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 May 2, 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: “Fly” – Tone Stith (LW: 2)
THE BRIEF: R&B-pop singer Tone Stith lands his first No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay chart with “Fly.” The uplifting track will appear on his upcoming album, The Edge, out May 15.
DEBUTS:
- No. 25: Durand Bernarr – “Overqualified”
- No. 28: PJ Morton – “Mutual”
Top 5 on Adult R&B Airplay
- “Fly” – Tone Stith (LW: 2)
- “Forever” – Sentury (LW: 1)
- “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 3, Peak: 1)
- “Man I Need” – Olivia Dean (LW: 4)
- “Vacancy” – Ari Lennox (LW: 9, Peak: 5)
CHART NOTE: Bruno Mars currently occupies two spots in the top 10: “I Just Might” (No. 9; Peak: 2) and “Risk It All” (No. 10). Meanwhile, Durand Bernarr makes his debut with “Overqualified” from his Grammy-winning album, Bloom.
R&B Streaming Songs
Calculates the most-streamed R&B songs of the week across digital service providers.
No. 1: “Yukon” – Justin Bieber (LW: 2; Peak: 1)
THE BRIEF: Justin Bieber’s “Yukon” returns to No. 1 on the R&B Streaming Songs chart, following his headlining performance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival earlier this month. The song appears on his 2025 album, Swag. Meanwhile, 2013’s “Confident,” featuring Chance the Rapper, remains at its No. 3 peak for another week.
RE-ENTRIES:
- No. 13: Michael Jackson – “Billie Jean” (Peak: 9)
- No. 15: Rihanna – “Don’t Stop The Music” (Peak: 15)
Top 5 on R&B Streaming Songs
- “Yukon” – Justin Bieber (LW: 2; Peak: 1)
- “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars (LW: 1)
- “Confident” – Justin Bieber feat. Chance The Rapper (LW: 3)
- “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 4; Peak: 1)
- “Snooze” – SZA (LW: 6; Peak: 1)
Top R&B Albums
Tracks the week’s most popular R&B albums based on sales and streaming data.
No. 1: Swag – Justin Bieber (LW: 1)
Top 5 on R&B Albums
- Swag – Justin Bieber (LW: 1)
- The Romantic – Bruno Mars (LW: 2; Peak: 1)
- SOS – SZA (LW: 3; Peak: 1)
- Number Ones – Michael Jackson (LW: 4; Peak: 2)
- Blonde – Frank Ocean (LW: 5; Peak: 1)
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. 4: “Man I Need” – Olivia Dean (LW: 2; Peak: 2)
- No. 3: “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars (LW: 3; Peak: 1)
- No. 7: “So Easy (To Fall In Love)” – Olivia Dean (LW: 6; Peak: 6)
- No. 10: “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 9; Peak: 6)
- No. 12: “Yukon” – Justin Bieber (LW: 13; Peak: 12)
- No. 15: “Risk It All” – Bruno Mars (LW: 12; Peak: 4)
- No. 19: “Where Is My Husband!” – Raye (LW: 14; Peak: 11)
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: April 19 – April 25)
No. 1: “Fly” – Tone Stith (LW: 3)
Top 10 at R&B Radio
- “Fly” – Tone Stith (LW: 3)
- “Forever” – Sentury (LW: 4)
- “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 2)
- “Man I Need” – Olivia Dean (LW: 1)
- “More Than A Friend” – Elijah Connor (LW: 7)
- “Bad” – Saint Harison (LW: 10)
- “Vacancy” – Ari Lennox (LW: 9)
- “Pressha” – Jill Scott (LW: 5)
- “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars (LW: 11)
- “You (20th Anniversary)” – Raheem DeVaughn (LW: 12)
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. (Dates: April 19 – April 25)
No. 1: “Pop Dat Thang” – Da Baby (LW: 5)
Top 10 at Urban Radio
- “Pop Dat Thang” – Da Baby (LW: 5)
- “Let Em Know” – T.I. (LW: 3)
- “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 2)
- “Mrs. Trendsetter” – Lil Baby (LW: 1)
- “It Depends” – Chris Brown feat. Bryson Tiller (LW: 4)
- “Burning Blue” – Mariah The Scientist (LW: 7)
- “Boo” – H3adband (LW: 6)
- “Ever Since You Left Me” – French Montana & Max B (LW: 9)
- “Father” – Ye feat. Travis Scott (LW: 12)
- “Friend Do” – Belly Gang Kushington (LW: 8)
Chart rankings are sourced from Billboard‘s weekly tallies. Radio airplay metrics, including spin counts and audience impressions, are provided by Mediabase.
