List of top 10 singles in 2021 (Ireland)
This is a list of singles that have peaked in the top 10 of the Irish Singles Chart during 2021, as compiled by the Official Charts Company on behalf of the Irish Recorded Music Association.[1]
Background
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Ninety-five songs have charted in the top ten of the Irish Singles Chart in 2021. Of these, eighty-six songs have reached their peak during 2021. Irish singer-songwriter Dermot Kennedy and Italian producers Meduza took the first number one single of the year, with their track "Paradise". In doing so, Kennedy became the first Irish act to replace themselves twice at number one, replacing the last number one of 2020, "Giants".[2] Ed Sheeran's "Afterglow" became the first new track to enter the top-ten in 2021.
Chart debuts
[edit]Forty artists has achieved their first top 10 single in 2021 (as of 17 December), either as a lead or featured artist.
Top-ten singles
[edit]- Key
- ◁ – indicates single's top 10 entry was also its chart debut
- An asterisk indicates the track is in the top 10 dated 31 December 2021.[3]
Top ten entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Singles from 2020 | ||||||
30 October | "Sweet Melody" ◁ [A] | Little Mix | 7 | 8 January | 2 | [4] |
4 December | "The Business" [B] | Tiësto | 1 | 19 March | 20 | [5] |
11 December | "Last Christmas" [D] | Wham! | 3 | 31 December | 8* | [6] |
Singles from 2021 | ||||||
1 January | "Afterglow" | Ed Sheeran | 2 | 8 January | 7 | [7] |
8 January | "Anyone" ◁ | Justin Bieber | 5 | 8 January | 5 | [8] |
"Get Out My Head" | Shane Codd | 5 | 5 February | 8 | ||
"Whoopty" | CJ | 10 | 8 January | 2 | ||
15 January | "Drivers License" ◁ | Olivia Rodrigo | 1 | 15 January | 9 | [9] |
"Good Days" | SZA | 8 | 15 January | 3 | ||
22 January | "Don't Play" ◁ | Anne-Marie, KSI & Digital Farm Animals | 9 | 22 January | 5 | [10] |
29 January | "Goosebumps" [C] | Hvme | 4 | 5 March | 9 | [11] |
5 February | "Money Talks" ◁ | Fredo (featuring Dave) | 8 | 5 February | 1 | [12] |
"Streets" | Doja Cat | 9 | 5 February | 1 | ||
12 February | "Jerusalema" | Master KG (featuring Nomcebo Zikode) | 4 | 12 February | 2 | [13] |
"Save Your Tears" | The Weeknd | 3 | 5 March | 13 | ||
"Wellerman" | Nathan Evans, 220 Kid, Billen Ted | 2 | 19 March | 8 | ||
19 February | "Calling My Phone" ◁ | Lil Tjay & 6lack | 2 | 19 February | 3 | [14] |
"Love Story (Taylor's Version)" ◁ | Taylor Swift | 7 | 19 February | 1 | ||
26 February | "Friday" | Riton & Nightcrawlers (featuring Mufasa & Hypeman) | 3 | 19 March | 18 | [15] |
5 March | "Your Love (9PM)" | ATB, Topic & A7S | 8 | 5 March | 8 | [16] |
"Heat Waves" | Glass Animals | 5 | 16 April | 22 | ||
12 March | "What's Next" ◁ | Drake | 7 | 12 March | 1 | [17] |
"Wants and Needs" ◁ | Drake (featuring Lil Baby) | 8 | 12 March | 1 | ||
19 March | "Bed" | Joel Corry, Raye & David Guetta | 3 | 26 March | 10 | [18] |
"Patience" ◁ | KSI (featuring Yungblud & Polo G) | 8 | 19 March | 1 | ||
"Latest Trends" | A1 x J1 | 10 | 19 March | 1 | ||
26 March | "Peaches" ◁ | Justin Bieber (featuring Daniel Caesar & Giveon) | 1 | 26 March | 9 | [19] |
"Hold On" | Justin Bieber | 8 | 26 March | 1 | ||
2 April | "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" ◁ | Lil Nas X | 1 | 2 April | 9 | [20] |
"Up" | Cardi B | 10 | 2 April | 1 | ||
9 April | "Deja Vu" ◁ | Olivia Rodrigo | 2 | 28 May | 9 | [21] |
16 April | "Rapstar" ◁ | Polo G | 2 | 16 April | 5 | [22] |
"Kiss Me More" ◁ | Doja Cat (featuring SZA) | 2 | 14 May | 11 | ||
7 May | "Body" ◁ | Russ Millions & Tion Wayne | 1 | 7 May | 5 | [23] |
"Your Power" ◁ | Billie Eilish | 3 | 7 May | 2 | ||
21 May | "Good 4 U" ◁ | Olivia Rodrigo | 1 | 21 May | 14 | [24] |
28 May | "Traitor" ◁ | 3 | 28 May | 8 | [25] | |
"Butter" ◁ | BTS | 7 | 28 May | 2 | ||
"Little Bit of Love" | Tom Grennan | 6 | 11 June | 5 | ||
"Our Song" ◁ | Anne-Marie & Niall Horan | 8 | 11 June | 7 | ||
11 June | "Lost Cause" ◁ | Billie Eilish | 9 | 11 June | 1 | [26] |
"Heartbreak Anthem" | Galantis, David Guetta & Little Mix | 5 | 2 July | 10 | ||
18 June | "I Wanna Be Your Slave" | Måneskin | 4 | 2 July | 7 | [27] |
"Good Without" | Mimi Webb | 7 | 9 July | 3 | ||
25 June | "Holiday" ◁ | KSI | 2 | 25 June | 3 | [28] |
"Favorite Crime" ◁ | Olivia Rodrigo | 8 | 9 July | 2 | ||
2 July | "Bad Habits" ◁ | Ed Sheeran | 1 | 2 July | 17 | [29] |
"Beggin'" | Måneskin | 3 | 2 July | 7 | ||
"Addict of Magic" ◁ | Picture This | 10 | 2 July | 1 | ||
9 July | "Black Magic" | Jonasu | 4 | 23 July | 7 | [30] |
16 July | "Stay" ◁ | The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber | 2 | 23 July | 11 | [31] |
"Clash" ◁ | Dave (featuring Stormzy) | 8 | 2 July | 2 | ||
"By Your Side" | Calvin Harris & Tom Grennan | 8 | 23 July | 2 | ||
23 July | "Remember" | Becky Hill & David Guetta | 3 | 20 August | 7 | [32] |
30 July | "Industry Baby" ◁ | Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow | 2 | 24 September | 12 | [33] |
"Verdansk" ◁ | Dave | 9 | 30 July | 1 | ||
6 August | "Happier Than Ever" ◁ | Billie Eilish | 3 | 6 August | 12 | [34] |
"Better Days" ◁ | Dermot Kennedy | 4 | 6 August | 14 | ||
20 August | "Need to Know" | Doja Cat | 8 | 20 August | 2 | [35] |
"Talk About" | Rain Radio & DJ Craig Gorman | 9 | 20 August | 3 | ||
"Fly Away" | Tones and I | 10 | 20 August | 1 | ||
27 August | "Out Out" | Joel Corry & Jax Jones (featuring Charli XCX & Saweetie) | 2 | 17 September | 8 | [36] |
"Visiting Hours" ◁ | Ed Sheeran | 8 | 27 August | 1 | ||
3 September | "Hurricane" ◁ | Kanye West | 7 | 3 September | 2 | [37] |
"Jail" ◁ | 9 | 3 September | 1 | |||
10 September | "Girls Want Girls" ◁ | Drake (featuring Lil Baby) | 3 | 3 September | 2 | [38] |
"Fair Trade" ◁ | Drake (featuring Travis Scott) | 4 | 10 September | 2 | ||
"Champagne Poetry" ◁ | Drake | 6 | 10 September | 1 | ||
17 September | "Shivers" ◁ | Ed Sheeran | 1 | 17 September | 11 | [39] |
24 September | "Thats What I Want" ◁ | Lil Nas X | 3 | 24 September | 9 | [40] |
"Love Nwantiti (Ah Ah Ah)" | CKay | 5 | 15 October | 8 | ||
1 October | "Cold Heart" | Elton John & Dua Lipa | 2 | 8 October | 11 | [41] |
22 October | "Easy on Me" ◁ | Adele | 1 | 22 October | 9 | [42] |
"My Heart Goes (La Di Da)" | Becky Hill & Topic | 6 | 12 November | 5 | ||
"My Universe" | Coldplay & BTS | 10 | 22 October | 1 | ||
29 October | "Meet Me at Our Spot" | The Anxiety (Willow Smith & Tyler Cole) | 4 | 12 November | 6 | [43] |
5 November | "Overpass Graffiti" ◁ | Ed Sheeran | 4 | 5 November | 2 | [44] |
19 November | "All Too Well (Taylor's Version)[broken anchor]" ◁ | Taylor Swift | 1 | 19 November | 5 | [45] |
"State of Grace (Taylor's Version)" ◁ | 7 | 19 November | 1 | |||
"Red (Taylor's Version)" ◁ | 9 | 19 November | 1 | |||
26 November | "Oh My God" ◁ | Adele | 3 | 26 November | 2 | [46] |
"I Drink Wine" ◁ | 5 | 26 November | 2 | |||
"ABCDEFU" | Gayle | 2 | 10 December | 6* | ||
"Seventeen Going Under" | Sam Fender | 8 | 17 December | 4* | ||
"Where Are You Now" | Lost Frequencies & Calum Scott | 8 | 3 December | 4 | ||
3 December | "Do It to It" | Acraze (featuring Cherish) | 10 | 3 December | 1 | [47] |
10 December | "Merry Christmas" ◁ | Ed Sheeran & Elton John | 1 | 31 December | 4* | [48] |
24 December | "Merry Christmas Everyone" [I] | Shakin' Stevens | 7 | 24 December | 1* | [49] |
"It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" [J] | Michael Bublé | 8 | 24 December | 1* | ||
"Jingle Bell Rock" | Bobby Helms | 9 | 24 December | 1* |
2020 peaks
[edit]Top ten entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten | Reference | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | 2021 | Total | ||||||
3 July | "Giants" | Dermot Kennedy | 1 | 4 December | 25 | 2 | 27 | [50] |
6 November | "Paradise" ◁ | Meduza (featuring Dermot Kennedy) | 1 | 27 November | 8 | 6 | 14 | [51] |
"34+35" ◁ | Ariana Grande | 4 | 6 November | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
4 December | "All I Want for Christmas Is You" [B] | Mariah Carey | 3 | 25 December | 4 | 4 | 9* | [52] |
11 December | "Without You" | The Kid Laroi | 3 | 11 December | 3 | 8 | 11 | [53] |
"Last Christmas" [D] | Wham! | 4 | 25 December | 3 | 3 | 7* | ||
25 December | "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" [E] | Brenda Lee | 6 | 25 December | 1 | 2 | 4* | [54] |
"Fairytale of New York" [F] | The Pogues (featuring Kirsty MacColl) | 7 | 25 December | 1 | 3 | 5* |
Entries by artist
[edit]The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2021, including songs that reached their peak in 2020. The figures include both main artists and featured artists. The culmulative number of weeks an artist's tracks spent in the top ten in 2021 is also shown.
Notes
[edit]- a "Sweet Melody" by Little Mix spent 3 weeks in the top 10 in 2020.
- b "The Business" by Tiësto spent 4 weeks in the top 10 in 2020.
- c deep house cover of Scott's track which was originally released in 2016.
- d "All I Want for Christmas Is You" first entered the top-ten and reached its peak in 1994.
- e "Last Christmas" first entered the top-ten and reached its peak in 1984.
- f "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree first entered the top-ten in 1963 and reached its peak in 2017.
- g "Fairytale of New York" first entered the top-ten and reached its peak in 1987.
- h "Meet Me at Our Spot" is credited to The Anxiety, a collaborative project between the two artists.
- i "Merry Christmas Everyone" first entered the top-ten and reached its peak in 1985.
- j "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" by Michael Bublé spent 1 week in the top 10 in 2020.
References
[edit]- ^ "IRMA". www.irma.ie.
- ^ "Dermot Kennedy's Without Fear has now spent more weeks at Number 1 this millennium than any other debut album". Official Charts. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "IRMA". www.irma.ie.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 30 October 2020". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 4 December 2020". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 11 December 2020". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 1 January 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 8 January 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 15 January 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 22 January 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 29 January 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 5 February 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 12 February 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 19 February 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 26 February 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 5 March 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 12 March 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 19 March 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 26 March 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 2 April 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 9 April 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 16 April 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 7 May 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 21 May 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 7 May 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 11 June 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 18 June 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 25 June 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 2 July 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 9 July 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 16 July 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 23 July 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 23 July 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 6 August 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 20 August 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 27 August 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 3 September 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 10 September 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 17 September 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 24 September 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 1 October 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 22 October 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 29 October 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 5 November 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 19 November 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 26 November 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 3 December 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 10 December 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 24 December 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 3 July 2020". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 6 November 2020". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 4 December 2020". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 11 December 2020". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 25 December 2020". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 January 2021.