USA
Billboard Report (excerpt)
Drake's 'Iceman' remains a fourth week at no.1
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
by Keith Caulfield & Gary Trust, Los Angeles

Drake's Iceman chills for a fourth week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated June 20), earning 133,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending June 11

(down 22%), according to Luminate. Iceman is the first album to spend its first four weeks at No. 1 since Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl spend its first seven weeks atop the list (Oct. 18-Nov. 29, 2025-dated charts) of its total 12 weeks at No. 1. Before Iceman, the last R&B/hip-hop album to spend its first four weeks at No. 1 was Travis Scott’s Utopia, which also logged its first four weeks (of four total) at No. 1 (Aug. 12-Sept. 2, 2023). Of Drake’s 15 No. 1 albums, only three have spent more weeks at No. 1 than Iceman. The Drake album with the most weeks at No. 1 is Views, with 13 weeks in 2016, while Scorpion (2018) and Certified Lover Boy (2021) each had five weeks at No. 1. Of Iceman’s 133,000 equivalent album units earned in the latest tracking week, SEA units comprise 132,000 (down 22%, equaling 135.82 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks; it spends a fourth week at No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise nearly 500

(down 43%) and TEA units comprise the remainder (down 27%). A trio of former No. 1s follows ICEMAN, and all are non-movers: Ella Langley’s Dandelion (87,000 equivalent album units, down 7%); Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem (79,000, down 4%); and Noah Kahan’s The Great Divide (a little more than 67,000, down 14%) are Nos. 2-4, respectively. Singer-songwriter Malcolm Todd lands his third chart entry, and first top 10, as Do That Again debuts at No. 5 with 67,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 37,000 (equaling 39.49 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs; it debuts at No. 8 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 30,000 (it debuts at No. 2 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise the rest. Michael Jackson’s chart-topping Thriller is stationary at No. 6 on the latest Billboard 200 with a little more than 55,000 equivalent album units earned (down 10%). Niall Horan scores his fourth top 10-charted album on the Billboard 200 as Dinner Party begins at No. 7 with 55,000 equivalent album units. Of that sum, album sales comprise 48,000 (it debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 7,000 (equaling 6.97 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs) and TEA units comprise the remainder. The album’s first-week sales were aided by its availability across more than 15 physical variants on vinyl, CD and cassette, including multiple signed editions. Horan previously visited the top 10 of the Billboard 200 with The Show (No. 2 in 2023), Heartbreak Weather (No. 4, 2020) and Flicker (No. 1, 2017). Horan is also the fourth member of One Direction to chart a new album in 2026, following Zayn (Konnakol, No. 18 in May), Harry Styles (Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally., No. 1 in March) and Louis Tomlinson (How Did I Get Here?, No. 16 in February). Rounding out the Top 10 on the latest Billboard 200: Michael Jackson’s Number Ones falls 7-8 (51,000 equivalent album units, down 10%), Morgan Wallen’s former leader One Thing at a Time dips 8-9 (40,000, down 3%), Olivia Dean’s The Art of Loving climbs 14-10 (35,000, down 2%). Taylor Swift's “I Knew It, I Knew You” gallops in at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single from Toy Story 5, inspired by the film’s cowgirl heroine Jessie, is Swift’s 15th career leader. Among highlights of the song’s instant coronation, Swift breaks out of a tie with Drake and Rihanna to claim sole possession of the third-most No. 1s in the Hot 100’s history, after only The Beatles (20) and Mariah Carey (19). “I Knew It, I Knew You,” on Pixar/Walt Disney/Republic Records, with country radio promotion by MCA Nashville, opens with 27.2 million official streams, 46.7 million radio airplay audience impressions and 87,000 sold in the U.S. from its June 5 release through June 11. The track debuts as Swift’s 11th No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart; at No. 7 on Radio Songs; and as her record-extending 32nd No. 1 on Digital Song Sales, with 70,000 of its overall sales from downloads. It also sold 17,000 via three CD single options: its original, acoustic and piano versions that shipped to customers during the tracking week. “I Knew It, I Knew You,” the 1,194th No. 1 in the Hot 100’s history, and the 93rd single to debut at the summit, follows Swift’s triumph with “Opalite” in February, she’s the first artist with two new No. 1s this year. Toy Story 5 premieres wide in theaters June 19, following its June 9 Hollywood preview, at which Swift gave “I Knew It, I Knew You” its first live performance. Ella Langley claims three songs in the Hot 100’s top 10, all of which hold in place: “Choosin’ Texas,” at No. 2 following 10 weeks at No. 1 beginning in February; “Be Her,” at No. 4 after reaching No. 2; and “I Can’t Love You Anymore,” with Morgan Wallen, at No. 9, after it debuted at its No. 7 high. Drake’s “Janice STFU” remains at No. 3 after spending its first two weeks on the Hot 100 at No. 1 beginning late last month. Grande’s “Hate That I Made You Love Me” falls to No. 5 a week after it debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100. Bruno Mars’ “I Just Might” slips 5-6 on the Hot 100 after three weeks at No. 1 between January and March. It tops Radio Songs for a 17th week (69 million, down 2%). Olivia Dean charts two songs in the Hot 100’s top 10: “Man I Need” (6-7, after peaking at No. 2) and “So Easy (To Fall in Love)” (7-8, after reaching No. 5). Elsewhere in the Hot 100’s top 10, Tame Impala and Jennie’s “Dracula” keeps at its No. 10 best.

Record Of The Month
'Dai Dai' by Colombian superstar Shakira and Nigerian singer Burna Boy
is the official song for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America.
Legends of football were mentioned during the song, such as Pelé, Diego Maradona,
Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, and Mohamed Salah.

United Kingdom
Music Week Report (excerpt)
'Rein Me In' remains at no.2
Monday, June 15, 2026
by Alan Jones, London
 
Tay story: Taylor Swift swoops to score the seventh No.1 single of her career, and second of the year with I Knew It, I Knew You. Taken from the upcoming Toy Story 5 soundtrack, the track racks up first week consumption of 52,434 units (5,084 CDs, 4,372 digital downloads and 42,978 sales-equivalent

streams), and follows earlier Swift chart-toppers Look What You Made Me Do (2017), Anti-Hero (2022), Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version) (2023), Fortnight (feat. Post Malone, 2024), The Fate Of Ophelia (2025) and Opalite, No.1 just 17 weeks ago. A return to her roots, it is her first No.1 with a song which could be described as country, and the first in the genre by any artist since February 2024, when Texas Hold ‘Em topped the chart for Beyoncé. Swift co-wrote all of her No.1s, five of them with producer Jack Antonoff, including IKIIKY. It is the sixth of her No.1s to debut at the summit – only Opalite didn’t. Discounting the Post Malone collaboration, that means she has had five solo songs debut at No.1, equalling the record for a female artist set by Madonna in 2006 and equalled last week by Ariana Grande, whose Hate That I Made You Love Me now slips 1-3 (36,301 sales). All of Swift’s No.1s except the first have occurred in the 2020s, putting her equal with Ed

Sheeran as the artist with most No.1s so far this decade. Number two for the second week in a row, and fourth time in total on consumption of 42,116 units, Rein Me In glides into triple platinum territory (1,823,708 sales) for Sam Fender & Olivia Dean. Its consumption was down 7.33% week-on-week to its lowest level for 17 weeks, and if its streaming performance is both negative and worse than the market next week it will finally pass into ACR, which would definitely stop it from adding to the 13 weeks it has spent at No.1 and likely bring down the curtain on its Top 10 residency. For the record, it has now spent a total of 34 weeks in the Top 10 and 51 consecutive weeks in the Top 40. There is food for thought in the fact that although no song has spent longer at No.1 or in the Top 40 in the 2020s, 180 songs have achieved consumption of 1.8m units in the survey period ahead of it, thanks to the accumulative nature of streaming points over a longer period of time, with records like The Night We Met, a 2015 song that peaked at No.75 in 2023 for Los Angeles indie group Lord Huron; No Role Modelz, an uncharted J Cole track; and The Neighbourhood’s Sweater Weather – No.49 in 2014 but uncharted since – above it in the rankings. The rest of this week’s Top 10: The Cure (3-4, 31,040 sales) by Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Jean (5-5, 30,374 sales), Janice STFU (4-6, 27,048 sales) by Drake, Dracula (6-7, 25,551 sales) by Tame Impala, Beat It (9-8, 24,733 sales) by Michael Jackson, Midnight Sun (8-9, 24,391 sales) by Zara Larsson and Go (7-10, 24,018 sales) by The Chemical Brothers. Overall singles consumption is down 0.40% week-on-week to 31,531,973 units, 1.79% above same week 2025 sales of 30,976,584 units. Paid-for sales are down 1.17% week-on-week at 278,165, 3.52% below same week 2025 sales of 288,317. Eleven weeks after the title track peaked at No.72 on the singles chart, Niall Horan’s album, Dinner Party, earns the 32-year-old Irishman from Mullingar his third No.1 long-player, debuting in pole position on consumption of 28,121 units (11,549 CDs, 8,620 vinyl albums, 5,464 cassettes, 431 digital downloads and 2,057 sales-equivalent streams). Horan co-wrote all 12 songs on the 36-minute album, his fourth solo release, following Flicker (No.3, 2017), Heartbreak Weather (No.1, 2020) and The Show (No.1, 2023). It secures the biggest first week tally of Horan’s solo career, surpassing the 26,937 units achieved by The Show on debut three years ago this week. Despite its fast start, The Show has lower overall consumption than prior Horan albums, with a to-date tally of 90,148 units, compared to Heartbreak Weather’s 175,445 and Flicker’s 237,569. Rising to fame on The X Factor as a member of One Direction when just 17, Horan had four No.1 albums as part of the boy band, all of whose surviving members – following the 2024 death of Liam Payne - have already issued a new album this year, and the second – matching Styles – to have three solo No.1s. Dinner Party’s coronation follows How Did We Get Here?, No.1 in January for Louis Tomlinson on marginally higher first week consumption of 28,416 units; Kiss All the Time: Disco, Occasionally, No.1 in March for Harry Styles on first week consumption of 183,045 units (the most of any album this year); and Konnakol, No.4 in April for Zayn (Malik) on first week consumption of 12,475 units. Styles’ album is No.2 for the year (312,523 sales), Tomlinson’s is No.125 (40,811 sales) and Malik’s is No.438 (17,048 sales). Together since 2019, Birmingham indie/rock quartet Overpass have been generating rave reviews for some time, so it is no surprise to find their full-length debut album, Elsewhere Always making a significant first impression on the chart. Debuting at No.5 (10,060 sales), it’s an incendiary 10-song introduction to the band – singer and guitarist Max (Newbold (23), bassist India, Armstrong (23), guitarist Elliot Rawlings (23) and drummer Jake Bishop (24) - all of whom co-wrote every song on the album. Veteran actor Jeff Goldblum’s late blossoming career as a jazz/MOR pianist fronting the fictitious Mildred Snitzer Orchestra continues to flower, with fourth set, Night Blooms debuting at No.9 (7,486 sales) to become the 73-year-old's highest charting set. His first album, The Capitol Studios Sessions, peaked at No.26 in 2018; his second, I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This, reached No.20 in 2019, and his third, Still Blooming, reached No.10 last year. As well as new collaborations with Melody Gardot, Charlie Puth, Cynthia Erivo and Dodie, Night Blooms includes ‘late night session’ versions of some tracks from Still Blooming, and consists entirely of covers. None of Goldblum’s albums have made the Top 200 in his native America, though the first three, and probably Night Blooms too, have made the top five of the jazz album chart there. Just 13 when she and Ben Moody formed the band in 1994 in Arkansas, Amy Lee is still the lead vocalist, lead songwriter and keyboards player for Evanescence, whose sixth studio album, Sanctuary, debuts at No.10 (7,334 sales), becoming their fifth Top 10 album. The rest of the Top 10: The Essential (2-2, 24,279 sales) by Michael Jackson, Iceman (4-3, 10,964 sales) by Drake, The Art Of Loving (5-4, 10,206 sales) by Olivia Dean, Thriller (6-6, 8,687 sales) by Michael Jackson, The Great Divide (7-7, 8,074 sales) by Noah Kahan and 50 Years: Don’t Stop (9-8, 7,591 sales) by Fleetwood Mac. Overall album sales are down 1.52% week-on-week to 2,507,678 units, 0.99% below same week 2025 sales of 2,532,715. Physical product accounts for 291,042 sales, 11.61% of the total.