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 April 11, 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: “Man I Need” – Olivia Dean (LW: 5)
THE BRIEF: Pop-soul singer Olivia Dean earns her first chart-topper on Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay chart with her stirring ballad “Man I Need.” The song is lifted from the Grammy winner’s 2025 album, The Art of Loving.
DEBUTS:
- No. 20: “Risk It All” – Bruno Mars
Top 5 on Adult R&B Airplay
- “Man I Need” – Olivia Dean (LW: 5)
- “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 3; Peak: 1)
- “Control” – Tank (LW: 1)
- “Love Me” – Shaun Milli (LW: 4)
- “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars (LW: 2)
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” continues to dominate the R&B Streaming Songs chart for a 12th consecutive week. It’s his second-longest-running No. 1 on this chart behind “That’s What I Like,” which reigned for 15 weeks in 2017.
Debuts:
- No. 4: “Bully” – Ye & CeeLo Green
- No. 11: “White Lines” – Ye & Andre Troutman
Top 5 on R&B Streaming Songs
- “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars (LW: 1)
- “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 2; Peak: 1)
- “Nights” – Frank Ocean (LW: 3; Peak 3)
- “Bully” – Ye & CeeLo Green (NEW)
- “Yukon” – Justin Bieber (LW: 4; 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
- Ctrl – SZA
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. 3: “Man I Need” – Olivia Dean (LW: 3; Peak: 2)
- No. 4: “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars (LW: 4; Peak: 1)
- No. 6: “So Easy (To Fall In Love)” – Olivia Dean (LW: 7; Peak: 6)
- No. 10: “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 10; Peak: 6)
- No. 11: “Where Is My Husband!” – Raye (LW: 17; Peak: 11)
- No. 15: “Risk It All” – Bruno Mars (LW: 15; Peak: 4)
- No. 20: “Yukon” – Justin Bieber (LW: 23; Peak: 17)
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 29 -April 4)
No. 1: “Man I Need” – Olivia Dean (LW: 5)
Top 10 at R&B Radio
- “Man I Need” – Olivia Dean (LW: 5)
- “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 2)
- “Pressha” – Jill Scott (LW: 6)
- “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars (LW: 1)
- “Love Me” – Shaun Milli (LW: 4)
- “Forever” – Sentury (LW: 8)
- “Control” – Tank (LW: 3)
- “Fly” – Tone Stith (LW: 11)
- “It Depends” – Chris Brown feat. Bryson Tiller (LW: 7)
- “More Than A Friend” – Elijah Connor (LW: 10)
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: March 29 -April 4)
No. 1: “Let Em Know” – T.I. (LW: 1)
Top 10 at Urban Radio
- “Let Em Know” – T.I. (LW: 1)
- “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 3)
- “Friend Do” – Belly Gang Kushington (LW: 2)
- “It Depends” – Chris Brown feat. Bryson Tiller (LW: 4)
- “Mrs. Trendsetter” – Lil Baby (LW: 10)
- “Burning Blue” – Mariah The Scientist (LW: 6)
- “Boo” – H3adband (LW: 9)
- “Mutt” – Leon Thomas (LW: 7)
- “Chanel” – Tyla (LW: 8)
- “Pop Dat Thang” – Da Baby (LW: 13)
Chart rankings are sourced from Billboard‘s weekly tallies. Radio airplay metrics, including spin counts and audience impressions, are provided by Mediabase.
