Despite the closure of physical stores through lockdown and delays to the manufacturing process because of the COVID-19 pandemic, albums consumption increased overall in Ireland in 2020, with Dermot Kennedy claiming the biggest album of the year.
3.8 million albums or their streaming equivalent were consumed in 2020 – an increase of 3% year-on-year – with album streams increasing 19% from 2.37m to 2.83m.
Dermot Kennedy scores Ireland’s biggest album of 2020 with Without Fear. The singer-songwriter from Rathcoole’s debut album enjoyed an incredible 2020, ending the year as the country’s most physically purchased, downloaded and streamed album of the last 12 months.
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