The Irish Albums Chart is the
Irish
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Common meanings
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music industry standard albums
popularity chart
A record chart, in the music industry, also called a music chart, is a ranking of recorded music according to certain criteria during a given period. Many different criteria are used in worldwide charts, often in combination. These include r ...
issued weekly by the
Irish Recorded Music Association
The Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) is a non-profit association set up in 1999 to promote certain interests of the music industry in Ireland. It is particularly active in addressing copyright issues, and it compiles the official music ...
(IRMA). The charts were previously compiled on behalf of IRMA by
Chart-Track
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, and have been compiled by the
Official Charts Company
The Official Charts (legal name: The Official UK Charts Company Limited) is a British inter-professional organization that compiles various "official" record charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France.
In the United Kingdom, its charts inc ...
since 2017.
Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured electronically each day from retailers'
Point of sale
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systems and certain digital retailers. All major record stores and over forty independents submit data for the charts, accounting for over 80% of the market, according to Chart-Track. A new chart is compiled and released to the public by the Irish Recorded Music Association on Friday at noon. Each chart is dated with the "week-ending" date of the previous Thursday (i.e., the day before issue).
It is released as a Top 100; however, Chart-Track's records only record the Top 75 in the archives.
Chart achievements and trivia
Albums with the most weeks at number one
Acts to occupy the top two positions
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Michael Jackson
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The Essential Michael Jackson
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'' and ''
Number Ones'' (two weeks in July 2009).
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Adele
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21'' and ''
19'' (one week in March 2011).
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Ed Sheeran
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÷'' and ''
x'' (two weeks in March 2017 and one week in August 2017).
See also
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Lists of Irish Albums Chart number ones
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Irish Independent Albums Chart The Irish Independent Albums Chart (also known as Independent Artist Albums or Top 20 Indie Albums) is a chart of best-selling independent album releases in Ireland. It is issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) and complied on ...
References
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Albums Chart
A record chart, in the music industry, also called a music chart, is a ranking of recorded music according to certain criteria during a given period. Many different criteria are used in worldwide charts, often in combination. These include rec ...