Irish Independent Albums Chart
The Irish Independent Albums Chart (also known as Independent Artist Albums or Top 20 Indie Albums) is a
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'
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]
Publication
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.[3] However, Chart-Track's online archive only documents the top ten albums from each particular week.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Official Charts to compile Ireland's national music charts". Official Charts. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Irish Charts History". irishcharts.ie. Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
- ^ "Top 20 Indie Individual Artist Albums". Irish Recorded Music Association. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
- Chart-Track. GfK. Archived from the originalon 16 July 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2013.