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This question got days of fun on holidays a few years ago, so I thought I’d pose it to see how many get them all!
Only 18 Irish acts have hit no.1 in the UK music charts since the charts began in November 1952. Can you name them all?? feel free to guess a few that you think and I’ll periodically say which ones are correct or not. It includes Northern Ireland as well. One of the good things isthat you can’t just google the answer because they never actually sorted them like that whenever they compiled the guinness book of hit singles! (sadly out of print now!)
And just to help a bit, no, the pogues, the dubliners, daniel o’donnell, samantha mumba or snow patrol never hit no.1 in UK (although ms. mumba was no.1 in both Ireland and USA!!)
Ok, here goes…..
B*witched (bet not many would have guessed this one, or admit to it!)
U2
The Script
Westlife
Boyzone
Ronan KeatingJedward?? maybe…not sure about that one actually
Very good Sabbi! All right except for the script! Their album went to no. 1 alright but the best single performance was "man who can’t be moved" which got to no. 2 😉
Westlife
Boyzone
Ronan Keating
B*witched
U2
Val Doonican?
Chris De Burgh
Sinead O Connor
Thin Lizzy
Boomtown RatsThats all I can come up with
Some more correct ones in there, Wrong ones are:
Val doonican (although there is one or two similar!)
Thin Lizzy
Cranberries
Brian Kennedy
Dustin the turkey
Oh and Sabbi, I should have said no to Jedward as well 😉So the correct ones so far are: B*Witched, Boyzone, Boomtown rats, Sinead O’Connor, Ronan Keating, Westlife, U2, Chris de Burgh, The Corrs, Enya,
10 down, 8 to go! 😉
Actually Julymam, I wasn’t sure if "Dustinthe Turkey" was a guess or if you were telling us what was on your sandwich under the grill! 😆 😆
Actually Julymam, I wasn’t sure if "Dustin the Turkey" was a guess or if you were telling us what was on your sandwich under the grill! 😆 😆
😆 😆 😆 😆 eh yeah i was jst tellin u what was on my sandwich 😳 😳 😉
No and no for Joe Dolan! 😆
Still another individual out of one of the bands already correctly guessed, and might be worth thinking of up north and also of eurovision!! 😉
And the very first one (female) became part of cockney rhyming slang!
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