The Irish Albums Chart ranks the best-performing albums in Ireland, as compiled by the Official Charts Company on behalf of the Irish Recorded Music Association.
Issue date Album Artist Reference 5 January ÷ Ed Sheeran 12 January 19 January Tales from the Backseat The Academic 26 January The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Various artists 2 February 9 February 16 February 23 February 2 March 9 March 16 March 23 March 30 March 6 April 13 April 20 April 27 April KOD J. Cole 4 May Beerbongs & Bentleys Post Malone 11 May ÷ Ed Sheeran 18 May 25 May 1 June Wildness Snow Patrol 8 June Ye Kanye West 15 June The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Various artists 22 June Reputation Taylor Swift 29 June The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Various artists 6 July Scorpion Drake 13 July 20 July 27 July Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again: The Movie Soundtrack Various artists 3 August 10 August 17 August 24 August Sweetener Ariana Grande 31 August 7 September Kamikaze Eminem 14 September 21 September 28 September 5 October Politics of Living Kodaline 12 October A Star Is Born Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper 19 October 26 October 2 November 9 November 16 November 23 November 30 November 7 December The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Various artists 14 December A Star Is Born Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper 21 December 28 December
Number-one artists Position Artist Weeks at No. 1 1 Lady Gaga 11 Bradley Cooper 3 Ed Sheeran 6 4 Eminem 4 5 Drake 3 6 Ariana Grande 2 7 The Academic 1 J. Cole Post Malone Snow Patrol Kanye West Taylor Swift Kodaline
See also List of number-one singles of 2018 (Ireland)
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