A new year and a new thread! And before the first new chart which will appear at the weekend a few links and some background information
The Irish chart is revealed online every Friday afternoon and covers sales between Friday and Thursday. Since the beginning of 2007 the main sales chart has included all physical and download sales as in the UK. The main charts are the singles chart (a Top 50), the artist albums chart (a Top 100), the compilation album chart (a Top 30) and the download-only chart (a Top 20). The first 3 of these can be found at www.irma.ie while www.chart-track.com carries the Top 50 singles, Top 75 Artist albums, Top 20 compilations and Top 20 downloads along with weekly commentaries. The weekly airplay Top 20 can be found at http://cclamp.radioandrecords.com/forma ... reland.asp
At present the first and only broadcast of the chart on radio is on Sunday afternoons. Veteran presenter Larry Gogan has a 3 hour show between 2 and 5 and the middle hour is dedicated to the new chart. It usually kicks off with tracks from the top selling compilation and artist albums, then a couple of tracks from other album entries or something from the lower end of the singles chart with the Top 10 played in order - though not necessarily in full. The show can be heard online at http://www.rte.ie/radio/liveplayer_av.h ... m_new.smil
For full archive charts from January 2000 onwards I would recommend the chart-track website as it contains all the weekly charts since then. The irma website seems to have added an archive section which can be found at http://www.irma.ie/charts_archive/overview.asp though this only seems to cover the Top 50 singles and artist albums of 2007 at present. The irma site also contains year end Top 20s for the last 5 years. Also worth checking out is www.irishcharts.ie which contains a fully searchable singles database going right back to 1962 when the first recognised chart was compiled (though there was a Top 10 published regularly from 1959). It is restricted to Top 30 hits but seems to be updated on a regular basis. This site also contains various other facts and figures and does have a certifications section though this is rather limited in content. Sales info is extremely hard to come by for Ireland and the only details that seem to appear are those mentioned from time to time in the chart-track commentary.
Many pre-2000 singles charts were posted on the UKMix forums back in 2006. Links to these and other Irish chart related topics can be found below
A Guide To The Irish Singles Charts of 2005
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
A Guide To The Irish Singles Charts of 2006
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=41605
Ireland Number Ones 1960-69
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish Chart Archives - 80s
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Full searchable Irish charts database now online
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish Singles Charts 1976-1977
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish Charts 1979 to 1981
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish Charts 1982 to 1984
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish Charts 1985 to 1987
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish Charts 1988 to 1990
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish Charts 1991 to 1993
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish Charts 1994-96
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish Charts 1997 to 1999
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
How much is Platinum sales in Ireland?
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Official Irish Downloads Chart Coming...
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Ireland's Favourites of The 21st Century
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish chartruns website>>
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish Chart performance of Eurovision songs
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish Number One Albums 1990 to date
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Complete Listing of Ireland's number one singles 1959 - date
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish Top Ten 1959-1962
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
And not forgetting the 2007 thread which can be accessed at
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... sc&start=0
The Irish chart is revealed online every Friday afternoon and covers sales between Friday and Thursday. Since the beginning of 2007 the main sales chart has included all physical and download sales as in the UK. The main charts are the singles chart (a Top 50), the artist albums chart (a Top 100), the compilation album chart (a Top 30) and the download-only chart (a Top 20). The first 3 of these can be found at www.irma.ie while www.chart-track.com carries the Top 50 singles, Top 75 Artist albums, Top 20 compilations and Top 20 downloads along with weekly commentaries. The weekly airplay Top 20 can be found at http://cclamp.radioandrecords.com/forma ... reland.asp
At present the first and only broadcast of the chart on radio is on Sunday afternoons. Veteran presenter Larry Gogan has a 3 hour show between 2 and 5 and the middle hour is dedicated to the new chart. It usually kicks off with tracks from the top selling compilation and artist albums, then a couple of tracks from other album entries or something from the lower end of the singles chart with the Top 10 played in order - though not necessarily in full. The show can be heard online at http://www.rte.ie/radio/liveplayer_av.h ... m_new.smil
For full archive charts from January 2000 onwards I would recommend the chart-track website as it contains all the weekly charts since then. The irma website seems to have added an archive section which can be found at http://www.irma.ie/charts_archive/overview.asp though this only seems to cover the Top 50 singles and artist albums of 2007 at present. The irma site also contains year end Top 20s for the last 5 years. Also worth checking out is www.irishcharts.ie which contains a fully searchable singles database going right back to 1962 when the first recognised chart was compiled (though there was a Top 10 published regularly from 1959). It is restricted to Top 30 hits but seems to be updated on a regular basis. This site also contains various other facts and figures and does have a certifications section though this is rather limited in content. Sales info is extremely hard to come by for Ireland and the only details that seem to appear are those mentioned from time to time in the chart-track commentary.
Many pre-2000 singles charts were posted on the UKMix forums back in 2006. Links to these and other Irish chart related topics can be found below
A Guide To The Irish Singles Charts of 2005
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
A Guide To The Irish Singles Charts of 2006
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=41605
Ireland Number Ones 1960-69
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish Chart Archives - 80s
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Full searchable Irish charts database now online
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish Singles Charts 1976-1977
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish Charts 1979 to 1981
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish Charts 1982 to 1984
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish Charts 1985 to 1987
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish Charts 1988 to 1990
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish Charts 1991 to 1993
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish Charts 1994-96
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish Charts 1997 to 1999
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
How much is Platinum sales in Ireland?
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Official Irish Downloads Chart Coming...
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Ireland's Favourites of The 21st Century
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish chartruns website>>
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish Chart performance of Eurovision songs
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish Number One Albums 1990 to date
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Complete Listing of Ireland's number one singles 1959 - date
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Irish Top Ten 1959-1962
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
And not forgetting the 2007 thread which can be accessed at
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... sc&start=0
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