USA
Billboard Report (excerpt)
Zach Bryan's 'With Heaven On Top' debuts at No.1
Tuesday, January 20, 2026
by Keith Caulfield & Gary Trust, Los Angeles

Zach Bryan earns his second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart (dated Jan. 24) as With Heaven on Top opens in the pole position with 134,000 equivalent album units earned in the

United States in the week ending Jan. 15, according to Luminate. The 25-song set is the second leader for the singer-songwriter, who previously led the tally with his 2023 self-titled release. In total, Heaven marks the sixth top 40 set for Bryan, with five of those reaching the top 10. In early 2025, Bryan announced With Heaven on Top as a forthcoming EP. Then in July, he shared the project’s release date of Jan. 9, 2026. The set was issued via streaming services and as a widely available download for purchase, while a CD and vinyl release are expected in March. The album’s first-week was bolstered by its midweek deluxe reissue on Jan. 12 with 24 bonus acoustic tracks. Of With Heaven On Top’s 134,000 equivalent album units earned in the latest tracking week, SEA units comprise 127,000 (equaling 130.32 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks — it debuts at No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 6,000 (it debuts at No. 7 on Top

   Album Sales) and TEA units comprise 1,000. With Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem slipping a spot to No. 2 (with 82,000 equivalent album units earned, down 4%), the Nos. 1 and 2 albums on the Billboard 200 are country sets for the first time in nearly two years. It last happened on the Feb. 17, 2024-dated chart, when Toby Keith’s 35 Biggest Hits reentered the chart at No. 1 following his death, and Wallen’s One Thing at a Time fell to No. 2. Olivia Dean’s The Art of Loving holds at its peak of No. 3 (64,000 equivalent album units earned, down 3%), Taylor Swift’s chart-topping The Life of a Showgirl falls 2-4 (63,000, down 13%) ...and the former No. 1 soundtrack to KPop Demon Hunters is down a rung to No. 5 (56,000, down 1%). The Kid Laroi lands his second top 10 on the Billboard 200 as Before I Forget bows at No. 6 with 41,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 30,000 (equaling 30.83 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs; it debuts at No. 13 on Top Streaming Albums), 11,000 comprise album sales (aided by the availability of a signed CD, it debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. The artist previously visited the top 10 with the chart-topping F*ck Love in 2021. Four former No. 1s round out the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200: SZA’s SOS dips 6-7 (40,000 equivalent album units, down less than 1%), Tate McRae’s So Close To What falls 5-8 (nearly 40,000, down 2%), Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time is down 8-9 (36,000, down less than 1%) and Sabrina Carpenter’s Man’s Best Friend descends 7-10 (33,000, down 12%). Bruno Mars’ “I Just Might” blasts onto the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 1. The song starts as his 10th career leader, and his first to debut at the summit. Mars ties for the 10th-most No. 1s in the Hot 100’s history, which dates to the chart’s Aug. 4, 1958, inception. He’s just the fourth solo male with 10 or more No. 1s, joining Drake, Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder. Released Jan. 9 on Atlantic Records, “I Just Might” arrives with 23.5 million official streams and 32.6 million radio airplay audience impressions and sold 13,000 in the United States in its first week of release (ending Jan. 15). The single launches at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart, where it’s Mars’ fourth leader; at a personal-best No. 12 on Radio Songs — the highest start for a lead male artist since the chart became an all-format ranking in 1998; and at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales, becoming his 12th chart-topper. Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” falls to No. 2 on the Hot 100 after a career-best 10 weeks at No. 1. Huntr/x’s “Golden” holds at No. 3 on the Hot 100, after eight weeks at No. 1 beginning last August; Olivia Dean’s “Man I Need” repeats at its No. 4 high; and Alex Warren’s “Ordinary,” which reigned for 10 weeks starting last May, drops 2-5, as it claims a 26th week at No. 1 on Radio Songs (67.5 million, down 6%). Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” backtracks to No. 6 from its No. 5 Hot 100 best as it leads the Hot Country Songs chart for an eighth week. Djo’s “End of Beginning” descends to No. 7 on the Hot 100 a week after it reached the top 10, at No. 6. Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, sombr’s “Back to Friends” is steady at No. 8 after hitting No. 7; Kehlani’s “Folded” falls to No. 9 from its No. 7 high; and Swift’s “Opalite” slips 9-10, after reaching No. 2.

Record Of The Month
'I Just Might' by Bruno Mars is the first big global release of 2026
and also the first sign of his new album 'The Romantic', available February 27.

United Kingdom
Music Week Report (excerpt)
'Raindance' takes over the crown
Monday, January 26, 2026
by Alan Jones, London
 
Twelve weeks after debuting at No.5, Raindance edges 2-1 for Dave & Tems on consumption of 50,474 units (318 digital downloads, 50,156 sales-equivalent streams). Ending the two-week reign of Djo’s End Of Beginning – which mirrors its activity, falling 1-2 (45,325 sales) – Raindance is the fourth

No.1 for 27-year-old London-born rapper Dave and the first for 30-year-old Nigerian singer Tems. One of four singles lifted from Dave’s latest album, The Boy Who Played Harp, it is the first to reach No.1, with previous peaks of No.9 for History (feat. James Blake), No.11 for Chapter 16 (feat. Kano) and No.72 for No Weapons (feat. Jim Legxacy). The album, which debuted at No.1 the same week as Raindance first charted, has seen surprisingly little benefit from the success of Raindance, with its chart position weakening in 10 of the 12 subsequent weeks, falling 88-100 (1,955 sales) in the latest frame. Raindance is the first single by Dave to climb to No.1 – his previous chart-toppers Funky Friday (feat. Fredo, 2018), Starlight (2022) and Sprinter (with Central Cee, 2023) all debuted at the summit. It is also only the second charted single to have Raindance as its title – the first being a No.62 hit for near-namesakes Dare in 1989. The only other song to

reach a new peak in the Top 10 is I Just Might, the first hit from Bruno Mars’ upcoming album The Romantic, which climbs 6-5 (36,338 sales). Two old Mars tracks also climb further down the chart, with 2024 Lady Gaga collaboration Die With A Smile up 28-23 (13,117 sales) and 2012 solo cut Locked Out Of Heaven up 36-28 (12,026 sales). It’s another excellent week for Swedish singer Zara Larsson, whose viral revival Lush Life – No.3 in 2016 – advances 9-7 (1,045 sales), while the title track of her latest album, Midnight Sun, reaches a new high, improving 39-29 (11,923 sales). With multiple MOBO and BRITs nominations cushioning them, Olivia Dean has three songs in the Top 10 for the fourth week in a row – So Easy (To Fall In Love) (5-6, 32,255 sales), Rein Me In (with Sam Fender, 7-8, 29,946 sales) and Man I Need (8-10, 27,029 sales). The only one of the three on ACR, Man I Need continues atop the Top 200 Combined Tracks chart – an even playing field where ACR and track limits don’t count – with unadjusted consumption of 53,215 units. It is the fourth week in a row, and seventh week in total it has topped the Combined Tracks chart. The first of those weeks – 16 weeks ago – coincided with the first and only time it has topped the regular Official Singles Chart. Man I Need’s unadjusted consumption has exceeded 50,000 for 21 weeks in a row - and although its 2026 singles chart run is 6-7-8-10, it is easily No.1 for the year-to-date, with 214,905 units placing it over 40,000 ahead of No.2 track, The Fate Of Ophelia (172,312 units). Rounding out the Top 10: Where Is My Husband! (4-3, 42,319 sales) by Raye, The Fate Of Ophelia (3-4, 39,928 sales) by Taylor Swift and – up one place for the third straight week, and returning to the peak it scaled nine weeks ago – Die On This Hill (10-9, 28,979 sales) by Sienna Spiro. Overall singles consumption is up 2.44% week-on-week to 31,443,504 units, 5.49% above same week 2025 sales of 29,807,295 units. Paid-for sales are up 0.70% week-on-week at 247,749, 2.47% above same week 2025 sales of 241,785. Bigger than The Beatles? Eclipsing the Fab Four to become the artist with most UK No.1 albums in chart history, Robbie Williams returns to the summit with retro-styled new release, Britpop. Debuting atop the chart a year to the week after his Better Man soundtrack set reached the summit, Britpop was unleashed unexpectedly last Friday (January 16), three weeks before its originally scheduled date, and racks up first week consumption of 34,157 units (16,536 CDs, 2,510 vinyl albums, 13,791 cassettes, 672 digital downloads and 648 sales-equivalent streams). That’s the highest sale for a No.1 album for 12 weeks, but 21.01% below Better Man’s chart-topping tally of 43,238. Britpop is the 16th solo No.1 for the 51-year-old from Stoke, who co-wrote every track on the set, which includes collaborations with Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath and Mexican duo Jesse & Joy. Five of its tracks have thus far been released as singles without charting, extending to more than nine years Williams’ absence from the singles chart. On top of his considerable solo success, Williams has also topped the chart as a member of Take That, being a full member of the band when Everything Changes (1993) and Nobody Else (1995) were No.1, and rejoining them for 2010 chart-topper Progress. He also contributed to most tracks on their 1996 No.1 compilation, Greatest Hits and some on subsequent (2018) hits package, Odyssey. He could therefore be said – depending on how strictly you interpret his presence on the hits sets – to have had 19, 20 or even 21 number one albums. The higher total is beaten only by Paul McCartney (23, including 15 with The Beatles). Far eclipsing the No.28 peak ascended by both her 2021 debut album As She Pleases and 2023 follow-up Silence Between Songs, 26-year-old singer-songwriter Madison Beer from New York, debuts at No.3 (11,183 sales) with third album, Locket. Beer’s much improved chart performance likely reflects the popularity of its lead single, Make You Mine, which peaked at No.50 nearly two years ago but has subsequently emerged as a fan favourite, winning a Grammy nomination and achieving to-date consumption of 300,747 units. Providing a twist on the Scottish folk tradition, Angels’ Share is a collaboration between Nathan Evans – who shot to fame with his 2021 No.1 adaptation of the sea shanty Wellerman – and fraternal duo Saint Phnx. Including their interpretation of Cotton Eye Joe – a No.1 hit for Rednex in 1994 – it is a succinct set with 12 songs and a playing time of half an hour. Debuting at No.4 (9,265 sales), it is the second album chart entry for both Evans, who reached No.26 with 2024 album 1994, and Saint Phnx, whose 2020 EP Happy Place peaked at No.39. Recording artists since 2007 but uncharted until 2015, Nottingham post-punk duo Sleaford Mods’ 13th studio album, The Demise Of Planet A can’t quite match the dizzy career heights of No.3 and 9,064 sales set by their last album, UK Grim in 2023, but delivers their fifth Top 10 entry and eighth Top 75 album, opening at No.6 on solid first week sales of 8,094 units. Their biggest selling album to date is Key Markets, No.11 in 2020, with to-date consumption of 27,499 units. They have never come near the singles chart, with their most popular track hitherto being Jobseeker, a 2015 release which has accumulated lifetime consumption of 28,008 units. It is 10 years since Rihanna released an album and eight years since her partner, rapper A$AP Rocky, did so – but he is the first to break the drought, with fourth studio set, Don’t Be Dumb. Following Long Live A$AP (No.7, 2013), At Long Last A$AP (No.10, 2015) and Testing (No.11, 2018), it opens at No.8 (7,328 sales) - although released only digitally at this stage – while spinning-off three singles chart entries. In the first full week since her four MOBO nominations were announced, and two days after her five BRITS nominations were announced, Olivia Dean’s The Art Of Loving sees consumption rise 5.47% to 17,757 units – a four-week high – even as it slips 1-2. The rest of the Top 10: 50 Years: Don’t Stop (4-5, 8,446 sales) by Fleetwood Mac, The Highlights (7-7, 7,556 sales) by The Weeknd, Man’s Best Friend (6-9, 6,767 sales) by Sabrina Carpenter and With Heaven On Top (3-10, 6,572 sales) by Zach Bryan. Overall album sales are up 3.12% week-on-week at 2,598,119 units, 5.02% above same week 2025 sales of 2,473,944. Physical product accounts for 321,068 sales, 12.36% of the total.