Music
10 May 19

'Hold Me While You Wait' becomes Lewis Capaldi’s second Irish Number 1 single

The Scottish singer responded to the news saying: “Ireland, I could kiss you all passionately on the mouth.”

Lewis Capaldi has debuted at Number 1 on this week’s Official Irish Singles Chart with 'Hold Me While You Wait'.

The Scotsman’s latest track is taken from his debut album Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent which gets its release on May 17. The track rocketed to the top spot with a lead of 599 combined sales. The song was the most downloaded of the week and ends the four-week reign of Lil Nas X’s 'Old Town Road' which drops to Number 2.

Lewis told OfficialCharts.com/Ireland: “Ireland, I could kiss you all passionately on the mouth… with tongues. [Ireland] is the first ever country I’ve had two Number 1s in. It’s incredible. Thank you so much to everyone who went out and streamed and bought it. Madness!”

Now with two chart toppers and five Top 50 hits under his belt, Ireland is officially Lewis Capaldi’s most successful territory in relation of chart accomplishments.

View Lewis’ video message to Ireland here:

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Shawn Mendes breezes to his fourth Top 10 entry as If I Can’t Have You lands at Number 7, while Logic & Eminem’s collaboration Homicide debuts just outside the top flight at Number 12.

A Top 10 hit in parts of Australasia, Dominic Fike’s '3 Nights' gains more ground on Irish soil, rising six to 19, and Kygo & Rita Ora are not far behind with 'Carry On' at 24, this week’s highest climber. Ellie Goulding’s sixteenth Irish hit, aptly named 'Sixteen', lifts six positions to 25, and Lizzo’s highest charting song yet in Ireland, 'Truth Hurts', surges once more, up six places to 29.

Official Irish Singles Chart Top 5

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1 HOLD ME WHILE YOU WAIT - LEWIS CAPALDI

2 OLD TOWN ROAD - LIL NAS X

3 BAD GUY - BILLIE EILISH

4 VOSSI BOP - STORMZY

5 PIECE OF YOUR HEART - MEDUZA FT. GOODBOYS