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 July 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: “Up Out & Gone” – Ne-Yo (LW: 4)
THE BRIEF: Ne-Yo earns his third No. 1 hit on the Adult R&B Airplay chart with “Up Out & Gone.” His previous chart-toppers include “U 2 Love” with Jeremih (2020) and “Good Man” (2018), both of which spent three weeks atop the chart.
Debuts
- No. 24: “Side Slider” – Isaia Huron
- No. 28: “Voodoo Magic” – Dave Hollister
- No. 30: “300” – Ella Mai
Top 5 on Adult R&B Airplay
- “Up Out & Gone” – Ne-Yo (LW: 4)
- “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 3; Peak: 1)
- “Let Me” – Victoria Monét (LW: 1)
- “One Love” – Kem (LW: 2)
- “Spin” – Kevin Ross (LW: 6)
CHART NOTE: Stokley’s “Need Love” rises from No. 12 to No. 9 this week, earning his sixth top 10 on the Adult R&B Airplay chart. Meanwhile, Tems’ “What You Need” is eyeing a top 10 appearance, jumping from No. 16 to No. 11.
R&B Streaming Songs
Calculates the most-streamed R&B songs of the week across digital service providers.
No. 1: “Billie Jean” – Michael Jackson (LW: 1)
Debuts
- No. 12: “Is It Cool?” – Steve Lacy feat. SZA
Re-Entries
- No. 14: “Snooze” – SZA
Top 5 on R&B Streaming Songs
- “Billie Jean” – Michael Jackson (LW: 1)
- “Chicago” – Michael Jackson (LW: 2)
- “Beat It” – Michael Jackson (LW: 3)
- “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars – (LW: 5; Peak: 1)
- “Human Nature” – Michael Jackson (LW: 4; Peak: 2)
Hot R&B Songs
Tracks the week’s most popular R&B songs based on streaming activity, sales and radio airplay impressions.
No. 1: “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars (LW: 1)
Debuts
- No. 18: “Is It Cool?” – Steve Lacy feat. SZA
- No. 21: “Risk It All” – Kwn
Top 5 on Hot R&B Songs
- “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars (LW: 1)
- “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 2; Peak: 1)
- “Billie Jean” – Michael Jackson (LW: 3)
- “Beat It” – Michael Jackson (LW: 4)
- “Chicago” – Michael Jackson (LW: 5)
Top R&B Albums
Tracks the week’s most popular R&B albums based on sales and streaming activity.
No. 1: Thriller – Michael Jackson (LW: 1)
Re-Entries
- No. 18: Planet Her – Doja Cat
- No. 24: Off The Wall – Michael Jackson
- No. 25: I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston – Whitney Houston
Top 5 on R&B Albums
- Thriller – Michael Jackson (LW: 1)
- Number Ones – Michael Jackson (LW: 2; Peak: 2)
- SOS – SZA (LW: 3; Peak: 1)
- Habiti – Drake (LW: 5; Peak: 1)
- Swag – Justin Bieber (LW: 6)
Hot 100
Tracks the week’s most popular songs across all genres via streaming, radio airplay and sales activity. (Note: Chart Brief focuses on R&B only.)
Debuts
- No. 87: “Is It Cool?” – Steve Lacy feat. SZA
THE BRIEF: Steve Lacy earns his fifth entry on the Hot 100 with “Is It Cool?” featuring SZA. The song will appear on his upcoming album, Oh yeah?
Highest-Charting R&B Songs (Top 40)
- No. 5: “Man I Need” – Olivia Dean (LW: 8; Peak: 2)
- No. 10: “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars (LW: 12; Peak: 1)
- No. 12: “So Easy (To Fall In Love)” – Olivia Dean (LW: 11; Peak: 5)
- No. 14: “Risk It All” – Bruno Mars (LW: 15; Peak: 4)
- No. 32: “Chicago” – Michael Jackson (LW: 36; Peak: 26)
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: June 28 – July 4)
No. 1: “Up Out & Gone” – Ne-Yo (LW: 3)
Top 10 at R&B Radio
- “Up Out & Gone” – Ne-Yo (LW: 3)
- “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 2)
- “Let Me” – Victoria Monet (LW: 1)
- “Spin” – Kevin Ross (LW:6)
- “Let Em Know” – T.I. (LW: 5)
- “Energy” – Kayla Brianna (LW: 7)
- “One Love” – Kem (LW: 4)
- “Fallin’” – Chris Brown feat. Leon Thomas (LW: 8)
- “Need Love” – Stokley (LW: 11)
- “Man I Need” – Olivia Dean (LW: 9)
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: June 28 – July 4)
No. 1: “Spend Dat” – Yung Miami (LW: 2)
Top 10 at Urban Radio
- “Spend Dat” – Yung Miami (LW: 2)
- “What You Need” – Tems (LW: 1)
- “Janice STFU” – Drake (LW: 3)
- “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 4)
- “Mr. Him” – T.I. (LW: 7)
- “It Depends” – Chris Brown feat. Bryson Tiller (LW: 6)
- “Better Than Yours” – Coi Leray (LW: 9)
- “Motion Party” – Bossman Dlow (LW: 8)
- “I Want You Back” – Johnny Venus (LW: 10)
- “2 Hard 4 The Radio” – Drake (LW: 13)
Chart rankings are sourced from Billboard‘s weekly tallies. Radio airplay metrics, including spin counts and audience impressions, are provided by Mediabase.
