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The Sound of Dublin

Ireland · #16 origin · 1 Velvet Rock tracks

Combined (3:1)
348.9
US score
7.1
UK score
35.9
Attributed artists
22

Signature decade 1990s · era-distinctiveness 1.79 · score per artist 15.9

Decade fingerprint

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2020

Top artists

  1. 1U2217.9
  2. 2Enya49.2
  3. 3Hozier22.6
  4. 4Boyzone14.2
  5. 5Sinéad O'Connor12.9
  6. 6My Bloody Valentine5.5
  7. 7The Bachelors3.3
  8. 8Samantha Mumba3.2
  9. 9The Corrs3.1
  10. 10Ronan Keating2.8
  11. 11Chris de Burgh2.4
  12. 12The Boomtown Rats2.3
  13. 13BWitched2.1
  14. 14The Script1.5
  15. 15Niall Horan1.4

Signature songs

  1. 1“Take Me to Church” : Hozier · UK / US #2 (2014)
  2. 2“Too Sweet” : Hozier · UK / US #1 (2024)
  3. 3“Nothing Compares 2 U” : Sinéad O'Connor · UK / US #1 (1990)
  4. 4“The Lady in Red” : Chris de Burgh · UK / US #1 (1986)
  5. 5“With or Without You” : U2 · UK / US #1 (1987)
  6. 6“Gotta Tell You” : Samantha Mumba · UK / US #2 (2000)
  7. 7“Desire” : U2 · UK / US #1 (1988)
  8. 8“Diane” : The Bachelors · UK / US #1 (1964)
  9. 9“I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For” : U2 · UK / US #1 (1987)
  10. 10“Rat Trap” : The Boomtown Rats · UK #1 (1978)
  11. 11“Father and Son” : Boyzone · UK #2 (1995)
  12. 12“C'est la Vie” : BWitched · UK / US #1 (1998)
  13. 13“I Believe” : The Bachelors · UK #2 (1964)
  14. 14“Giving Me” : Jazzy · UK #3 (2023)
  15. 15“I Don't Like Mondays” : The Boomtown Rats · UK #1 (1979)

Chart-topping #1 singles

“Too Sweet”
2024
Hozier
UK / US
“Hall of Fame”
2012
The Script
UK
“Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own”
2005
U2
UK
“I Don't Wanna Know”
2004
Enya
UK
“Real to Me”
2004
Brian McFadden
UK
“Take Me to the Clouds Above”
2004
U2
UK
“Vertigo”
2004
U2
UK
“If Tomorrow Never Comes”
2002
Ronan Keating
UK
“Beautiful Day”
2000
U2
UK
“Breathless”
2000
The Corrs
UK
“Life Is a Rollercoaster”
2000
Ronan Keating
UK
“Blame It on the Weatherman”
1999
BWitched
UK
“When You Say Nothing at All”
1999
Ronan Keating
UK
“When the Going Gets Tough”
1999
Boyzone
UK
“You Needed Me”
1999
Boyzone
UK
“All That I Need”
1998
Boyzone
UK
“C'est la Vie”
1998
BWitched
UK
“No Matter What”
1998
Boyzone
UK
“Rollercoaster”
1998
BWitched
UK
“To You I Belong”
1998
BWitched
UK
“Discothèque”
1997
U2
UK
“A Different Beat”
1996
Boyzone
UK
“Words”
1996
Boyzone
UK
“The Fly”
1991
U2
UK
“Nothing Compares 2 U”
1990
Sinéad O'Connor
UK / US
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Velvet Rock

1 Master Tape track by Dublin artists: The Lady In Red (Chris de Burgh)