List of number-one albums of 2014 (Ireland) explained

The Irish Albums Chart ranks the best-performing albums in Ireland, as compiled by Chart-Track on behalf of the Irish Recorded Music Association.

Issue date	Album	Artist	Reference
2 January	Halcyon/Halcyon Days	Ellie Goulding	^[1]
9 January			^[2]
16 January	High Hopes	Bruce Springsteen	^[3]
23 January			^[4]
30 January	Halcyon/Halcyon Days	Ellie Goulding	^[5]
6 February			^[6]
13 February			^[7]
20 February	It's All Good – The Best of Damien Dempsey	Damien Dempsey	^[8]
27 February	Halcyon/Halcyon Days	Ellie Goulding	^[9]
6 March	The Wagon Wheel Show Live	Nathan Carter	^[10]
13 March	The Take Off and Landing of Everything	Elbow	^[11]
20 March	In a Perfect World	Kodaline	^[12]
27 March	Symphonica	George Michael	^[13]
3 April	In a Perfect World	Kodaline	^[14]
10 April	Getting Through	The Riptide Movement	^[15]
17 April	Caustic Love	Paolo Nutini	^[16]
24 April			^[17]
1 May	Tribal	Imelda May	^[18]
8 May			^[19]
15 May	By the Rule	Mick Flannery	^[20]
22 May	Ghost Stories	Coldplay	^[21]
29 May			^[22]
5 June			^[23]
12 June			^[24]
19 June	The Ultimate Hits	Garth Brooks	^[25]
26 June	×	Ed Sheeran	^[26]
3 July	5 Seconds of Summer	5 Seconds of Summer	^[27]
10 July	The Ultimate Hits	Garth Brooks	^[28]
17 July			^[29]
24 July			^[30]
31 July			^[31]
7 August	×	Ed Sheeran	^[32]
14 August	I'm Not Bossy, I'm the Boss	Sinéad O'Connor	^[33]
21 August	×	Ed Sheeran	^[34]
28 August	Royal Blood	Royal Blood	^[35]
4 September	The Simple Things	Derek Ryan	^[36]
11 September	Lullaby and... The Ceaseless Roar	Robert Plant	^[37]
18 September	No Sound Without Silence	The Script	^[38]
25 September	Hozier	Hozier	^[39]
2 October			^[40]
9 October			^[41]
16 October			^[42]
23 October			^[43]
30 October	1989	Taylor Swift	^[44]
6 November	My Favourite Faded Fantasy	Damien Rice	^[45]
13 November	The Endless River	Pink Floyd	^[46]
20 November	Four	One Direction	^[47]
27 November			^[48]
4 December	×	Ed Sheeran	^[49]
11 December			^[50]
18 December			^[51]
25 December			^[52]

See also

• List of number-one singles of 2014 (Ireland)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 2 January 2014 . . 3 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140104044906/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=1 . 4 January 2014 . dead .
2. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 9 January 2014 . Chart-Track . 10 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140110124413/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=2 . 10 January 2014 . dead .
3. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 16 January 2014 . Chart-Track . 17 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221454/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=3 . 3 March 2016 . dead .
4. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 23 January 2014 . Chart-Track . 24 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140219051818/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=4 . 19 February 2014 . dead .
5. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 30 January 2014 . Chart-Track . 31 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140219065725/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=5 . 19 February 2014 . dead .
6. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 6 February 2014 . Chart-Track . 7 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222202743/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=6 . 22 February 2014 . dead .
7. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 13 February 2014 . Chart-Track . 15 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161128133606/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=7 . 28 November 2016 . dead .
8. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 20 February 2014 . Chart-Track . 21 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140228180225/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=8 . 28 February 2014 . dead .
9. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 27 February 2014 . Chart-Track . 28 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924040103/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=9 . 24 September 2015 . dead .
10. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 6 March 2014 . Chart-Track . 7 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140307201520/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=10 . 7 March 2014 . dead .
11. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 13 March 2014 . Chart-Track . 14 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141217004803/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=11 . 17 December 2014 . dead .
12. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 20 March 2014 . Chart-Track . 21 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140322002153/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=12 . 22 March 2014 . dead .
13. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 27 March 2014 . Chart-Track . 4 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140328234339/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=13 . 28 March 2014 . dead .
14. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 3 April 2014 . Chart-Track . 4 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407095107/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=14 . 7 April 2014 . dead .
15. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 10 April 2014 . Chart-Track . 11 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140413125529/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=15 . 13 April 2014 . dead .
16. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 17 April 2014 . Chart-Track . 18 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140419012048/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=16 . 19 April 2014 . dead .
17. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 24 April 2014 . Chart-Track . 25 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140427010626/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=17 . 27 April 2014 . dead .
18. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 1 May 2014 . Chart-Track . 2 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140503005706/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=18 . 3 May 2014 . dead .
19. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 8 May 2014 . Chart-Track . 9 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140512213635/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=19 . 12 May 2014 . dead .
20. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 15 May 2014 . Chart-Track . 16 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140519204222/https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=20 . 19 May 2014 . dead .
21. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 22 May 2014 . Chart-Track . 23 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140524003719/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=21 . 24 May 2014 . dead .
22. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 29 May 2014 . Chart-Track . 30 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150209180258/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=22 . 9 February 2015 . dead .
23. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 5 June 2014 . Chart-Track . 6 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203945/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=23 . 3 March 2016 . dead .
24. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 12 June 2014 . Chart-Track . 13 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220704/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=24 . 3 March 2016 . dead .
25. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 19 June 2014 . Chart-Track . 20 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924015530/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=25 . 24 September 2015 . dead .
26. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 26 June 2014 . Chart-Track . 27 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150202011910/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=26 . 2 February 2015 . dead .
27. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 3 July 2014 . Chart-Track . 4 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150404002322/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=27 . 4 April 2015 . dead .
28. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 10 July 2014 . Chart-Track . 11 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714120448/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=28 . 14 July 2014 . dead .
29. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 17 July 2014 . Chart-Track . 18 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140729093216/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=29 . 29 July 2014 . dead .
30. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 24 July 2014 . Chart-Track . 25 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140811064014/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=30 . 11 August 2014 . dead .
31. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 31 July 2014 . Chart-Track . 1 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140811212707/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=31 . 11 August 2014 . dead .
32. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 7 August 2014 . Chart-Track . 8 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140812000235/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=32 . 12 August 2014 . dead .
33. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 14 August 2014 . Chart-Track . 16 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140819102806/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=33 . 19 August 2014 . dead .
34. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 21 August 2014 . Chart-Track . 22 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140826115220/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=34 . 26 August 2014 . dead .
35. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 28 August 2014 . Chart-Track . 29 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140904030538/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=35 . 4 September 2014 . dead .
36. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 4 September 2014 . Chart-Track . 5 September 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924050355/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=36 . 24 September 2015 . dead .
37. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 11 September 2014 . Chart-Track . 12 September 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140912163923/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=37 . 12 September 2014 . dead .
38. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 18 September 2014 . Chart-Track . 19 September 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141228210529/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=38 . 28 December 2014 . dead .
39. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 25 September 2014 . Chart-Track . 29 September 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150706013822/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=39 . 6 July 2015 . dead .
40. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 2 October 2014 . Chart-Track . 3 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006073839/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=40 . 6 October 2014 . dead .
41. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 9 October 2014 . Chart-Track . 10 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170407132502/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=41 . 7 April 2017 . dead .
42. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 16 October 2014 . Chart-Track . 17 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141109081941/https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=42 . 9 November 2014 . dead .
43. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 23 October 2014 . Chart-Track . 24 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141102141814/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=43 . 2 November 2014 . dead .
44. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 30 October 2014 . Chart-Track . 2 November 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171110231932/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=44 . 10 November 2017 . dead .
45. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 6 November 2014 . Chart-Track . 7 November 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141113112302/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=45 . 13 November 2014 . dead .
46. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 13 November 2014 . Chart-Track . 14 November 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141214223637/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=46 . 14 December 2014 . dead .
47. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 20 November 2014 . Chart-Track . 21 November 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141215031855/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=47 . 15 December 2014 . dead .
48. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 27 November 2014 . Chart-Track . 28 November 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402120054/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=48 . 2 April 2015 . dead .
49. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 4 December 2014 . Chart-Track . 5 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141217160516/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=49 . 17 December 2014 . dead .
50. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 11 December 2014 . Chart-Track . 12 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141219001244/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=50 . 19 December 2014 . dead .
51. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 18 December 2014 . Chart-Track . 19 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924040053/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=51 . 24 September 2015 . dead .
52. Web site: Top 100 Artist Album, Week Ending 25 December 2014 . Chart-Track . 28 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141228043140/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240002&arch=t&lyr=2014&year=2014&week=52 . 28 December 2014 . dead .