NO. 1
ARTIST: Pharrell Williams
TRACK: Happy
LABEL: Back Lot
No. ARTIST TRACK LABEL
2 Clean Bandit Feat. Jess Glynne Rather Be Atlantic
3 John Legend All Of Me Columbia
4 Sam Smith Stay With Me Capitol
5 Ed Sheeran Sing Asylum
6 Coldplay A Sky Full Of Stars Parlophone
7 Ella Henderson Ghost Syco Music
8 Nico & Vinz Am I Wrong Warner Bros
9 Script Superheroes Columbia
10 Kodaline One Day B-Unique
11 Hozier Take Me To Church Rubyworks / Island
12 Mr. Probz Waves Sony Music
13 One Republic Counting Stars Interscope
14 The Coronas All The Others 3U Records
15 Vance Joy Riptide Infectious
16 Coldplay Magic Parlophone
17 One Republic Love Runs Out Interscope
18 Duke Dumont Feat. Jax Jones I Got U Virgin EMI
19 Magic! Rude Sony Music
20 The Riptide Movement All Works Out Universal Ireland
21 Lilly Wood & Robin Schulz Prayer In C Warner Bros
22 Kodaline Way Back When B-Unique
23 Sam Smith I'm Not The Only One Capitol
24 Taylor Swift Shake It Off Big Machine
25 American Authors Best Day Of My Life Mercury
26 Hozier From Eden Rubyworks/ Island
27 Milky Chance Stolen Dance Ignition
28 G.R.L Ugly Heart RCA
29 Meghan Trainor All About That Bass Epic
30 Katy Perry Ft. Juicy J Dark Horse Virgin
31 One Direction Story Of My Life Syco Music
32 Ed Sheeran Thinking Out Loud Asylum
33 Klingande Jubel One More Tune
34 Aloe Blacc The Man Interscope
35 Katy Perry Roar Virgin
36 Calvin Harris Summer Columbia
37 Avicii Hey Brother PRMD
38 Hozier Sedated Rubyworks /Island
39 Sigma Nobody To Love 3Beat
40 Avicii Addicted To You PRMD
41 Imagine Dragons Demons Interscope
42 Sam Smith Money On My Mind Capitol
43 Birdy Wings 14th Floor Records
44 George Ezra Budapest Columbia
45 Daft Punk Feat. Pharrell Williams Get Lucky Columbia
46 Rita Ora I Will Never Let You Down Roc Nation
47 Ed Sheeran Don't Asylum
48 Passenger Let Her Go Nettwerk
49 Ellie Goulding Burn Polydor
50 Kodaline Brand New Day B-Unique
ARTIST: Pharrell Williams
TRACK: Happy
LABEL: Back Lot
No. ARTIST TRACK LABEL
2 Clean Bandit Feat. Jess Glynne Rather Be Atlantic
3 John Legend All Of Me Columbia
4 Sam Smith Stay With Me Capitol
5 Ed Sheeran Sing Asylum
6 Coldplay A Sky Full Of Stars Parlophone
7 Ella Henderson Ghost Syco Music
8 Nico & Vinz Am I Wrong Warner Bros
9 Script Superheroes Columbia
10 Kodaline One Day B-Unique
11 Hozier Take Me To Church Rubyworks / Island
12 Mr. Probz Waves Sony Music
13 One Republic Counting Stars Interscope
14 The Coronas All The Others 3U Records
15 Vance Joy Riptide Infectious
16 Coldplay Magic Parlophone
17 One Republic Love Runs Out Interscope
18 Duke Dumont Feat. Jax Jones I Got U Virgin EMI
19 Magic! Rude Sony Music
20 The Riptide Movement All Works Out Universal Ireland
21 Lilly Wood & Robin Schulz Prayer In C Warner Bros
22 Kodaline Way Back When B-Unique
23 Sam Smith I'm Not The Only One Capitol
24 Taylor Swift Shake It Off Big Machine
25 American Authors Best Day Of My Life Mercury
26 Hozier From Eden Rubyworks/ Island
27 Milky Chance Stolen Dance Ignition
28 G.R.L Ugly Heart RCA
29 Meghan Trainor All About That Bass Epic
30 Katy Perry Ft. Juicy J Dark Horse Virgin
31 One Direction Story Of My Life Syco Music
32 Ed Sheeran Thinking Out Loud Asylum
33 Klingande Jubel One More Tune
34 Aloe Blacc The Man Interscope
35 Katy Perry Roar Virgin
36 Calvin Harris Summer Columbia
37 Avicii Hey Brother PRMD
38 Hozier Sedated Rubyworks /Island
39 Sigma Nobody To Love 3Beat
40 Avicii Addicted To You PRMD
41 Imagine Dragons Demons Interscope
42 Sam Smith Money On My Mind Capitol
43 Birdy Wings 14th Floor Records
44 George Ezra Budapest Columbia
45 Daft Punk Feat. Pharrell Williams Get Lucky Columbia
46 Rita Ora I Will Never Let You Down Roc Nation
47 Ed Sheeran Don't Asylum
48 Passenger Let Her Go Nettwerk
49 Ellie Goulding Burn Polydor
50 Kodaline Brand New Day B-Unique
2.8 million airplays were reported to PPI in 2014.
There was no surprise as to the most played track on Irish radio in 2014 - PHARELL WILLIAMS' smash hit HAPPY from the "Despicable Me 2" Soundtrack.
Second place went to the catchy RATHER BE by British electronic group CLEAN BANDIT, feat. JESS GLYNN. JOHN LEGEND'S romantic piano ballad ALL OF ME took third place. Multi-Grammy Award winner SAM SMITH features 3 times: #4 STAY WITH ME, #23 I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE and #42 MONEY ON MY MIND. ED SHEERAN also features 3 times on the most played: #5 SING, #32 THINKING OUT LOUD and #47 DON'T. COLDLAY with A SKY FULL OF STARS came sixth while their track MAGIC was #16. ELLA HENDERSON, GHOST took seventh place and the NICO & VINZ track AM I WRONG came eighth.
THE SCRIPT make the most played list this year again, with SUPERHEROES in #9. KODALINE proved popular again in 2014 on Irish radio with 3 tracks making the list: #10 ONE DAY, #22 WAY BACK WHEN and #50 BRAND NEW DAY. HOZIER, in what was an incredible year for the Bray man, had 3 tracks in the top 50: #11 TAKE ME TO CHURCH, #26 FROM EDEN and #38 SEDATED. Other Irish artists to make the list include THE CORONAS, ALL THE OTHERS at #14 and THE RIPTIDE MOVEMENT, ALL WORKS OUT at #20.