Ed Sheeran claims fifth Number 1 album in Ireland with Equals

officialcharts.com:

Ed Sheeran’s new album = (Equals) charges straight in at Number 1 on this week’s Official Irish Albums Chart. The singer-songwriter’s latest collection outperforms the rest of this week’s Top 10 combined, securing him a fifth chart-topping album, following + (2011), x (2014), ÷ (2017, and places at Number 10 this week), and No.6 Collaborations Project (2019).

There’s another big new entry this week from US rock band The War On Drugs – their fifth studio album I Don’t Live Here Anymore enters at Number 4, matching the peak of their last album, 2017’s A Deeper Understanding.

Last week’s Number 1, Olivia Rodrigo Sour, drops to Number 2, and in anticipation of ABBA’s new album Voyage released today, the group’s Gold – Greatest Hits album places