List of number-one singles of 2016 (Ireland) explained

The Irish Singles Chart ranks the best-performing singles in Ireland, as compiled by Chart-Track on behalf of the Irish Recorded Music Association.[1]

Issue dateSongArtist(s)Reference
7 January"Love Yourself"Justin Bieber[2]
14 January[3]
21 January[4]
28 January[5]
4 February"Pillowtalk"Zayn[6]
11 February[7]
18 February"7 Years"Lukas Graham[8]
25 February[9]
3 March[10]
10 March[11]
17 March[12]
24 March"I Took a Pill in Ibiza"Mike Posner[13]
31 March"Cheap Thrills"Sia featuring Sean Paul[14]
7 April[15]
14 April[16]
21 April[17]
28 April[18]
5 May"One Dance"Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla[19]
12 May"This Is What You Came For"Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna[20]
19 May"One Dance"Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla[21]
26 May[22]
2 June[23]
9 June[24]
16 June[25]
23 June[26]
30 June[27]
7 July[28]
14 July[29]
21 July[30]
28 July"Cold Water"Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MØ[31]
4 August[32]
11 August[33]
18 August[34]
25 August[35]
1 September"Closer"The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey[36]
8 September[37]
15 September[38]
22 September[39]
29 September[40]
6 October[41]
13 October"Say You Won't Let Go"James Arthur[42]
20 October[43]
27 October"Shout Out to My Ex"Little Mix[44]
3 November"Say You Won't Let Go"James Arthur[45]
10 November[46]
17 November"Rockabye"Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie[47]
24 November[48]
1 December[49]
8 December[50]
15 December[51]
22 December[52]
29 December[53]

Number-one artists

PositionArtistWeeks at No. 1
1Sean Paul12
2Drake11
WizKid
Kyla
5Justin Bieber9
6Clean Bandit7
Anne-Marie
8The Chainsmokers6
Halsey
10Lukas Graham5
Sia
Major Lazer
MØ
14James Arthur4
15Zayn2
16Mike Posner1
Calvin Harris
Rihanna
Little Mix

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Irish Singles Chart . IRMA.
  2. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 7 January 2016 . . 10 January 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160124155140/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=1 . 24 January 2016 . dead .
  3. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 14 January 2016 . Chart-Track . 17 January 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160126074819/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=2 . 26 January 2016 . dead .
  4. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 21 January 2016 . Chart-Track . 23 January 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160128020652/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=3 . 28 January 2016 . dead .
  5. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 28 January 2016 . Chart-Track . 28 January 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160203232524/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=4 . 3 February 2016 . dead .
  6. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 4 February 2016 . Chart-Track . 4 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160205211942/https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=5 . 5 February 2016 . dead .
  7. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 11 February 2016 . Chart-Track . 11 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160215215633/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=6 . 15 February 2016 . dead .
  8. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 18 February 2016 . Chart-Track . 21 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160301062138/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=7 . 1 March 2016 . dead .
  9. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 25 February 2016 . Chart-Track . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304020523/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=8 . 4 March 2016 . dead .
  10. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 3 March 2016 . Chart-Track . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160414035632/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=9 . 14 April 2016 . dead .
  11. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 10 March 2016 . Chart-Track . 19 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160312013903/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=10 . 12 March 2016 . dead .
  12. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 17 March 2016 . Chart-Track . 19 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160327163618/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=11 . 27 March 2016 . dead .
  13. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 24 March 2016 . Chart-Track . 25 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160408201623/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=12 . 8 April 2016 . dead .
  14. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 31 March 2016 . Chart-Track . 1 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160414065713/https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=13 . 14 April 2016 . dead .
  15. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 7 April 2016 . Chart-Track . 8 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160421194513/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=14 . 21 April 2016 . dead .
  16. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 14 April 2016 . Chart-Track . 15 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160604051110/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=15 . 4 June 2016 . dead .
  17. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 21 April 2016 . Chart-Track . 22 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160509071944/https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=16 . 9 May 2016 . dead .
  18. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 28 April 2016 . Chart-Track . 29 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160531093940/https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=17 . 31 May 2016 . dead .
  19. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 5 May 2016 . Chart-Track . 6 May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160603133804/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=18 . 3 June 2016 . dead .
  20. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 12 May 2016 . Chart-Track . 14 May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160604231132/https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=19 . 4 June 2016 . dead .
  21. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 19 May 2016 . Chart-Track . 21 May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160520162034/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=20 . 20 May 2016 . dead .
  22. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 26 May 2016 . Chart-Track . 27 May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160701090403/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=21 . 1 July 2016 . dead .
  23. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 2 June 2016 . Chart-Track . 3 June 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160804213207/https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=22 . 4 August 2016 . dead .
  24. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 9 June 2016 . Chart-Track . 10 June 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160807185755/https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=23 . 7 August 2016 . dead .
  25. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 16 June 2016 . Chart-Track . 17 June 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160811121851/https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=24 . 11 August 2016 . dead .
  26. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 24 June 2016 . Chart-Track . 24 June 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160813114214/https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=25 . 13 August 2016 . dead .
  27. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 30 June 2016 . Chart-Track . 1 July 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160816092430/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=26 . 16 August 2016 . dead .
  28. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 7 July 2016 . Chart-Track . 8 July 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160816105853/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=27 . 16 August 2016 . dead .
  29. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 14 July 2016 . Chart-Track . 15 July 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160816102715/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=28 . 16 August 2016 . dead .
  30. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 21 July 2016 . Chart-Track . 22 July 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160816102909/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%252Fmusicvideo%252Fmusic%252Farchive%252Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=29 . 16 August 2016 . dead .
  31. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 28 July 2016 . Chart-Track . 29 July 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160816112702/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=30 . 16 August 2016 . dead .
  32. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 4 August 2016 . Chart-Track . 5 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160820005212/https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=31 . 20 August 2016 . dead .
  33. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 11 August 2016 . Chart-Track . 12 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160821232330/https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=32 . 21 August 2016 . dead .
  34. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 18 August 2016 . Chart-Track . 19 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160822225432/https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=33 . 22 August 2016 . dead .
  35. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 25 August 2016 . Chart-Track . 27 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160827004002/https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=34 . 27 August 2016 . dead .
  36. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 1 September 2016 . Chart-Track . 2 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160915080459/https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=35 . 15 September 2016 . dead .
  37. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 8 September 2016 . Chart-Track . 9 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160916192515/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=36 . 16 September 2016 . dead .
  38. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 15 September 2016 . Chart-Track . 16 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160918005100/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%252Fmusicvideo%252Fmusic%252Farchive%252Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=37 . 18 September 2016 . dead .
  39. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 22 September 2016 . Chart-Track . 23 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160924030825/https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=38 . 24 September 2016 . dead .
  40. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 29 September 2016 . Chart-Track . 30 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161001215341/https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=39 . 1 October 2016 . dead .
  41. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 6 October 2016 . Chart-Track . 7 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161009131857/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=40 . 9 October 2016 . dead .
  42. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 13 October 2016 . Chart-Track . 14 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161018201316/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=41 . 18 October 2016 . dead .
  43. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 20 October 2016 . Chart-Track . 21 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161021195214/https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=42 . 21 October 2016 . dead .
  44. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 27 October 2016 . Chart-Track . 28 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161028210056/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=43 . 28 October 2016 . dead .
  45. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 3 November 2016 . Chart-Track . 5 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161104205324/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=44 . 4 November 2016 . dead .
  46. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 10 November 2016 . Chart-Track . 12 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161111195242/https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=45 . 11 November 2016 . dead .
  47. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 17 November 2016 . Chart-Track . 19 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161119060433/https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=46 . 19 November 2016 . dead .
  48. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 24 November 2016 . Chart-Track . 26 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161126003207/https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=47 . 26 November 2016 . dead .
  49. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 1 December 2016 . Chart-Track . 3 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161224234549/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=48 . 24 December 2016 . dead .
  50. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 8 December 2016 . Chart-Track . 10 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220073642/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=49 . 20 December 2016 . dead .
  51. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 15 December 2016 . Chart-Track . 17 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220140357/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=50 . 20 December 2016 . dead .
  52. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 22 December 2016 . Chart-Track . 23 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161224030309/https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=51 . 24 December 2016 . dead .
  53. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 29 December 2016 . Chart-Track . 30 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161230230729/https://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t&lyr=2016&year=2016&week=52 . 30 December 2016 . dead .

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