Ireland’s top 10 in the US

Billboard have ranked the top ten Irish musicians who have had the biggest impact on the American Hot 100 singles chart since its inception in 1958. No prizes for guessing who’s at number one…

1 U2 Highest Charting Hot 100 Hit: “With Or Without You” (No. 1 for

three weeks; Peak date: 5/16/1987) 2 GILBERT O’SULLIVAN Highest Charting Hot 100 Hit: “Alone

Again (Naturally)” (No. 1 for six weeks; Peak date: 7/29/1972) 3 SINEAD O’CONNOR Highest Charting Hot 100 Hit: “Nothing

Compares 2 U” (No. 1 for four weeks; Peak date: 4/21/1990) 4 HOZIER Highest Charting Hot 100 Hit: “Take Me to Church” (No.

2; Peak date: 12/20/2014) 5 VAN MORRISON Highest Charting Hot 100 Hit: “Domino” (No.

9; Peak date: 1/2/1971) 6 SNOW PATROL Highest Charting Hot 100 Hit: “Chasing Cars”

(No. 5; Peak date: 10/14/2006) 7 THE SCRIPT Highest Charting Hot 100 Hit: “Breakeven” (No. 12;

Peak date: 5/15/2010) 8 ENYA Highest Charting Hot 100 Hit: “I Don’t Wanna Know” by Mario Winans featuring Enya & P. Diddy (No. 2; Peak date: 4/24/2004) 9 THE CRANBERRIES Highest Charting Hot 100 Hit: “Linger”

(No. 8; Peak date: 2/12/1994) 10 THE IRISH ROVERS Highest Charting Hot 100 Hit: “The

Unicorn” (No. 7; Peak date: 5/25/1968)