Kings of Leon collect their sixth Number 1 on this week’s Official Irish Albums Chart with When You See Yourself.
The Nashville group’s eighth studio album was the most purchased album of the week in Ireland on CD, vinyl and download, joining Because of the Times (2007), Only By The Night (2008), Come Around Sundown (2010), Mechanical Bull (2013), and Walls (2016) as chart-topping records on Irish soil.
In doing so, Kings of Leon match Radiohead as the international group with the most Irish Number 1 albums of the millennium, picking up a sextet of Number 1s since 2000. The overall group with the most are Westlife, with 11 scored in the past two decades.
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Joel Corry, RAYE & David Guetta’s new collaboration BED is the highest new entry on this week’s Official Irish Singles Chart.
Hitmaker Joel – behind the most popular song released in 2020 with the Irish public Head & Heart – picks up his fourth Top 20 single in Ireland with BED, which debuts at Number 15. His previous singles Head & Heart, Lonely and Sorry all eventually reached the Top 3.
BED marks British singer-songwriter Raye’s eighth Top 50 hit and French producer David Guetta’s 39
th.
At the top of the chart, Olivia Rodrigo has avoided a parking ticket and holds at Number 1 for an eighth week with Drivers License.