Welcome to the primary version of Chart Brief, Rated R&B’s weekly column monitoring the newest actions throughout 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 version covers the charts dated Jan. 17, 2026.
Billboard Charts
Adult R&B Airplay
Tracks the week’s high Adult R&B hits through 24/7 airplay knowledge from Mediabase and Luminate.
No. 1: “In Your Feelings” – Mariah Carey (MARIAH/gamma.)
THE BRIEF: Mariah Carey holds sturdy at No. 1 for a fourth consecutive week on the Adult R&B Airplay chart. Lifted from her sixteenth album, Here For It All, “In Your Feelings” first reached the highest of the summit on the chart dated Dec. 27, 2025. It’s her fourth No. 1 on the chart. She beforehand topped the checklist with “Type Dangerous” in August 2025, which spent three weeks at No. 1. The latter marked her first victory since 2006’s “Fly Like A Bird” (six weeks at No. 1).
ON THE VERGE: Tank’s “Control” is eyeing a high 10 entry, with its transfer from No. 14 to No. 12 in its seventh week. Considering his 10 No. 1s — probably the most amongst male R&B artists, tying with Charlie Wilson and Usher — it’s very seemingly that the R&B General will nab his sixteenth high 10 within the coming weeks. Meanwhile, Houston-based R&B group Sentury’s “Forever” rises one spot to No. 11 in its sixteenth week. In 2025, they achieved their first No. 1 with their cowl of Jeffrey Osborne’s “Only Human.”
CHART NOTE: October London occupies two spots within the high 5 this week, as a lead and featured visitor.
Top 5 Hits on Adult R&B Airplay
1. “In Your Feelings” – Mariah Carey (MARIAH/gamma.)
2. “It Depends” – Chris Brown feat. Bryson Tiller (CBE/RCA)
3. “Touch On Me” – October London (Death Row/gamma.)
4. “Head Over Heels” – Jenevieve (Interscope)
5. “Just A Matter Of Time” – J. Brown feat. October London (Mocha Music)
R&B Streaming Songs
Calculates the most-streamed R&B songs of the week throughout digital service suppliers.
No. 1: “Folded” – Kehlani
THE BRIEF: Kehlani has the R&B Streaming Songs on lock along with her breakout hit “Folded.” The Grammy-nominated music spends its eleventh week at No. 1 on the chart.
Top 5 Hits on R&B Streaming Songs:
1. “Folded” – Kehlani (Atlantic)
2. “Purple Rain” – Prince And The Revolution (NPG/Warner Bros./Rhino)
3. “Timeless” – The Weeknd & Playboi Carti (XO/Republic)
4. “Snooze” – SZA (Top Dawg Ent./RCA)
5. “Mutt” – Leon Thomas (EZMNY/Motown)
Hot 100
Tracks the week’s hottest songs throughout all genres through streaming, radio airplay and gross sales knowledge.
Highest-Charting R&B Songs on Hot 100 This Week
4. “Man I Need” – Olivia Dean (Last Week: 4)
7. “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 6)
10. “Mutt” – Leon Thomas (LW: 9)
13. “Where Is My Husband!” – RAYE (LW: 13)
18. “It Depends” – Chris Brown feat. Bryson Tiller (LW: 17)
23. “Love Me Not” – Ravyn Lenae (LW: 24; No. 5 peak)
27. “Purple Rain” – Prince And The Revolution (re-entry; No. 2 peak)
30. “Is It A Crime” – Mariah The Scientist & Kali Uchis (LW: 22)
85. “Who Knows” – Daniel Caesar (LW: 89)
CHART NOTE: Pop-soul singer Olivia Dean’s “Man I Need” maintains a powerful presence on the Hot 100, holding at its No. 4 peak for a second consecutive week. Having already secured the No. 1 spot at pop radio, it’s gaining extra traction on the R&B format with a brand new peak of No. 22 on the Adult R&B Airplay chart this week.
Top R&B Albums
Tracks the week’s top-selling R&B albums utilizing gross sales and streaming knowledge.
No. 1: SOS – SZA
THE BRIEF: SZA’s sophomore album, SOS, hasn’t left this chart since its 2022 launch. The 8x-platinum challenge is now in its 128th week at No. 1 — the longest-running No. 1 on this chart’s historical past.
DEBUTS: Chris Brown’s self-titled debut album (2005) enters at No. 25, marking its first look on this chart, which launched in 2012. Brown spent final summer season celebrating his twentieth anniversary on his Breezy Bowl XX Stadium Tour.
RE-ENTRIES: Prince And The Revolution’s 1984 basic Purple Rain (Soundtrack) returns to Top R&B Albums at No. 3. The title observe and “When Doves Cry” had been featured within the finale of Netflix’s hit sci-fi collection Stranger Things, bringing a pleasant streaming boost to the diamond-selling album, which beforehand topped the chart in 2017. Elsewhere, Daniel Caesar’s 2017 debut album, Freudian, makes its approach again at No. 23 (No. 6 peak), whereas I Will Always Love You: The Best Of Whitney Houston enters at No. 24 (No. 8 peak).
CHART NOTE: The Weeknd claims three spots within the high 10 alone, stretching from 2016’s Starboy (No. 10) to 2025’s Hurry Up Tomorrow (No. 8).
Top 5 on R&B Albums
1. SOS – SZA (Top Dawg Ent./RCA)
2. $ome $exy $ongs 4 U – PARTYNEXTDOOR & Drake (OVO Sound/Republic)
3. Purple Rain (Soundtrack) – Prince And The Revolution (NPG/Warner Bros./Rhino)
4. The Highlights – The Weeknd (XO/Republic)
5. Ctrl – SZA (Top Dawg Ent./RCA)
MediaBase Radio Charts
R&B Radio
Tracks the week’s high R&B hits through 24/7 radio monitoring knowledge from Mediabase, ranked by complete weekly spins. (Dates: Jan. 4 – Jan. 10)
No. 1: “In Your Feelings” – Mariah Carey
THE BRIEF: Carey’s “In Your Feelings” stays No. 1 for an additional week at R&B radio. The Anderson .Paak-produced hit obtained 1,797 spins this week (up 61) for an viewers impression of 6.96 million.
CHART NOTE: Chris Brown has two songs within the high 5.
ON THE VERGE: Dvsn’s “Excited” is trying to break into the highest 10 at No. 11. Their first single beneath Jermaine Dupri’s So So Def/HYBE obtained 1,047 spins this week — up 51 spins from final week.
Top 10 Hits at R&B Radio
1. “In Your Feelings” – Mariah Carey (MARIAH/gamma.)
2. “It Depends” – Chris Brown feat. Bryson Tiller (CBE/RCA)
3. “Residuals” – Chris Brown (CBE/RCA)
4. “Touch On Me” – October London (Death Row/gamma.)
5. “Head Over Heels” – Jenevieve (Interscope)
6. “Have To” – Brent Faiyaz (ISO Supremacy/UnitedMasters)
7. “Just A Matter Of Time” – J. Brown feat. October London (Mocha Music)
8. “Have A Baby (With Me)” – Daniel Caesar (Hollace/Republic)
9. “Country Girl” – Tonio Armani (Death Row/gamma.)
10. “Mutt” – Leon Thomas (EZMNY/Motown)
Urban Radio
Tracks the week’s high hip-hop/R&B hits through 24/7 radio monitoring knowledge from Mediabase, ranked by complete weekly spins. Chart Brief focuses on R&B. (Dates: Jan. 4 – Jan. 10)
No. 1: “Folded” – Kehlani
THE BRIEF: Kehlani stays No. 1 at city radio with “Folded,” which obtained 5,954 spins that garnered 21.39 million viewers impressions.
CHART NOTE: R&B songs occupy the vast majority of the highest 10. Mariah The Scientist seems twice along with her Kali Uchis-assisted “Is It a Crime,” which rises from No. 3 to No. 2, and “Burning Blue,” which slips from No. 6 to No. 7. Other high 10 appearances embrace Chris Brown and Bryson Tiller’s “It Depends” (No. 4), Leon Thomas‘ “Mutt (No. 7) and JayDon‘s “Lullaby” that includes Paradise (No. 9).
ON THE VERGE: Brent Faiyaz’s “Have To” is exhibiting indicators of a high 10 entry quickly. Even although it stays at No. 11 for an additional week, it obtained 346 extra spins (3,105 complete), the second largest achieve this week behind Ye’s “Preacher Man,” which had 542 extra spins (2,621 complete). Although JayDon’s “Lullaby” has already cracked the highest 10, with 289 further spins this week, it seems prefer it’s selecting up sufficient steam to rise steadily. We’re additionally maintaining a tally of kwn’s steamy observe “Back of the Club,” which jumped from No. 31 to No. 25 this week with 1,397 spins (up 140).
Chart rankings are sourced from Billboard’s weekly tallies. Radio airplay metrics, together with spin counts and viewers impressions, are supplied by Mediabase.
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