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The '''Irish Singles Chart''' is the [[Republic of Ireland]]'s music industry standard [[Single (music)|singles]] [[popularity chart]] issued weekly by the [[Irish Recorded Music Association|Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA)]] and compiled on their behalf by the [[Official Charts Company]]. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured electronically each day from retailers' [[Point of sale|EPOS]] systems. All major record shops, digital retailers and streaming services contribute to the chart, accounting for over 95% of the market. 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)<!-- the date for "week-ending" is always the date of a Thursday, and its always the date of the last Thursday. Just check the dates on the charts -->. The singles chart was first published on 1 October 1962, and covered the top ten singles of the previous week by record label shipments.

As of the issue dated 27 June 2025, the current number-one single on the chart is "Nine Ball" by [[Zach Bryan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/irish-singles-chart/20250627/ie7501/|title=Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 4 July 2025|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=27 June 2025}}</ref>

==History==
The charts were first broadcast on [[RTÉ]] on 1 October 1962. Before this charts had been printed in the ''[[Evening Herald]]'' newspaper, but it is debated as to whether they are official or not. Up until 1972 the Irish Chart was based on telephone sales received from record retailers based on over the counter sales to the public. The compilers of the chart changed several times and in January 1972 the chart changed to one based on sales from manufacturers to retailers. From October 1975 to February 1977 the chart was compiled from votes from readers in the Evening Herald newspaper. There was a separate Irish and International artists chart for a time during this period. From 1977 the chart once again became based on sales from retailers to the public but during the early 1980s this again changed and was once more based on sales from manufacturers to retailers. [[RTÉ 2fm]] broadcasts the top 30 of the chart every Friday night from 8pm to 10pm.

In 1992, the singles chart became based on consumer sales after [[IFPI]] and the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) granted a contract to Gallup, a market research company. Gallup installed [[Seiko Epson Corporation|Epson]] PX-4 devices in sixty record stores to collect singles sales data. In 1996, Chart-Track was formed as a result of a management buy-out from Gallup. Also in 1996, with the development of technology, [[Point of sale|EPOS]] systems were installed in multiple music retail stores. The EPOS systems allowed for the collection of more accurate sales information. Chart-Track collects data daily from major record stores such as [[HMV]] and [[Tower Records (music retailer)|Tower Records]], as well as over forty Independent retailers. In total, data from over four-hundred and ninety stores are collected each week. The singles chart is compiled over seven days and released every Friday at noon by the IRMA, while Midweek Charts are produced daily, but only released to IRMA members.

It was announced that from 1 July 2006, downloads would be counted in the charts. They would also feature in their own chart in addition to being counted for the overall chart. Data was initially collected from [[iTunes]], [[Vodafone Ireland|Vodafone]], eircom, [[Sony Connect]], Wippit and [[Bleep.com]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.charttrack.co.uk/index.jsp|title=News on addition of downloads|access-date=2006-06-30|archive-date=2006-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060629062510/http://www.charttrack.co.uk/index.jsp|url-status=dead}}</ref> Although IRMA estimated the size of the download market to amount to only 14% of the total market in 2006, this has increased in more recent years.

In 2014, the Irish charts first included music [[Streaming media|streaming]] data and in 2018, [[music video]] streaming data was included for the first time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-history-of-the-official-irish-charts__23351/|title=The history of the Official Irish Charts|date=19 July 2018|website=www.officialcharts.com|language=en|access-date=3 August 2019}}</ref>

==Chart achievements==
:All information is from 1962 to the present and does not include charts printed in the ''Evening Herald'' newspaper.<ref>{{cite web |author=Jaclyn Ward - Fireball Media Ltd. |url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/facts/most_no1s.htm |title=The Irish Charts - All there is to know |publisher=Irishcharts.ie |access-date=2007-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606020456/http://www.irishcharts.ie/facts/most_no1s.htm |archive-date=2011-06-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Jaclyn Ward - Fireball Media Ltd. |url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/facts/most_weeks_at_no1.htm |title=The Irish Charts - All there is to know |publisher=Irishcharts.ie |access-date=2007-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120907023415/http://www.irishcharts.ie/facts/most_weeks_at_no1.htm |archive-date=2012-09-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===First Irish artist to debut at number one===
[[Dickie Rock]] & [[the Miami Showband]] with "Every Step of the Way" (1965)

===Artists with the most number one hits===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Total !! Artist
|-
| 21 || [[U2]]
|-
| rowspan=2| 13 || [[The Beatles]]
|-
| [[Westlife]]
|-
| 12 || [[ABBA]]
|-
| rowspan=5| 9 || [[Cliff Richard]]
|-
| [[Michael Jackson]]
|-
| [[Boyzone]]
|-
| [[Eminem]]
|-
| [[Ed Sheeran]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/ed-sheeran-and-elton-john-s-merry-christmas-claims-ireland-s-2021-christmas-number-1__34824/|title=Ed Sheeran and Elton John's Merry Christmas claims Ireland's 2021 Christmas Number 1|date=24 December 2021|work=[[Official Charts Company]]|language=en|access-date=24 December 2021}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=6| 8 || [[Dickie Rock]]
|-
| [[Elvis Presley]]
|-
| [[Madonna]]
|-
| [[Britney Spears]]
|-
| [[Rihanna]]
|-
| [[Calvin Harris]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/irish-singles-chart/20230331/ie7501/|title=Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 6 April 2023|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=31 March 2023}}</ref>
|}

Source:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/acts-with-the-most-number-1-singles-in-ireland__23468/|title=Acts with the most Number 1 singles in Ireland|date=30 October 2020|work=[[Official Charts Company]]|language=en|access-date=30 October 2020}}</ref>

===Songs with the most weeks at number one===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Weeks
!Artist(s)
!Song
!Year(s)
|-
|{{center|18}}
|[[Bill Whelan]]
|"[[Riverdance (song)|Riverdance]]"
|1994
|-
|{{center|15}}
|[[Luis Fonsi]] and [[Daddy Yankee]] featuring [[Justin Bieber]] 
|"[[Despacito#Justin Bieber remix version|Despacito]]"
|rowspan=2|2017
|-
|rowspan=2|{{center|14}}
|[[Ed Sheeran]] 
|"[[Shape of You]]"*
|-
|[[Noah Kahan]]
|"[[Stick Season (song)|Stick Season]]"*<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/irish-singles-chart/20240216/ie7501/|title=Official Irish Singles Chart Top 50 for the Week Ending 16 February 2024|date=16 February 2024|work=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=16 February 2024}}</ref>
|2023–24
|-
|rowspan=2|{{center|13}}
|[[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland Football Squad]]
|"[[Put 'Em Under Pressure]]" 
|1990
|-
|[[Gracie Abrams]]
|"[[That's So True]]"*<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/irish-singles-chart/20250314/ie7501/|title=Official Irish Singles Chart Top 50 for the Week Ending 20 March 2025|date=14 March 2025|work=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=14 March 2025}}</ref>
|2024–25
|-
|rowspan=2|{{center|12}}
|[[Black Eyed Peas|The Black Eyed Peas]]
|"[[I Gotta Feeling]]"*
|2009
|-
|[[Pharrell Williams]]
|"[[Happy (Pharrell Williams song)|Happy]]"*
|2014
|-
|rowspan=5|{{center|11}}
|[[Bryan Adams]] 
|"[[(Everything I Do) I Do It for You]]"*
|1991
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Queen (band)|Queen]]
|rowspan=2|"[[Bohemian Rhapsody]]"* {{refn|group="Note"|The 1975–76 original release of "Bohemian Rhapsody" b/w "[[I'm in Love with My Car]]" spent 6 weeks atop the chart.<br />The 1991–92 re-release of "Bohemian Rhapsody" b/w "[[These Are the Days of Our Lives]]" spent 5 weeks atop the chart.}}
|1975–76
|-
|1991–92
|-
|[[Drake (musician)|Drake]] featuring [[Wizkid]] and [[Kyla (British singer)|Kyla]]
|"[[One Dance]]"*
|2016
|-
|Ed Sheeran
|"[[Bad Habits (Ed Sheeran song)|Bad Habits]]"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/ed-sheeran-fends-off-the-kid-laroi-and-drake-for-11th-week-at-number-1-on-the-official-irish-singles-chart-with-bad-habits__34004/|title=Ed Sheeran fends off The Kid Laroi and Drake for 11th week at Number 1 on the Official Irish Singles Chart with Bad Habits|date=10 September 2021|work=[[Official Charts Company]]|language=en|access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref>
|2021
|-
|rowspan=5|{{center|10}}
|[[Paul McCartney and Wings|Wings]]
|"[[Mull of Kintyre (song)|Mull of Kintyre]]"
|1977–78
|-
|[[Mark McCabe]] 
|"[[Maniac 2000]]"
|2000
|-
|Drake
|"[[God's Plan (song)|God's Plan]]"
|2018
|-
|[[Harry Styles]]
|"[[As It Was]]"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/harry-styles-marks-tenth-consecutive-week-at-number-1-in-ireland-with-as-it-was__36566/|title=Harry Styles marks tenth consecutive week at Number 1 in Ireland with As It Was|date=10 June 2022|work=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=11 June 2022}}</ref>
|2022
|-
|[[Miley Cyrus]]
|"[[Flowers (Miley Cyrus song)|Flowers]]"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/irish-singles-chart/20230330/ie7501/|title=Official Irish Singles Chart Top 50 for the Week Ending 30 March 2023|date=24 March 2023|work=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=24 March 2023}}</ref>
|2023
|}

''Note: Songs denoted with an asterisk (*) spent non-consecutive weeks at number one''.

Source:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-longest-reigning-number-1s-on-the-official-irish-singles-chart__24866/|title=The longest reigning Number 1s on the Official Irish Singles Chart|date=28 November 2018|work=[[Official Charts Company]]|language=en|access-date=30 October 2020}}</ref>

===Acts to occupy the top two simultaneously===
*[[Lady Gaga]] — "[[Just Dance (song)|Just Dance]]" (with [[Colby O'Donis]]) and "[[Poker Face (Lady Gaga song)|Poker Face]]" (two weeks in February 2009).
*[[Pharrell Williams]] — "[[Get Lucky (Daft Punk song)|Get Lucky]]" (with [[Daft Punk]]) and "[[Blurred Lines]]" (with [[Robin Thicke]] & [[T.I.]]) (one week in May 2013); "Blurred Lines" (with Robin Thicke & T.I.) and "Get Lucky" (with Daft Punk) (six weeks in May and June 2013).
*[[Justin Bieber]]
**"[[Sorry (Justin Bieber song)|Sorry]]" and "[[Love Yourself (Justin Bieber song)|Love Yourself]]" (one week in December 2015); "Love Yourself" and "Sorry" (seven weeks in December 2015 and January 2016).
**"[[Cold Water (song)|Cold Water]]" (with [[Major Lazer]] & [[MØ]]) and "[[Let Me Love You (DJ Snake song)|Let Me Love You]]" (with [[DJ Snake]]) (two weeks in August 2016).
**"[[Despacito]]" (with [[Luis Fonsi]] & [[Daddy Yankee]]) and "[[I'm the One (DJ Khaled song)|I'm the One]]" (with [[DJ Khaled]], [[Quavo]], [[Chance the Rapper]] & [[Lil Wayne]]) (five weeks in May and June 2017).
*[[Ed Sheeran]]
**"[[Shape of You]]" and "[[Castle on the Hill (Ed Sheeran song)|Castle on the Hill]]" (seven weeks in January, February and March 2017).
**"[[Galway Girl (Ed Sheeran song)|Galway Girl]]" and "Shape of You" (seven weeks in March and April 2017).
**"[[Perfect (Ed Sheeran song)|Perfect]]" and "[[River (Eminem song)|River]]" (with [[Eminem]]) (four non-consecutive weeks in December 2017 and January 2018).
*[[Ariana Grande]] — "[[Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored]]" and "[[7 Rings]]" (one week in February 2019); "7 Rings" and "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored" (one week in February 2019).
*[[Dermot Kennedy]] — "[[Giants (Dermot Kennedy song)|Giants]]" and "[[Paradise (Meduza song)|Paradise]]" (with [[Meduza (producers)|Meduza]]) (four weeks in December 2020).
*[[Olivia Rodrigo]] — "[[Good 4 U]]" and "[[Deja Vu (Olivia Rodrigo song)|Deja Vu]]" (three weeks in May and June 2021).
*[[Taylor Swift]] — "[[Anti-Hero (song)|Anti-Hero]]" and "[[Lavender Haze]]" (one week in October 2022).
*[[Sabrina Carpenter]] — "[[Please Please Please (Sabrina Carpenter song)|Please Please Please]]" and "[[Espresso (song)|Espresso]]" (four weeks in June and July 2024);<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/irish-singles-chart/20240628/ie7501/|title=Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 5 July 2024|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=5 July 2024}}</ref> "[[Taste (Sabrina Carpenter song)|Taste]]" and "Please Please Please" (one week in August 2024).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/irish-singles-chart/20240830/ie7501/|title=Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 30 August 2024|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=30 August 2024}}</ref>

In addition, in the fifth and seventh week that Justin Bieber was at #1 and #2 with "Love Yourself" and "Sorry", "[[What Do You Mean]]" was at #3. For the sixth week that Ed Sheeran was at #1 and #2 with "Galway Girl" and "Shape of You", he also occupied #3 to #16 with the remaining tracks from "[[÷ (album)#Track listing|÷]]". In the second week, "Castle on the Hill", "[[Nancy Mulligan]]" and "[[New Man (Ed Sheeran song)|New Man]]" occupied #3, #4 and #5 respectively and "Castle on the Hill" remained at #3 for the third week. For the first two weeks that Olivia Rodrigo occupied the top two spots with "Good 4 U" and "Deja Vu",  "[[Traitor (song)|Traitor]]" was also at #3.

=== Artists with the most top fifty hits===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Total !! Artist
|-
| 73 || [[Michael Jackson]]<ref name="The Irish Charts - All there is to know">{{cite web|access-date=31 March 2023|title=The Irish Charts - All there is to know|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement|website=The Irish Charts|publisher=IRMA}}</ref>
|-
| 70 || [[Cliff Richard]]<ref name="The Irish Charts - All there is to know"/>
|-
| 70 || [[Elvis Presley]]<ref name="The Irish Charts - All there is to know"/>
|-
| 68 || [[Taylor Swift]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Discography Taylor Swift|url=http://www.irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Taylor+Swift|access-date=2024-06-16|website=www.irish-charts.com|language=en}}</ref>
|-

| 66 || [[Madonna]]<ref name="The Irish Charts - All there is to know"/>
|-
| 61 || [[Ed Sheeran]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Discography Ed Sheeran|url=http://www.irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Ed+Sheeran|access-date=2024-06-16|website=www.irish-charts.com|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 61 || [[Justin Bieber]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Discography Justin Bieber|url=http://www.irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Justin+Bieber|access-date=2024-06-16|website=www.irish-charts.com|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 56 || [[Eminem]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Discography Eminem|url=http://www.irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Eminem|access-date=2024-06-16|website=www.irish-charts.com|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 54 || [[Rihanna]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Discography Rihanna|url=http://www.irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Rihanna|access-date=2024-06-16|website=www.irish-charts.com|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 49 || [[U2]]<ref name="The Irish Charts - All there is to know"/>
|-
| 43 || [[Post Malone]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Discography Post Malone|url=http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Post+Malone|access-date=2024-06-16|website=www.irish-charts.com|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 42 || [[Beyoncé]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Discography Beyoncé|url=http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Beyonc%E9|access-date=2024-06-16|website=www.irish-charts.com|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 40 || [[Calvin Harris]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Discography Calvin Harris|url=http://www.irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Calvin+harris|access-date=2024-06-16|website=www.irish-charts.com|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 39 || [[The Weeknd]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Discography The Weeknd|url=http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Weeknd|access-date=2024-06-16|website=www.irish-charts.com|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 38 || [[Ariana Grande]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Discography Ariana Grande|url=http://www.irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Ariana+Grande|access-date=2024-06-16|website=www.irish-charts.com|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 34 || [[P!nk]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Discography P!nk|url=http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=P!nk|access-date=2024-06-16|website=www.irish-charts.com|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 33 || [[The Beatles]]<ref name="The Irish Charts - All there is to know"/>
|-
| 31 || [[Westlife]]<ref name="The Irish Charts - All there is to know"/>
|-
| 30 || [[Britney Spears]]<ref name="The Irish Charts - All there is to know"/>
|}

==See also==
*[[Ireland Eurovision Song Contest entries discography]]
*[[List of artists who reached number one in Ireland]]
*[[List of songs that reached number one on the Irish Singles Chart]]
*[[List of Irish Singles Chart Christmas number ones]]

==Notes==
{{reflist|group=Note}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.irma.ie/Singles Current Irish Singles Chart (top 100 positions)]
*[https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/irish-singles-chart/ Official Irish Singles Chart (top 50 positions)]

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