Irish music is renowned around the world. From U2 to Enya everyone has an opinion on Irish music. In celebration of Irish tunes we took a look at Ireland’s most successful Irish musicians of all time.
The Billboard Hot 100 is the American music industry standard popularity chart for singles. This list was compiled by Billboard on St. Patrick’s Day 2014 to take a look at the “Top 10 Irish Artists ranking is based on actual performance on the weekly Billboard Hot 100 chart, dating to the chart’s Aug. 4, 1958, inception.”
And what an amazing list is is...even if we do say so!
1. U2
"With Or Without You"
Peaked at number 1 for three weeks on 5/16/1987.
2. Gilbert O'Sullivan
"Alone Again (Naturally)"
Peaked at number 1 for six weeks on 7/29/1972.
"Nothing Compares 2 U"
Peaked at number 1 for four weeks on 4/21/1990.
4. Van Morrison
"Domino"
Peaked at number 8 on 1/2/1971.
5. Snow Patrol
"Chasing Cars"
Peaked at number 5 on 10/14/2006.
6. Enya
“I Don't Wanna Know" by Mario Winans featuring Enya & P. Diddy
Peaked at number 2 on 4/24/2004.
7. The Script
“Breakeven"
Peaked at number 12 on 5/15/2010.
"Linger"
Peaked at number 8 on 2/12/1994.
9. The Irish Rovers
"The Unicorn"
Peaked at number 7 on 5/25/1968.
10. Thin Lizzy
"The Boys Are Back In Town"
Peaked at number 12 on 7/24/1976.
Source: Billboard.
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