Dermot Kennedy's Without Fear has now spent more weeks at Number 1 this millennium than any other debut album

Dermot Kennedy claims a new chart record on this week’s Official Irish Albums Chart with Without Fear, and takes out more pages in the history books on the Official Irish Singles Chart as Paradise returns to Number 1.

Dermot was one of the biggest homegrown stars in 2019 and 2020, and it looks like his hot streak will continue in 2021, with the singer-songwriter claiming the Official Chart Double for the fourth week in a row.

On the Official Irish Albums Chart, Dermot’s Without Fear holds at the summit, picking up its 15^th non-consecutive week on top. The album has now surpassed Lewis Capaldi’s Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent for most weeks at Number 1 this millennium for a debut album.

If that wasn’t enough, Dermot has become the first Irish act to have replaced themselves at Number 1 twice as Paradise, Dermot’s collaboration with Italian producers Meduza, bumps Giants, this week’s Number 7, from the top spot.

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Official Irish Singles Chart

Tiesto earns his highest-charting single ever on Irish soil as The Business reaches the business end of the chart, rising three positions to Number 2.

This week’s highest climber is Afterglow from Ed Sheeran, which charges 20 places to Number 3. The track, which Ed said is a standalone release and not from a new album, is officially his 30^th Top 10 hit in Ireland.

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Little Mix’s Sweet Melody re-enters to the Top 10 this week, rebounding nine places to return to its Number 8 peak.

New personal bests logged in this week’s Top 50 include Shane Codd – Get Out My Head (12), Whoopty by CJ (15) and Lil Nas X’s Holiday (24).

Finally, this week’s highest new entry is Goosebumps by Spanish producer HVME at Number 46.

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Official Irish Albums Chart

This week’s most downloaded album is Taylor Swift’s Evermore, which rebounds three places to reach a new peak position of Number 2.

Harry Styles’ Number 1 album Fine Line advances five spots to Number 3, and thanks to its Christmas Day popularity (captured at the beginning of the tracking week) Michael Buble’s Christmas jingles up three slots to Number 4.

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A slew of 2020’s biggest albums return to the Top 10 this week, including: Lewis Capaldi – Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent (6); Pop Smoke’s Shoot For the Stars, Aim For The Moon (7), Positions from Ariana Grande (8); and Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia (9).

Atlantan rapper Playboi Carti scores his highest charting album to date with his second studio album Whole Lotta Red, which debuts at Number 18.

Finally, two Christmas albums from legendary crooners make their Top 50 debuts this week – Frank Sinatra’s A Jolly Christmas From enters at 35, and Bing Crosby’s Christmas Classics bows at 40.

See the full Official Irish Albums Chart Top 50

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