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 21, 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: 1)
THE BRIEF: Jill Scott’s “Pressha” is No. 1 for a second consecutive week on the Adult R&B Airplay chart. It marks her first multi-week stay in 15 years. She previously dominated the chart in 2011 with “So In Love” featuring Anthony Hamilton, which spent 18 weeks at No. 1. Before that, “A Long Walk” reigned for seven weeks.
DEBUTS
- No. 29: “One Love” – Kem
RE-ENTRIES
- No. 30: “Back It Up For Love” – Shazam Connor
Top 5 on Adult R&B Airplay
- “Pressha” – Jill Scott (LW: 1)
- “Control” – Tank (LW: 4)
- “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 2)
- “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars (LW: 3)
- “Head Over Heels” – Jenevieve (LW: 5)
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” is No. 1 for a ninth consecutive week on R&B Streaming Songs. It’s Mars’ second-longest-running No. 1 on this chart, behind “That’s What I Like,” which led for 15 weeks.
RE-ENTRIES
- No. 13: “Passionfruit” – Drake
- No. 14: “Timeless” – The Weeknd & Playboi Carti
Top 5 on R&B Streaming Songs
- “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars (LW: 1)
- “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 6; Peak: 1)
- “Yukon” – Justin Bieber (LW: 7; Peak: 1)
- “Nights” – Frank Ocean (LW: 13; Peak: 4)
- “Mutt” – Leon Thomas (LW: 10; Peak: 1)
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 (LW: 1)
Top 5 on R&B Albums
- The Romantic – Bruno Mars
- SOS – SZA
- Number Ones – Michael Jackson
- Blonde – Frank Ocean
- $ome $exy $ongs 4 U – PartyNextDoor & Drake
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. 2: “Man I Need” – Olivia Dean (LW: 2)
- No. 3: “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars (LW: 1)
- No. 12: “Risk It All – Bruno Mars (LW: 4)
- No. 13: “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 12, Peak: 6)
- No. 19: “Where Is My Husband” – Raye (LW: 14)
- No. 27: “Yukon” – Justin Bieber (LW: 20)
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 8 – March 14)
No. 1: “Head Over Heels” – Jenevieve (LW: 4)
THE BRIEF: Alt-R&B singer Jenevieve earns her first No. 1 hit at R&B radio with “Head Over Heels.” The laid-back track appears on her sophomore album, Crysalis.
Top 10 at R&B Radio
- “Head Over Heels” – Jenevieve (LW: 4)
- “I Just Might – Bruno Mars (LW: 3)
- “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 2)
- “Pressha” – Jill Scott (LW: 1)
- “Control” – Tank (LW: 5)
- “It Depends” – Chris Brown feat. Bryson Tiller (LW: 6)
- “Man I Need” – Olivia Dean (LW: 8)
- “Touch On Me” – October London (LW: 7)
- “Love Me” – Shaun Milli (LW: 9)
- “Forever” – Sentury (LW: 11)
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 8 – March 14)
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: 5)
- “Watching Us” – Wale feat. Leon Thomas (LW: 8)
- “ErrTime” – Cardi B (LW: 6)
- “Boo” – H3adband” (LW: 10)
- “Wgft” – Gunna feat. Burna Boy (LW: 7)
- “Mutt” – Leon Thomas (LW: 9)
Chart rankings are sourced from Billboard‘s weekly tallies. Radio airplay metrics, including spin counts and audience impressions, are provided by Mediabase.
