This article was submitted to the IrishCentral contributors network by a member of the global Irish community. The group consists of Bono (lead vocals and rhythm guitar), the Edge (lead…, The Cranberries were an alternative rock band from Limerick, Ireland that formed in 1989 and rose to mainstream popularity in the early 1990's. The group's career began to take off when they appeared in the 1991 hit movie The Commitments.
Westlife began as a group called Six To One that changed their name to IOYOU. And if rap isn’t quite your speed, the brothers also perform folk music as The Mary Wallopers with fellow Dundalk musician Seán McKenna. The band, which popularised traditional folk music, consisted of Christy Moore, Andy Irvine, Dónal Lunny and Liam O’Flynn.All of whom were masters of traditional instruments. It hit the top 10 on the U.K. albums chart but failed to produce any hit singles. Sure, they won the Eurovision song contest consistently with saccharine ballads, but the scope of Irish music left something to be desired. The group had their first big break in 1998 opening for Boyzone and Backstreet Boys in Dublin. Ever prolific, she’s spending her quarantine recording new demos. On May 29 they shared isolation – content, their quarantine EP. His most recent album Wild Swan was released May 2016, and in June 2019, Vance released a new album, From Muscle Shoals. “I look for solutions but in every direction / I see empty glass buildings, planned to perfection,” Belle sings, calling to mind the Irish government’s prioritization of multinational corporations over their own citizens. As typical with most traditional bands, the group saw many more temporary musicians play alongside them throughout their career.
Shane Filan also released a significant pop hit single. 151,652 listeners. They came to the attention of Irish manager Louis Walsh, and Simon Cowell expressed interest in signing them but insisted on cutting three members. Glen Hansard frequently performs Van Morrison songs in concert. The Pogues broke up in 1996, but they decided to come back for a Christmas tour in 2001 and have remained together roughly ever since.
The Young Will Eat The Old, their 2019 debut album, is a must listen, but the pair also shared their wry new single “White Boy of the Month” in May. Dublin folk group Lankum represent a constant conversation between the past, present and future of Irish music, and we’re all lucky to be eavesdropping. The Boomtown Rats came back together as a functioning band in 2013. Queen Elizabeth II knighted him. It included the band's breakthrough pop hit in the U.S. "Breakeven" which sold over two million copies and reached #1 on the adult pop and adult contemporary charts. Anyone who thinks the Irish language is dying needs to hear KNEECAP, the Belfast trio whose electric rhymes on as gaeilge revive their native tongue with defibrillator-level energy. Lead vocalist Danny O'Donoghue is the group's leader. The members of Snow Patrol are Irish, but they hail from Northern Ireland instead of the Irish Republic. Top 10 single is on the cards this week for @, First Look: Ariana Grande set for 7th UK Number 1 single with Positions, Internet Money claim UK Number 1 single with Lemonade, Daniel O'Donnell extends UK chart record with three decades of hit albums, The Vamps’ Cherry Blossom blooms at Number 1: ‘This is insane!’, Justin Bieber claims highest new entry on Official Irish Singles Chart, The Vamps score highest new entry on Official Irish Albums Chart, This week's new releases: Ariana Grande, Bruce Springsteen, KSI & Craig David, more. By using LiveAbout, you accept our, Photo by Stephen Shugerman / Getty Images, Top 20 Alternative Rock Songs of All Time, Top 10 Best New Artist Grammy Award Winners, M.L.S, Library Science, Indiana University, "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", "Fairytale Of New York" with Kirsty MacColl. However, they have failed to have significant hit singles off either album. The group plans to complete a final album with vocals already recorded by O'Riordan. The Script released their fourth studio album No Sound Without Silence in 2014. It won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Pop Song. The Frames are a Dublin based Irish rock band founded by Glen Hansard in 1990. Their 2004 album Burn the Maps reached #1 on the Irish album chart.
This article was submitted to the IrishCentral contributors network by a member of the global Irish community. The group consists of Bono (lead vocals and rhythm guitar), the Edge (lead…, The Cranberries were an alternative rock band from Limerick, Ireland that formed in 1989 and rose to mainstream popularity in the early 1990's. The group's career began to take off when they appeared in the 1991 hit movie The Commitments.
Westlife began as a group called Six To One that changed their name to IOYOU. And if rap isn’t quite your speed, the brothers also perform folk music as The Mary Wallopers with fellow Dundalk musician Seán McKenna. The band, which popularised traditional folk music, consisted of Christy Moore, Andy Irvine, Dónal Lunny and Liam O’Flynn.All of whom were masters of traditional instruments. It hit the top 10 on the U.K. albums chart but failed to produce any hit singles. Sure, they won the Eurovision song contest consistently with saccharine ballads, but the scope of Irish music left something to be desired. The group had their first big break in 1998 opening for Boyzone and Backstreet Boys in Dublin. Ever prolific, she’s spending her quarantine recording new demos. On May 29 they shared isolation – content, their quarantine EP. His most recent album Wild Swan was released May 2016, and in June 2019, Vance released a new album, From Muscle Shoals. “I look for solutions but in every direction / I see empty glass buildings, planned to perfection,” Belle sings, calling to mind the Irish government’s prioritization of multinational corporations over their own citizens. As typical with most traditional bands, the group saw many more temporary musicians play alongside them throughout their career.
Shane Filan also released a significant pop hit single. 151,652 listeners. They came to the attention of Irish manager Louis Walsh, and Simon Cowell expressed interest in signing them but insisted on cutting three members. Glen Hansard frequently performs Van Morrison songs in concert. The Pogues broke up in 1996, but they decided to come back for a Christmas tour in 2001 and have remained together roughly ever since.
The Young Will Eat The Old, their 2019 debut album, is a must listen, but the pair also shared their wry new single “White Boy of the Month” in May. Dublin folk group Lankum represent a constant conversation between the past, present and future of Irish music, and we’re all lucky to be eavesdropping. The Boomtown Rats came back together as a functioning band in 2013. Queen Elizabeth II knighted him. It included the band's breakthrough pop hit in the U.S. "Breakeven" which sold over two million copies and reached #1 on the adult pop and adult contemporary charts. Anyone who thinks the Irish language is dying needs to hear KNEECAP, the Belfast trio whose electric rhymes on as gaeilge revive their native tongue with defibrillator-level energy. Lead vocalist Danny O'Donoghue is the group's leader. The members of Snow Patrol are Irish, but they hail from Northern Ireland instead of the Irish Republic. Top 10 single is on the cards this week for @, First Look: Ariana Grande set for 7th UK Number 1 single with Positions, Internet Money claim UK Number 1 single with Lemonade, Daniel O'Donnell extends UK chart record with three decades of hit albums, The Vamps’ Cherry Blossom blooms at Number 1: ‘This is insane!’, Justin Bieber claims highest new entry on Official Irish Singles Chart, The Vamps score highest new entry on Official Irish Albums Chart, This week's new releases: Ariana Grande, Bruce Springsteen, KSI & Craig David, more. By using LiveAbout, you accept our, Photo by Stephen Shugerman / Getty Images, Top 20 Alternative Rock Songs of All Time, Top 10 Best New Artist Grammy Award Winners, M.L.S, Library Science, Indiana University, "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", "Fairytale Of New York" with Kirsty MacColl. However, they have failed to have significant hit singles off either album. The group plans to complete a final album with vocals already recorded by O'Riordan. The Script released their fourth studio album No Sound Without Silence in 2014. It won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Pop Song. The Frames are a Dublin based Irish rock band founded by Glen Hansard in 1990. Their 2004 album Burn the Maps reached #1 on the Irish album chart.
This article was submitted to the IrishCentral contributors network by a member of the global Irish community. The group consists of Bono (lead vocals and rhythm guitar), the Edge (lead…, The Cranberries were an alternative rock band from Limerick, Ireland that formed in 1989 and rose to mainstream popularity in the early 1990's. The group's career began to take off when they appeared in the 1991 hit movie The Commitments.
Westlife began as a group called Six To One that changed their name to IOYOU. And if rap isn’t quite your speed, the brothers also perform folk music as The Mary Wallopers with fellow Dundalk musician Seán McKenna. The band, which popularised traditional folk music, consisted of Christy Moore, Andy Irvine, Dónal Lunny and Liam O’Flynn.All of whom were masters of traditional instruments. It hit the top 10 on the U.K. albums chart but failed to produce any hit singles. Sure, they won the Eurovision song contest consistently with saccharine ballads, but the scope of Irish music left something to be desired. The group had their first big break in 1998 opening for Boyzone and Backstreet Boys in Dublin. Ever prolific, she’s spending her quarantine recording new demos. On May 29 they shared isolation – content, their quarantine EP. His most recent album Wild Swan was released May 2016, and in June 2019, Vance released a new album, From Muscle Shoals. “I look for solutions but in every direction / I see empty glass buildings, planned to perfection,” Belle sings, calling to mind the Irish government’s prioritization of multinational corporations over their own citizens. As typical with most traditional bands, the group saw many more temporary musicians play alongside them throughout their career.
Shane Filan also released a significant pop hit single. 151,652 listeners. They came to the attention of Irish manager Louis Walsh, and Simon Cowell expressed interest in signing them but insisted on cutting three members. Glen Hansard frequently performs Van Morrison songs in concert. The Pogues broke up in 1996, but they decided to come back for a Christmas tour in 2001 and have remained together roughly ever since.
The Young Will Eat The Old, their 2019 debut album, is a must listen, but the pair also shared their wry new single “White Boy of the Month” in May. Dublin folk group Lankum represent a constant conversation between the past, present and future of Irish music, and we’re all lucky to be eavesdropping. The Boomtown Rats came back together as a functioning band in 2013. Queen Elizabeth II knighted him. It included the band's breakthrough pop hit in the U.S. "Breakeven" which sold over two million copies and reached #1 on the adult pop and adult contemporary charts. Anyone who thinks the Irish language is dying needs to hear KNEECAP, the Belfast trio whose electric rhymes on as gaeilge revive their native tongue with defibrillator-level energy. Lead vocalist Danny O'Donoghue is the group's leader. The members of Snow Patrol are Irish, but they hail from Northern Ireland instead of the Irish Republic. Top 10 single is on the cards this week for @, First Look: Ariana Grande set for 7th UK Number 1 single with Positions, Internet Money claim UK Number 1 single with Lemonade, Daniel O'Donnell extends UK chart record with three decades of hit albums, The Vamps’ Cherry Blossom blooms at Number 1: ‘This is insane!’, Justin Bieber claims highest new entry on Official Irish Singles Chart, The Vamps score highest new entry on Official Irish Albums Chart, This week's new releases: Ariana Grande, Bruce Springsteen, KSI & Craig David, more. By using LiveAbout, you accept our, Photo by Stephen Shugerman / Getty Images, Top 20 Alternative Rock Songs of All Time, Top 10 Best New Artist Grammy Award Winners, M.L.S, Library Science, Indiana University, "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", "Fairytale Of New York" with Kirsty MacColl. However, they have failed to have significant hit singles off either album. The group plans to complete a final album with vocals already recorded by O'Riordan. The Script released their fourth studio album No Sound Without Silence in 2014. It won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Pop Song. The Frames are a Dublin based Irish rock band founded by Glen Hansard in 1990. Their 2004 album Burn the Maps reached #1 on the Irish album chart.
This article was submitted to the IrishCentral contributors network by a member of the global Irish community. The group consists of Bono (lead vocals and rhythm guitar), the Edge (lead…, The Cranberries were an alternative rock band from Limerick, Ireland that formed in 1989 and rose to mainstream popularity in the early 1990's. The group's career began to take off when they appeared in the 1991 hit movie The Commitments.
Westlife began as a group called Six To One that changed their name to IOYOU. And if rap isn’t quite your speed, the brothers also perform folk music as The Mary Wallopers with fellow Dundalk musician Seán McKenna. The band, which popularised traditional folk music, consisted of Christy Moore, Andy Irvine, Dónal Lunny and Liam O’Flynn.All of whom were masters of traditional instruments. It hit the top 10 on the U.K. albums chart but failed to produce any hit singles. Sure, they won the Eurovision song contest consistently with saccharine ballads, but the scope of Irish music left something to be desired. The group had their first big break in 1998 opening for Boyzone and Backstreet Boys in Dublin. Ever prolific, she’s spending her quarantine recording new demos. On May 29 they shared isolation – content, their quarantine EP. His most recent album Wild Swan was released May 2016, and in June 2019, Vance released a new album, From Muscle Shoals. “I look for solutions but in every direction / I see empty glass buildings, planned to perfection,” Belle sings, calling to mind the Irish government’s prioritization of multinational corporations over their own citizens. As typical with most traditional bands, the group saw many more temporary musicians play alongside them throughout their career.
Shane Filan also released a significant pop hit single. 151,652 listeners. They came to the attention of Irish manager Louis Walsh, and Simon Cowell expressed interest in signing them but insisted on cutting three members. Glen Hansard frequently performs Van Morrison songs in concert. The Pogues broke up in 1996, but they decided to come back for a Christmas tour in 2001 and have remained together roughly ever since.
The Young Will Eat The Old, their 2019 debut album, is a must listen, but the pair also shared their wry new single “White Boy of the Month” in May. Dublin folk group Lankum represent a constant conversation between the past, present and future of Irish music, and we’re all lucky to be eavesdropping. The Boomtown Rats came back together as a functioning band in 2013. Queen Elizabeth II knighted him. It included the band's breakthrough pop hit in the U.S. "Breakeven" which sold over two million copies and reached #1 on the adult pop and adult contemporary charts. Anyone who thinks the Irish language is dying needs to hear KNEECAP, the Belfast trio whose electric rhymes on as gaeilge revive their native tongue with defibrillator-level energy. Lead vocalist Danny O'Donoghue is the group's leader. The members of Snow Patrol are Irish, but they hail from Northern Ireland instead of the Irish Republic. Top 10 single is on the cards this week for @, First Look: Ariana Grande set for 7th UK Number 1 single with Positions, Internet Money claim UK Number 1 single with Lemonade, Daniel O'Donnell extends UK chart record with three decades of hit albums, The Vamps’ Cherry Blossom blooms at Number 1: ‘This is insane!’, Justin Bieber claims highest new entry on Official Irish Singles Chart, The Vamps score highest new entry on Official Irish Albums Chart, This week's new releases: Ariana Grande, Bruce Springsteen, KSI & Craig David, more. By using LiveAbout, you accept our, Photo by Stephen Shugerman / Getty Images, Top 20 Alternative Rock Songs of All Time, Top 10 Best New Artist Grammy Award Winners, M.L.S, Library Science, Indiana University, "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", "Fairytale Of New York" with Kirsty MacColl. However, they have failed to have significant hit singles off either album. The group plans to complete a final album with vocals already recorded by O'Riordan. The Script released their fourth studio album No Sound Without Silence in 2014. It won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Pop Song. The Frames are a Dublin based Irish rock band founded by Glen Hansard in 1990. Their 2004 album Burn the Maps reached #1 on the Irish album chart.
This article was submitted to the IrishCentral contributors network by a member of the global Irish community. The group consists of Bono (lead vocals and rhythm guitar), the Edge (lead…, The Cranberries were an alternative rock band from Limerick, Ireland that formed in 1989 and rose to mainstream popularity in the early 1990's. The group's career began to take off when they appeared in the 1991 hit movie The Commitments.
Westlife began as a group called Six To One that changed their name to IOYOU. And if rap isn’t quite your speed, the brothers also perform folk music as The Mary Wallopers with fellow Dundalk musician Seán McKenna. The band, which popularised traditional folk music, consisted of Christy Moore, Andy Irvine, Dónal Lunny and Liam O’Flynn.All of whom were masters of traditional instruments. It hit the top 10 on the U.K. albums chart but failed to produce any hit singles. Sure, they won the Eurovision song contest consistently with saccharine ballads, but the scope of Irish music left something to be desired. The group had their first big break in 1998 opening for Boyzone and Backstreet Boys in Dublin. Ever prolific, she’s spending her quarantine recording new demos. On May 29 they shared isolation – content, their quarantine EP. His most recent album Wild Swan was released May 2016, and in June 2019, Vance released a new album, From Muscle Shoals. “I look for solutions but in every direction / I see empty glass buildings, planned to perfection,” Belle sings, calling to mind the Irish government’s prioritization of multinational corporations over their own citizens. As typical with most traditional bands, the group saw many more temporary musicians play alongside them throughout their career.
Shane Filan also released a significant pop hit single. 151,652 listeners. They came to the attention of Irish manager Louis Walsh, and Simon Cowell expressed interest in signing them but insisted on cutting three members. Glen Hansard frequently performs Van Morrison songs in concert. The Pogues broke up in 1996, but they decided to come back for a Christmas tour in 2001 and have remained together roughly ever since.
The Young Will Eat The Old, their 2019 debut album, is a must listen, but the pair also shared their wry new single “White Boy of the Month” in May. Dublin folk group Lankum represent a constant conversation between the past, present and future of Irish music, and we’re all lucky to be eavesdropping. The Boomtown Rats came back together as a functioning band in 2013. Queen Elizabeth II knighted him. It included the band's breakthrough pop hit in the U.S. "Breakeven" which sold over two million copies and reached #1 on the adult pop and adult contemporary charts. Anyone who thinks the Irish language is dying needs to hear KNEECAP, the Belfast trio whose electric rhymes on as gaeilge revive their native tongue with defibrillator-level energy. Lead vocalist Danny O'Donoghue is the group's leader. The members of Snow Patrol are Irish, but they hail from Northern Ireland instead of the Irish Republic. Top 10 single is on the cards this week for @, First Look: Ariana Grande set for 7th UK Number 1 single with Positions, Internet Money claim UK Number 1 single with Lemonade, Daniel O'Donnell extends UK chart record with three decades of hit albums, The Vamps’ Cherry Blossom blooms at Number 1: ‘This is insane!’, Justin Bieber claims highest new entry on Official Irish Singles Chart, The Vamps score highest new entry on Official Irish Albums Chart, This week's new releases: Ariana Grande, Bruce Springsteen, KSI & Craig David, more. By using LiveAbout, you accept our, Photo by Stephen Shugerman / Getty Images, Top 20 Alternative Rock Songs of All Time, Top 10 Best New Artist Grammy Award Winners, M.L.S, Library Science, Indiana University, "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", "Fairytale Of New York" with Kirsty MacColl. However, they have failed to have significant hit singles off either album. The group plans to complete a final album with vocals already recorded by O'Riordan. The Script released their fourth studio album No Sound Without Silence in 2014. It won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Pop Song. The Frames are a Dublin based Irish rock band founded by Glen Hansard in 1990. Their 2004 album Burn the Maps reached #1 on the Irish album chart.
When the group's "Rat Trap" hit #1 in the U.K. in 1978, it was the first #1 U.K. pop hit single by any Irish group. 2020 has been a string of cancellations so far, but be sure to mark July 17 in your calendar since that’s the day Silverbacks release their debut album Fad via Central Tones. The LP was nominated for Album of The Year 2019 at the RTÉ Choice Music Prize, a well-earned accolade for one of the most intoxicating voices in Irish indie folk. These are the best of the Irish pop groups. The band reached international prominence in the…, The Corrs are a folk pop band from Dundalk, Ireland, consisting of three sisters and one brother from the Corr family, who rose to prominence in…, Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor (/ʃɪˈneɪd oʊˈkɒnər/; born 8 December 1966) is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 1980s…, Clannad is an Irish musical group from Gaoth Dobhair (pronounced, Gwee-Dore), County Donegal, Ireland. Mosse is a visual artist originally from Kilkenny. Rock band The Script was formed in Dublin in 2001. You can find her EP 'W.I.L.D' on iTunes and she recently signed a major record deal with Polydor. These are the ten up-and-coming Irish musicians and singers you need to know about. The Corrs' 2000 recording of "Breathless" with producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange hit #1 in the UK and broke them into the top 40 … All Westlife members have released solo albums. Hare Squead aren’t tied down to any sort of genre though and are interested in mixing different tunes cultures to produce their own sound. From the thriving hip-hop scene to beloved post-punk groups, there’s a little something for everyone once you dip your toe into the Irish scene. The…, Flogging Molly is a seven-piece Irish American celtic punk band that formed in Los Angeles, in 1997 and is currently signed to SideOneDummy Records.…, Eithne Patricia Ní Bhraonáin (born May 17, 1961 in Gaoth Dobhair, County Donegal, Ireland), known simply as Enya, is a Grammy award winning and…, Dropkick Murphys are a punk rock band formed in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States in 1996. Snow Patrol announced in January 2018 that their next album Wildness is on track for a May 2018 release. Critics were mixed in their opinions of the new album. You can follow throughout the month by using the hashtags #ICMusic, #ICGaeilge or by following us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn.
This article was submitted to the IrishCentral contributors network by a member of the global Irish community. The group consists of Bono (lead vocals and rhythm guitar), the Edge (lead…, The Cranberries were an alternative rock band from Limerick, Ireland that formed in 1989 and rose to mainstream popularity in the early 1990's. The group's career began to take off when they appeared in the 1991 hit movie The Commitments.
Westlife began as a group called Six To One that changed their name to IOYOU. And if rap isn’t quite your speed, the brothers also perform folk music as The Mary Wallopers with fellow Dundalk musician Seán McKenna. The band, which popularised traditional folk music, consisted of Christy Moore, Andy Irvine, Dónal Lunny and Liam O’Flynn.All of whom were masters of traditional instruments. It hit the top 10 on the U.K. albums chart but failed to produce any hit singles. Sure, they won the Eurovision song contest consistently with saccharine ballads, but the scope of Irish music left something to be desired. The group had their first big break in 1998 opening for Boyzone and Backstreet Boys in Dublin. Ever prolific, she’s spending her quarantine recording new demos. On May 29 they shared isolation – content, their quarantine EP. His most recent album Wild Swan was released May 2016, and in June 2019, Vance released a new album, From Muscle Shoals. “I look for solutions but in every direction / I see empty glass buildings, planned to perfection,” Belle sings, calling to mind the Irish government’s prioritization of multinational corporations over their own citizens. As typical with most traditional bands, the group saw many more temporary musicians play alongside them throughout their career.
Shane Filan also released a significant pop hit single. 151,652 listeners. They came to the attention of Irish manager Louis Walsh, and Simon Cowell expressed interest in signing them but insisted on cutting three members. Glen Hansard frequently performs Van Morrison songs in concert. The Pogues broke up in 1996, but they decided to come back for a Christmas tour in 2001 and have remained together roughly ever since.
The Young Will Eat The Old, their 2019 debut album, is a must listen, but the pair also shared their wry new single “White Boy of the Month” in May. Dublin folk group Lankum represent a constant conversation between the past, present and future of Irish music, and we’re all lucky to be eavesdropping. The Boomtown Rats came back together as a functioning band in 2013. Queen Elizabeth II knighted him. It included the band's breakthrough pop hit in the U.S. "Breakeven" which sold over two million copies and reached #1 on the adult pop and adult contemporary charts. Anyone who thinks the Irish language is dying needs to hear KNEECAP, the Belfast trio whose electric rhymes on as gaeilge revive their native tongue with defibrillator-level energy. Lead vocalist Danny O'Donoghue is the group's leader. The members of Snow Patrol are Irish, but they hail from Northern Ireland instead of the Irish Republic. Top 10 single is on the cards this week for @, First Look: Ariana Grande set for 7th UK Number 1 single with Positions, Internet Money claim UK Number 1 single with Lemonade, Daniel O'Donnell extends UK chart record with three decades of hit albums, The Vamps’ Cherry Blossom blooms at Number 1: ‘This is insane!’, Justin Bieber claims highest new entry on Official Irish Singles Chart, The Vamps score highest new entry on Official Irish Albums Chart, This week's new releases: Ariana Grande, Bruce Springsteen, KSI & Craig David, more. By using LiveAbout, you accept our, Photo by Stephen Shugerman / Getty Images, Top 20 Alternative Rock Songs of All Time, Top 10 Best New Artist Grammy Award Winners, M.L.S, Library Science, Indiana University, "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", "Fairytale Of New York" with Kirsty MacColl. However, they have failed to have significant hit singles off either album. The group plans to complete a final album with vocals already recorded by O'Riordan. The Script released their fourth studio album No Sound Without Silence in 2014. It won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Pop Song. The Frames are a Dublin based Irish rock band founded by Glen Hansard in 1990. Their 2004 album Burn the Maps reached #1 on the Irish album chart.