Kneecap debut at number two on the Irish charts

Kneecap’s debut album Fine Art has landed at the number two spot on the Irish charts after a closely fought battle with Taylor Swift.

The West Belfast rap trio, consisting of Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvaí, missed out on becoming the first ever Irish language album to achieve the number one spot in the Irish charts after pop megastar’s Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department took the top position, up from last week’s second place.

Swift is set to play three hotly-anticipated gigs in Dublin’s Aviva Stadium on 28-30 June.

Meanwhile, last week’s number one, Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft, is now in the number three spot in the Irish charts, with Charlie XCX’s Brat and Noah Kahan’s Stick Season rounding off the top five.

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Kneecap’s concept album of sorts is set in an imaginary pub in West Belfast – The Rutz – and features contributions from Lankum’s Radie Peat, Grian Chatten of Fontaines D.C. and Jelani Blackman across the record’s 12 tracks.

The release caps a whirlwind six months for Kneecap, in which they have played headline shows across the US, make an appearance on Jimmy Fallon’s The Tonight Show and taken Sundance Film Festival by storm with their acclaimed self-titled semi-biopic from Rich Peppiatt. The film is set to come to Irish cinemas nationwide on 8 August.

Over on the Irish Singles Chart, Sabrina Carpenter has retained the top two spots with Please Please Please and Espresso at number one and number two respectively.

Shaboozey is in third position with A Bar Song (Tipsy), with Billie Eilish’s Birds of a Feather and Post Malone/Morgan Wallen’s I Had Some Help rounding out the top five.

Over on the Irish Homegrown Chart, Hozier retains the top spot with Too Sweet, while BL3SS/CamrinWatsin/bbyclose’s Kisses is still in the second position and Casper Walsh’s Simmer Down in third.

New this week in the fourth spot is the Kabin Crew/Lisdoonvarna Crew’s unstoppable viral hit The Spark which has taken the world by storm.

Rounding off the top five is DNA (Loving You) by Billy Gillies featuring Hannah Boleyn.

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