List of number-one albums of 2016 (Ireland)

The Irish Albums Chart ranks the best-performing albums in Ireland, as compiled by Chart-Track on behalf of the Irish Recorded Music Association.^[1]

identifies Irish musical acts.

Issue date	Album	Artist	Reference
7 January	Purpose	Justin Bieber	[2]
14 January	Blackstar	David Bowie	[3]
21 January			[4]
28 January	25	Adele	[5]
4 February	Everything This Way	Walking on Cars	[6]
11 February			[7]
18 February			[8]
25 February	25	Adele	[9]
3 March	2	The Gloaming	[10]
10 March	25	Adele	[11]
17 March			[12]
24 March			[13]
31 March			[14]
7 April			[15]
14 April			[16]
21 April	Cut Loose	Mike Denver	[17]
28 April	Lemonade	Beyoncé	[18]
5 May	Stayin' Up All Night	Nathan Carter	[19]
12 May	A Moon Shaped Pool	Radiohead	[20]
19 May	Lemonade	Beyoncé	[21]
26 May	Dangerous Woman	Ariana Grande	[22]
2 June	Greatest Hits	Bruce Springsteen	[23]
9 June	Lemonade	Beyoncé	[24]
16 June			[25]
23 June	The Getaway	Red Hot Chili Peppers	[26]
30 June	25	Adele	[27]
7 July	Lemonade	Beyoncé	[28]
14 July	Ellipsis	Biffy Clyro	[29]
21 July	Chaleur Humaine	Christine and the Queens	[30]
28 July			[31]
4 August			[32]
11 August			[33]
18 August	Picture This EP	Picture This	[34]
25 August	At Swim	Lisa Hannigan	[35]
1 September	Glory	Britney Spears	[36]
8 September	We Move	James Vincent McMorrow	[37]
15 September	Skeleton Tree	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	[38]
22 September			[39]
29 September	Illuminate	Shawn Mendes	[40]
6 October	x	Ed Sheeran	[41]
13 October	Revolution Radio	Green Day	[42]
20 October	Walls	Kings of Leon	[43]
27 October	You Want It Darker	Leonard Cohen	[44]
3 November			[45]
10 November	The Heavy Entertainment Show	Robbie Williams	[46]
17 November	You Want It Darker	Leonard Cohen	[47]
24 November	Hardwired... to Self-Destruct	Metallica	[48]
1 December	Glory Days	Little Mix	[49]
8 December			[50]
15 December	You Want It Darker	Leonard Cohen	[51]
22 December			[52]
29 December	Glory Days	Little Mix	[53]

Number-one artists[]

Position	Country	Artist	Weeks at No. 1
1	UK	Adele	9
2	US	Beyoncé	5
	CAN	Leonard Cohen
3	FRA	Christine and the Queens	4
4	IRE	Walking on Cars	3
	UK	Little Mix
5	UK	David Bowie	2
	AUS	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
6	IRL	The Gloaming	1
	CAN	Justin Bieber
	IRL	Mike Denver
	IRL	Nathan Carter
	UK	Radiohead
	US	Ariana Grande
	US	Bruce Springsteen
	US	Red Hot Chili Peppers
	UK	Biffy Clyro
	IRL	Picture This
	IRL	Lisa Hannigan
	US	Britney Spears
	IRL	James Vincent McMorrow
	CAN	Shawn Mendes
	UK	Ed Sheeran
	US	Green Day
	US	Kings of Leon
	US	Metallica

See also[]

• List of number-one singles of 2016 (Ireland)

References[]