Ireland's Official Top 50 biggest vinyl albums and Top 20 singles of 2020

(What's the Story) Morning Glory? or Different Class, anyway?Most of all, though, it will be a walk down memory lane that really stretches the legs of your hi-fi system, awash with electronics and polyrhythm, delicacy and outright mayhem. But we're sure you'll let us know if we've got it all wrong.

Darkoo's viral hit Gangsta ft. One Acen claims the UK's biggest afrobeats song of the past year, OfficialCharts.com can reveal. 

IDLES' Ultra Mono was the best-selling album in the UK's independent record shops in 2020, OfficialCharts.com can reveal. 

The UK's biggest Americana album of 2020 was Bruce Springsteen's Letter To You, while the biggest homegrown Americana release was Song For Our Daughter by Laura Marling, the Official Charts Company can reveal.

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With well over a decade of success under their belt, You Me At Six have become one of the most reliable bands in the pop-punk; their stadium-sized choruses and relatable lyrics have earned the Surrey band a global fanbase.

Pop Smoke's Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon is officially Ireland's biggest debut album released in 2020.

Barry Gibb's new album, a collection of country reinterpretations of Bee Gees' biggest hits titled Greenfields, is the latest chapter in the brothers' hugely successful career that spans over 50 years and 31 Top 40 singles.

Despite the closure of physical stores through lockdown and delays to the manufacturing process because of the COVID-19 pandemic, albums consumption increased overall in Ireland in 2020, with Dermot Kennedy claiming the biggest album of the year.

Despite the unprecedented challenges of 2020, overall consumption of recorded music in Ireland rose year-on-year, the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) can confirm today.

Film executive Daria Cercek is moving to Paramount, where she will act as co-president of film. She joins film co-president Michael Ireland, who joined the studio in November.

BREAKING: Paramount Pictures has named former New Line Cinema executive Daria Cercek and former 20th Century Studios executive Michael Ireland as co-presidents of the Paramount Pictures, reporting to Paramount Pictures Motion Picture Group President Emma Watts. Ireland joined the studio in late November, and Cercek will begin her position effective January 11.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterParamount’s motion picture group president Emma Watts has bolstered her team with two new co-presidents — Daria Cercek and Michael Ireland.Cercek comes from New Line Cinema, and will start her post on January 11.

Driven by titles from  and , vinyl albums are enjoying a massive surge in popularity in 2011, according to latest Official Charts Company stats.

Sales of vinyl records climbed for a 13th consecutive year in the UK in 2020, with new as well as classic albums enjoying success on the revived format.

Cassette sales almost doubled in 2020 to their highest level in 17 years.

Pop Smoke claimed the UK's biggest debut album of 2020 with Shoot For The Stars, Aim For The Moon, OfficialCharts.com can confirm.

The UK’s biggest song of 2020 is The Weeknd’s Blinding Lights, the Official Charts Company can confirm.

Lewis Capaldi’s Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish was the UK’s biggest album for a second year in a row, Official Charts Company data confirms.