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]

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

See also

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