Irish music charts

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The official Irish music charts are determined on behalf of the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA). The surveys carried out by GfK Chart Track include charts for singles, albums and music DVDs. In addition to general charts, there are also partial evaluations of compilations , independent publications, classical music and others.

history

The Dublin newspaper Evening Herald published a list of the best singles in Ireland as early as February 1959. On October 1, 1962, RTÉ first broadcast a chart show that later became known as the Top 40 Oifigiúil na hÉireann , the Official Irish Top 40. This is considered to be the beginning of the official charts in Ireland. As in many other countries, for a long time it was only determined how many sound carriers were delivered to retailers. It wasn't until 1992 that the market research company Gallup , which also determines the official British charts, was commissioned to record actual sales. To this end, barcode scanners were installed in 60 of the largest music stores in Ireland , which recorded every sale and passed on a daily collective report. The respective chart lists were then created from this.

When the ownership structure at Gallup changed in 1996, the Chart-Track company was founded for chart research . The German market research company GfK took over a majority stake in Chart-Track in 2008 and 100% in 2012.

In the years that followed, data collection was refined and the EPoS system was introduced. Every checkout workstation (electronic point of sale) forwards the complete product data directly to Chart-Track via data line. The data network had expanded to around 400 stores by the mid-2000s, representing over 90% of the Irish market. At this time, the download sales of various Internet providers began to be recorded and included in the chart determination.

Detailed evaluations of the sales data and ongoing midweek charts are available to IRMA members. For the official charts, the data from a full week of sales from Friday morning up to and including Thursday evening are added up. The lists are then published by the IRMA in the course of the following day. The charts always show the date of the Thursday on which the sales week ends.

Album charts

Up to 2005 the album charts comprised 75 positions, since February 2006 the IRMA has published the top 100 album charts.

Single charts

The official charts started as a top 10 list in 1962. It was expanded and published as the Top 30 by 1999. From January 6, 2000 to February 23, 2012, the single lists comprised 50 items, then, as with the albums, it was switched to the top 100.

Up until 2006, the charts reflected sales of phonograms such as vinyl singles and CD singles. In the 2000s, however, a music download market had developed, which in mid-2006 already accounted for 14% of the music market in Ireland. Therefore, chart determination followed the example of other countries and with the issue of July 7th of this year, download sales were also included in the charts.

A new trend in music consumption developed in the early 2010s with music streaming via mobile telephones and computers, which meant that songs no longer had to be bought, but could be accessed at any time from a provider, for example as part of a subscription. In 2013 there was a rapid increase due to new offers and the 50 most streamed songs came together with the most important providers to up to 1.4 million views. This is why the streaming data from a number of providers were also taken into account with the edition of July 11, 2014. 100 views are rated like a song sold.

Chart lists in Ireland

The following charts were officially published by the IRMA in week 01/2015:

  • Top 100 singles
    • Top 30 until 1999, Top 50 until November 2012
  • Top 100 albums
    • Top 75 by November 2012
  • Top 30 compilation
  • Top 20 Independent
  • Top 5 DVD

additionally with GfK Chart-Track:

  • Top 5 Classical Albums
  • Top 20 downloads

See also

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  1. ↑ Frequently Asked Questions ( Memento of the original dated February 12, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , The Irish Charts as of January 22, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.irishcharts.ie
  2. ↑ a b Irish Charts History , The Irish Charts, as of January 22, 2013
  3. ^ GfK Chart-Track - About Us , chart-track, accessed on February 2, 2015
  4. ^ Combined Chart - Irish Singles Chart Historic Change , The Irish Charts, as of February 26, 2013
  5. ↑ Irish Top 40 now set to include streamed tunes , Sarah McCabe, Business Media, June 29, 2014

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