Posthumous Number 1s on the Official Irish Albums Chart

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.

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.

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.

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Congratulations to Taylor Swift is officially the female solo artist with the most Official Irish Albums Chart Number 1s of the millennium.

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.

Juice WRLD takes out a second week at Number 1 on the Official Irish Albums Chart with his posthumous album Legends Never Die.

The depth of Irish female musical talent currently in the scene has been a huge talking point in Ireland as of late, thanks in part to Irish Women in Harmony.

2020 has been a popular year for rap music on Irish shores.

Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo complete a five-week ascent to the top of the Official Irish Singles Chart, claiming Number 1 with Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat).