Joel Corry and MNEK prove their staying power by holding at Number 1 on the Official Irish Singles Chart for a fifth week with Head & Heart.
03.08.2020 - 16:29 / officialcharts.com
The biggest battle for Number 1 on the Official Irish Charts in 2020 so far has begun – it’s looking like a Dublin derby as post-punk five-piece Fontaines D.C. take on rock trio The Coronas for chart supremacy.
In a midweek Official Chart Update, OfficialCharts.com/Ireland can reveal that Fontaines D.C. are currently leading the race for the top spot, with an edge of 350 chart sales.
Fontaines D.C.’s second album A Hero’s Death has the overall lead thanks to its huge vinyl volumes, with the
Joel Corry and MNEK prove their staying power by holding at Number 1 on the Official Irish Singles Chart for a fifth week with Head & Heart.
Taylor Swift is Number 1 on the Official Irish Albums Chart for a third non-consecutive week with Folklore, pipping Biffy Clyro to the post.
Concert4Cancer is a televised fundraiser taking place on August 28, and now, Kodaline, The Coronas and Gavin James have all been added to the impressive lineup.This comes after it was announced on Thursday that the Irish dancing spectacle Riverdance would be doing a special 25th anniversary performance during the fundraiser.Anna Daly will be on hosting duties for the televised fundraising concert and the lineup looks set to delight music fans the length and breadth of the country.Other acts on
Joel Corry and MNEK hold onto Number 1 on the Official Irish Singles Chart, claiming their best week of chart sales yet.
Taylor Swift has reclaimed her throne to become Number 1 once more on the Official Irish Albums Chart.
There have been cases in which albums have produced numerous hit songs, spawned global, mega-selling stadium tours and achieved critical acclaim, yet despite all of those ingredients, they didn't get to Number 1 anywhere... except for Ireland. Let's take a look at a selection.
Taylor Swift has beaten Fontaines D.C. to this week’s UK Number One album, extending ‘Folklore’’s time at the top to two weeks.The Irish band released their second album ‘A Hero’s Death’ last Friday (July 31) and were initially looking set to score their first Number One with the record.However, the CD release of Swift’s eighth album was brought forward at the last minute to August 4, bolstering her sales for this week’s chart figures.
Taylor Swift scoops Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart for a second week with Folklore.
Joel Corry and MNEK hold off a resurging Dermot Kennedy to scoop a third week at Number 1 on the Official Irish Singles Chart.
The Coronas emerge victorious in their head-to-head race with Fontaines D.C. to land Number 1 on this week’s Official Irish Albums Chart.
Fontaines D.C.
This past week, Taylor Swift became the only female solo artist to have scored five Number 1 albums this millennium. Her latest five albums Red (2012), 1989 (2014), Reputation (2017), Lover (2019) and Folklore (2020) have all topped the Official Irish Albums Chart and, impressively, they all ruled the Top 50 within the last decade.
Taylor Swift, Fontaines D.C. is ready for the chart crown.The Irish pop-punk outfit leads the midweek U.K.
Fontaines D.C. are on course to achieve their first Number 1 album in the UK charts.According to today’s Official Chart Update (August 3), the Irish post-punk outfit lead the race to Number 1 with their second album, ‘A Hero’s Death’.
Fontaines D.C. are in pole position for Number 1 on this Friday’s Official Albums Chart.
Congratulations to Taylor Swift is officially the female solo artist with the most Official Irish Albums Chart Number 1s of the millennium.
“Unfortunately named” Irish rock band The Coronas are set to visit a town near you this August bank holiday weekend.
A new album from The Coronas is always an exciting event. The rock trio from Terenure in Dublin are back with a new record True Love Waits on July 31, the sixth in their 17-year career thus far.
Taylor Swift is one of the world's biggest stars, translating to an impressive chart history on the Official Irish Singles Chart.
Congratulations to Joel Corry and MNEK whose collaboration Head & Heart has gone to Number 1 on the Official Irish Singles Chart.