Welcome to Chart Brief, Rated R&B’s weekly column tracking the latest movements across R&B charts. Each week, we’ll break down and analyze the R&B artists making waves on the Billboard, radio, and streaming charts. This edition covers the charts dated March 14, 2026.
Billboard Charts
Adult R&B Airplay
Tracks the week’s top Adult R&B hits via 24/7 airplay data from Mediabase and Luminate.
No. 1: “Pressha” – Jill Scott (LW: 2)
THE BRIEF: Jill Scott earns her fifth No. 1 on the Adult R&B Airplay chart with “Pressha.” The Vincent “VT” Nolan production, lifted from To Whom This May Concern, is Scott’s first chart-topper since 2012’s “Blessed.”
DEBUTS
- No. 27: “Bad” – Saint Harison
RE-ENTRIES
- No. 30: “Who Knows” – Daniel Caesar
Top 5 on Adult R&B Airplay
- “Pressha” – Jill Scott (LW: 2)
- “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 1)
- “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars (LW: 5)
- “Control” – Tank (LW: 3)
- “Head Over Heels” – Jenevieve (LW: 6)
R&B Streaming Songs
Calculates the most-streamed R&B songs of the week across digital service providers.
No. 1: “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars (LW: 1)
THE BRIEF: Bruno Mars’ “I Just Might” spends an eighth consecutive week atop the R&B Streaming Songs chart. The global superstar also takes over the top 5 spots, following the release of his album The Romantic.
RE-ENTRIES
- No. 15: “Kiss It Better” – Rihanna
Top 5 on R&B Streaming Songs
- “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars (LW: 1)
- “Cha Cha Cha” – Bruno Mars (NEW)
- “God Was Showing Off” – Bruno Mars (NEW)
- “Why You Wanna Fight?” – Bruno Mars (NEW)
- “On My Soul” – Bruno Mars (NEW)
Top R&B Albums
Tracks the week’s most popular R&B albums based on sales and streaming data.
No. 1: The Romantic – Bruno Mars (NEW)
Top 5 on R&B Albums
- The Romantic – Bruno Mars
- SOS – SZA
- Number Ones – Michael Jackson
- Icon – Brent Faiyaz
- Blonde – Frank Ocean
RE-ENTRIES
- No. 25: Over It – Summer Walker (Peak: 1)
Billboard 200
Tracks the week’s most popular albums based on sales and streaming data. (Note: Chart Brief focuses on R&B only.)
DEBUTS
- No. 1: The Romantic – Bruno Mars
THE BRIEF: Bruno Mars earns his first No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200 chart with The Romantic, his fourth studio album. It’s worth noting his sophomore album, Unorthodox Jukebox, reached No. 1 in 2013. However, it debuted at No. 2 on the chart dated Dec. 29, 2012.
Hot 100
Tracks the week’s most popular songs across all genres via streaming, radio airplay and sales data. (Note: Chart Brief focuses on R&B only.)
Highest-Charting R&B Songs (Top 40)
- No. 1: “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars (LW: 5)
- No. 3: “Man I Need” – Olivia Dean (LW: 2)
- No. 4: “Risk It All – Bruno Mars (NEW)
- No. 12: “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 10, Peak: 6)
- No. 14: “Where Is My Husband” – Raye (LW: 14, Peak: 13)
- No. 25: “Cha Cha Cha” – Bruno Mars (NEW)
- No. 28: “God Was Showing Off” – Bruno Mars (NEW)
MediaBase Radio Charts
R&B Radio
Tracks the week’s top R&B hits via 24/7 radio monitoring data from Mediabase, ranked by total weekly spins. (Dates: March 1 – March 7)
No. 1: “Pressha” – Jill Scott (LW: 1)
Top 10 at R&B Radio
- “Pressha” – Jill Scott (LW: 1)
- “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 2)
- “I Just Might – Bruno Mars (LW: 3)
- “Head Over Heels” – Jenevieve (LW: 5)
- “Control” – Tank (LW: 4)
- “It Depends” – Chris Brown feat. Bryson Tiller (LW: 8)
- “Touch On Me” – October London (LW: 7)
- “Man I Need” – Olivia Dean (LW: 9)
- “Love Me” – Shaun Milli (LW: 10)
- “One Night” – Johnny Gill (LW: 6)
Urban Radio
Tracks the week’s top hip-hop/R&B hits via 24/7 radio monitoring data from Mediabase, ranked by total weekly spins. Chart Brief focuses on R&B. (Dates: March 1 – March 7)
No. 1: “Let Em Know” – T.I. (LW: 1)
Top 10 at Urban Radio
- “Let Em Know” – T.I. (LW: 1)
- “Friend Do” – Belly Gang Kushington (LW: 2)
- “It Depends” – Chris Brown feat. Bryson Tiller (LW: 3)
- “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 4)
- “Burning Blue” – Mariah The Scientist (LW: 8)
- “ErrTime” – Cardi B (LW: 5)
- “Wgft” – Gunna feat. Burna Boy (LW: 6)
- “Watching Us” – Wale feat. Leon Thomas (LW: 10)
- “Mutt” – Leon Thomas (LW: 7)
- “Boo” – H3adband” (LW: 11)
Chart rankings are sourced from Billboard’s weekly tallies. Radio airplay metrics, including spin counts and audience impressions, are provided by Mediabase.
