Taylor Swift denies Metallica the Number 1 spot on the Official Irish Albums Chart

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Taylor Swift returns to Number 1 on this week’s Official Irish Albums Chart, denying metal legends Metallica the top spot. Folklore leads Ireland’s Top 50 albums for a fourth non-consecutive week, marking the third separate stint that the album has reached the summit.

Taylor had Ireland’s most streamed album of the past seven days. Metallica’s live album with the San Francisco Symphony S&M2 opens at Number 2 with the most sales of the week (physical and download).

The live collection marks Metallica’s fourth Top 2 album since the turn of the century; the band claimed back-to-back Number 1 studio albums with St.

Anger (2003), Death Magnetic (2008) and Hardwired… To Self Destruct (2016). Katy Perry takes out her fifth consecutive Top 10 album