Ellie Goulding holds on to Irish Album Chart top spot

A record that is really going the distance, 37 weeks into its run on the Irish Album Chart and Ellie Goulding's Halcyon/ Halcyon Days sits at the summit once again this week.
Having been in danger of seeing her personal life overtake her musical accomplishments when she started dating Skrillex after the release of her debut, her second LP has more than reasserted her position as a creative and commercial force to be reckoned with.

She plays Dublin's O2 on March 1.

Another force of nature, Beyonce, is climbing this week. She shocked the world before Christmas by slipping out her fifth, self-titled album with no notice whatsoever. The world has recovered and is now buying it by the truckload. It moves from third to second this week.

It means One Direction are displaced from No. 2. Their Midnight Memories, which topped the chart at Christmas, is now in third.

Emeli Sande's Our Version Of Events is static at No. 4, whilst Kodaline's In A Perfect World – nominated for the Choice Music Prize – rises a spot to round off the Top 5.

As is often the case most Januarys, things are still quiet, with no new releases breaking into the Top 30.

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Over on the Indie Album Chart, Arctic Monkeys continue to dominate. As last week, AM (the Hot Press Album Of The Year) is No. 1, and Finbar Furey's The Last Great Love Song is at No 2.

London Grammar leap two spots to third, with If You Wait, Passenger holds steady just below, and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' The Heist completes the Top 5.