Chart Brief is Rated R&B’s weekly column tracking the latest trends across R&B charts. Each week, we’ll break down and analyze the R&B artists making moves on the Billboard, radio, and streaming charts. This edition covers the charts dated Sept. 5, 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: “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 2)
THE BRIEF: Kehlani’s Grammy-winning hit “Folded” rises back to No. 1, ending Tems’ fourth-week reign with “What You Need.” The former debuted at No. 27 on the list dated Oct. 18, 2025, before reaching No. 1 in late February.
Debuts
- No. 27: “Asleep Talking” – Magnus Ferrell
- No. 28: “10th Floor” – Apropos
CHART NOTE: Magnus Ferrell, the son of actor Will Ferrell, earns his first entry on the Adult R&B Airplay chart with his acoustic ballad “Asleep Talking.”
Top 5 on Adult R&B Airplay
- “What You Need” – Tems (LW: 1)
- “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 2; Peak: 1)
- “Fallin” – Chris Brown feat. Leon Thomas (LW: 3; Peak: 1)
- “Need Love” – Stokley (LW: 4; Peak: 4)
- “Morning Dew (Donk)” – Beyoncé (LW: 5; Peak: 3)
R&B Streaming Songs
Calculates the most-streamed R&B songs of the week across digital service providers.
No. 1: “Some of Your Love” – PartyNextDoor (DEBUT)
THE BRIEF: PartyNextDoor’s “Some of Your Love” ends Michael Jackson’s 16-week reign with “Billie Jean” on the R&B Streaming Songs chart. The track appears on the 10th anniversary edition of PARTYNEXTDOOR 3 (P3), which dropped Aug. 21 via OVO Sound. “Some of Your Love” marks Party’s third No. 1 on this chart, following “Somebody Loves Me” with Drake and Cash Cobain in 2025 and “Ghost Town” with Kanye West in 2018.
Debuts
- No. 14: “Routine Rouge” – PartyNextDoor
Top 5 on R&B Streaming Songs
- “Some of Your Love” – PartyNextDoor (NEW)
- “Billie Jean” – Michael Jackson (LW: 1)
- “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars (LW: 3; Peak: 1)
- “Noble” – F3mii (LW: 2)
- Chicago” – Michael Jackson (LW: 5; 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)
THE BRIEF: Bruno Mars’ “I Just Might” laps its 33rd week at No. 1 on the Hot R&B Songs chart.
Debuts
- No. 3: “Some of Your Love” – PartyNextDoor
- No. 8: “Routine Rouge” – PartyNextDoor
- No. 12: “You Made It” – PartyNextDoor
- No. 19: “Fly U Out” – Lucky Daye & Leon Thomas
Top 5 on Hot R&B Songs
- “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars (LW: 1)
- “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 2; Peak: 1)
- “Some of Your Love” – PartyNextDoor
- “What You Need” – Tems (LW: 3; Peak: 2)
- “Morning Dew (Donk)” – Beyoncé (LW: 4; Peak: 3)
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)
THE BRIEF: Michael Jackson’s iconic album Thriller spends its 16th week at No. 1 on the Top R&B Albums chart.
Re-Entries
- No. 5: PARTYNEXTDOOR 3 (P3) – PartyNextDoor (Peak: 1)
- No. 24: WH1TNEY – Whitney Houston (Peak: 20)
- No. 25: 24K Magic – Bruno Mars (Peak: 1)
Top 5 on R&B Albums
- Thriller – Michael Jackson (LW: 1)
- Number Ones – Michael Jackson (LW: 2; Peak: 2)
- SOS – SZA (LW: 4; Peak: 1)
- Oh yeah? – Steve Lacy (LW: 3; Peak: 2)
- PARTYNEXTDOOR 3 (P3) – PartyNextDoor (Peak: 1)
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.)
Highest-Charting R&B Songs (Top 40)
- No. 7: “So Easy (To Fall In Love)” – Olivia Dean (LW: 7; Peak: 5)
- No. 9: “Man I Need” – Olivia Dean (LW: 9; Peak: 2)
- No. 11: “Risk It All” – Bruno Mars (LW: 11; Peak: 4)
- No. 12: “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars (LW: 13; Peak: 1)
- No. 25: “Oh Yeah?” – Steve Lacy (LW: 19; Peak: 19)
- No. 36: “Some of Your Love” – PartyNextDoor (NEW)
- No. 37: “What You Need” – Tems (LW: 32; Peak: 29)
- No. 42: “Morning Dew (Donk)” – Beyoncé (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: Aug. 23 – Aug. 29)
No. 1: “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 1)
THE BRIEF: Kehlani’s “Folded” spends another week at No. 1 on Mediabase’s R&B radio chart. The Grammy-winning hit, which previously topped this chart, is lifted from Kehlani’s self-titled fifth album that dropped in the spring.
Top 10 at R&B Radio
- “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 1; Peak: 1)
- “Morning Dew (Donk)” – Beyoncé (LW: 6; Peak: 2)
- “What You Need”– Tems (LW: 1)
- “Don’t Mind” – Sentury (LW: 5; Peak: 4)
- “Needs Love” – Stokley (LW: 4; Peak: 4)
- “Fallin’” – Chris Brown feat. Leon Thomas (LW: 3; Peak: 1)
- “Silent Treatment” – October London (LW: 8; Peak: 7)
- “Step” – Snoop Dogg feat. Swizz Beatz (LW: 7; Peak: 7)
- “Yes”– Tank (LW: 11)
- “Cry In Front of You” – Eric Bellinger (LW: 11; Peak: 10)
CHART NOTE: Eric Bellinger scores a top 10 hit this week on the R&B radio chart with “Cry In Front of You,” lifted from his self-titled album.
Chart rankings are sourced from Billboard‘s weekly tallies. Radio airplay metrics, including spin counts and audience impressions, are provided by Mediabase.
