Dermot Kennedy lands Ireland’s Number 1 album following his Soccer Aid Player of the Match win

officialcharts.com:

Dermot Kennedy is back at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart following his Player of the Match win at Soccer Aid last weekend.

The singer from Rathcoole was named MVP of the charity football game raising funds for UNICEF. His team World XI beat England on penalties, and the newfound attention on him has led to a return to the top of the charts for Dermot.

His debut album Without Fear has now spent 11 non-consecutive weeks at Number 1 and was last at the chart helm in July when it chalked up the most weeks at Number 1 for an Irish debut album since 2000.

The only debut albums to spend more weeks at Number 1 this millennium are Lewis Capaldi’s Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent (15 weeks) and James Blunt’s Back To Bedlam (14 weeks).