To celebrate they reveal their top selling albums of each decade.

  In 1962, aware of the growing demand for recordings from US artists which weren’t available in Ireland at the time, Golden Discs was set up on Dublin’s Tara Street by Jack Fitzgerald and Tom Rogers. Sixty years later, Golden Discs celebrates its diamond anniversary; a testament to the founders forward-thinking, and tenacious business strategy. It hasn't always been easy for the company; as streaming became more popular, there was less demand for physical copies of albums and DVDs. However, 60 years later, and Golden Discs is still a household name for music lovers. In 2022, Golden Discs operates twenty-one stores and is Ireland’s largest and most popular music chain. Founder Jack Fitzgerald, now in his 90s, says this of its success:

"I would never have thought that from our humble beginnings in Tara Street we would turn into a business that would still be going strong sixty years later, having employed tens of thousands of staff and served millions of customers. I am exceedingly proud to have served the Irish public and been a part of the Irish music landscape for so long."

To celebrate their diamond anniversary, Golden Discs have released their Top 10 selling albums of each decade they've been open. Check them out below.

1960s

The Beatles - Abbey Road Beach Boys - Pet Sounds Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed The Doors - The Doors The Beatles - Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin Pink Floyd - Piper At The Gates Of Dawn The Beatles - Revolver Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man The Way I Loved You

1970s

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars Michael Jackson - O the Wall Abba - Voulez Vous Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures Joni Mitchell - Blue Sex Pistols - Nevermind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols

1980s

Michael Jackson - Thriller U2 - The Joshua Tree Queen - Greatest Hits The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead Fleetwood Mac - Tango In the Night Stone Roses - Stone Roses AC/DC - Back In Black Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction Paul Simon - Graceland Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms

1990s

Nirvana - Nevermind U2 - The Joshua Tree Oasis - (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? Radiohead - OK Computer Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication Metallica - Metallica Pearl Jam - Ten Green Day - Dookie The Verve - Urban Hymns Various Artist - A Woman’s Heart

2000s

Amy Winehouse - Back to Black Coldplay - Parachutes Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP Gorillaz - Demon Days Taylor Swift - Fearless Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare The Killers - Hot Fuss Green Day - American Idiot My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade Damien Rice - O

2010s

Adele - 21 Taylor Swift - 1989 Arctic Monkeys - AM Harry Styles - Fine Line Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Buttery Tyler, The Creator - IGOR Taylor Swift - reputation Lady Gaga - Born This Way Gorillaz - Plastic Beach Header images via Orchestrate  READ ON: Tayto Park has been officially rebranded as Emerald Park