The Irish Singles Chart is the Republic of Ireland music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. The Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA is the Irish Record industry association Chart-Track is a Market research company that monitors Music, Videos and software sales in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured electronically each day from retailers' EPOS systems. Point of sale or point of service ( POS or PoS) can mean a retail shop, a checkout counter in a shop or the location where a transaction Currently 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 officially 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 singles chart was first published on October 1, 1963, and covered the top ten singles of the previous week by record label shipments. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
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History
Prior to 1992, the Irish singles chart was compiled from trade shipments from the labels to record stores, rather than on consumer sales, and were first broadcast on RTÉ on October 1, 1963. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Before this charts had been printed in the Evening Herald newspaper, but are under debate as to whether they are official or not. The Evening Herald is a Tabloid evening Newspaper published in Dublin, Ireland by Independent News & Media.
In 1992, the singles chart became based on consumer sales after IFPI and the Irish Recorded Music Association granted a contract to Gallup, a market research company. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry ( IFPI) is the organization that represents the interests of the Recording industry worldwide Gallup installed Epson PX-4 devices in sixty record stores to collect singles sales data. or Epson, is a Japanese company and one of the world's largest manufacturers of inkjet, dot matrix and Laser printers scanners In 1996, Chart-Track was formed as a result of a management buy-out from Gallup. Also in 1996, with the development of technology, EPOS systems were installed in multiple music retail stores. Point of sale or point of service ( POS or PoS) can mean a retail shop, a checkout counter in a shop or the location where a transaction The EPOS systems allowed for the collection of more accurate sales information. Currently, Chart-Track collects data daily from major record stores such as HMV and Tower Records, as well as over forty Independent retailers. His Master's Voice, today usually abbreviated to HMV, is a famous Trademark in the music business and for many years was the name of a large record label Tower Records was a Retail music chain based in Sacramento California, USA In total, data from over three-hundred and eighty 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 has been announced that from 1st July 2006, downloads will be counted in the charts. They will also feature their own chart in addition to being counted for the overall chart. Data will be collected from iTunes, Vodafone, eircom, Sony Connect, Wippit and Bleep.com[1]. iTunes is a proprietary digital media player application introduced by Apple Inc Vodafone Ireland Limited, part of the Vodafone Group, is currently the largest Mobile phone company in Ireland in terms of active subscribers and was previously The CONNECT Music Store was Sony 's music store built within the SonicStage music management application for Microsoft Windows -based personal computers Bleepcom is an Online digital music Retailer offering single track or whole Album DRM -free Mp3 and FLAC Although IRMA currently estimate the size of the download market to amount to only 14% of the total market, this is certain to increase rapidly in line with other music markets. The likely losers are the Irish independent labels who are unlikely to have their full repertoire available to buy on these mostly internationally-run websites in the near future.
Chart achievements and trivia
- All information is from 1962 to the present and does not include charts printed in the Evening Herald newspaper. [1]
Artists with the most number one hits1. 19 2. 13(tie) 3. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Westlife is an Irish pop band that was formed on 3 July 1998 They were signed on by Simon Cowell and are currently managed by Louis Walsh. 12 4. 9 (tie) 5. Sir Cliff Richard, OBE, (born Harry Roger Webb on 14 October 1940 is an English Singer, Actor and Businessman. Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29 1958 is an American musician entertainer and businessman 8 (tie)
6. Boyzone are an Irish boy band who had popular mainstream success during the 1990s Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16 1958 known as Madonna, is an American Britney Jean Spears (born December 2 1981 is an American recording artist and entertainer 7 |
Songs with the most weeks at number one1. Dustin the Turkey, sometimes claiming the name Dustin Hoffman, is a popular Irish Television Puppet and star of 18 weeks 2. Riverdance is a theatrical show consisting of traditional Irish step dancing, notable for its rapid leg movements while body and arms are kept largely stationary Bill Whelan, (born May 22 1950) is the Irish Composer who was asked to compose a piece for the interval of the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest 13 weeks 3. "Put 'Em Under Pressure" was the official song to the Republic of Ireland's 1990 World Cup campaign in Italy. The Republic of Ireland national football team represents Ireland in international football. 11 weeks (tie)
5. is a Song written by Freddie Mercury and originally recorded by the band Queen for their 1975 album ''A Night at the Opera''. Queen were an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist {Otherpeople|Brian Adams}} Bryan Adams OC, OBC, (born Bryan Guy Adams on November 5, 1959) is a Canadian rock 10 weeks (tie)
7. " Mull of Kintyre " is a popular 1977 song by former Beatle Paul McCartney and his band Wings. Wings were a rock supergroup formed in August 1971 after the breakup of the Beatles, by ex-Beatle Paul McCartney. " Maniac 2000 " ( Maniac) is a song by Mark McCabe, a live remix of Michael Sembello 's "Maniac" one of the tracks from the theme of Mark McCabe is an Irish performance DJ and radio presenter He is best known for his 2000 chart-topper Maniac 2000, a recording of a live 9 weeks (tie)
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See also
- List of artists who reached number one in Ireland
- List of songs that reached number one on the Irish Singles Chart
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| Irish Albums Chart • Irish Singles Chart • Irish Downloads Chart |
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See also: IRMA
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External links
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