Irish Independent Albums Chart

The Irish Independent Albums Chart (also known as Independent Artist Albums or Top 20 Indie Albums) is a chart of best-selling independent album releases in Ireland. It is issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) and complied on its behalf by GfK's Chart-Track until losing the contract at the end of 2016.[1]

Chart rankings are based upon album sales compiled through electronically captured retail data each day from retailers' EPOS systems and certain digital retailers. Sales from major retailers, including HMV, Virgin, Tower and Golden Discs, were once excluded from the chart but data from major retailers and over forty other independent retailers now compose the chart.[2]

As of the issue dated 15 August 2025, the current number-one single on the chart is Romance by Fontaines D.C..[3]

## Publication

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A new chart is compiled and released to the public by IRMA each Friday at 15:00 GMT.[2] Each chart is dated with the "week-ending" database of the previous Thursday. Midweek versions of the chart are produced every day, allowing record companies and retailers to track sales trends. Upon its publication, The Irish Independent Albums Chart is released as a Top 20—featuring the twenty best-selling independent albums.[4] However, Chart-Track's online archive only documents the top ten albums from each particular week.[5]

## See also

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* Irish Albums Chart

## References

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1. ^ "Official Charts to compile Ireland's national music charts". Official Charts. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
2. ^ a b "Irish Charts History". irishcharts.ie. Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
3. ^ "Top 20 Indie albums, Week Ending 15 August 2025". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
4. ^ "Top 20 Indie Individual Artist Albums". Irish Recorded Music Association. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
5. ^ "Top 10 Independent Artist Albums". Chart-Track. GfK. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2013.

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