 82 Dasha - Austin 78 83 Teddy Swims - The Door 76 84 Skye Newman - Hairdresser 79 85 Hugel / Topic / Arash - I Adore You 98 86 Lil Tecca - Owa Owa 89 87 Fontaines DC - Starburster 56 88 Lorde - Man of The Year Re 89 Jessie Murph - Blue Strips 91 90 Paolo Nutini - Candy 81 91 Killers - Mr Brightside Re 92 Katseye - Gnarly Re 93 Charli XCX - 365 Ne 94 Josh Baker & Omar+ - Back It Up Re 95 Fleetwood Mac - The Chain 96 96 Gracie Abrams - I Love You I'm Sorry 84 97 Sonny Fodera, Jazzy and D.O.D - Somedays Ne 98 Lizzy McAlpine - Pushing It Down And Prayinh 72 99 Kettama / Interplanetary - Yosemite 77 100 Empire of The Sun - We Are The People Top 100 Artist Albums 01 01 Amble - Reverie Ne 02 Addison Rae - Addison 04 03 Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet 02 04 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years - Don't Stop 03 05 Noah Kahan - Stick Season Ne 06 Pulp - More 08 07 Charli XCX - Brat 06 08 Ed Sheeran - +-=DivideX - Tour Collection 05 09 Tate McRae - So Close To What 20 10 Pitbull - Greatest Hits 09 11 Abba - Gold 17 12 Fontaines DC - Romance 15 13 Olivia Rodrigo - Guts 18 14 Chappell Roan - The Rise And Fall of A Midwest Princess 11 15 Weeknd - The Highlights 10 16 Morgan Wallen - I’m The Problem 21 17 Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard And Soft 13 18 Elton John - Diamonds 16 19 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour 12 20 Hozier - Hozier 19 21 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 22 22 Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1) 37 23 Zach Bryan - American Heartbreak 34 24 Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan 26 25 Billy Joel - Piano Man: The Very Best of... 25 26 Avicii - Forever Avicii 24 27 Gracie Abrams - The Secret of Us 27 28 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits 07 29 Taylor Swift - Reputation Ne 30 Marina - Princess of Power 28 31 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994 - 2009 23 32 Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department 30 33 Calvin Harris - 96 Months 29 34 Taylor Swift - Folklore 33 35 Michael Jackson - The Essential 63 36 Zach Bryan - The Great American Bar Scene 31 37 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream 46 38 Benson Boone - Fireworks & Rollerblades 39 39 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits 32 40 Maroon 5 - Singles 38 41 Queen - Greatest Hits 40 42 50 Cent - Best of... 41 43 Arctic Monkeys - AM 36 44 SZA - SOS 45 45 Ed Sheeran - [Divide] 52 46 Linkin Park - Papercuts - Singles Collection 2000 - 2023 Re 47 Stereophonics - Decade In The Sun - Best of… 43 48 Kanye West - Graduation 53 49 Script - Tales From The Script - Greatest Hits 42 50 Lady Gaga - The Fame / The Fame Monster 49 51 Lana Del Rey - Born To Die 44 52 Taylor Swift - Lover 50 53 Dermot Kennedy - Without Fear 57 54 Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine 60 55 Nirvana - Nirvana 64 56 Cocomelon - Nursery Rhymes By Cocomelon 59 57 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend 51 58 Cranberries - Stars: The Best of 1992 - 2002 47 59 Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? 61 60 Post Malone - The Diamond Collection 56 61 Bruce Springsteen - Best of… 58 62 U2 - U218 Singles 62 63 Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa 66 64 Radiohead - OK Computer 54 65 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad 69 66 Beatles - 1967 - 1970 70 67 Guns n Roses - Greatest Hits Re 68 Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing – The Very Best of… 55 69 Taylor Swift - Midnights 35 70 Taylor Swift - 1989 Re 71 Corrs - Best of 68 72 Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler - Private Investigations: The Best of... 65 73 Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever 100 74 Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia Ne 75 Turnstile - Never Enough 74 76 Britney Spears - The Singles Collection 72 77 Smiths - Sound of The Smiths 71 78 Rolling Stones - Forty Licks 90 79 Green Day - God's Favorite Band - Greatest Hits Re 80 My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge 82 81 50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin' Re 82 Pitbull - Planet Pit 88 83 Nirvana - Nevermind 98 84 Phil Collins - The Singles Ne 85 Little Simz - Lotus 78 86 Sting & The Police - Very Best of... 76 87 Lady Gaga - Mayhem 48 88 Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor's Version) 83 89 Black Eyed Peas - The Beginning 86 90 Eminem - Curtain Call 2 75 91 Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go 14 92 Miley Cyrus - Something Beautiful 81 93 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Greatest Hits Re 94 Beyonce - Cowboy Carter 92 95 Oasis - Definitely Maybe Re 96 Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia 79 97 Calvin Harris - 18 Months 93 98 Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You: The Best of... 91 99 Killers - Rebel Diamonds 96 100 David Bowie - Legacy Top 30 Compilation Albums 01 01 V/A - Eurovision Song Contest 2025 – Basel 03 02 Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton 02 03 Motion Picture Cast Recording - The Greatest Showman 04 04 OST - Mama Mia 05 05 OST - Suicide Squad: The Album 06 06 OST - Moana 07 07 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Wicked 08 08 OST - Arcane League of Legends - Season 2 09 09 OST - Grease 10 10 Original Soundtrack - Barbie: The Album 11 11 OST - Frozen 13 12 Celine Dion / Redi Hasa - I Am - Celine Dion (OST) 12 13 OST - Fifty Shades of Grey 19 14 OST - Sinners 15 15 V/A - Phil Collins Plays Well With Others 14 16 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Mama Mia - Here We Go Again 16 17 OST - The Lion King [2019] 18 18 OST - A Minecraft Movie 22 19 V/A - Now 120 23 20 OST - Sing 17 21 V/A - Eurovision Song Contest 2024 - Malmo 20 22 Motion Picture Cast Recording - A Star Is Born 21 23 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Moana 2 28 24 OST - The Fault In Our Stars 26 25 OST - Frozen 2 40 26 Original Broadway Cast - Wicked 27 27 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Encanto 24 28 V/A - Masters of Their Craft 30 29 V/A - Metro Boomin Pts Spiderman (Across The Spider-verse) 48 30 OST - Guardians of The Galaxy - Awesome Mix 1 Top 20 Independent Albums Ne 01 Pulp - More 01 02 Fontaines DC - Romance Ne 03 Marina - Princess of Power 02 04 Arctic Monkeys - AM 03 05 Radiohead - OK Computer 05 06 Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia Ne 07 Little Simz - Lotus 07 08 Dubliners - 50 Years 04 09 Frank Ocean - Blonde 06 10 Bad Bunny - Debi Tirar Mas Fotos 08 11 Kneecap - Fine Art 20 12 2 Johnnies - Smalll Town Heroes 15 13 Saw Doctors - To Win Just Once: The Best of... 12 14 Radiohead - In Rainbows 09 15 Radiohead - The Bends 11 16 Adele - 25 10 17 Adele - 21 13 18 Cigarettes After Sex - Cigarettes After Sex 19 19 Adrianne Lenker - Songs & Instrumentals 16 20 Shahboozey - Where I've Been Isn't Where I'm Going Top 20 Homegrown Tracks 02 01 Kingfishr - Diamonds & Roses 04 02 CMAT - Take A Sexy Picture of Me 05 03 Kettama - It Gets Better Ne 04 Amble - Swan Song 07 05 Fontaines DC - In The Modern World Ne 06 Picture This - Go Gently 10 07 Tumbling Paddies - Take Me Home Ne 08 Cian Ducrot - Shalalala 11 09 Obsku - Seen It All Before Ne 10 Aaron Rowe - Hey Ma 20 11 2 Johnnies - Streets of New York 14 12 Simple Things - Small Town Re 13 Kneecap ft Radie Peat - 3Cag Ne 14 Bicep - Chroma 010 Brillo Re 15 Belters Only ft Jazzy - Hanging With The DJ Re 16 Highstool Prophets - Dirty Old Town Re 17 Darren Kiely - Weight Ne 18 Gurriers - Top of The Bill Re 19 Keywest - The Things I Wish I'd Done Re 20 Dan McCabe - Caledonia Top 5 Music DVDs 01 01 Taylor Swift - Speak Now: World Tour Live 03 02 Coldplay - Live 2012 Re 03 Jimmy Buckley - Live In Concert Re 04 Jimmy Buckley - The Grand Tour – Live Ne 05 Beautiful South - Munch – Our Hits CLASSIC COUNTDOWN 14/06/25 1997 https://www.rte.ie/radio/gold/clips/11723840/ Tne Corrs - Best of.. is listed as a new entry on the IRMA website *Typo correction. For weeks 17 to 23 I had accidentally mistyped the title of this year's Eurovision album as being 2024 rather than 2025.

Top 50 Tracks (01/06/25 - 07/06/25) 01 01 Hothouse Flowers - Don't Go 02 10 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 03 Re Beoga - Anne Bonny 04 08 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt. 05 02 Hothouse Flowers - Give It Up 06 07 Alex Warren - Carry You Home 07 04 Amy Macdonald - Is This What You’ve Been Waiting For? 08 Ne Beoga - Tradfather 09 18 Bon Jovi - Legendary 10 03 Bryan Adams - You Belong To Me 11 06 Bryan Adams - I've Been Looking For You 12 11 Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 13 05 Cast of Seven Drunken Nights - The Irish Rover (Live) 14 12 Bryan Adams - Kick Ass 15 09 Amy Macdonald - Forward 16 15 Gracie Abrams - That's So True 17 Re Beoga - Shore Road Punk 18 20 Mark McCabe - Maniac 2000 19 14 Hothouse Flowers - I'm Sorry 20 17 Bryan Adams - Make Up Your Mind 21 31 Bon Jovi - Living Proof 22 24 Bryan Adams - Roll With The Punches 23 13 Bryan Adams - Can't Stop This Thing We Started 24 29 Myles Smith - Nice To Meet You 25 21 Cast of Seven Drunken Nights - Black Velvet Band / Wild Rover / The Irish Rover (Live) 26 26 Hothouse Flowers - It’ll Be Easier In The Morning 27 16 Cast of Seven Drunken Nights - The Leaving of Liverpool 28 22 Bryan Adams - Never Ever Let You Go 29 25 Bruce Springsteen - My City of Ruins 30 27 Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart 31 23 Cast of Seven Drunken Nights - I'll Tell Me Ma (Live) 32 Ne Beoga - Phases 33 43 Bon Jovi - Walls of Jericho 34 33 Myles Smith - Stargazing 35 19 Cast of Seven Drunken Nights - Seven Drunken Nights (Live) 36 37 Amy Macdonald - Love Love 37 Ne Beoga - Monos 38 28 Hothouse Flowers - Movies 39 Ne The Wurzels - Wurzel Me Up 40 38 Alex Warren - Ordinary 41 42 Bruce Springsteen - Land of Hope and Dreams 42 32 Cast of Seven Drunken Nights - The Monto 43 36 Amy Macdonald - Mr Rock n Roll 44 47 Bon Jovi - The People's House 45 41 Lola Young - Messy 46 30 Ed Sheeran - Old Phone 47 44 Post Malone & Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help 48 34 Moliy, Skillibeng, Shenseea and Silent Addy - Shake It To The Max 49 45 Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender 50 49 Amy Macdonald - This Pretty Face Top 10 Albums (01/06/25 - 07/06/25) 01 Ne Beoga - Phases 02 08 Bon Jovi - Forever 03 01 Hothouse Flowers - People 04 04 Bryan Adams - Shine A Light 05 02 Original Cast Recording - Seven Drunken Nights - The Story of The Dubliners 06 05 Sparks - MAD! 07 06 Hothouse Flowers - Home 08 07 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2024/05/09 Belfast, Northern Ireland 09 Ne Hothouse Flowers - The Older We Get: The London Years 10 09 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You Friday saw the release of the new album from Irish trad / folk group Beoga. Earlier in the week I was listening quite a bit to Bon Jovi and as well as listening in full to the first 2 Hothouse Flowers albums I also checked out some of the other stuff on their 8 CD box set.

NI Hit 40 (Broadcast 08.06.2025) 01 01 Alex Warren - Ordinary 03 02 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 02 03 Ed Sheeran - Azizam 04 04 Calvin Harris & Clementine Douglas - Blessings 06 05 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt. 05 06 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 08 07 Myles Smith - Nice To Meet You 11 08 Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not 17 09 Skye Newman - Family Matters 12 10 Alex Warren - Carry You Home 15 11 Wizthemc ft Bees ft Honey - Show Me Love 10 12 Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams 07 13 Lola Young - Messy 14 14 Teddy Swims - The Door 09 15 Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile 16 16 Shahboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) 13 17 Myles Smith - Stargazing 20 18 Picture This - A Thousand Times 24 19 Alex Warren and Jelly Roll - Bloodline 29 20 Benson Boone - Mystical Magical 33 21 Myles Smith - Gold 27 22 Sombr - Undressed 18 23 Benson Boone - Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else 23 24 Gracie Abrams - That's So True 25 25 Teddy Swims - Lose Control 22 26 Ed Sheeran - Old Phone 34 27 Levi Heron - The Glen Ne 28 Miley Cyrus - Easy Lover 21 29 Doechii - Anxiety 19 30 Sam Fender - People Watching 30 31 Boyzlife - Save The Day 36 32 David Guetta and Sia - Beautiful People 32 33 Ben Nicky and Hix ft Tori Smith - Sober 35 34 Lola Young - One Thing 28 35 Post Malone / Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help 39 36 Miley Cyrus - End of The World 26 37 Skye Newman - Hairdresser 31 38 Billie Eilish - Birds of a Feather Ne 39 Max Dean, Luke Dean and Locky - Can’t Decide 40 40 Jessie J - Living My Best Life Future Breakers Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild Ed Sheeran - Sapphire Mimi Webb - Love Language Morgan Wallen ft. Tate McRae - What I Want Teddy Swims - God Went Crazy

Week ending 5th June 2025 (Week 23) Top 100 Singles 01 01 Sombr - Undressed Ne 02 Tate McRae - Just Keep Watching 04 03 Alex Warren - Ordinary 05 04 Sombr - Back To Friends 10 05 Calvin Harris & Clementine Douglas - Blessings 07 06 Billie Eilish - Birds of A Feather 08 07 Kingfishr - Killeagh 06 08 Alex Warren ft Jelly Roll - Bloodline 09 09 Amble - Schoolyard Days 12 10 WizTheMC / Bees & Honey - Show Me Love 11 11 Kingfishr - Diamonds & Roses 13 12 Hozier - Too Sweet 20 13 Benson Boone - Mystical Magic 02 14 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 14 15 Charli XCX - Party 4 U 24 16 Max Dean / Locky / Luke Dean - Can’t Decide 15 17 Tate McRae - Revolving Door 03 18 Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not 18 19 Ed Sheeran - Azizam 17 20 Dermot Kennedy - Let Me In 16 21 Lorde - Ribs 23 22 CMAT - Take A Sexy Picture of Me 29 23 Lola Young - One Thing 22 24 Jack Black - Steve’s Lava Chicken 19 25 Morgan Wallen & Tate McRae - What I Want 45 26 Skye Newman - Family Matters 25 27 Myles Smith - Stargazing 31 28 Moliy & Silent Addy - Shake It To The Max (Fly) 28 29 Chappell Roan - Good Luck Babe 33 30 Zach Bryan - Nine Ball 38 31 Levi Heron - The Glen Ne 32 Addison Rae - Fame Is A Gun 27 33 Gracie Abrams - That’s So True 47 34 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 30 35 Lola Young - Messy 21 36 Kneecap - H.O.O.D. 36 37 Kingfishr - Eyes Don't Lie 41 38 Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing 34 39 Tate McRae - Sports Car 37 40 Kettama - It Gets Better 35 41 Lorde - What Was That 43 42 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt 39 43 Noah Kahan - You're Gonna Go Far Re 44 Amble - Lonely Island 42 45 Morgan Seatree - Say My Name 50 46 Zach Bryan ft Kacey Musgraves - I Remember Everything 44 47 Alex Warren - Carry You Home Re 48 Amble - Swan Song 52 49 Zach Bryan - Pink Skies 46 50 Gigi Perez - Sailor Song 51 51 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 49 52 Chrystal - The Days 48 53 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 62 54 Fleetwood Mac - Dreams 54 55 Fontaines DC - Favourite Ne 56 Lorde - Man of The Year Ne 57 Miley Cyrus - Easy Lover 65 58 Goo Goo Dolls - Iris 58 59 Kiki Wera - Pool 55 60 Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile 57 61 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso 60 62 Sonny Fodera / Douglas - Tell Me 70 63 Charli XCX - Girl So Confusing 53 64 Ely Oaks & Lavinia - Borderline 64 65 Chappell Roan - Hot To Go 74 66 Teddy Swims - Lose Control 59 67 Sabrina Carpenter - Taste 61 68 MGK - Cliche 63 69 Hozier - Take Me To Church 69 70 Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams 67 71 Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) 66 72 Kettama / Interplanetary - Yosemite 76 73 Lil Tecca - Dark Thoughts 82 74 David Guetta ft Sia - Beautiful People 98 75 Natasha Beddingfield - Unwritten 92 76 Skye Newman - Hairdresser 73 77 Empire of The Sun - We Are The People 83 78 Teddy Swims - The Door 94 79 Hugel / Topic / Arash - I Adore You Re 80 WifiSkeleton & I wanna be a jack-o-lantern - Nope your too late I already died 86 81 Killers - Mr Brightside 79 82 Belters Only ft Jazzy - High In The Moment 75 83 Doechii - Anxiety 100 84 Sonny Fodera, Jazzy and D.O.D - Somedays Re 85 Macklemore / Ryan Lewis / Dalton - Can't Hold Us Re 86 Dasha - Austin 85 87 Benson Boone - Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else Re 88 Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere 93 89 Fontaines DC - Starburster 78 90 Sabrina Carpenter - Busy Woman 99 91 Paolo Nutini - Candy 91 92 Police - Every Breath You Take 96 93 Atlxs - Passo Bem Solto Ne 94 Fleetwood Mac - Silver Springs 80 95 Noah Kahan & Hozier - Northern Attitude 77 96 Gracie Abrams - I Love You I'm Sorry 72 97 Kneecap - Get Your Brits Out Ne 98 Lil Tecca - Owa Owa 87 99 Role Model - Sally When The Wine Runs Out 84 100 Renee Rapp - Leave Me Alone Top 100 Artist Albums 01 01 Amble - Reverie 04 02 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years - Don't Stop 02 03 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 03 04 Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet 05 05 Tate McRae - So Close To What 07 06 Ed Sheeran - +-=DivideX - Tour Collection 47 07 Taylor Swift - Reputation 10 08 Charli XCX - Brat 08 09 Abba - Gold 06 10 Morgan Wallen - I’m The Problem 12 11 Weeknd - The Highlights 09 12 Hozier - Hozier 14 13 Elton John - Diamonds Ne 14 Miley Cyrus - Something Beautiful 15 15 Olivia Rodrigo - Guts 16 16 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour 11 17 Fontaines DC - Romance 19 18 Chappell Roan - The Rise And Fall of A Midwest Princess 20 19 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 23 20 Pitbull - Greatest Hits 13 21 Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard And Soft 18 22 Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1) 25 23 Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department 21 24 Gracie Abrams - The Secret of Us 22 25 Avicii - Forever Avicii 24 26 Billy Joel - Piano Man: The Very Best of... 26 27 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits 29 28 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994 - 2009 28 29 Taylor Swift - Folklore 30 30 Calvin Harris - 96 Months 27 31 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream 31 32 Maroon 5 - Singles 33 33 Michael Jackson - The Essential 39 34 Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan Re 35 Taylor Swift - 1989 32 36 SZA - SOS 44 37 Zach Bryan - American Heartbreak 35 38 Queen - Greatest Hits 42 39 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits 37 40 50 Cent - Best of... 36 41 Arctic Monkeys - AM 38 42 Lady Gaga - The Fame / The Fame Monster 40 43 Kanye West - Graduation 52 44 Taylor Swift - Lover 43 45 Ed Sheeran - [Divide] 73 46 Benson Boone - Fireworks & Rollerblades 50 47 Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? 54 48 Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor's Version) 48 49 Lana Del Rey - Born To Die 45 50 Dermot Kennedy - Without Fear 46 51 Cranberries - Stars: The Best of 1992 - 2002 57 52 Linkin Park - Papercuts - Singles Collection 2000 - 2023 53 53 Script - Tales From The Script - Greatest Hits 49 54 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad 71 55 Taylor Swift - Midnights 63 56 Bruce Springsteen - Best of… 41 57 Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine 64 58 U2 - U218 Singles 72 59 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend 59 60 Nirvana - Nirvana 55 61 Post Malone - The Diamond Collection 69 62 Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa 66 63 Zach Bryan - The Great American Bar Scene 51 64 Cocomelon - Nursery Rhymes By Cocomelon 56 65 Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever 68 66 Radiohead - OK Computer 34 67 Tyler, The Creator - Igor 62 68 Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler - Private Investigations: The Best of... 58 69 Beatles - 1967 - 1970 70 70 Guns n Roses - Greatest Hits 74 71 Rolling Stones - Forty Licks 90 72 Smiths - Sound of The Smiths 60 73 Tate McRae - Think Later 75 74 Britney Spears - The Singles Collection 67 75 Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go 65 76 Lady Gaga - Mayhem 78 77 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing 86 78 Sting & The Police - Very Best of... 87 79 Calvin Harris - 18 Months Re 80 Taylor Swift - Speak Now 100 81 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Greatest Hits 88 82 50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin' 91 83 Black Eyed Peas - The Beginning 77 84 Florence & The Machine - Under Heaven Over Hell 82 85 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent 84 86 Eminem - Curtain Call 2 85 87 Frank Ocean - Channel Orange 79 88 Nirvana - Nevermind 17 89 Tyler, The Creator - Chromakopia 94 90 Green Day - God's Favorite Band - Greatest Hits 83 91 Killers - Rebel Diamonds 95 92 Oasis - Definitely Maybe 80 93 Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You: The Best of... 81 94 Billie Eilish - Don't Smile At Me 98 95 George Michael - Twenty Five Re 96 David Bowie - Legacy 89 97 Frank Ocean - Blonde Re 98 Phil Collins - The Singles 93 99 Lorde - Pure Heroine 92 100 Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia Top 30 Compilation Albums 01 01 V/A - Eurovision Song Contest 2024 – Basel 03 02 Motion Picture Cast Recording - The Greatest Showman 04 03 Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton 02 04 OST - Mama Mia 06 05 OST - Suicide Squad: The Album 07 06 OST - Moana 13 07 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Wicked 09 08 OST - Arcane League of Legends - Season 2 10 09 OST - Grease 15 10 Original Soundtrack - Barbie: The Album 12 11 OST - Frozen 14 12 OST - Fifty Shades of Grey 16 13 Celine Dion / Redi Hasa - I Am - Celine Dion (OST) 11 14 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Mama Mia - Here We Go Again 18 15 V/A - Phil Collins Plays Well With Others 17 16 OST - The Lion King [2019] 08 17 V/A - Eurovision Song Contest 2024 - Malmo 20 18 OST - A Minecraft Movie 19 19 OST - Sinners 23 20 Motion Picture Cast Recording - A Star Is Born 22 21 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Moana 2 28 22 V/A - Now 120 21 23 OST - Sing 05 24 V/A - Masters of Their Craft 24 25 Jackboys & Travis Scott - Jackboys 25 26 OST - Frozen 2 26 27 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Encanto 27 28 OST - The Fault In Our Stars 29 29 OST - Annie (2014) 31 30 V/A - Metro Boomin Pts Spiderman (Across The Spider-verse) Top 20 Independent Albums 01 01 Fontaines DC - Romance 02 02 Arctic Monkeys - AM 03 03 Radiohead - OK Computer 05 04 Frank Ocean - Blonde 06 05 Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia 07 06 Bad Bunny - Debi Tirar Mas Fotos 08 07 Dubliners - 50 Years 04 08 Kneecap - Fine Art 10 09 Radiohead - The Bends 11 10 Adele - 21 09 11 Adele - 25 16 12 Radiohead - In Rainbows 13 13 Cigarettes After Sex - Cigarettes After Sex Ne 14 Curtisy / Hikii - Beauty In The Beast 18 15 Saw Doctors - To Win Just Once: The Best of... 12 16 Shahboozey - Where I've Been Isn't Where I'm Going 36 17 Lumineers - Automatic Ne 18 Garbage - Let All That We Imagine Be The Light 14 19 Adrianne Lenker - Songs & Instrumentals 24 20 2 Johnnies - Smalll Town Heroes Top 20 Homegrown Tracks 01 01 Amble - Schoolyard Days 02 02 Kingfishr - Diamonds & Roses 03 03 Dermot Kennedy - Let Me In 04 04 CMAT - Take A Sexy Picture of Me 05 05 Kettama - It Gets Better 06 06 Khakikid - Date Night 07 07 Fontaines DC - In The Modern World 08 08 Picture This - A Thousand Times 09 09 Cian Ducrot - Little Dreaming Ne 10 Tumbling Paddies - Take Me Home Ne 11 Obsku - Seen It All Before Ne 12 Cliffords - R&H Hall 10 13 Kneecap - I Bhfiacha Linne 11 14 Simple Things - Small Town 16 15 Inhaler - Billy (Yeah Yeah Yeah) Re 16 Highstool Prophets - Zombie 12 17 Darren Kiely - Mulcair Road Re 18 Rattling Kind - All Around The Town Ne 19 Coronas - The Lakes of Pontchartrain Ne 20 2 Johnnies - Streets of New York Top 5 Music DVDs 01 01 Taylor Swift - Speak Now: World Tour Live Re 02 Luke Kelly - Performer 02 03 Coldplay - Live 2012 Re 04 One Direction - Up All Night: The Live Tour Re 05 Mike Denver - Entertainer of The Year CLASSIC COUNTDOWN 07/06/25 1986 https://www.rte.ie/radio/gold/clips/11722355/ When playing the number 20 (Sigue Sigue Sputnik) Will said that it would go on to reach the top of the charts later this month. It actually dropped to 31 the following week.

Top 50 Tracks (25/05/25 - 31/05/25) 01 Re Hothouse Flowers - Don't Go 02 Ne Hothouse Flowers - Give It Up 03 01 Bryan Adams - You Belong To Me 04 02 Amy Macdonald - Is This What You’ve Been Waiting For? 05 Re Cast of Seven Drunken Nights - The Irish Rover (Live) 06 06 Bryan Adams - I've Been Looking For You 07 08 Alex Warren - Carry You Home 08 09 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt. 09 04 Amy Macdonald - Forward 10 05 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 11 13 Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 12 03 Bryan Adams - Kick Ass 13 07 Bryan Adams - Can't Stop This Thing We Started 14 Re Hothouse Flowers - I'm Sorry 15 25 Gracie Abrams - That's So True 16 Ne Cast of Seven Drunken Nights - The Leaving of Liverpool 17 10 Bryan Adams - Make Up Your Mind 18 11 Bon Jovi - Legendary 19 Re Cast of Seven Drunken Nights - Seven Drunken Nights (Live) 20 33 Mark McCabe - Maniac 2000 21 Re Cast of Seven Drunken Nights - Black Velvet Band / Wild Rover / The Irish Rover (Live) 22 14 Bryan Adams - Never Ever Let You Go 23 Re Cast of Seven Drunken Nights - I'll Tell Me Ma (Live) 24 16 Bryan Adams - Roll With The Punches 25 24 Bruce Springsteen - My City of Ruins 26 Ne Hothouse Flowers - It’ll Be Easier In The Morning 27 37 Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart 28 Ne Hothouse Flowers - Movies 29 18 Myles Smith - Nice To Meet You 30 28 Ed Sheeran - Old Phone 31 12 Bon Jovi - Living Proof 32 Ne Cast of Seven Drunken Nights - The Monto 33 20 Myles Smith - Stargazing 34 35 Moliy, Skillibeng, Shenseea and Silent Addy - Shake It To The Max 35 Ne Robbie Williams - Rocket 36 29 Amy Macdonald - Mr Rock n Roll 37 19 Amy Macdonald - Love Love 38 17 Alex Warren - Ordinary 39 Ne Hothouse Flowers - Hallelujah Jordan 40 Ne Sparks - JanSport Backpack 41 38 Lola Young - Messy 42 32 Bruce Springsteen - Land of Hope and Dreams 43 15 Bon Jovi - Walls of Jericho 44 Re Post Malone & Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help 45 40 Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender 46 Ne Hothouse Flowers - Forgiven 47 21 Bon Jovi - The People's House 48 Ne Sparks - Don’t Dog It 49 26 Amy Macdonald - This Pretty Face 50 23 Bryan Adams - Just About Gone Top 10 Albums (25/05/25 - 31/05/25) 01 Re Hothouse Flowers - People 02 Re Original Cast Recording - Seven Drunken Nights - The Story of The Dubliners 03 04 V/A - Now Yearbook 89 04 02 Bryan Adams - Shine A Light 05 Ne Sparks - MAD! 06 Ne Hothouse Flowers - Home 07 01 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2024/05/09 Belfast, Northern Ireland 08 03 Bon Jovi - Forever 09 06 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 10 10 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA Friday saw the release of a new 8 CD box set from Hothouse Flowers consisting of their first 4 albums, each accompanied by a bonus disc of b-sides, rarities and live tracks. I played the first 2 albums and have charted them in their own right rather than as part of the complete set. Also during the week I spotted signed copies of the new Sparks album and ordered a CD which also arrived on Friday. On Thursday night the Seven Drunken Nights show returned to the Waterfont Hall in Belfast. Those albums account for the bulk of the entries to the tracks chart. The Robbie Williams single has been growing on me and I Had Some Help is back in as I keep hearing it on the NI Hit 40 chart show.

NI Hit 40 (Broadcast 01.06.2025) 01 01 Alex Warren - Ordinary 02 02 Ed Sheeran - Azizam 03 03 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 05 04 Calvin Harris & Clementine Douglas - Blessings 04 05 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 12 06 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt. 06 07 Lola Young - Messy 07 08 Myles Smith - Nice To Meet You 11 09 Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile 08 10 Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams 09 11 Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not 13 12 Alex Warren - Carry You Home 10 13 Myles Smith - Stargazing 14 14 Teddy Swims - The Door 16 15 Wizthemc ft Bees ft Honey - Show Me Love 19 16 Shahboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) 37 17 Skye Newman - Family Matters 20 18 Benson Boone - Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else 28 19 Sam Fender - People Watching 15 20 Picture This - A Thousand Times 17 21 Doechii - Anxiety 18 22 Ed Sheeran - Old Phone 22 23 Gracie Abrams - That's So True Ne 24 Alex Warren and Jelly Roll - Bloodline 27 25 Teddy Swims - Lose Control 26 26 Skye Newman - Hairdresser 33 27 Sombr - Undressed 25 28 Post Malone / Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help 24 29 Benson Boone - Mystical Magical 32 30 Boyzlife - Save The Day 29 31 Billie Eilish - Birds of a Feather 23 32 Ben Nicky and Hix ft Tori Smith - Sober Ne 33 Myles Smith - Gold 38 34 Levi Heron - The Glen 34 35 Lola Young - One Thing 30 36 David Guetta and Sia - Beautiful People 39 37 Sonny Fodera, Jazzy and D.O.D - Somedays Re 38 Sabrina Carpenter - Busy Woman 40 39 Miley Cyrus - End of The World Ne 40 Jessie J - Living My Best Life Future Breakers CMAT - Take A Sexy Picture of Me Cian Ducrot - Shalala Victor Ray - World At My Feet Miley Cyrus - Easy Lover

sWeek ending 29th May 2025 (Week 22) Top 100 Singles 01 01 Sombr - Undressed 02 02 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 03 03 Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not 04 04 Alex Warren - Ordinary 10 05 Sombr - Back To Friends Ne 06 Alex Warren ft Jelly Roll - Bloodline 05 07 Billie Eilish - Birds of A Feather 08 08 Kingfishr - Killeagh 12 09 Amble - Schoolyard Days 06 10 Calvin Harris & Clementine Douglas - Blessings Ne 11 Kingfishr - Diamonds & Roses 07 12 WizTheMC / Bees & Honey - Show Me Love 11 13 Hozier - Too Sweet 13 14 Charli XCX - Party 4 U 9 15 Tate McRae - Revolving Door 18 16 Lorde - Ribs 26 17 Dermot Kennedy - Let Me In 15 18 Ed Sheeran - Azizam 23 19 Morgan Wallen & Tate McRae - What I Want 16 20 Benson Boone - Mystical Magic 64 21 Kneecap - H.O.O.D. 25 22 Jack Black - Steve’s Lava Chicken 32 23 CMAT - Take A Sexy Picture of Me Ne 24 Max Dean / Locky / Luke Dean - Can’t Decide 17 25 Myles Smith - Stargazing 61 26 Amble - Treehouse Wings 27 27 Gracie Abrams - That’s So True 34 28 Chappell Roan - Good Luck Babe 65 29 Lola Young - One Thing 29 30 Lola Young - Messy 38 31 Moliy & Silent Addy - Shake It To The Max (Fly) Ne 32 Amble - Marlay Park 39 33 Zach Bryan - Nine Ball 22 34 Tate McRae - Sports Car 24 35 Lorde - What Was That 44 36 Kingfishr - Eyes Don't Lie 69 37 Kettama - It Gets Better 46 38 Levi Heron - The Glen 42 39 Noah Kahan - You're Gonna Go Far 30 40 Myles Smith - Nice To Meet You 35 41 Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing 33 42 Morgan Seatree - Say My Name 36 43 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt 37 44 Alex Warren - Carry You Home 62 45 Skye Newman - Family Matters 43 46 Gigi Perez - Sailor Song 41 47 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 48 48 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 40 49 Chrystal - The Days 54 50 Zach Bryan ft Kacey Musgraves - I Remember Everything 57 51 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 14 52 Zach Bryan - Pink Skies 66 53 Ely Oaks & Lavinia - Borderline 19 54 Fontaines DC - Favourite 63 55 Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile 31 56 Abor & Tynna - Baller 55 57 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso 59 58 Kiki Wera - Pool 68 59 Sabrina Carpenter - Taste 56 60 Sonny Fodera / Douglas - Tell Me Ne 61 MGK - Cliche 51 62 Fleetwood Mac - Dreams 97 63 Hozier - Take Me To Church 76 64 Chappell Roan - Hot To Go 87 65 Goo Goo Dolls - Iris Re 66 Kettama / Interplanetary - Yosemite 60 67 Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) 83 68 Lizzy McAlpine - Spring Into Summer 58 69 Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams 71 70 Charli XCX - Girl So Confusing 49 71 Tommy Cash - Espresso Macchiato Re 72 Kneecap - Get Your Brits Out 82 73 Empire of The Sun - We Are The People 72 74 Teddy Swims - Lose Control 70 75 Doechii - Anxiety 89 76 Lil Tecca - Dark Thoughts 99 77 Gracie Abrams - I Love You I'm Sorry 80 78 Sabrina Carpenter - Busy Woman 81 79 Belters Only ft Jazzy - High In The Moment 28 80 Noah Kahan & Hozier - Northern Attitude 84 81 Ed Sheeran - Old Phone 85 82 David Guetta ft Sia - Beautiful People 78 83 Teddy Swims - The Door Ne 84 Renee Rapp - Leave Me Alone 20 85 Benson Boone - Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else 95 86 Killers - Mr Brightside 75 87 Role Model - Sally When The Wine Runs Out 77 88 Morgan Wallen - Love Somebody 93 89 Post Malone / Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help 88 90 Jessie Murph - Blue Strips Re 91 Police - Every Breath You Take Ne 92 Skye Newman - Hairdresser Re 93 Fontaines DC - Starburster 91 94 Hugel / Topic / Arash - I Adore You 92 95 Lady Gaga - Abracadabra Re 96 Atlxs - Passo Bem Solto Re 97 Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man 94 98 Natasha Beddingfield - Unwritten Re 99 Paolo Nutini - Candy 79 100 Sonny Fodera, Jazzy and D.O.D - Somedays Top 100 Artist Albums Ne 01 Amble - Reverie 04 02 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 03 03 Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet 05 04 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years - Don't Stop 01 05 Tate McRae - So Close To What 02 06 Morgan Wallen - I’m The Problem 06 07 Ed Sheeran - +-=DivideX - Tour Collection 08 08 Abba - Gold 07 09 Hozier - Hozier 09 10 Charli XCX - Brat 14 11 Fontaines DC - Romance 12 12 Weeknd - The Highlights 13 13 Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard And Soft 10 14 Elton John - Diamonds 19 15 Olivia Rodrigo - Guts 20 16 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour 69 17 Tyler, The Creator - Chromakopia 16 18 Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1) 17 19 Chappell Roan - The Rise And Fall of A Midwest Princess 15 20 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 21 21 Gracie Abrams - The Secret of Us 11 22 Avicii - Forever Avicii 18 23 Pitbull - Greatest Hits 22 24 Billy Joel - Piano Man: The Very Best of... 25 25 Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department 27 26 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits 28 27 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream 35 28 Taylor Swift - Folklore 24 29 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994 - 2009 23 30 Calvin Harris - 96 Months 30 31 Maroon 5 - Singles 33 32 SZA - SOS 29 33 Michael Jackson - The Essential Re 34 Tyler, The Creator - Igor 37 35 Queen - Greatest Hits 42 36 Arctic Monkeys - AM 40 37 50 Cent - Best of... 36 38 Lady Gaga - The Fame / The Fame Monster 51 39 Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan 43 40 Kanye West - Graduation 41 41 Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine 34 42 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits 38 43 Ed Sheeran - [Divide] 60 44 Zach Bryan - American Heartbreak 70 45 Dermot Kennedy - Without Fear 44 46 Cranberries - Stars: The Best of 1992 - 2002 76 47 Taylor Swift - Reputation 61 48 Lana Del Rey - Born To Die 49 49 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad 47 50 Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? 63 51 Cocomelon - Nursery Rhymes By Cocomelon 56 52 Taylor Swift - Lover 46 53 Script - Tales From The Script - Greatest Hits 58 54 Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor's Version) 54 55 Post Malone - The Diamond Collection 81 56 Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever 59 57 Linkin Park - Papercuts - Singles Collection 2000 - 2023 48 58 Beatles - 1967 - 1970 66 59 Nirvana - Nirvana 26 60 Tate McRae - Think Later 31 61 Sleep Token - Even In Arcadia 50 62 Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler - Private Investigations: The Best of... 39 63 Bruce Springsteen - Best of… 62 64 U2 - U218 Singles 53 65 Lady Gaga - Mayhem 74 66 Zach Bryan - The Great American Bar Scene 85 67 Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go Re 68 Radiohead - OK Computer 55 69 Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa 65 70 Guns n Roses - Greatest Hits 77 71 Taylor Swift - Midnights 32 72 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend 67 73 Benson Boone - Fireworks & Rollerblades 64 74 Rolling Stones - Forty Licks 68 75 Britney Spears - The Singles Collection Re 76 Kneecap - Fine Art 79 77 Florence & The Machine - Under Heaven Over Hell Re 78 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing Re 79 Nirvana - Nevermind 87 80 Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You: The Best of... Re 81 Billie Eilish - Don't Smile At Me 90 82 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent 82 83 Killers - Rebel Diamonds 89 84 Eminem - Curtain Call 2 99 85 Frank Ocean - Channel Orange 78 86 Sting & The Police - Very Best of... 57 87 Calvin Harris - 18 Months 94 88 50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin' 98 89 Frank Ocean - Blonde 92 90 Smiths - Sound of The Smiths 86 91 Black Eyed Peas - The Beginning Re 92 Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia Re 93 Lorde - Pure Heroine 88 94 Green Day - God's Favorite Band - Greatest Hits 84 95 Oasis - Definitely Maybe 73 96 Bryan Adams - So Far So Good 80 97 Amble - The Commons 75 98 George Michael - Twenty Five 100 99 Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour 72 100 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Greatest Hits Top 30 Compilation Albums 01 01 V/A - Eurovision Song Contest 2024 – Basel 02 02 OST - Mama Mia 03 03 Motion Picture Cast Recording - The Greatest Showman 04 04 Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton Ne 05 V/A - Masters of Their Craft 05 06 OST - Suicide Squad: The Album 07 07 OST - Moana 06 08 V/A - Eurovision Song Contest 2024 - Malmo 09 09 OST - Arcane League of Legends - Season 2 08 10 OST - Grease 10 11 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Mama Mia - Here We Go Again 17 12 OST - Frozen 14 13 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Wicked 15 14 OST - Fifty Shades of Grey 16 15 Original Soundtrack - Barbie: The Album 12 16 Celine Dion / Redi Hasa - I Am - Celine Dion (OST) 19 17 OST - The Lion King [2019] 13 18 V/A - Phil Collins Plays Well With Others 11 19 OST - Sinners 18 20 OST - A Minecraft Movie 20 21 OST - Sing 21 22 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Moana 2 22 23 Motion Picture Cast Recording - A Star Is Born 32 24 Jackboys & Travis Scott - Jackboys 26 25 OST - Frozen 2 27 26 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Encanto 25 27 OST - The Fault In Our Stars 23 28 V/A - Now 120 28 29 OST - Annie (2014) 24 30 V/A - Eurovision Song Contest 2023 - Liverpool Top 20 Independent Albums 01 01 Fontaines DC - Romance 02 02 Arctic Monkeys - AM 05 03 Radiohead - OK Computer 13 04 Kneecap - Fine Art 04 05 Frank Ocean - Blonde 07 06 Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia 03 07 Bad Bunny - Debi Tirar Mas Fotos 08 08 Dubliners - 50 Years 09 09 Adele - 25 14 10 Radiohead - The Bends 10 11 Adele - 21 06 12 Shahboozey - Where I've Been Isn't Where I'm Going 16 13 Cigarettes After Sex - Cigarettes After Sex 15 14 Adrianne Lenker - Songs & Instrumentals Ne 15 Sterolab - Instant Holograms On Metal Film 12 16 Radiohead - In Rainbows Ne 17 Orbital - Orbital 2 11 18 Saw Doctors - To Win Just Once: The Best of... Ne 19 Sparks - Mad! 17 20 Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What... Top 20 Homegrown Tracks 01 01 Amble - Schoolyard Days Ne 02 Kingfishr - Diamonds & Roses 02 03 Dermot Kennedy - Let Me In 03 04 CMAT - Take A Sexy Picture of Me 05 05 Kettama - It Gets Better 07 06 Khakikid - Date Night Re 07 Fontaines DC - In The Modern World 10 08 Picture This - A Thousand Times 09 09 Cian Ducrot - Little Dreaming 14 10 Kneecap - I Bhfiacha Linne 11 11 Simple Things - Small Town 12 12 Darren Kiely - Mulcair Road 15 13 Coronas - Ghosting 13 14 Highstool Prophets - Dirty Old Town Ne 15 Belters Only ft Jazzy - Hanging With The DJ 18 16 Inhaler - Billy (Yeah Yeah Yeah) Re 17 Mary Wallopers - The Broad Majestic Shannon Ne 18 For Those I Love - Of The Sorrows 17 19 Billy Gilles ft Hannah Boleyn - Right Here All Along Re 20 Dan McCabe - Caledonia Top 5 Music DVDs 01 01 Taylor Swift - Speak Now: World Tour Live Re 02 Coldplay - Live 2012 Ne 03 Andre Rieu - Power of Love 02 04 Rod Stewart - One Night Only (Live At Royal Albert Hall) Re 05 Dubliners - Late Late Show Tribute Ne 17 Orbital - Orbital 2 This is an expanded re-issue of the band's second album from 1993. CLASSIC COUNTDOWN 31/05/25 1980 www.rte.ie/radio/gold/clips/11720832/

Top 50 Tracks (18/05/25 - 24/05/25) 01 Re Bryan Adams - You Belong To Me 02 02 Amy Macdonald - Is This What You’ve Been Waiting For? 03 04 Bryan Adams - Kick Ass 04 01 Amy Macdonald - Forward 05 05 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 06 12 Bryan Adams - I've Been Looking For You 07 29 Bryan Adams - Can't Stop This Thing We Started 08 08 Alex Warren - Carry You Home 09 03 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt. 10 18 Bryan Adams - Make Up Your Mind 11 07 Bon Jovi - Legendary 12 10 Bon Jovi - Living Proof 13 32 Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 14 09 Bryan Adams - Never Ever Let You Go 15 19 Bon Jovi - Walls of Jericho 16 28 Bryan Adams - Roll With The Punches 17 11 Alex Warren - Ordinary 18 16 Myles Smith - Nice To Meet You 19 14 Amy Macdonald - Love Love 20 20 Myles Smith - Stargazing 21 22 Bon Jovi - The People's House 22 Re Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire 23 21 Bryan Adams - Just About Gone 24 Ne Bruce Springsteen - My City of Ruins 25 24 Gracie Abrams - That's So True 26 13 Amy Macdonald - This Pretty Face 27 27 Bon Jovi - We Made It Look Easy 28 26 Ed Sheeran - Old Phone 29 17 Amy Macdonald - Mr Rock n Roll 30 Re Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance 31 Re Holly Johnson - Love Train 32 Re Bruce Springsteen - Land of Hope and Dreams 33 06 Mark McCabe - Maniac 2000 34 15 Amy Macdonald - Barrowland Ballroom 35 Ne Moliy, Skillibeng, Shenseea and Silent Addy - Shake It To The Max 36 Ne Black Box - Ride On Time 37 25 Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart 38 23 Lola Young - Messy 39 43 Bryan Adams - Summer of '69 40 31 Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender 41 Re OMD - Look At You Now 42 Re Lewis Capaldi - How I'm Feeling Now 43 Re OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 44 37 Shahboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) 45 Ne Shakespears Sister - You’re History 46 36 Benson Boone - Sorry I’m Here For Someone Else 47 Re Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me 48 35 Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run 49 49 Bon Jovi - Kiss The Bride 50 34 Sonny Fodera, , Jazzy & D.O.D. - Somedays Top 10 Albums (18/05/25 - 24/05/25) 01 02 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2024/05/09 Belfast, Northern Ireland 02 01 Bryan Adams - Shine A Light 03 03 Bon Jovi - Forever 04 Re V/A - Now Yearbook 89 05 Re Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2024/05/16 Cork, Ireland 06 07 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 07 Re Lewis Capaldi - Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent 08 Re OMD - Bauhaus Staircase 09 04 Bryan Adams - Classic 10 06 Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA Bryan Adams week with the Belfast gig on Wednesday being up to his usual high standard. Earlier in the week I had continued to listen to Bruce Springsteen's live shows from 2024 and having finally picked up my Now Yearbook 89 on Monday I finally got to listen to it on Saturday. Also during the week was looking through my favourite albums playlist on Spotify and picked out Lewis Capaldi and OMD. Also on the singles chart Shake It To The Max makes it's debut, having grown on me over the last couple of weeks. And a couple of Springsteen tracks enter this week after featuring on his new live EP recorded earlier in the month during a show in Manchester.

NI Hit 40 (Broadcast 25.05.2025) 01 01 Alex Warren - Ordinary 02 02 Ed Sheeran - Azizam 03 03 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 05 04 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 08 05 Calvin Harris & Clementine Douglas - Blessings 04 06 Lola Young - Messy 06 07 Myles Smith - Nice To Meet You 15 08 Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams 13 09 Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not 12 10 Myles Smith - Stargazing 09 11 Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile 07 12 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt. 22 13 Alex Warren - Carry You Home 14 14 Teddy Swims - The Door Ne 15 Picture This - A Thousand Times 10 16 Wizthemc ft Bees ft Honey - Show Me Love 11 17 Doechii - Anxiety 19 18 Ed Sheeran - Old Phone 18 19 Shahboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) 21 20 Benson Boone - Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else 26 21 Moliy, Skillibeng, Shenseea and Silent Addy - Shake It To The Max 23 22 Gracie Abrams - That's So True 20 23 Ben Nicky and Hix ft Tori Smith - Sober 31 24 Benson Boone - Mystical Magical 24 25 Post Malone / Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help 37 26 Skye Newman - Hairdresser 16 27 Teddy Swims - Lose Control 29 28 Sam Fender - People Watching 30 29 Billie Eilish - Birds of a Feather 27 30 David Guetta and Sia - Beautiful People 25 31 Chappell Roan - The Giver 33 32 Boyzlife - Save The Day 34 33 Sombr - Undressed Ne 34 Lola Young - One Thing 40 35 Tate McRae - Revolving Door 32 36 Lady Gaga - Abracadabra Ne 37 Skye Newman - Family Matters Ne 38 Levi Heron - The Glen 35 39 Sonny Fodera, Jazzy and D.O.D - Somedays 28 40 Miley Cyrus - End of The World Future Breakers Nathan Dawe and Shayan - Over You Jessie J - Living My Best Life Alex Warren and Jelly Roll - Bloodline

Week ending 22nd May 2025 (Week 21) Top 100 Singles 01 01 Sombr - Undressed 02 02 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 03 03 Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not 04 04 Alex Warren - Ordinary 05 05 Billie Eilish - Birds of A Feather 09 06 Calvin Harris & Clementine Douglas - Blessings 06 07 WizTheMC / Bees & Honey - Show Me Love 07 08 Kingfishr - Killeagh 11 09 Tate McRae - Revolving Door 08 10 Sombr - Back To Friends 13 11 Hozier - Too Sweet 10 12 Amble - Schoolyard Days 12 13 Charli XCX - Party 4 U 14 14 Zach Bryan - Pink Skies 15 15 Ed Sheeran - Azizam 16 16 Benson Boone - Mystical Magic 19 17 Myles Smith - Stargazing 23 18 Lorde - Ribs 20 19 Fontaines DC - Favourite 17 20 Benson Boone - Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else 21 21 Dasha - Austin 30 22 Tate McRae - Sports Car Ne 23 Morgan Wallen & Tate McRae - What I Want 18 24 Lorde - What Was That 22 25 Jack Black - Steve’s Lava Chicken 29 26 Dermot Kennedy - Let Me In 26 27 Gracie Abrams - That’s So True 25 28 Noah Kahan & Hozier - Northern Attitude 24 29 Lola Young - Messy 28 30 Myles Smith - Nice To Meet You Ne 31 Abor & Tynna - Baller 27 32 CMAT - Take A Sexy Picture of Me 33 33 Morgan Seatree - Say My Name 32 34 Chappell Roan - Good Luck Babe 35 35 Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing 31 36 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt 36 37 Alex Warren - Carry You Home 54 38 Moliy & Silent Addy - Shake It To The Max (Fly) 42 39 Zach Bryan - Nine Ball 40 40 Chrystal - The Days 37 41 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 43 42 Noah Kahan - You're Gonna Go Far 39 43 Gigi Perez - Sailor Song 41 44 Kingfishr - Eyes Don't Lie 45 45 Amble - Swan Song Ne 46 Levi Heron - The Glen 46 47 Charli XCX ft Billie Eilish - Guess 47 48 Noah Kahan - Stick Season Ne 49 Tommy Cash - Espresso Macchiato Ne 50 Kaj - Bara Bada Bastu 67 51 Fleetwood Mac - Dreams 98 52 Tate McRae - Miss Possessive Ne 53 JJ - Wasted Love 60 54 Zach Bryan ft Kacey Musgraves - I Remember Everything 57 55 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso 59 56 Sonny Fodera / Douglas - Tell Me 64 57 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 55 58 Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams 49 59 Kiki Wera - Pool 58 60 Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) 53 61 Amble - Treehouse Wings Ne 62 Skye Newman - Family Matters 56 63 Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile 48 64 Kneecap - H.O.O.D. Ne 65 Lola Young - One Thing 52 66 Ely Oaks & Lavinia - Borderline 44 67 Selena Gomez / Benny Blanco - Bluest Flame 61 68 Sabrina Carpenter - Taste 70 69 Kettama - It Gets Better 50 70 Doechii - Anxiety 51 71 Charli XCX - Girl So Confusing 68 72 Teddy Swims - Lose Control Ne 73 Kingfishr - Gloria 69 74 Ely Oaks - Running Around 65 75 Role Model - Sally When The Wine Runs Out Re 76 Chappell Roan - Hot To Go 99 77 Morgan Wallen - Love Somebody 73 78 Teddy Swims - The Door 77 79 Sonny Fodera, Jazzy and D.O.D - Somedays 66 80 Sabrina Carpenter - Busy Woman 75 81 Belters Only ft Jazzy - High In The Moment 80 82 Empire of The Sun - We Are The People 62 83 Lizzy McAlpine - Spring Into Summer 38 84 Ed Sheeran - Old Phone 94 85 David Guetta ft Sia - Beautiful People Re 86 Morgan Wallen - I'm The Problem 76 87 Goo Goo Dolls - Iris 63 88 Jessie Murph - Blue Strips 74 89 Lil Tecca - Dark Thoughts Re 90 Emmy - Laika Party 88 91 Hugel / Topic / Arash - I Adore You 71 92 Lady Gaga - Abracadabra 83 93 Post Malone / Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help 81 94 Natasha Beddingfield - Unwritten 87 95 Killers - Mr Brightside 78 96 Beluga Lagoon - The Glen Re 97 Hozier - Take Me To Church 89 98 Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere 82 99 Gracie Abrams - I Love You I'm Sorry 79 100 Drake - Nokia Top 100 Artist Albums 05 01 Tate McRae - So Close To What Ne 02 Morgan Wallen - I’m The Problem 02 03 Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet 04 04 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 06 05 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years - Don't Stop 07 06 Ed Sheeran - +-=DivideX - Tour Collection 21 07 Hozier - Hozier 09 08 Abba - Gold 08 09 Charli XCX - Brat 10 10 Elton John - Diamonds Ne 11 Avicii - Forever Avicii 11 12 Weeknd - The Highlights 14 13 Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard And Soft 12 14 Fontaines DC - Romance 17 15 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 13 16 Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1) 15 17 Chappell Roan - The Rise And Fall of A Midwest Princess 20 18 Pitbull - Greatest Hits 16 19 Olivia Rodrigo - Guts 18 20 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour 19 21 Gracie Abrams - The Secret of Us 22 22 Billy Joel - Piano Man: The Very Best of... 24 23 Calvin Harris - 96 Months 25 24 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994 - 2009 23 25 Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department 63 26 Tate McRae - Think Later 28 27 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits 30 28 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream 32 29 Michael Jackson - The Essential 29 30 Maroon 5 - Singles 03 31 Sleep Token - Even In Arcadia 39 32 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend 26 33 SZA - SOS 37 34 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits 33 35 Taylor Swift - Folklore 27 36 Lady Gaga - The Fame / The Fame Monster 38 37 Queen - Greatest Hits 35 38 Ed Sheeran - [Divide] 58 39 Bruce Springsteen - Best of… 41 40 50 Cent - Best of... 34 41 Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine 40 42 Arctic Monkeys - AM 42 43 Kanye West - Graduation 47 44 Cranberries - Stars: The Best of 1992 - 2002 66 45 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 44 46 Script - Tales From The Script - Greatest Hits 46 47 Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? 53 48 Beatles - 1967 - 1970 52 49 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad 62 50 Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler - Private Investigations: The Best of... 55 51 Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan Re 52 Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing – The Very Best of… 36 53 Lady Gaga - Mayhem 50 54 Post Malone - The Diamond Collection 54 55 Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa 49 56 Taylor Swift - Lover 59 57 Calvin Harris - 18 Months 51 58 Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor's Version) 56 59 Linkin Park - Papercuts - Singles Collection 2000 - 2023 61 60 Zach Bryan - American Heartbreak 48 61 Lana Del Rey - Born To Die 65 62 U2 - U218 Singles 57 63 Cocomelon - Nursery Rhymes By Cocomelon 69 64 Rolling Stones - Forty Licks 70 65 Guns n Roses - Greatest Hits 67 66 Nirvana - Nirvana 60 67 Benson Boone - Fireworks & Rollerblades 71 68 Britney Spears - The Singles Collection Re 69 Tyler, The Creator - Chromakopia 68 70 Dermot Kennedy - Without Fear 43 71 Bad Bunny - Debi Tirar Mas Fotos 93 72 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Greatest Hits Re 73 Bryan Adams - So Far So Good 79 74 Zach Bryan - The Great American Bar Scene 75 75 George Michael - Twenty Five 72 76 Taylor Swift - Reputation 64 77 Taylor Swift - Midnights Re 78 Sting & The Police - Very Best of... 77 79 Florence & The Machine - Under Heaven Over Hell 78 80 Amble - The Commons 73 81 Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever 76 82 Killers - Rebel Diamonds 84 83 Phil Collins - The Singles 91 84 Oasis - Definitely Maybe 82 85 Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go 99 86 Black Eyed Peas - The Beginning 90 87 Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You: The Best of... 81 88 Green Day - God's Favorite Band - Greatest Hits 83 89 Eminem - Curtain Call 2 88 90 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent 96 91 Harry Styles - Harry's House 92 92 Smiths - Sound of The Smiths Re 93 Bob Dylan - The Essential 89 94 50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin' Re 95 David Guetta - One Love Re 96 Harry Styles - Fine Line 97 97 David Bowie - Legacy 94 98 Frank Ocean - Blonde Re 99 Frank Ocean - Channel Orange Re 100 Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour Top 30 Compilation Albums 01 01 V/A - Eurovision Song Contest 2024 – Basel 02 02 OST - Mama Mia 03 03 Motion Picture Cast Recording - The Greatest Showman 04 04 Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton 05 05 OST - Suicide Squad: The Album 22 06 V/A - Eurovision Song Contest 2024 - Malmo 06 07 OST - Moana 09 08 OST - Grease 08 09 OST - Arcane League of Legends - Season 2 11 10 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Mama Mia - Here We Go Again 07 11 OST - Sinners 12 12 Celine Dion / Redi Hasa - I Am - Celine Dion (OST) 14 13 V/A - Phil Collins Plays Well With Others 10 14 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Wicked 13 15 OST - Fifty Shades of Grey 15 16 Original Soundtrack - Barbie: The Album 17 17 OST - Frozen 16 18 OST - A Minecraft Movie 18 19 OST - The Lion King [2019] 21 20 OST - Sing 20 21 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Moana 2 19 22 Motion Picture Cast Recording - A Star Is Born 24 23 V/A - Now 120 34 24 V/A - Eurovision Song Contest 2023 - Liverpool 23 25 OST - The Fault In Our Stars 25 26 OST - Frozen 2 27 27 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Encanto 26 28 OST - Annie (2014) 56 29 V/A - Eurovision Song Contest 2021 – Rotterdam 52 30 V/A - Eurovision Song Contest 2022 – Turin Top 20 Independent Albums 01 01 Fontaines DC - Romance 02 02 Arctic Monkeys - AM 03 03 Bad Bunny - Debi Tirar Mas Fotos 05 04 Frank Ocean - Blonde 04 05 Radiohead - OK Computer 06 06 Shahboozey - Where I've Been Isn't Where I'm Going 07 07 Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia 08 08 Dubliners - 50 Years 10 09 Adele - 25 12 10 Adele - 21 14 11 Saw Doctors - To Win Just Once: The Best of... 13 12 Radiohead - In Rainbows 11 13 Kneecap - Fine Art 17 14 Radiohead - The Bends 16 15 Adrianne Lenker - Songs & Instrumentals 15 16 Cigarettes After Sex - Cigarettes After Sex 18 17 Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What... Re 18 David Gray - Greatest Hits 21 19 Wolfe Tones - At Their Very Best - Live 27 20 2 Johnnies - Smalll Town Heroes Top 20 Homegrown Tracks 01 01 Amble - Schoolyard Days 03 02 Dermot Kennedy - Let Me In 02 03 CMAT - Take A Sexy Picture of Me 04 04 Kingfishr - Man On The Moon 05 05 Kettama - It Gets Better 06 06 Belters Only ft Jazzy - High In The Moment 07 07 Khakikid - Date Night 08 08 Fontaines DC - It's Amazing To Be Young 10 09 Cian Ducrot - Little Dreaming 09 10 Picture This - A Thousand Times 11 11 Simple Things - Small Town 13 12 Darren Kiely - Mulcair Road Ne 13 Highstool Prophets - Dirty Old Town 12 14 Kneecap - I Bhfiacha Linne 16 15 Coronas - Ghosting 14 16 Moncrieff - Shangri-La 18 17 Billy Gilles ft Hannah Boleyn - Right Here All Along 20 18 Inhaler - Billy (Yeah Yeah Yeah) Re 19 Keywest - The Things I Wish I'd Done Re 20 Jordan Adetunji / Bryson Tiller - 305.0 Top 5 Music DVDs 02 01 Taylor Swift - Speak Now: World Tour Live Re 02 Rod Stewart - One Night Only (Live At Royal Albert Hall) Re 03 Nathan Carter - Live In Concert Re 04 Andre Rieu & Johann Strauss Orchestra - Love In Maastricht Re 05 Andre Rieu & Johann Strauss Orchestra - Magical Maastricht CLASSIC COUNTDOWN 24/05/25 2002 https://www.rte.ie/radio/gold/clips/11719216/ Bryan Adams is far from the 1 week he is credited with by IRMA. The album actually entered at number 1 when it was released at the start of November 1993 and remained there until the end of January 1994.

Top 50 Tracks (11/05/25 - 17/05/25) 01 Ne Amy Macdonald - Forward 02 02 Amy Macdonald - Is This What You’ve Been Waiting For? 03 03 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt. 04 24 Bryan Adams - Kick Ass 05 04 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 06 01 Mark McCabe - Maniac 2000 07 05 Bon Jovi - Legendary 08 06 Alex Warren - Carry You Home 09 19 Bryan Adams - Never Ever Let You Go 10 11 Bon Jovi - Living Proof 11 14 Alex Warren - Ordinary 12 22 Bryan Adams - I've Been Looking For You 13 16 Amy Macdonald - This Pretty Face 14 18 Amy Macdonald - Love Love 15 12 Amy Macdonald - Barrowland Ballroom 16 13 Myles Smith - Nice To Meet You 17 07 Amy Macdonald - Mr Rock n Roll 18 23 Bryan Adams - Make Up Your Mind 19 09 Bon Jovi - Walls of Jericho 20 08 Myles Smith - Stargazing 21 29 Bryan Adams - Just About Gone 22 15 Bon Jovi - The People's House 23 20 Lola Young - Messy 24 25 Gracie Abrams - That's So True 25 Re Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart 26 Ne Ed Sheeran - Old Phone 27 17 Bon Jovi - We Made It Look Easy 28 28 Bryan Adams - Roll With The Punches 29 Re Bryan Adams - Can't Stop This Thing We Started 30 10 Alan Fletcher - (I’ve Got A) Crush On Susie K 31 Re Bruce Springsteen - No Surrender 32 30 Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 33 Re Bruce Springsteen - Darlington County 34 Ne Sonny Fodera, , Jazzy & D.O.D. - Somedays 35 Re Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run 36 26 Benson Boone - Sorry I’m Here For Someone Else 37 27 Shahboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) 38 32 Boyzlife - Dancing With The Echoes 39 Re Bruce Springsteen - Badlands 40 Re Bruce Springsteen - Ghosts 41 21 Ralph McTell - Streets of London 42 Ne Bryan Adams - Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman 43 Re Bryan Adams - Summer of '69 44 33 Amy Macdonald - Poison Prince 45 36 Bryan Adams - Part Friday Night, Part Sunday Morning 46 Ne Boyzlife - Save The Day 47 31 Amy Macdonald - This Is The Life 48 38 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 49 39 Bon Jovi - Kiss The Bride 50 Ne Bill Wyman - I Lost My Ring Top 10 Albums (11/05/25 - 17/05/25) 01 02 Bryan Adams - Shine A Light 02 05 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2024/05/09 Belfast, Northern Ireland 03 01 Bon Jovi - Forever 04 Re Bryan Adams - Classic 05 04 Amy Macdonald - This Is The Life 06 Re Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 07 06 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 08 Ne Bill Wyman - Back To Basics 09 03 Amy Macdonald - A Curious Thing 10 07 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms Giving Bruce in Belfast a proper listen this week just over a year after the gig took place. The Bill Wyman album popped up on a Facebook post at one point and I decided to give it a play as I was fortunate enough to pick up a signed copy in a record shop in Belfast when it came out. And ahead of his upcoming Belfast show it was time to remind myself of some Bryan Adams classics. On the singles chart there's a new number one - I love the latest one from Amy Macdonald and the Springsteen inspired intro helps it. Some Days has been around for a good while but has never been able to break into the Top 50 until now. The new ones from Ed Sheeran and Boyzlife have come under the radar since their releases and both make the chart this week.

Week ending 15th May 2025 (Week 20) Top 100 Singles 04 01 Sombr - Undressed 02 02 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 03 03 Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not 05 04 Alex Warren - Ordinary 06 05 Billie Eilish - Birds of A Feather 07 06 WizTheMC / Bees & Honey - Show Me Love 01 07 Kingfishr - Killeagh 08 08 Sombr - Back To Friends Ne 09 Calvin Harris & Clementine Douglas - Blessings 10 10 Amble - Schoolyard Days 13 11 Tate McRae - Revolving Door 11 12 Charli XCX - Party 4 U 15 13 Hozier - Too Sweet 14 14 Zach Bryan - Pink Skies 17 15 Ed Sheeran - Azizam 30 16 Benson Boone - Mystical Magic 18 17 Benson Boone - Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else 16 18 Lorde - What Was That 22 19 Myles Smith - Stargazing 23 20 Fontaines DC - Favourite 21 21 Dasha - Austin 19 22 Jack Black - Steve’s Lava Chicken 34 23 Lorde - Ribs 24 24 Lola Young - Messy 26 25 Noah Kahan & Hozier - Northern Attitude 25 26 Gracie Abrams - That’s So True Ne 27 CMAT - Take A Sexy Picture of Me 27 28 Myles Smith - Nice To Meet You 28 29 Dermot Kennedy - Let Me In 36 30 Tate McRae - Sports Car 32 31 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt 33 32 Chappell Roan - Good Luck Babe 39 33 Morgan Seatree - Say My Name 37 34 Kingfishr - Flowers-Fire 43 35 Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing 35 36 Alex Warren - Carry You Home 09 37 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 46 38 Ed Sheeran - Old Phone 45 39 Gigi Perez - Sailor Song 41 40 Chrystal - The Days Ne/Re 41 Kingfishr - Eyes Don't Lie 47 42 Zach Bryan - Nine Ball 48 43 Noah Kahan - You're Gonna Go Far 42 44 Selena Gomez / Benny Blanco - Bluest Flame 38 45 Amble - Swan Song 40 46 Charli XCX ft Billie Eilish - Guess 49 47 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 31 48 Kneecap - H.O.O.D. 61 49 Kiki Wera - Pool 12 50 Doechii - Anxiety 69 51 Charli XCX - Girl So Confusing Ne 52 Ely Oaks & Lavinia - Borderline Ne 53 Amble - Treehouse Wings 71 54 Moliy & Silent Addy - Shake It To The Max (Fly) 51 55 Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams 55 56 Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile 52 57 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso 59 58 Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) 50 59 Sonny Fodera / Douglas - Tell Me 54 60 Zach Bryan ft Kacey Musgraves - I Remember Everything 53 61 Sabrina Carpenter - Taste 44 62 Lizzy McAlpine - Spring Into Summer 97 63 Jessie Murph - Blue Strips 64 64 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 68 65 Role Model - Sally When The Wine Runs Out 56 66 Sabrina Carpenter - Busy Woman 73 67 Fleetwood Mac - Dreams 57 68 Teddy Swims - Lose Control 63 69 Ely Oaks - Running Around 70 70 Kettama - It Gets Better 58 71 Lady Gaga - Abracadabra 62 72 Chappell Roan - The Giver 65 73 Teddy Swims - The Door 76 74 Lil Tecca - Dark Thoughts 78 75 Belters Only ft Jazzy - High In The Moment 75 76 Goo Goo Dolls - Iris 67 77 Sonny Fodera, Jazzy and D.O.D - Somedays 60 78 Beluga Lagoon - The Glen 77 79 Drake - Nokia 80 80 Empire of The Sun - We Are The People 74 81 Natasha Beddingfield - Unwritten 79 82 Gracie Abrams - I Love You I'm Sorry 90 83 Post Malone / Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help Ne 84 WifiSkeleton & I wanna be a jack-o-lantern - Nope your too late I already died 83 85 Taylor Swift ft Post Malone - Fortnight 91 86 Morgan Wallen / Post Malone - I Ain’t Comin’ Back 87 87 Killers - Mr Brightside 92 88 Hugel / Topic / Arash - I Adore You 100 89 Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere 82 90 Miley Cyrus - End of The World 96 91 Paolo Nutini - Candy 85 92 Atlxs - Passo Bem Solto Re 93 CMAT - Running / Planning 98 94 David Guetta ft Sia - Beautiful People 89 95 Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us 72 96 Addison Rae - Headphones On 93 97 Florence & The Machine - Dog Days Are Over Ne 98 Tate McRae - Miss Possessive Re 99 Morgan Wallen - Love Somebody 86 100 Jennie - Like Jennie Top 100 Artist Albums Ne 01 Moncrieff - Maybe It’s Fine 01 02 Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet Ne 03 Sleep Token - Even In Arcadia 02 04 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 07 05 Tate McRae - So Close To What 03 06 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years - Don't Stop 04 07 Ed Sheeran - +-=DivideX - Tour Collection 05 08 Charli XCX - Brat 08 09 Abba - Gold 11 10 Elton John - Diamonds 10 11 Weeknd - The Highlights 06 12 Fontaines DC - Romance 09 13 Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1) 12 14 Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard And Soft 13 15 Chappell Roan - The Rise And Fall of A Midwest Princess 14 16 Olivia Rodrigo - Guts 17 17 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 20 18 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour 18 19 Gracie Abrams - The Secret of Us 15 20 Pitbull - Greatest Hits 19 21 Hozier - Hozier 22 22 Billy Joel - Piano Man: The Very Best of... 21 23 Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department 23 24 Calvin Harris - 96 Months 29 25 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994 - 2009 28 26 SZA - SOS 24 27 Lady Gaga - The Fame / The Fame Monster 27 28 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits 32 29 Maroon 5 - Singles 31 30 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream Ne 31 PinkPantheress - Fancy That 30 32 Michael Jackson - The Essential 33 33 Taylor Swift - Folklore 25 34 Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine 36 35 Ed Sheeran - [Divide] 26 36 Lady Gaga - Mayhem 34 37 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits 35 38 Queen - Greatest Hits 38 39 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend 37 40 Arctic Monkeys - AM 47 41 50 Cent - Best of... 46 42 Kanye West - Graduation 82 43 Bad Bunny - Debi Tirar Mas Fotos 40 44 Script - Tales From The Script - Greatest Hits Ne 45 Arcade Fire - Pink Elephant 52 46 Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? 48 47 Cranberries - Stars: The Best of 1992 - 2002 58 48 Lana Del Rey - Born To Die 43 49 Taylor Swift - Lover 54 50 Post Malone - The Diamond Collection 44 51 Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor's Version) 50 52 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad 56 53 Beatles - 1967 - 1970 45 54 Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa 59 55 Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan 49 56 Linkin Park - Papercuts - Singles Collection 2000 - 2023 39 57 Cocomelon - Nursery Rhymes By Cocomelon 41 58 Bruce Springsteen - Best of… 51 59 Calvin Harris - 18 Months 42 60 Benson Boone - Fireworks & Rollerblades 61 61 Zach Bryan - American Heartbreak 62 62 Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler - Private Investigations: The Best of... 99 63 Tate McRae - Think Later 57 64 Taylor Swift - Midnights 63 65 U2 - U218 Singles 65 66 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 55 67 Nirvana - Nirvana 64 68 Dermot Kennedy - Without Fear 68 69 Rolling Stones - Forty Licks 72 70 Guns n Roses - Greatest Hits 53 71 Britney Spears - The Singles Collection 66 72 Taylor Swift - Reputation 67 73 Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever 80 74 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing 77 75 George Michael - Twenty Five 74 76 Killers - Rebel Diamonds 69 77 Florence & The Machine - Under Heaven Over Hell 60 78 Amble - The Commons 83 79 Zach Bryan - The Great American Bar Scene Re 80 Twenty One Pilots - Clancy 71 81 Green Day - God's Favorite Band - Greatest Hits 73 82 Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go 86 83 Eminem - Curtain Call 2 88 84 Phil Collins - The Singles Re 85 Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow 91 86 Radiohead - OK Computer Re 87 Twenty One Pilots - Blurryface 93 88 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent Re 89 50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin' 85 90 Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You: The Best of... 96 91 Oasis - Definitely Maybe 87 92 Smiths - Sound of The Smiths 70 93 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Greatest Hits 97 94 Frank Ocean - Blonde 79 95 Kendrick Lamar - GNX 94 96 Harry Styles - Harry's House Re 97 David Bowie - Legacy 75 98 Nirvana - Nevermind Re 99 Black Eyed Peas - The Beginning Re 100 Lorde - Pure Heroine Top 30 Compilation Albums 05 01 V/A - Eurovision Song Contest 2024 – Basel 01 02 OST - Mama Mia 02 03 Motion Picture Cast Recording - The Greatest Showman 03 04 Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton 04 05 OST - Suicide Squad: The Album 07 06 OST - Moana 06 07 OST - Sinners 09 08 OST - Arcane League of Legends - Season 2 11 09 OST - Grease 08 10 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Wicked 12 11 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Mama Mia - Here We Go Again 13 12 Celine Dion / Redi Hasa - I Am - Celine Dion (OST) 15 13 OST - Fifty Shades of Grey 18 14 V/A - Phil Collins Plays Well With Others 14 15 Original Soundtrack - Barbie: The Album 10 16 OST - A Minecraft Movie 17 17 OST - Frozen 20 18 OST - The Lion King [2019] 22 19 Motion Picture Cast Recording - A Star Is Born 19 20 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Moana 2 21 21 OST - Sing 24 22 V/A - Eurovision Song Contest 2024 - Malmo 23 23 OST - The Fault In Our Stars 16 24 V/A - Now 120 25 25 OST - Frozen 2 33 26 OST - Annie (2014) 26 27 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Encanto 28 28 V/A - Metro Boomin Pts Spiderman (Across The Spider-verse) 35 29 Original Cast Recording - Six - The Musical 30 30 Jackboys & Travis Scott - Jackboys Top 20 Independent Albums 01 01 Fontaines DC - Romance 02 02 Arctic Monkeys - AM 04 03 Bad Bunny - Debi Tirar Mas Fotos 06 04 Radiohead - OK Computer 07 05 Frank Ocean - Blonde Re 06 Shahboozey - Where I've Been Isn't Where I'm Going 05 07 Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia 09 08 Dubliners - 50 Years Ne 09 Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke - Tall Tales 10 10 Adele - 25 03 11 Kneecap - Fine Art 12 12 Adele - 21 19 13 Radiohead - In Rainbows 13 14 Saw Doctors - To Win Just Once: The Best of... 18 15 Cigarettes After Sex - Cigarettes After Sex 16 16 Adrianne Lenker - Songs & Instrumentals 11 17 Radiohead - The Bends 20 18 Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What... 08 19 David Gray - The Best of... 39 20 Bad Bunny - Un Verano Sin Ti Top 20 Homegrown Tracks 01 01 Amble - Schoolyard Days Ne 02 CMAT - Take A Sexy Picture of Me 02 03 Dermot Kennedy - Let Me In 03 04 Kingfishr - Man On The Moon 04 05 Kettama - It Gets Better 05 06 Belters Only ft Jazzy - High In The Moment 06 07 Khakikid - Date Night 07 08 Fontaines DC - It's Amazing To Be Young Ne 09 Picture This - A Thousand Times 08 10 Cian Ducrot - Little Dreaming 10 11 Simple Things - Small Town 11 12 Kneecap - I Bhfiacha Linne 14 13 Darren Kiely - Mulcair Road Re 14 Moncrieff - Shangri-La 16 15 Tumbling Paddies - Highland Paddy 13 16 Coronas - Ghosting Ne 17 Fionn Curran - Give Me Luv Re 18 Billy Gilles ft Hannah Boleyn - Right Here All Along 18 19 Dan McCabe - I’m On Fire Re 20 Inhaler - Billy (Yeah Yeah Yeah) Top 5 Music DVDs Ne 01 Bananarama - Glorious: Live In London 01 02 Taylor Swift - Speak Now: World Tour Live Re 03 Dubliners - Late Late Show Tribute Re 04 One Direction - Up All Night: The Live Tour Re 05 Luke Kelly - Performer CLASSIC COUNTDOWN 17/05/25 1984 www.rte.ie/radio/gold/clips/11717426/

NI Hit 40 (Broadcast 18.05.2025) 01 01 Alex Warren - Ordinary 02 02 Ed Sheeran - Azizam 10 03 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 03 04 Lola Young - Messy 05 05 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 06 06 Myles Smith - Nice To Meet You 04 07 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt. Ne 08 Calvin Harris & Clementine Douglas - Blessings 08 09 Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile 09 10 Wizthemc ft Bees ft Honey - Show Me Love 07 11 Doechii - Anxiety 11 12 Myles Smith - Stargazing 19 13 Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not 13 14 Teddy Swims - The Door 14 15 Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams 15 16 Teddy Swims - Lose Control 34 17 Jade Thirwell - Fufn 12 18 Shahboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) 20 19 Ed Sheeran - Old Phone 18 20 Ben Nicky and Hix ft Tori Smith - Sober 23 21 Benson Boone - Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else 24 22 Alex Warren - Carry You Home 26 23 Gracie Abrams - That's So True 21 24 Post Malone / Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help 17 25 Chappell Roan - The Giver 27 26 Moliy, Skillibeng, Shenseea and Silent Addy - Shake It To The Max 22 27 David Guetta and Sia - Beautiful People 16 28 Miley Cyrus - End of The World 31 29 Sam Fender - People Watching 29 30 Billie Eilish - Birds of a Feather 32 31 Benson Boone - Mystical Magical 28 32 Lady Gaga - Abracadabra 30 33 Boyzlife - Save The Day 38 34 Sombr - Undressed 36 35 Sonny Fodera, Jazzy and D.O.D - Somedays 33 36 Sonny Fodera and Clementine Douglas - Tell Me Ne 37 Skye Newman - Hairdresser 37 38 Lorde - What Was That 35 39 Sabrina Carpenter - Busy Woman Ne 40 Tate McRae - Revolving Door Future breakers Rihanna - Friend of Mine Morgan Wallen ft Tate McRae - That's What I Want Lola Young - The One I've no idea why but the idea of doing the first countdown after playing the number 30 seems to have become the norm.

Top 50 Tracks (04/05/25 - 10/05/25) 01 34 Mark McCabe - Maniac 2000 02 01 Amy Macdonald - Is This What You’ve Been Waiting For? 03 02 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt. 04 04 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 05 05 Bon Jovi - Legendary 06 14 Alex Warren - Carry You Home 07 13 Amy Macdonald - Mr Rock n Roll 08 10 Myles Smith - Stargazing 09 06 Bon Jovi - Walls of Jericho 10 03 Alan Fletcher - (I’ve Got A) Crush On Susie K 11 09 Bon Jovi - Living Proof 12 12 Amy Macdonald - Barrowland Ballroom 13 07 Myles Smith - Nice To Meet You 14 20 Alex Warren - Ordinary 15 11 Bon Jovi - The People's House 16 16 Amy Macdonald - This Pretty Face 17 08 Bon Jovi - We Made It Look Easy 18 18 Amy Macdonald - Love Love 19 Ne Bryan Adams - Never Ever Let You Go 20 23 Lola Young - Messy 21 Ne Ralph McTell - Streets of London 22 Re Bryan Adams - I've Been Looking For You 23 Re Bryan Adams - Make Up Your Mind 24 Re Bryan Adams - Kick Ass 25 17 Gracie Abrams - That's So True 26 21 Benson Boone - Sorry I’m Here For Someone Else 27 24 Shahboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) 28 Ne Bryan Adams - Roll With The Punches 29 Re Bryan Adams - Just About Gone 30 Re Bryan Adams - So Happy It Hurts 31 39 Amy Macdonald - This Is The Life 32 Re Boyzlife - Dancing With The Echoes 33 29 Amy Macdonald - Poison Prince 34 25 Madness - Love Really Hurts 35 22 Dave Lalor - Euro Nostalgia 36 Re Bryan Adams - Part Friday Night, Part Sunday Morning 37 Ne Ralph McTell - Naomi 38 38 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 39 49 Bon Jovi - Kiss The Bride 40 31 Amy Macdonald - Don’t Tell Me That It’s Over 41 47 Doechii - Denial Is A River 42 32 Dire Straits - Walk of Life 43 15 Dave Lalor - Nostalgia Time 44 30 Bon Jovi - Seeds 45 37 Madness - The Harder They Come (Live) 46 27 Amy Macdonald - Spark 47 35 Bon Jovi - Hollow Man 48 44 Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott - You and Me (Were Meant To Be Together) 49 Ne Shakin' Stevens - Let’s Dance 50 36 Madness - Madness Top 10 Albums (04/05/25 - 10/05/25) 01 01 Bon Jovi - Forever 02 Re Bryan Adams - Shine A Light 03 02 Amy Macdonald - A Curious Thing 04 03 Amy Macdonald - This Is The Life 05 07 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2024/05/09 Belfast, Northern Ireland 06 06 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 07 10 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 08 Re Shakin Stevens - Fire In The Blood: The Definitive Collection 09 05 V/A - Now Yearbook 89 10 04 Amy Macdonald - The Human Demands With a fortnight to go to Bryan Adams' Belfast gig it was time to start listening to his back catalogue along with the new songs from his forthcoming album. I also realised that I hadn't listened to much Shaky recently so put his 19 CD box set on random play. On Sunday (4th) I had gone to see Ralph McTell in concert and a couple of the songs performed that night have also made their debut. And this week I played Maniac 2000 to death and as a result it soars up the chart to take the number 1 spot. Finally there's a return for Boyzlife. During the week I picked up tickets to see them on their Irish tour next April.

Week ending 8th May 2025 (Week 19) Top 100 Singles 01 01 Kingfishr - Killeagh 02 02 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 03 03 Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not 04 04 Sombr - Undressed 05 05 Alex Warren - Ordinary 08 06 Billie Eilish - Birds of A Feather 09 07 WizTheMC / Bees & Honey - Show Me Love 07 08 Sombr - Back To Friends 11 09 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 19 10 Amble - Schoolyard Days 16 11 Charli XCX - Party 4 U 12 12 Doechii - Anxiety 14 13 Tate McRae - Revolving Door 15 14 Zach Bryan - Pink Skies 20 15 Hozier - Too Sweet 06 16 Lorde - What Was That 22 17 Ed Sheeran - Azizam 18 18 Benson Boone - Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else 23 19 Jack Black - Steve’s Lava Chicken 13 20 Amble - Lonely Island 21 21 Dasha - Austin 97 22 Myles Smith - Stargazing 24 23 Fontaines DC - Favourite 26 24 Lola Young - Messy 27 25 Gracie Abrams - That’s So True 28 26 Noah Kahan & Hozier - Northern Attitude Re 27 Myles Smith - Nice To Meet You 32 28 Dermot Kennedy - Let Me In 29 29 Kingfishr - Man On The Moon 31 30 Benson Boone - Mystical Magic 30 31 Kneecap - H.O.O.D. 33 32 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt 36 33 Chappell Roan - Good Luck Babe 40 34 Lorde - Ribs 41 35 Alex Warren - Carry You Home 10 36 Tate McRae - Sports Car Re 37 Kingfishr - Flowers-Fire Re 38 Amble - Swan Song 45 39 Morgan Seatree - Say My Name 37 40 Charli XCX ft Billie Eilish - Guess 44 41 Chrystal - The Days 35 42 Selena Gomez / Benny Blanco - Bluest Flame 54 43 Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing 52 44 Lizzy McAlpine - Spring Into Summer 34 45 Gigi Perez - Sailor Song Ne 46 Ed Sheeran - Old Phone 43 47 Zach Bryan - Nine Ball 42 48 Noah Kahan - You're Gonna Go Far 51 49 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 76 50 Sonny Fodera / Douglas - Tell Me 46 51 Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams 57 52 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso 55 53 Sabrina Carpenter - Taste 47 54 Zach Bryan ft Kacey Musgraves - I Remember Everything 53 55 Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile 17 56 Sabrina Carpenter - Busy Woman 49 57 Teddy Swims - Lose Control 64 58 Lady Gaga - Abracadabra 62 59 Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) 63 60 Beluga Lagoon - The Glen 71 61 Kiki Wera - Pool 50 62 Chappell Roan - The Giver 58 63 Ely Oaks - Running Around 66 64 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 60 65 Teddy Swims - The Door 59 66 Leon Thomas - Mutt 74 67 Sonny Fodera, Jazzy and D.O.D - Somedays 61 68 Role Model - Sally When The Wine Runs Out 56 69 Charli XCX - Girl So Confusing 67 70 Kettama - It Gets Better 68 71 Moliy & Silent Addy - Shake It To The Max (Fly) 39 72 Addison Rae - Headphones On 83 73 Fleetwood Mac - Dreams 72 74 Natasha Beddingfield - Unwritten 65 75 Goo Goo Dolls - Iris 69 76 Lil Tecca - Dark Thoughts 25 77 Drake - Nokia 88 78 Belters Only ft Jazzy - High In The Moment 73 79 Gracie Abrams - I Love You I'm Sorry 99 80 Empire of The Sun - We Are The People 81 81 Kneecap - Get Your Brits Out 77 82 Miley Cyrus - End of The World 85 83 Taylor Swift ft Post Malone - Fortnight 79 84 Khakikid & Saint Demarcus - Date Nite 84 85 Atlxs - Passo Bem Solto 75 86 Jennie - Like Jennie 94 87 Killers - Mr Brightside 70 88 Ariana Grande - Twilight Zone 82 89 Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us 91 90 Post Malone / Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help 80 91 Morgan Wallen / Post Malone - I Ain’t Comin’ Back Ne 92 Hugel / Topic / Arash - I Adore You Re 93 Florence & The Machine - Dog Days Are Over 90 94 Fontaines DC - Starburster Re 95 Bl3ss / Camrinwatsin / Bbyclose - Kisses 93 96 Paolo Nutini - Candy Ne 97 Jessie Murph - Blue Strips Re 98 David Guetta ft Sia - Beautiful People Ne 99 Katseye - Gnarly Re 100 Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere Top 100 Artist Albums 01 01 Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet 02 02 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 03 03 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years - Don't Stop 04 04 Ed Sheeran - +-=DivideX - Tour Collection 05 05 Charli XCX - Brat 07 06 Fontaines DC - Romance 08 07 Tate McRae - So Close To What 11 08 Abba - Gold 13 09 Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1) 12 10 Weeknd - The Highlights 17 11 Elton John - Diamonds 10 12 Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard And Soft 09 13 Chappell Roan - The Rise And Fall of A Midwest Princess 15 14 Olivia Rodrigo - Guts 18 15 Pitbull - Greatest Hits Ne 16 Pink Floyd - At Pompeii – MCMLXXII 20 17 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 14 18 Gracie Abrams - The Secret of Us 22 19 Hozier - Hozier 23 20 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour 16 21 Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department 19 22 Billy Joel - Piano Man: The Very Best of... 27 23 Calvin Harris - 96 Months 35 24 Lady Gaga - The Fame / The Fame Monster 21 25 Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine 28 26 Lady Gaga - Mayhem 26 27 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits 25 28 SZA - SOS 30 29 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994 - 2009 29 30 Michael Jackson - The Essential 32 31 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream 36 32 Maroon 5 - Singles 31 33 Taylor Swift - Folklore 40 34 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits 39 35 Queen - Greatest Hits 43 36 Ed Sheeran - [Divide] 37 37 Arctic Monkeys - AM 50 38 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend 38 39 Cocomelon - Nursery Rhymes By Cocomelon 34 40 Script - Tales From The Script - Greatest Hits 46 41 Bruce Springsteen - Best of… 33 42 Benson Boone - Fireworks & Rollerblades 42 43 Taylor Swift - Lover 41 44 Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor's Version) 44 45 Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa 47 46 Kanye West - Graduation 53 47 50 Cent - Best of... 54 48 Cranberries - Stars: The Best of 1992 - 2002 45 49 Linkin Park - Papercuts - Singles Collection 2000 - 2023 56 50 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad 67 51 Calvin Harris - 18 Months 49 52 Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? 55 53 Britney Spears - The Singles Collection 52 54 Post Malone - The Diamond Collection 62 55 Nirvana - Nirvana 58 56 Beatles - 1967 - 1970 48 57 Taylor Swift - Midnights 51 58 Lana Del Rey - Born To Die 57 59 Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan 59 60 Amble - The Commons 61 61 Zach Bryan - American Heartbreak 74 62 Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler - Private Investigations: The Best of... 68 63 U2 - U218 Singles 60 64 Dermot Kennedy - Without Fear Re 65 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 63 66 Taylor Swift - Reputation 64 67 Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever 78 68 Rolling Stones - Forty Licks 72 69 Florence & The Machine - Under Heaven Over Hell 76 70 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Greatest Hits 82 71 Green Day - God's Favorite Band - Greatest Hits 73 72 Guns n Roses - Greatest Hits 69 73 Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go 90 74 Killers - Rebel Diamonds 93 75 Nirvana - Nevermind 88 76 Bob Dylan - The Essential 80 77 George Michael - Twenty Five 06 78 Ghost - Skeleta 66 79 Kendrick Lamar - GNX 89 80 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing 65 81 Kneecap - Fine Art 92 82 Bad Bunny - Debi Tirar Mas Fotos 75 83 Zach Bryan - The Great American Bar Scene Re 84 Sting & The Police - Very Best of... 97 85 Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You: The Best of... 81 86 Eminem - Curtain Call 2 85 87 Smiths - Sound of The Smiths 71 88 Phil Collins - The Singles Re 89 Robin Schulz - Prayer 83 90 Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia 84 91 Radiohead - OK Computer 87 92 Frank Ocean - Channel Orange 96 93 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent 98 94 Harry Styles - Harry's House 91 95 Harry Styles - Fine Line 95 96 Oasis - Definitely Maybe 86 97 Frank Ocean - Blonde Re 98 Bee Gees - Timeless - The All Time Greatest Hits 100 99 Tate McRae - Think Later Re 100 Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia Top 30 Compilation Albums 02 01 OST - Mama Mia 01 02 Motion Picture Cast Recording - The Greatest Showman 03 03 Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton 05 04 OST - Suicide Squad: The Album 07 05 V/A - Eurovision Song Contest 2024 – Basel 04 06 OST - Sinners 08 07 OST - Moana 09 08 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Wicked 10 09 OST - Arcane League of Legends - Season 2 Ne 10 OST - A Minecraft Movie 11 11 OST - Grease 16 12 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Mama Mia - Here We Go Again 13 13 Celine Dion / Redi Hasa - I Am - Celine Dion (OST) 12 14 Original Soundtrack - Barbie: The Album 14 15 OST - Fifty Shades of Grey 06 16 V/A - Now 120 17 17 OST - Frozen 18 18 V/A - Phil Collins Plays Well With Others 15 19 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Moana 2 19 20 OST - The Lion King [2019] 22 21 OST - Sing 20 22 Motion Picture Cast Recording - A Star Is Born 21 23 OST - The Fault In Our Stars 27 24 V/A - Eurovision Song Contest 2024 - Malmo 23 25 OST - Frozen 2 24 26 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Encanto 25 27 Motion Picture Cast Recording - La La Land 26 28 V/A - Metro Boomin Pts Spiderman (Across The Spider-verse) 37 29 Original Cast Recording - Hazbin Hotel - Season One - OST 40 30 Jackboys & Travis Scott - Jackboys Top 20 Independent Albums 01 01 Fontaines DC - Romance 02 02 Arctic Monkeys - AM 03 03 Kneecap - Fine Art 07 04 Bad Bunny - Debi Tirar Mas Fotos 04 05 Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia 05 06 Radiohead - OK Computer 06 07 Frank Ocean - Blonde 17 08 David Gray - The Best of... 12 09 Dubliners - 50 Years 11 10 Adele - 25 14 11 Radiohead - The Bends 13 12 Adele - 21 20 13 Saw Doctors - To Win Just Once: The Best of... 21 14 David Gray - White Ladder 08 15 Viagra Boys - Viagr Aboys 16 16 Adrianne Lenker - Songs & Instrumentals 09 17 Bon Iver - Sable Fable 18 18 Cigarettes After Sex - Cigarettes After Sex 15 19 Radiohead - In Rainbows 19 20 Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What... Top 20 Homegrown Tracks 01 01 Amble - Schoolyard Days 03 02 Dermot Kennedy - Let Me In 02 03 Kingfishr - Man On The Moon 04 04 Kettama - It Gets Better 06 05 Belters Only ft Jazzy - High In The Moment 05 06 Khakikid - Date Night 07 07 Fontaines DC - It's Amazing To Be Young 08 08 Cian Ducrot - Little Dreaming 09 09 CMAT - Running / Planning 11 10 Simple Things - Small Town 13 11 Kneecap - I Bhfiacha Linne 12 12 Picture This - Let's Try Love 15 13 Coronas - Ghosting 14 14 Darren Kiely - Mulcair Road Ne 15 Newdad - Entertainer 18 16 Tumbling Paddies - Highland Paddy Ne 17 Jordan Adetunji - Sex n The City 19 18 Dan McCabe - I’m On Fire Re 19 Keywest - The Things I Wish I'd Done Re 20 Inhaler - Your House Top 5 Music DVDs 01 01 Taylor Swift - Speak Now: World Tour Live 04 02 Coldplay - Live 2012 Re 03 Abba - Gold Re 04 Michael English - Live From INEC, Killarney Re 05 Rod Stewart - One Night Only (Live At Royal Albert Hall) CLASSIC COUNTDOWN 10/05/25 1996 www.rte.ie/radio/gold/clips/11715912/ Another Irish countdown with a Saw Doctors related charity single at the top. Checking back to the same week last year they featured the Irish chart then as well but from 1995.

NI Hit 40 (Broadcast 11.05.2025) 01 01 Alex Warren - Ordinary 02 02 Ed Sheeran - Azizam 03 03 Lola Young - Messy 05 04 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt. 04 05 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 07 06 Myles Smith - Nice To Meet You 06 07 Doechii - Anxiety 08 08 Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile 11 09 Wizthemc ft Bees ft Honey - Show Me Love 09 10 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 10 11 Myles Smith - Stargazing 14 12 Shahboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) 13 13 Teddy Swims - The Door 12 14 Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams 15 15 Teddy Swims - Lose Control 19 16 Miley Cyrus - End of The World 16 17 Chappell Roan - The Giver 20 18 Ben Nicky and Hix ft Tori Smith - Sober 25 19 Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not Ne 20 Ed Sheeran - Old Phone 17 21 Post Malone / Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help 21 22 David Guetta and Sia - Beautiful People 18 23 Benson Boone - Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else 22 24 Alex Warren - Carry You Home 24 25 Jack Black - Steve’s Lava Chicken 23 26 Gracie Abrams - That's So True 31 27 Moliy, Skillibeng, Shenseea and Silent Addy - Shake It To The Max 27 28 Lady Gaga - Abracadabra 29 29 Billie Eilish - Birds of a Feather 30 30 Boyzlife - Save The Day 26 31 Sam Fender - People Watching 33 32 Benson Boone - Mystical Magical 32 33 Sonny Fodera and Clementine Douglas - Tell Me 28 34 Jade Thirwell - Fufn 34 35 Sabrina Carpenter - Busy Woman 40 36 Sonny Fodera, Jazzy and D.O.D - Somedays 36 37 Lorde - What Was That Ne 38 Sombr - Undressed Re 39 Tate McRae - Sports Car 39 40 Drake - Nokia Future Breakers Calvin Harris & Clementine Douglas - Blessings Tom Grennan - Full Attention Picture This - A Thousand Times So more of a chance to listen to the show properly and straight away I noticed something odd which I hadn't picked up on last week. Dave has a habit of announcing positions way ahead of when he needs to. For example straight away he announced that Sports Car was back in at 39 and then saying "before that here's Drake who falls a place to 40". Again it looked like he had forgotten to do the rundown between 40 and 31 but it appeared just after Boyzlife which was mistakenly announced as a new entry.

Top 50 Tracks (27/04/25 - 03/05/25) 01 Ne Amy Macdonald - Is This What You’ve Been Waiting For? 02 01 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt. 03 02 Alan Fletcher - (I’ve Got A) Crush On Susie K 04 03 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 05 04 Bon Jovi - Legendary 06 05 Bon Jovi - Walls of Jericho 07 07 Myles Smith - Nice To Meet You 08 11 Bon Jovi - We Made It Look Easy 09 09 Bon Jovi - Living Proof 10 08 Myles Smith - Stargazing 11 06 Bon Jovi - The People's House 12 Re Amy Macdonald - Barrowland Ballroom 13 Re Amy Macdonald - Mr Rock n Roll 14 Re Alex Warren - Carry You Home 15 Ne Dave Lalor - Nostalgia Time 16 Ne Amy Macdonald - This Pretty Face 17 Re Gracie Abrams - That's So True 18 Ne Amy Macdonald - Love Love 19 10 The Corrs - Toss The Feathers 20 Ne Alex Warren - Ordinary 21 Ne Benson Boone - Sorry I’m Here For Someone Else 22 Ne Dave Lalor - Euro Nostalgia 23 Ne Lola Young - Messy 24 35 Shahboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) 25 15 Madness - Love Really Hurts 26 17 Killers & Bruce Springsteen - Badlands (Live) 27 Ne Amy Macdonald - Spark 28 13 Killers & Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run (Live) 29 Re Amy Macdonald - Poison Prince 30 24 Bon Jovi - Seeds 31 Ne Amy Macdonald - Don’t Tell Me That It’s Over 32 28 Dire Straits - Walk of Life 33 12 The Corrs - Haste To The Wedding 34 Re Mark McCabe - Maniac 2000 35 40 Bon Jovi - Hollow Man 36 22 Madness - Madness 37 18 Madness - The Harder They Come (Live) 38 32 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 39 Re Amy Macdonald - This Is The Life 40 Ne Dave Lalor - Summer Nostalgia 41 25 Killers & Bruce Springsteen - Dustland (Live) 42 Ne Amy Macdonald - The Hudson 43 20 Holly Johnson - Love Train 44 34 Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott - You and Me (Were Meant To Be Together) 45 14 Mike & The Mechanics - The Living Years 46 21 Black Star Riders - Crazy Horses 47 39 Doechii - Denial Is A River 48 31 Black Star Riders - Catch Yourself On 49 43 Bon Jovi - Kiss The Bride 50 26 Debbie Harry - I Want That Man Top 10 Albums (27/04/25 - 03/05/25) 01 01 Bon Jovi - Forever 02 Ne Amy Macdonald - A Curious Thing 03 Re Amy Macdonald - This Is The Life 04 Ne Amy Macdonald - The Human Demands 05 04 V/A - Now Yearbook 89 06 02 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 07 09 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2024/05/09 Belfast, Northern Ireland 08 Ne Dave Lalor - 1990 – 2000: The First Ten Years 09 Re Elio Pace - The Billy Joel Songbook (Live) 10 06 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms It's Amy Macdonald's week as I finally got to hear the first single from her forthcoming album which had become available for pre-order last week. I also booked to see her in Belfast on her tour at the end of the year and as I hadn't listened to her older stuff for a while I dug out her back catalogue albums. The Dave Lalor album charts by accident in a way. During a discussion about the Irish charts one of his singles was mentioned and I had to hunt it down on Spotify. In the early 90s he released 3 singles in a row which were all medleys and these all appeared on the album at number 8 as well as charting individually. Although the album title suggests his career started in 1990 he was around before that - in fact he entered the Irish Eurovision selection contest back in 1989 when he finished 7th out of 8 entries. This week sees the arrival of a few curent chart hits and a return for a couple of others. Finally this week saw the release of a 25th anniversary remix of Maniac 2000 which I only discovered on Friday.

NI Hit 40 (Broadcast 04.05.2025) 01 01 Alex Warren - Ordinary 02 02 Ed Sheeran - Azizam 04 03 Lola Young - Messy 05 04 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 03 05 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt. 07 06 Doechii - Anxiety 06 07 Myles Smith - Nice To Meet You 08 08 Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile 11 09 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 09 10 Myles Smith - Stargazing 22 11 Wizthemc ft Bees ft Honey - Show Me Love 14 12 Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams 10 13 Teddy Swims - The Door 12 14 Shahboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) 13 15 Teddy Swims - Lose Control 17 16 Chappell Roan - The Giver 15 17 Post Malone / Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help 16 18 Benson Boone - Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else 18 19 Miley Cyrus - End of The World Ne 20 Ben Nicky and Hix ft Tori Smith - Sober 21 21 David Guetta and Sia - Beautiful People 19 22 Alex Warren - Carry You Home 20 23 Gracie Abrams - That's So True Ne 24 Jack Black - Steve’s Lava Chicken 32 25 Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not 25 26 Sam Fender - People Watching 24 27 Lady Gaga - Abracadabra 39 28 Jade Thirwell - Fufn 26 29 Billie Eilish - Birds of a Feather Ne 30 Boyzlife - Save The Day 29 31 Moliy, Skillibeng, Shenseea and Silent Addy - Shake It To The Max 31 32 Sonny Fodera and Clementine Douglas - Tell Me Ne 33 Benson Boone - Mystical Magical 30 34 Sabrina Carpenter - Busy Woman Re 35 Hozier - Too Sweet Ne 36 Lorde - What Was That 28 37 Ariana Grande - Twilight Zone Re 38 Lil Tecca - Dark Thoughts 33 39 Drake - Nokia 35 40 Sonny Fodera, Jazzy and D.O.D - Somedays Future Breakers Ed Sheeran - Old Phone Lisa McHugh - Tennessee Maroon 5 - Priceless **Not played A new month and a new presenter on the show. As mentioned last week "Deputy" Dave McCalmond has taken over and there have been a couple of minor differences in presentation style from Stuart Robinson. This week I was unable to listen to the full show as normal as I was heading to a concert in Belfast. I did hear most of the first hour as I was driving, and I've heard parts of the remainder of the show today while recording it from the station's catch up service. The first thing I noticed is that Dave (unlike his predecessors) mentions the movements of all the songs before or after playing them. Stuart Robinson did mention some but even when he did they weren't always right. The recaps are also still there for the full chart although to begin with I thought they might have been dropped as they went straight into the Boyzlife new entry at 30 after playing Shake It To The Max. Thankfully that was corrected before Billie Eilish was played. Dave has also gone back to doing the Top 10 recap before the number 2 rather than after it. A couple of oddities this week - After Birds of A Feather was played a remix of Counting Stars by One Republic was played but at no point did Dave make any reference to it. And building up to the future breakers he said that he would be playing Ed Sheeran, Lisa McHugh and the new Maroon 5 song but only the first 2 were actually played. From this week I have decided to post a link to the show for the current chart. These only seem to appear for a month on the website so I'm not sure if they'll be accessible after that. This time I'll also add the links for last month's shows. 06.04.24 https://hellorayo.co.uk/cool-fm/shows/ni-hit-40/id-234654675/ 13.04.24 https://hellorayo.co.uk/cool-fm/shows/ni-hit-40/id-234664662/ 20.04.24 https://hellorayo.co.uk/cool-fm/shows/ni-hit-40/id-234686122/ 27.04.24 https://hellorayo.co.uk/cool-fm/shows/ni-hit-40/id-234704926/ 04.05.24 https://hellorayo.co.uk/cool-fm/shows/ni-hit-40/id-234720909/

Week ending 1st May 2025 (Week 18) Top 100 Singles 02 01 Kingfishr - Killeagh 03 02 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 05 03 Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not 04 04 Sombr - Undressed 01 05 Alex Warren - Ordinary Ne 06 Lorde - What Was That 08 07 Sombr - Back To Friends 06 08 Billie Eilish - Birds of A Feather 11 09 WizTheMC / Bees & Honey - Show Me Love 07 10 Tate McRae - Sports Car 09 11 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 10 12 Doechii - Anxiety 12 13 Amble - Lonely Island 17 14 Tate McRae - Revolving Door 15 15 Zach Bryan - Pink Skies 37 16 Charli XCX - Party 4 U 14 17 Sabrina Carpenter - Busy Woman 20 18 Benson Boone - Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else 19 19 Amble - Schoolyard Days 21 20 Hozier - Too Sweet 22 21 Dasha - Austin 16 22 Ed Sheeran - Azizam 30 23 Jack Black - Steve’s Lava Chicken 25 24 Fontaines DC - Favourite 23 25 Drake - Nokia 24 26 Lola Young - Messy 26 27 Gracie Abrams - That’s So True 29 28 Noah Kahan & Hozier - Northern Attitude 27 29 Kingfishr - Man On The Moon Re 30 Kneecap - H.O.O.D. Ne 31 Benson Boone - Mystical Magical 40 32 Dermot Kennedy - Let Me In 31 33 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt 28 34 Gigi Perez - Sailor Song 33 35 Selena Gomez / Benny Blanco - Bluest Flame 36 36 Chappell Roan - Good Luck Babe 35 37 Charli XCX ft Billie Eilish - Guess 32 38 Kingfishr - Caroline 34 39 Addison Rae - Headphones On Ne 40 Lorde - Ribs 13 41 Alex Warren - Carry You Home 38 42 Noah Kahan - You're Gonna Go Far 45 43 Zach Bryan - Nine Ball 50 44 Chrystal - The Days 61 45 Morgan Seatree - Say My Name 43 46 Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams 18 47 Zach Bryan ft Kacey Musgraves - I Remember Everything Re 48 Amble - Mary's Pub 58 49 Teddy Swims - Lose Control 47 50 Chappell Roan - The Giver 44 51 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 46 52 Lizzy McAlpine - Spring Into Summer 42 53 Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile 53 54 Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing 55 55 Sabrina Carpenter - Taste 71 56 Charli XCX - Girl So Confusing 48 57 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso 64 58 Ely Oaks - Running Around 51 59 Leon Thomas - Mutt 59 60 Teddy Swims - The Door 57 61 Role Model - Sally When The Wine Runs Out 67 62 Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) 89 63 Beluga Lagoon - The Glen 56 64 Lady Gaga - Abracadabra 62 65 Goo Goo Dolls - Iris 63 66 Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer 74 67 Kettama - It Gets Better 73 68 Moliy & Silent Addy - Shake It To The Max (Fly) 60 69 Lil Tecca - Dark Thoughts 54 70 Ariana Grande - Twilight Zone 82 71 Kiki Wera - Pool 65 72 Natasha Beddingfield - Unwritten 66 73 Gracie Abrams - I Love You I'm Sorry 75 74 Sonny Fodera, Jazzy and D.O.D - Somedays 78 75 Jennie - Like Jennie 84 76 Sonny Fodera / Douglas - Tell Me 69 77 Miley Cyrus - End of The World Ne 78 Brian Dunphy / Darren Holden / Jack O’Connell - Rocky Road To Dublin 80 79 Khakikid & Saint Demarcus - Date Nite 49 80 Morgan Wallen / Post Malone - I Ain’t Comin’ Back Re 81 Kneecap - Get Your Brits Out 70 82 Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us 76 83 Fleetwood Mac - Dreams 79 84 Atlxs - Passo Bem Solto 72 85 Taylor Swift ft Post Malone - Fortnight 77 86 Shaboozey & Myles Smith - Blink Twice 81 87 Sydney Rose - We Hug Now 90 88 Belters Only ft Jazzy - High In The Moment 52 89 Fontaines DC - It's Amazing To Be Young Re 90 Fontaines DC - Starburster 87 91 Post Malone / Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help Ne 92 Sleep Token - Damocles 85 93 Paolo Nutini - Candy 83 94 Killers - Mr Brightside 88 95 Coldplay - Viva La Vida 93 96 Morgan Wallen - Love Somebody 94 97 Myles Smith - Stargazing 92 98 Alex Warren - Burning Down 91 99 Empire of The Sun - We Are The People Re 100 Macklemore / Ryan Lewis / Dalton - Can't Hold Us Top 100 Artist Albums 01 01 Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet 02 02 Noah Kahan - Stick Season 04 03 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years - Don't Stop 05 04 Ed Sheeran - +-=DivideX - Tour Collection 06 05 Charli XCX - Brat Ne 06 Ghost - Skeleta 03 07 Fontaines DC - Romance 07 08 Tate McRae - So Close To What 10 09 Chappell Roan - The Rise And Fall of A Midwest Princess 13 10 Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard And Soft 11 11 Abba - Gold 12 12 Weeknd - The Highlights 18 13 Alex Warren - You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1) 09 14 Gracie Abrams - The Secret of Us 14 15 Olivia Rodrigo - Guts 08 16 Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department 20 17 Elton John - Diamonds 22 18 Pitbull - Greatest Hits 19 19 Billy Joel - Piano Man: The Very Best of... 21 20 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 15 21 Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine 17 22 Hozier - Hozier 16 23 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour Ne 24 Stereophonics - Make ‘Em Laugh Make ‘Em Cry Make ‘Em Wait 23 25 SZA - SOS 25 26 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits 30 27 Calvin Harris - 96 Months 24 28 Lady Gaga - Mayhem 26 29 Michael Jackson - The Essential 29 30 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994 - 2009 28 31 Taylor Swift - Folklore 32 32 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream 34 33 Benson Boone - Fireworks & Rollerblades 37 34 Script - Tales From The Script - Greatest Hits 27 35 Lady Gaga - The Fame / The Fame Monster 36 36 Maroon 5 - Singles 33 37 Arctic Monkeys - AM 31 38 Cocomelon - Nursery Rhymes By Cocomelon 35 39 Queen - Greatest Hits 44 40 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits 38 41 Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor's Version) 45 42 Taylor Swift - Lover 39 43 Ed Sheeran - [Divide] 58 44 Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa 53 45 Linkin Park - Papercuts - Singles Collection 2000 - 2023 49 46 Bruce Springsteen - Best of… 41 47 Kanye West - Graduation 48 48 Taylor Swift - Midnights 47 49 Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? 57 50 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend 43 51 Lana Del Rey - Born To Die 56 52 Post Malone - The Diamond Collection 60 53 50 Cent - Best of... 51 54 Cranberries - Stars: The Best of 1992 - 2002 63 55 Britney Spears - The Singles Collection 61 56 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad 65 57 Zach Bryan - Zach Bryan 46 58 Beatles - 1967 - 1970 55 59 Amble - The Commons 66 60 Dermot Kennedy - Without Fear 69 61 Zach Bryan - American Heartbreak 54 62 Nirvana - Nirvana 59 63 Taylor Swift - Reputation 42 64 Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever Re 65 Kneecap - Fine Art 62 66 Kendrick Lamar - GNX 94 67 Calvin Harris - 18 Months 67 68 U2 - U218 Singles 52 69 Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go 50 70 Central Cee - Can't Rush Greatness 77 71 Phil Collins - The Singles 95 72 Florence & The Machine - Under Heaven Over Hell 89 73 Guns n Roses - Greatest Hits 68 74 Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler - Private Investigations: The Best of... 78 75 Zach Bryan - The Great American Bar Scene 81 76 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Greatest Hits Ne 77 Gigi Perez - At The Beach In Every Life 84 78 Rolling Stones - Forty Licks 79 79 Bruno Mars - Doo-Wops & Hooligans 82 80 George Michael - Twenty Five 80 81 Eminem - Curtain Call 2 86 82 Green Day - God's Favorite Band - Greatest Hits 75 83 Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia 71 84 Radiohead - OK Computer 88 85 Smiths - Sound of The Smiths 74 86 Frank Ocean - Blonde 70 87 Frank Ocean - Channel Orange 73 88 Bob Dylan - The Essential 98 89 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing Re 90 Killers - Rebel Diamonds 85 91 Harry Styles - Fine Line Re 92 Bad Bunny - Debi Tirar Mas Fotos 76 93 Nirvana - Nevermind 83 94 Billie Eilish - Don't Smile At Me 87 95 Oasis - Definitely Maybe 93 96 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent 99 97 Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You: The Best of... 96 98 Harry Styles - Harry's House 72 99 Sabrina Carpenter - Emails I Can't Send Re 100 Tate McRae - Think Later Top 30 Compilation Albums 01 01 Motion Picture Cast Recording - The Greatest Showman 03 02 OST - Mama Mia 02 03 Original Broadway Cast - Hamilton 15 04 OST - Sinners 07 05 OST - Suicide Squad: The Album 05 06 V/A - Now 120 10 07 V/A - Eurovision Song Contest 2024 – Basel 04 08 OST - Moana 06 09 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Wicked 08 10 OST - Arcane League of Legends - Season 2 09 11 OST - Grease 12 12 Original Soundtrack - Barbie: The Album 14 13 Celine Dion / Redi Hasa - I Am - Celine Dion (OST) 16 14 OST - Fifty Shades of Grey 13 15 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Moana 2 18 16 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Mama Mia - Here We Go Again 11 17 OST - Frozen 19 18 V/A - Phil Collins Plays Well With Others 17 19 OST - The Lion King [2019] 22 20 Motion Picture Cast Recording - A Star Is Born 21 21 OST - The Fault In Our Stars 20 22 OST - Sing 23 23 OST - Frozen 2 24 24 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Encanto 28 25 Motion Picture Cast Recording - La La Land 26 26 V/A - Metro Boomin Pts Spiderman (Across The Spider-verse) 25 27 V/A - Eurovision Song Contest 2024 - Malmo 31 28 V/A - The Greatest Showman - Reimagined 35 29 OST - The Hunger Games - The Ballad of Songbirds 42 30 Original TV Soundtrack - Victorious Top 20 Independent Albums 01 01 Fontaines DC - Romance 02 02 Arctic Monkeys - AM 09 03 Kneecap - Fine Art 06 04 Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia 04 05 Radiohead - OK Computer 05 06 Frank Ocean - Blonde 07 07 Bad Bunny - Debi Tirar Mas Fotos Ne 08 Viagra Boys - Viagr Aboys 03 09 Bon Iver - Sable Fable Ne 10 Simple Minds - Live In The City of Diamonds 11 11 Adele - 25 08 12 Dubliners - 50 Years 10 13 Adele - 21 12 14 Radiohead - The Bends 13 15 Radiohead - In Rainbows 16 16 Adrianne Lenker - Songs & Instrumentals 17 17 David Gray - The Best of... 15 18 Cigarettes After Sex - Cigarettes After Sex 20 19 Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What... 14 20 Saw Doctors - To Win Just Once: The Best of... Top 20 Homegrown Tracks 01 01 Amble - Schoolyard Days 02 02 Kingfishr - Man On The Moon 03 03 Dermot Kennedy - Let Me In 05 04 Kettama - It Gets Better 06 05 Khakikid - Date Night 07 06 Belters Only ft Jazzy - High In The Moment 04 07 Fontaines DC - It's Amazing To Be Young 08 08 Cian Ducrot - Little Dreaming 09 09 CMAT - Running / Planning 10 10 Bl3ss / Camrinwatsin / Bbyclose - Craving 4 U Ne 11 Simple Things - Small Town 11 12 Picture This - Let's Try Love 12 13 Kneecap - I Bhfiacha Linne 14 14 Darren Kiely - Mulcair Road 15 15 Coronas - Ghosting 16 16 Eskimo Supreme - Spit In It 17 17 Jordan Adetunji / Bryson Tiller - 305.0 18 18 Tumbling Paddies - Highland Paddy Re 19 Dan McCabe - I’m On Fire Re 20 Inhaler - Billy (Yeah Yeah Yeah) Top 5 Music DVDs 01 01 Taylor Swift - Speak Now: World Tour Live Ne 02 Mogwai - If The Stars Had A Sound Re 03 Mike Denver - Entertainer of The Year 03 04 Coldplay - Live 2012 Re 05 Brendan Shine - An Evening With… CLASSIC COUNTDOWN 03/05/25 1981 www.rte.ie/radio/gold/clips/11714259/ Another Irish chart this week, a repeat from the same week in 2024!

Not that I'm aware! Unfortunately the Irish charts aren't featured very often and when they are it's from eras where we have the complete charts. The other problem is that they tend to repeat the same shows every week so even when we do get an Irish chart now it will be one that was broadcast in the same week in previous years.

Top 50 Tracks (20/04/25 - 26/04/25) 01 02 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt. 02 07 Alan Fletcher - (I’ve Got A) Crush On Susie K 03 04 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 04 01 Bon Jovi - Legendary 05 03 Bon Jovi - Walls of Jericho 06 06 Bon Jovi - The People's House 07 10 Myles Smith - Nice To Meet You 08 12 Myles Smith - Stargazing 09 08 Bon Jovi - Living Proof 10 05 The Corrs - Toss The Feathers 11 11 Bon Jovi - We Made It Look Easy 12 09 The Corrs - Haste To The Wedding 13 17 Killers & Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run (Live) 14 Ne Mike & The Mechanics - The Living Years 15 27 Madness - Love Really Hurts 16 Ne Liza Minnelli - Losing My Mind 17 15 Killers & Bruce Springsteen - Badlands (Live) 18 20 Madness - The Harder They Come (Live) 19 Ne Bananarama ft Lananeeneenoonoo - Help! 20 Re Holly Johnson - Love Train 21 Re Black Star Riders - Crazy Horses 22 16 Madness - Madness 23 13 Madness - One Step Beyond 24 21 Bon Jovi - Seeds 25 23 Killers & Bruce Springsteen - Dustland (Live) 26 Ne Debbie Harry - I Want That Man 27 Ne Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire 28 25 Dire Straits - Walk of Life 29 Ne Debbie Gibson - Electric Youth 30 Re Belinda Carlisle - Leave A Light On 31 Re Black Star Riders - Catch Yourself On 32 32 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 33 Re Black Star Riders - Wrong Side of Paradise 34 18 Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott - You and Me (Were Meant To Be Together) 35 38 Shahboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) 36 37 Bruce Springsteen - One Minute You're Here 37 30 Bruce Springsteen - Last Man Standing 38 24 Madness - Money Money Money 39 45 Doechii - Denial Is A River 40 31 Bon Jovi - Hollow Man 41 33 Dire Straits - Money For Nothing 42 Ne London Boys - Requiem 43 41 Bon Jovi - Kiss The Bride 44 50 Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott - 7" Singles 45 14 Dire Straits - Why Worry? 46 22 Bruce Springsteen - Ghosts 47 44 Chappell Roan - Good Luck Babe 48 19 Blondie - Doom or Destiny 49 28 Madness - In The Hall of The Mountain King 50 Ne Tina Turner - The Best Top 10 Albums (20/04/25 - 26/04/25) 01 01 Bon Jovi - Forever 02 03 Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You 03 Re Black Star Riders - Wrong Side of Paradise 04 Ne V/A - Now Yearbook 89 05 02 Madness - Take Cover 06 05 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 07 Re Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA 08 04 Boomtown Rats - Dawn of The Rats 09 07 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - 2024/05/09 Belfast, Northern Ireland 10 08 The Corrs - Borrowed Heaven Going through some vinyl albums this week and realised I hadn't played Wrong Side of Paradise for a while. Also gave BITUSA a spin as it was sitting nexr to it! The latest Now Yearbook was released on Friday and while I haven't got my copy yet I did put on the playlist that appeared on Spotify.

NI Hit 40 (Broadcast 27.04.2025) 01 01 Alex Warren - Ordinary 02 02 Ed Sheeran - Azizam 04 03 Rose & Bruno Mars - Apt. 03 04 Lola Young - Messy 06 05 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things 05 06 Myles Smith - Nice To Meet You 07 07 Doechii - Anxiety 08 08 Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile 11 09 Myles Smith - Stargazing 09 10 Teddy Swims - The Door 10 11 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club 15 12 Shahboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) 18 13 Teddy Swims - Lose Control 12 14 Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams 17 15 Post Malone / Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help 14 16 Benson Boone - Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else 13 17 Chappell Roan - The Giver 24 18 Miley Cyrus - End of The World 21 19 Alex Warren - Carry You Home 20 20 Gracie Abrams - That's So True 22 21 David Guetta and Sia - Beautiful People 30 22 Wizthemc ft Bees ft Honey - Show Me Love 28 23 Chrystal - The Days 16 24 Lady Gaga - Abracadabra 27 25 Sam Fender - People Watching 32 26 Billie Eilish - Birds of a Feather 29 27 Absnt Mind - Special 26 28 Ariana Grande - Twilight Zone 37 29 Moliy, Skillibeng, Shenseea and Silent Addy - Shake It To The Max 25 30 Sabrina Carpenter - Busy Woman 34 31 Sonny Fodera and Clementine Douglas - Tell Me 39 32 Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not 31 33 Drake - Nokia Ne 34 Myles Smith & Shaboozey - Blink Twice 35 35 Sonny Fodera, Jazzy and D.O.D - Somedays 36 36 Tate McRae - Sports Car 19 37 Picture This - Let’s Try Love Ne 38 Cian Ducrot - Little Dreaming 23 39 Jade Thirwell - Fufn 33 40 Leon Thomas - Mutt Future Breakers Ben Nicky and Hix ft Tori Smith - Sober Boyzlife - Save The Day For the first time since early February DJ Hix was mentioned this week as he featured on the first of the future breakers. Stuart also mentioned that he was focusing on his music career at the moment which is I presume why there was a change of presenter. This week Stuart also referred to another chart show - the Country Chart which appears on sister station Downtown Country every Saturday in the same timeslot as the NI Hit 40. It is presented by a guy who has previously been a stand in on the main chart show - Deputy Dave. And from next week he will be the new regular presenter on the NI Hit 40 show too.