USA
Billboard Report (excerpt)
'Choosin' Texas' adds landmark 15th week at No. 1
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
by Keith Caulfield & Gary Trust, Los Angeles

Ella Langley's “Choosin’ Texas” collects a 15th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 — surpassing two classic songs for yet more chart history. The single, which first hit No. 1 on the Hot

100 in February, surpasses 14-week leaders “We Belong Together” by Mariah Carey, from 2005, and “I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston, in 1992-93, for the most weeks at No. 1 ever among non-holiday titles by women with no co-billed acts. Removing the seasonal qualifier, “Choosin’ Texas” trails only Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” for the longest Hot 100 command among songs by only women. “Choosin’ Texas,” on Sawgod / Columbia Records, with Triple Tigers having promoted it to country radio, totaled 25.2 million official streams (up 5% week over week), 51.9 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 2%) and 7,000 sold (down 6%) in the United States July 17-23. Langley’s first Hot 100 leader holds for a 16th week at No. 1 on Streaming Songs; repeats at No. 6, after reaching No. 4, on Radio Songs; and slips to No. 3 on Digital Song Sales following 13 weeks on top. Country hits claim the top four for a second time in

the Hot 100’s history, two weeks after the genre first achieved the feat. Below “Choosin’ Texas,” Taylor Swift’s “I Knew It, I Knew You” is No. 2 for a fifth consecutive week, after it spent its first two weeks on the Hot 100 at No. 1 in June; Stella Lefty’s first top 10, “Boston,” surges 6-3 for a new high; and Langley and Morgan Wallen’s “I Can’t Love You Anymore” rebounds three spots to its No. 4 best. Two weeks earlier, “Choosin’ Texas,” “I Knew It, I Knew You” and “I Can’t Love You Anymore” were in the same spots, joined by Langley’s “Be Her” at No. 3. In eight other weeks — all in the past three years — country titles took the top three, starting on the Aug. 5, 2023-dated Hot 100, via Jason Aldean’s “Try That in a Small Town,” Wallen’s “Last Night” and Luke Combs’ “Fast Car.” Elsewhere in the Hot 100’s top 10, Ariana Grande’s “Hate That I Made You Love Me” falls 4-5, after it led in its debut week in May. Parent album Petal arrives  arrives Friday (July 31). “Dracula” by Tame Impala, fronted by Kevin Parker, and JennieE, dips to No. 6 from its No. 5 Hot 100 high. Olivia Dean’s “So Easy (To Fall in Love)” rises 9-7 on the Hot 100, after reaching No. 5. It leads Radio Songs for a second week (64.8 million, up 3%). Plus, her “Man I Need” descends 8-9, after hitting No. 2. Langley’s “Be Her” drops 3-8 on the Hot 100 after peaking at No. 2. Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Bruno Mars’ “I Just Might,” which debuted at No. 1 in January and led for three weeks through March, holds at No. 10. Gracie Abrams scores her first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as her third full-length studio effort, Daughter From Hell, debuts atop the Aug. 1-dated ranking. It starts with 124,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States in the week ending July 23, according to Luminate — the singer-songwriter’s best week ever by units. Abrams previously hit the top 10 with her last album, The Secret of Us, debuting and peaking at No. 2 in July 2024. Of Daughter From Hell’s 124,000 equivalent album units earned in the tracking week, album sales comprise 77,000 (her best sales week, it debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 46,500 (equaling 47.27 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs, it debuts at No. 6 on Top Streaming Albums) and about 500 TEA units. The rest of the top 10 on the latest Billboard 200 are populated by former No. 1s, and the Nos. 2-6 titles are all non-movers as compared to a week ago: Olivia Rodrigo’s you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love is No. 2 (86,000 equivalent album units, down 11%); Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem is No. 3 (75,000, up 2%); Ella Langley’s Dandelion is No. 4 (72,000, down 1%); Noah Kahan’s The Great Divide is No. 5 (63,000, down 7%); and Drake’s Iceman is No. 6 (56,000, down 8%). Future’s The Real Me falls to No. 7 with 46,000 equivalent album units earned (down 65%) after debuting at No. 1 a week ago. Michael Jackson’s Thriller rises 9-8 with 40,000 (down 3%). BTS’ Arirang climbs 26-9 with 40,000 equivalent album units earned (up 62%), following the release of a new vinyl picture disc variant of the album with two bonus tracks. Also helping the album was promotion surrounding its new single “Normal,” and BTS’ co-headlining turn during the FIFA World Cup final halftime show on July 19, where the group performed its 2020 No. 1 Hot 100 hit “Dynamite.” Closing out the new top 10 is Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time, holding steady at No. 10 with 38,000 equivalent album units earned (up 3%).

Record Of The Month
While on his international headline tour for his fourth album,
Oliver Tree and five other people died in a helicopter crash in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
Now, some of his songs are experiencing a resurgence on the charts, most notably 'Life Goes On'.

United Kingdom
Music Week Report (excerpt)
'Rein Me In' is an 18th time at the summit
Monday, July 27, 2026
by Alan Jones, London
 
Eighteen down, one to go…It’s an historic week in the singles chart, as Sam Fender & Olivia Dean’s Rein Me In racks up its 18th (non-consecutive) week at No.1 on consumption of 43,450 units (3 7-inch vinyl, 608 digital downloads and 42,839 sales-equivalent streams). In so doing, it equals the all-time record,

set way back in 1953 by American singer Frankie Laine’s recording, I Believe. On the fifth week of its fourth run at No.1, its 30th consecutive week in the Top 10, and 57th straight week in the Top 40, Rein Me In’s stamina is admirable – although its consumption dips 11.15% week-on-week, that is primarily because of the exhaustion of supplies of its latest 7-inch variant, and it has exceeded 40,000 units for 23 weeks in a row. Whether it can remain at No.1 next week to relegate I Believe to second place, and become the first single to spend 20 weeks at No.1 a week later remains to be seen. Its nearest challenger this week, defying expectations that it would fade after the World Cup ended, the tournament’s official theme, Dai Dai vaults 5-2 for Shakira & Burna Boy, with consumption increasing 37.01% week-on-week to 38,192 units. It is Shakira’s biggest hit since she partnered Beyoncé to No.1 with Beautiful Liar in 2007, and Burna Boy’s biggest hit since 2019,

when he joined Stormzy and Ed Sheeran to top the chart with Own It. Of the tracks already in the chart, it is undoubtedly the biggest threat to Rein Me In’s ambitions. It is unlikely that anything from Charli XCX’s new album, Music Fashion Film, will pose a threat next week, but more likely that something from Ariana Grande’s Petal will mount a challenge the following week. Dance hits reaching new peaks on their 20th and 17th consecutive appearance in the Top 75, albeit with respective dips of 9.63% and 7.51% in consumption week-on-week, Talk To You advances 4-3 (27,279 sales) for Anotr feat. 54 Ultra, while Free Your Mind climbs 7-6 (24,202 sales) for Prospa & Cloonee. The rest of the Top 10: Stupid Song (6-4, 26,579 sales) by Olivia Rodrigo, Choosin’ Texas (8-5, 26,016 sales) by Ella Langley, Hate That I Made You Love Me (9-7, 24,052 sales) by Ariana Grande, Wonderwall (2-8, 23,869 sales) by Oasis, The Cure (11-9, 21,454 sales) by Olivia Rodrigo and I Knew It, I Knew You (10-10, 21,077 sales) by Taylor Swift. While Dai Dai and Wonderwall extend the World Cup legacy inside the Top 10, Three Lions – which reached No.3 last week for David Baddiel, Frank Skinner & The Lightning Seeds, its highest position for eight years – is brutally exorcised from the Top 100, with consumption in the week slumping 85.39% to 4,779 units. Overall singles consumption is up 0.28% week-on-week to 30,813,209 units, 1.16% above same week 2025 sales of 30,460,978 units. Paid-for sales are up 1.04% week-on-week at 251,597, 12.95% below same week 2025 sales of 289,014. The third artist in album chart history to raise ‘hell’ to No.1 – following Chris Rea in 1989 (The Road To Hell) And Meat Loaf in 1993 (Bat Out Of Hell II – Back Into Hell) – Gracie Abrams debuts atop the list with her third studio album, Daughter From Hell. Racking up first week consumption of 30,897 units (10,920 CDs, 6,012 vinyl albums, 4,819 cassettes, 1,114 digital downloads and 8,032 sales-equivalent streams), Daughter From Hell is Abrams’ second No.1, following 2024 second album, The Secret Of Us, and comprehensively eclipses that album’s opening tally of 22,883 units. Her first album, Good Riddance, debuted and peaked at No.3 on consumption of 10,612 copies in 2023. A 26-year-old singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from California, Abrams co-wrote every song on Daughter From Hell, which includes co-writes by actor Paul Mescal (Imaginary Friend) and Audrey Hobert, whose Sue Me is currently climbing the singles chart. All of Abrams’ previous four album chart entries – aforementioned studio sets Good Riddance and The Secret Of Us; concert set The Story Of Us: Live From Radio City Music Hall, which reached No.74; and 2020 EP, Minor, which reached No.51 in 2025 have higher UK peaks than US. The same applies to nine of her 10 hit singles – Taylor Swift duet Us is the exception faring marginally better (No.36 vs. No.37) in America, but Daughter From Hell will equal its UK peak, as it will dethrone Future’s The Real Me there this weekend. Although it spent only one week at No.1 here, The Secret Of Us has spent 41 weeks in the Top 40, and secures its 109th consecutive week in the Top 200 this week, falling 113-134, with consumption of 1,652 units, while raising its all-time cume to 383,142. Good Riddance has a considerably more modest chart record, with just three weeks in the Top 200 but has consumption to date of 97,472 units. Breaking out of the narrow band that has seen it spend its first 10 weeks in the chart between No.10 and No.16, Katy Perry’s first compilation, The Ones That Got The Plays, hits a new peak this week, climbing 13-9 (6,582 sales). Most heritage acts who have a late career No.1 album suffer massive second week chart collapses…but not The Rolling Stones. Although their latest album, Foreign Tongues had a much smaller first week tally than either of its immediate studio predecessors, it easily retains its Top 10 status, dipping to No.5 (7,989 sales). Their last studio set, Hackney Diamonds, drifted 1-3 in 2023, while the one before, 2016’s Blue & Lonesome, held up even better, dipping to 1-2 on its second frame. The rest of the Top 10: The Essential (4-2, 15,229 sales) by Michael Jackson, You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love (3-3, 14,986 sales) by Olivia Rodrigo, The Art Of Loving (7-4, 8,711 sales) by Olivia Dean, Visitor (8-6, 7,774 sales)_ by Sienna Spiro, 50 Years: Don’t Stop (10-7, 7,412 sales) by Fleetwood Mac, The Great Divide (11-8, 6,679 sales) by Noah Kahan and The Highlights (14-10, 6,492 sales) by The Weeknd. Overall album sales are down 0.25% week-on-week to 2,397,329 units, their lowest level for 28 weeks and 1.74% below same week 2025 sales of 2,439,806. Physical product accounts for 259,711 sales, 10.83% of the total.