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Madonna secures Irish albums top spot

Published Friday, Sep 25 2009, 14:40 BST | By Daniel Kilkelly
Madonna secures Irish albums top spot

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Madonna has topped the Irish albums chart with her new greatest hits collection Celebration this week.

The Queen of Pop beats off competition from US rock band Pearl Jam, who land at second place with their ninth studio album Backspacer.

Muse's The Resistance falls from the top spot to third place, followed in fourth by Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3, which is down one position.

Meanwhile, David Gray's Draw The Line falls three spots to fifth.

The top ten albums in full:

1. (-) Madonna: 'Celebration'
2. (-) Pearl Jam: 'Backspacer'
3. (1) Muse: 'The Resistance'
4. (3) Jay-Z: 'The Blueprint 3'
5. (2) David Gray: 'Draw The Line'
6. (4) Florence and the Machine: 'Lungs'
7. (6) The Script: 'The Script'
8. (5) David Guetta: 'One Love'
9. (8) Beyoncé: 'I Am... Sasha Fierce'
10. (9) Michael Jackson: 'The Essential'
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