Irish Chart Thread 2022

[beatlened]

It's very frustrating that there are so many gaps in this year's charts. I was hoping to get an Annual pdf done during the break but I'll wait a couple of weeks to see if anything turns up

[Shakyfan]

Week Ending 29th December 2022 (Week 52)

Top 100 Singles

02 01 Wham! - Last Christmas
03 02 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You
04 03 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
05 04 Ed Sheeran & Elton John - Merry Christmas
01 05 Raye ft 070 Shake - Escapism
10 06 Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock
11 07 Michael Buble - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
08 08 Pogues ft Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York
14 09 Andy Williams - It's The Most Wonderful Time of The Year
15 10 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?

18 11 Jose Feliciano - Feliz Navidad
16 12 Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me
21 13 Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
13 14 Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone
24 15 Ronettes - Sleigh Ride
23 16 John & Yoko / Plastic Ono Band - Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
19 17 Kelly Clarkson - Underneath The Tree
06 18 Dermot Kennedy - One Life
28 19 Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime
20 20 Sia - Snowman

27 21 Michael Buble - Holly Jolly Christmas
30 22 Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas
41 23 Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song
12 24 Meghan Trainor - Made You Look
36 25 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
37 26 Kelly Clarkson & Ariana Grande - Santa Can You Hear Me?
44 27 Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
39 28 Elton John - Step Into Christmas
46 29 Burl Ives - A Holly Jolly Christmas
38 30 Justin Bieber - Mistletoe

09 31 Central Cee - Let Go
51 32 Bing Crosby - White Christmas
45 33 Leona Lewis - One More Sleep
49 34 Frank Sinatra - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
17 35 Tom Odell - Another Love
48 36 Coldplay - Christmas Lights
22 37 Venbee & Goddard - Messy In Heaven
29 38 Rema - Calm Down
54 39 Michael Jackson & The Jackson 5 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
07 40 Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero

55 41 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody
57 42 Ava Max - Christmas Without You
67 43 Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
26 44 Metro Boomin / Weeknd / 21 Savage - Creepin'
66 45 Nat King Cole - Deck The Halls
32 46 Cian Ducrot - I'll Be Waiting
60 47 Britney Spears - My Only Wish (This Year)
71 48 Chuck Berry - Run Rudolph Run
34 49 Bugzy Malone & Teedee - Out of Nowhere
25 50 Sidemen - Christmas Drillings

31 51 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless
77 52 Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick
80 53 Dolly Parton & Michael Buble - Cuddle Up Cozy Down Christmas
84 54 Mud - Lonely This Christmas
35 55 Drake & 21 Savage - Rich Flex
82 56 Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas
74 57 Kylie Minogue - Santa Baby
81 58 Kelly Clarkson / Brett Eldredge - Under The Mistletoe
40 59 Sam Smith & Kim Petras - Unholy
94 60 Frank Sinatra - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

79 61 Michael Buble - Let It Snow
90 62 Pretenders - 2000 Miles
43 63 Oliver Tree & Robin Schulz - Miss You
86 64 Perry Como - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
33 65 SZA - Nobody Gets Me
42 66 Dean Lewis - How Do I Say Goodbye
50 67 David Guetta ft Bebe Rexha - I'm Good (Blue)
98 68 Cliff Richard - Mistletoe & Wine
89 69 Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry
Re 70 Eagles - Please Come Home For Christmas

92 71 Gwen Stefani ft Blake Shelton - You Make It Feel Like Christmas
Re 72 Sam Smith - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Re 73 Stevie Wonder - What Christmas Means To Me
Ne 74 Sarah Connor - Ring Out The Bells
52 75 Cian Ducrot - All For You
Re 76 Mariah Carey / Ariana Grande / Jennifer Hudson - Oh Santa
Re 77 John Williams - Carol of The Bells
Re 78 Idina Menzel ft Michael Buble - Baby It's Cold Outside
47 79 SZA - Shirt
Re 80 Queen - Thank God It's Christmas

58 81 Dermot Kennedy - Kiss Me
Re 82 Boney M - Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord
Ne 83 Frank Sinatra - Jingle Bells
64 84 Harry Styles - As It Was
Re 85 Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby
68 86 Tiesto & Tate McRae - 10:35
65 87 Eminem - Mockingbird
Ne 88 Donny Hathaway - This Christmas Be There
Re 89 Meghan Trainor - My Kind of Present
62 90 Eliza Rose / Interplanetary - B O T A (Baddest of Them All)

75 91 Tory Lanez - The Colour Violet
59 92 Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me
Re 93 Jackson 5 - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
Ne 94 Gene Autry - Here Comes Santa Claus
Re 95 Tony Bennett - Winter Wonderland
Re 96 Brett Eldredge / Meghan Trainor - Baby It's Cold Outside
Re 97 Taylor Swift - Christmas Tree Farm
63 98 Rihanna - Lift Me Up
69 99 Ed Sheeran - Celestial
Ne 100 Elvis Presley - Here Comes Santa Claus

Top 100 Artist Albums

02 01 Dermot Kennedy - Sonder
06 02 Michael Buble - Christmas
03 03 Taylor Swift - Midnights
05 04 Harry Styles - Harry's House
01 05 Andrea / Matteo / Virginia Bocelli - A Family Christmas
07 06 SZA - SOS
04 07 Bruce Springsteen - Only The Strong Survive
11 08 Abba - Gold
13 09 Elton John - Diamonds
09 10 Dermot Kennedy - Without Fear

08 11 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
18 12 Queen - Greatest Hits
14 13 Ed Sheeran - =
17 14 Weeknd - The Highlights
16 15 Arctic Monkeys - AM
22 16 Lana Del Rey - Born To Die
15 17 Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits
19 18 Olivia Rodrigo - Sour
25 19 Taylor Swift - Folklore
23 20 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years - Don't Stop

33 21 Harry Styles - Fine Line
Re 22 Bing Crosby - Christmas Classics
21 23 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent
60 24 Frank Sinatra - Christmas
20 25 Metro Boomin - Heroes & Villains
29 26 Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits
10 27 Nathan Carter - The Morning After
85 28 Tyler, The Creator - Igor
71 29 Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas
58 30 Cure - Greatest Hits

26 31 George Ezra - Gold Rush Kid
41 32 Weeknd - Starboy
35 33 Nirvana - Nevermind
30 34 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend
56 35 Hozier - Hozier
Ne 36 Dean Martin - A Winter Romance
94 37 Harry Styles - Harry Styles
37 38 Taylor Swift - Reputation
34 39 Taylor Swift - 1989
31 40 Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon

53 41 Taylor Swift - Evermore
40 42 David Bowie - Legacy
12 43 Andre Rieu & Johann Strauss Orchestra - Silver Bells
39 44 Ed Sheeran - Divide
46 45 Taylor Swift - Lover
24 46 Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
Re 47 Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special
51 48 Guns n Roses - Greatest Hits
32 49 Foo Fighters - The Essential
43 50 Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever

28 51 Arctic Monkeys - The Car
47 52 Beatles - 1/1+
45 53 U2 - U218 Singles
50 54 Drake & 21 Savage - Her Loss
27 55 Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia
38 56 Kendrick Lamar - Mr Morale & The Big Steppers
72 57 Billy Joel - Piano Man: The Very Best of...
Re 58 Elvis Presley - 30 No 1 Hits
65 59 Nirvana - Unplugged In New York
63 60 Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia

54 61 Gorillaz - Demon Days
64 62 Pogues - Best of...
81 63 Little Mix - Between Us
70 64 Adele - 30
67 65 Weeknd - Dawn FM
48 66 Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
66 67 Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go
77 68 Beyonce - Renaissance
68 69 Westlife - Greatest Hits
62 70 Beatles - Revolver

74 71 Nirvana - Nirvana
Ne 72 John Williams - Home Alone (OST)
Ne 73 Elvis Presley - The Essential
Re 74 George Michael - Older
59 75 1975 - Being Funny In A Foreign Language
83 76 Eminem - Curtain Call 2
Re 77 David Bowie - The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust
42 78 Luke Kelly With The Dubliners - Luke's Legacy
90 79 Lana Del Ray - Ultraviolence
96 80 Billie Eilish - Don't Smile At Me

Re 81 Michael Jackson - Number Ones
78 82 Kanye West - Graduation
73 83 Taylor Swift - Red (Taylor's Version)
Re 84 Oasis - Time Flies: 1994 - 2009
57 85 Dolly Parton - Diamonds & Rhinestones - Greatest Hits
93 86 Eminem - The Eminem Show
86 87 Becky Hill - Only Honest On The Weekend
Re 88 Eagles - The Complete Greatest Hits
36 89 Cranberries - Dreams: The Collection
91 90 Ella Henderson - Everything I Didn't Say

Re 91 Taylor Swift - Speak Now
76 92 Smiths - Hatful of Hollow
75 93 Killers - Direct Hits
89 94 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits
69 95 Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What..
Re 96 Xxxtentacion - Look At Me - The Album
Re 97 George Michael - Twenty Five
Re 98 Maroon 5 - Singles
55 99 Cliff Richard - Christmas With Cliff
82 100 Ed Sheeran - X

Top 30 Compilation Albums

01 01 V/A - Now 113
04 02 Motion Picture Cast Recording - The Greatest Showman
09 03 V/A - 80s No 1s
07 04 Original Soundtrack - Elvis
?? 05 V/A - 70s No 1s
?? 06 OST - Mama Mia
10 07 V/A - The Busk
?? 08 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Encanto
02 09 V/A - Patrick Kavanagh - Almost Everything
03 10 V/A - The Best Ever... Christmas

Top 20 Independent Albums

02 01 Arctic Monkeys - AM
01 02 Nathan Carter - The Morning After
04 03 Arctic Monkeys - The Car
03 04 Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia
08 05 1975 - Being Funny In A Foreign Language
05 06 Luke Kelly With The Dubliners - Luke's Legacy
10 07 Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What...
11 08 Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
15 09 Adele - 25
14 10 Adele - 21

06 11 Derek Ryan - Pure & Simple
07 12 3 Amigos - Gold
13 13 Radiohead - OK Computer
09 14 Daniel O'Donnell - I Wish You Well
12 15 Kidsongs - Christmas Songs For Kids
20 16 Dubliners - 50 Years
17 17 Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
19 18 Louis Tomlinson - Faith In The Future
16 19 CMAT - If My Wife New I'd Be Dead
Re 20 Frank Ocean - Blonde

Top 20 Homegrown Tracks

01 01 Cian Ducrot - I'll Be Waiting
02 02 Dermot Kennedy - One Life
04 03 Belters Only & Micky Modelle - Superstar
05 04 Lea Heart - Everybody's Home For Christmas
03 05 Picture This - Get On My Love
07 06 Lyra - The Magic of Christmas
06 07 Moncrieff - Warm
08 08 Bicep ft Clara La San - Water
09 09 Hozier - Swan Upon Leda
10 10 49th & Main - Believe In Love

Re 11 Coronas - Don't You Say You're In Love
14 12 James Vincent McMorrow - At Christmas
13 13 Damien Dempsey - Failte Abhaile (Welcome Home)
12 14 Fontaines DC - In Ar Gcroithe Go Deo
17 15 Ryan Mack - Forever And Ever And Always
16 16 Inhaler - Love Will Get You There
Re 17 Siights - Fake It
15 18 Robert Grace - Not OK
18 19 Ryan Ennis / Sadie Rose Van - Take My Love
19 20 CMAT - Peter Bogdanovich

CLASSIC COUNTDOWN

31/12/22 1980 https://www.rte.ie/radio/gold/clips/11481030/

Although the person responsible for the charts part of the IRMA website seems to have returned they still managed to miss out the compilation chart this week so we only have the Top 10 as published on the OCC site. And as expected the missing Christmas charts remain that way and it seems highly unlikely that we'll ever see them as there doesn't seem to be any way of making contact.

[Shakyfan]

NI Hit 40 (Broadcast 01.01.2023)

Another stand-in presenter this week - Deputy Dave! And despite the countless references by Paul Kennedy last week about all the Christmas songs dropping out this week and lots of songs entering the chart there was no new chart. Instead we had the Top 40 of the year (kinda spoilt by PK revealing last week that Harry Styles had the biggest song of the year, As well as the 40 Dave also managed to play 3 of the years other big hits along with the current single from Meghan Trainor, a new one from Taylor Swift and Pointless by Lewis Capaldi

01 Harry Styles - As It Was
02 Lost Frequencies and Calum Scott - Where Are You Now
03 Jax Jones ft. MNEK - Where Did You Go
04 Ed Sheeran - Shivers
05 David Guetta, Becky Hill and Ella Henderson - Crazy What Love Can Do
06 George Ezra - Green Green Grass
07 Elton John & Dua Lipa - Cold Heart
08 Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber - Stay
09 Lizzo - About Damn Time
10 Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits

11 Becky Hill - Remember
12 George Ezra - Anyone For You
13 LF System - Afraid To Feel
14 Harry Styles - Late Night Talking
15 Gayle - abcdefu
16 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
17 Fireboy DML and Ed Sheeran - Peru
18 Tate McRae - She's All I Wanna Be
19 Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under
20 Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me

21 Mimi Webb - House On Fire
22 OneRepublic - I Ain't Worried
23 Ed Sheeran - Overpass Graffiti
24 Camila Cabello ft. Ed Sheeran - Bam Bam
25 Nathan Dawe ft. Ella Henderson - 21 Reasons
26 Belters Only ft. Jazzy - Make Me Feel Good
27 Latto and Mariah Carey - Big Energy
28 Beyonce - Break My Soul
29 Glass Animals - Heat Waves
30 Lil Nas X - That's What I Want

31 David Guetta and John Newman - If You Really Love Me
32 Years and Years - Sweet Talker
33 David Guetta & Bebe Rexha - I'm Good (Blue)
34 Sigala & Talia Mar - Stay The Night
35 Tom Grennan - Remind Me
36 Cat Burns - Go
37 Ed Sheeran - 2Step
38 The Weeknd - Blinding Lights
39 Sam Ryder = Space Man
40 Aitch & Ashanti - Baby

[Shakyfan]

...which makes me wonder what PK actually counted down on Christmas Day.....

[Shakyfan]

Week Ending 29th December 2022 (Week 52)

Top 100 Singles

02 01 Wham! - Last Christmas

Am I correct in saying this is Wham's first week at number 1 with Last Christmas or did I miss a week somewhere?

[CZB]

Am I correct in saying this is Wham's first week at number 1 with Last Christmas....?

I believe you are - beatlened has recently brought the Complete Listing of Ireland's Number One Singles thread right up to date, here: https://www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-di...gles-1959-date

.....and this indeed seems to have only now finally given the duo their fifth number one in Ireland!

[CZB]

I doubt that anyone would ever want to subject themselves again to the excruciating experience of listening to the dreadful Diarmuid O'Brien doing a "very special chart show" last Friday, but here it is anyway:

https://www.rte.ie/radio/2fm/clips/11480832/

Apart from a brief read-through of the top ten at one point, there was no coverage of the new official chart, and no mention at all of the Homegrown top twenty - he just played random former number ones and some of his own favourite releases of 2022...

Meanwhile, as a result of the continued absence of many oif the chart positions of the previous week, the complete chart runs of the hits dropping out of the top 100 last week are unfortunately unknown.

[Shakyfan]

It seems to be impossible to contact anyone at the IRMA website. I've tried a few times using the Contact us function but those have gone unanswered and their twitter account was taken over by the OCC so that option has also gone.

[beatlened]

As the last compilation chart data has been provided in this week's chart (or at least 25 of them are now known) I think this is likely to be all that we get. I've compiled the 2022 chart data into a handy pdf. I haven't included the charts themselves as it's better to be safe than sorry. I might have a change of heart and redo it. I'll definitely redo if the missing 3-4 weeks of chart data ever turns up.

In any case I hope this is useful to whoever likes the Irish charts.

see dropbox link below

[Robbie]

Thanks for the 2022 Irish Charts Annual beatlened, it's most appreciated. While I would love the charts to also be included I can understand why you haven't done so.

I like using WeTransfer as it's a great way of sharing files. You could create a free Dropbox account if you wished to have a way of storing and sharing files without a time limit. A free account is limited to 2GB but that should be more than enough unless you were wishing to store lots of larger documents.

[Shakyfan]

Comparing weeks on chart for some of this week's re-entries the following 13 songs all have 2 weeks more than they did on their last known appearance and so would have appeared on the missing Christmas chart.

Anne-Marie & Aitch - Psycho
OneRepublic - I Ain't Worried
Hotel Ugly - Shut Up My Moms Calling
Metro Boomin / Future / Brown - Superhero (Heroes & Villains)
Jvke - Golden Hour
Lil Uzi Vert - Just Wanna Rock
Beyonce - Cuff It
Joel Corry & Tom Grennan - Lionheart (Fearless)
Mimi Webb - Ghost of You
Noah Kahan - Stick Season
Fred Again - Delilah (Pull Me Out of This)
1975 - About You
Headie One - 50s

[beatlened]

Thanks for the 2022 Irish Charts Annual beatlened, it's most appreciated. While I would love the charts to also be included I can understand why you haven't done so.

I like using WeTransfer as it's a great way of sharing files. You could create a free Dropbox account if you wished to have a way of storing and sharing files without a time limit. A free account is limited to 2GB but that should be more than enough unless you were wishing to store lots of larger documents.

Thanks for this Robbie. I've given it a go in Dropbox. I would appreciate if you can let me know if this works please?
If it does I can use it to add in previous years.

I've made a few changes to the earlier version (compilations regrouped, extra weeks for singles and albums in the missing part of the charts etc) so this is version 1.2

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/twb5i0dit...Mzm_N84sa?dl=0

Thanks

Version 1.3 now added to replace V1.2

[beatlened]

Comparing weeks on chart for some of this week's re-entries the following 13 songs all have 2 weeks more than they did on their last known appearance and so would have appeared on the missing Christmas chart.

Anne-Marie & Aitch - Psycho
OneRepublic - I Ain't Worried
Hotel Ugly - Shut Up My Moms Calling
Metro Boomin / Future / Brown - Superhero (Heroes & Villains)
Jvke - Golden Hour
Lil Uzi Vert - Just Wanna Rock
Beyonce - Cuff It
Joel Corry & Tom Grennan - Lionheart (Fearless)
Mimi Webb - Ghost of You
Noah Kahan - Stick Season
Fred Again - Delilah (Pull Me Out of This)
1975 - About You
Headie One - 50s

Also identified as appearing in the album charts that week

50 Cent - Best of 50 Cent
Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits
SZA - CTRL

and for good measure the 3 Amigos DVD would've been on the Music DVD chart.

[Robbie]

Thanks for this Robbie. I've given it a go in Dropbox. I would appreciate if you can let me know if this works please?
If it does I can use it to add in previous years.

I've made a few changes to the earlier version (compilations regrouped, extra weeks for singles and albums in the missing part of the charts etc) so this is version 1.2

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/twb5i0dit...Mzm_N84sa?dl=0

Thanks

It works perfectly. I've been able to download the document without any problem.

[Shakyfan]

OK! This might sound silly but can someone give the chart runs for Sza - Kill Bill and Dermot Kennedy - One Life? I think I've mixed their positions up somewhere but my head is melted trying to work out where I've gone wrong.

[beatlened]

Kill Bill 7 6 18 3
One Life 10 23 52 70
It's back in now at 43

The only week they both charted was 16-12-22 at 7 and 70

[Shakyfan]

Think it was the 7 and 70 thing that got me confused. I've also just noticed that Players by Coi Leray is on it's second week in the chart so it must also have been in that Christmas chart.

[Shakyfan]

Another from the missing chart is Taylor Swift - You're On Your Own Kid which has a week unaccounted for. That means that when added to the list of songs which stayed in the Top 100 the week after Christmas we should now have 48 of the songs in the bottom half of the Christmas chart.

[beatlened]

Another from the missing chart is Taylor Swift - You're On Your Own Kid which has a week unaccounted for. That means that when added to the list of songs which stayed in the Top 100 the week after Christmas we should now have 48 of the songs in the bottom half of the Christmas chart.

When I added in all of the songs you've listed here I still had 4 missing. So I checked the new chart and there are 3 more that aren't mentioned here.

Die for you - The Weeknd
Hide & Seek - Stromzy
One Life - Dermot Kennedy

This means there are 99 in total.

I also believe that the last one is Lavender Haze by Taylor Swift.
This was the highest place track the week before that is not listed and Taylor has only 2 other tracks on the chart.
She had 3 tracks every other week since the album came out and her Christmas hit was definitely not charted that week.
It might become apparent in the next few charts if it reappears.

So there's a bit of work to do to amend the PDF. V1.4 will be up today.

[Shakyfan]

These missing charts are confusing the hell out of me as I'm trying to get the discussion for 2023 up and running at the same time (that should be sorted later on today). I've just been working on the compilation chart part of my spreadsheet which is completely confusing as not only did they miss out the full Top 30 on Christmas week but only the Top 10 was posted on the final chart of the year. From the first chart of the new year I have managed to work out a large chunk of the missing section from that week. The (as full as I can get it) chart for that week now reads as follows:

01 01 V/A - Now 113
04 02 Motion Picture Cast Recording - The Greatest Showman
09 03 V/A - 80s No 1s
07 04 Original Soundtrack - Elvis
?? 05 V/A - 70s No 1s
?? 06 OST - Mama Mia
10 07 V/A - The Busk
?? 08 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Encanto
02 09 V/A - Patrick Kavanagh - Almost Everything
03 10 V/A - The Best Ever... Christmas

08 11 OST - Guardians of The Galaxy - Awesome Mix 1
?? 12 OST - Suicide Squad: The Album
?? 13 V/A - The Jazz Album
?? 15 OST - Frozen
?? 16 V/A - The Annual 2023
?? 17 OST - Grease
?? 18 Original TV Soundtrack - Hamilton
?? 20 OST - Dirty Dancing

?? 21 Motion Picture Cast Recording - A Star Is Born
?? 22 OST - Sing
?? 23 V/A - Phil Collins Plays Well With Others
?? 24 OST - Top Gun - Maverick
?? 25 Motion Picture Cast Recording - Sing 2
?? 28 OST - Moana
?? 29 OST - Fifty Shades of Grey