USA
Billboard Report (excerpt)
Ella Langley's 'Dandelion' spends second week at No. 1
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
by Keith Caulfield & Gary Trust, Los Angeles

Ella Langley continues to rule the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated May 2), as Dandelion spends a second week top the list. The set earned 106,000 equivalent album units in the United

States in the week ending April 23 (down 37%), according to Luminate. The album premiered atop the tally a week ago with 169,000 units. Of Dandelion’s 106,000 equivalent album units earned in the latest tracking week, SEA units comprise 97,000 (down 24%, equaling 99.41 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks; it spends a second week at No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 7,000 (down 81%; it falls 1-15 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise 2,000 (down 33%). Morgan Wallen’s former No. 1 I’m the Problem is a non-mover at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, with 84,000 equivalent album units earned (up 1%). Tomorrow X Together claims its eighth top 10-charted album, as 7th Year: A Moment of Stillness in the Thorns debuts at No. 3. The set starts with 69,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 67,000 (it debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 2,000 (equaling 2.67 million on-demand

official streams of the set’s songs) and TEA units comprise the remaining sum. The album’s first-week sales were bolstered by its availability across more than 20 CD variants, all containing collectible items such as photocards, stickers and posters, with some items randomized. BTS’ chart-topping Arirang descends 3-4 on the Billboard 200 with 62,000 equivalent album units earned (down 21%). Justin Bieber’s Swag rises 7-5 with 61,000 units (up 42%) as the set continues to benefit from the singer’s headlining performances at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival April 11 and 18. Olivia Dean’s The Art of Loving falls 5-6 with 46,000 equivalent album units earned (down 3%). The chart-topping KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack returns to the top 10, climbing 16-7, after two new vinyl variants of the album were released via independent record stores for Record Store Day (April 18). In the latest tracking week, the soundtrack earned 46,000 equivalent album units (up 46%), largely owed to album sales (19,000 sold, a gain of 444%). A trio of former No. 1s rounds out the latest top 10: Don Toliver’s Octane falls 4-8 (42,000 equivalent album units earned, down 12%), Bad Bunny’s DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS descends 6-9 (41,000, down 5%) and Morgan Wallen’s One Thing at a Time dips 9-10 (40,000, down 1%). Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drop Dead” begins its chart life at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It arrives as her fourth leader, with all having launched in the top spot. The singer-songwriter first reigned with “Drivers License” for eight weeks in January-March 2021. She followed with “Good 4 U” for a week in May 2021 and “Vampire” for two weeks in July-September 2023. Already the first artist to debut the lead singles from her first two studio albums at No. 1 on the Hot 100, Rodrigo extends her mark, with “Drop Dead” ushering in her third LP, You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love, due June 12. “Drivers License” revved anticipation for her first set, Sour (with “Good 4 U” also from the album), and “Vampire” introduced Guts. “Drop Dead,” on Geffen / Interscope Capitol, drew 27.9 million official streams and 23.8 million radio airplay audience impressions and sold 45,000 in the United States from its April 17 release through April 23. The single debuts as her fourth No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart; at No. 22 on Radio Songs; and as her second No. 1 on Digital Song Sales (with 31,000 of its sales from downloads). Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” drops to No. 2 on the Hot 100 below “Drop Dead” after seven weeks at No. 1 since mid-February. Plus, Langley’s “Be Her” backtracks to No. 5 on the Hot 100 from its No. 4 best. Bruno Mars’ “I Just Might” holds at No. 3 after three weeks atop the Hot 100 in January to mid-March. It rules Radio Songs for a 10th week, with 77 million in audience (down 6%). Like Langley, Olivia Dean charts two top 10s in the tier on the Hot 100: “Man I Need” falls to No. 4 from its No. 2 high and “So Easy (To Fall in Love)” slips to No. 7, off its No. 6 peak. Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” retreats 5-6 on the Hot 100 after 10 weeks at No. 1 last June-August. Justin Bieber’s “Daisies” returns to the Hot 100’s top 10, bounding 18-8 after it closed his buzzy Coachella performances on both April 11 and April 18. The song, from his 2025 album Swag, debuted at its No. 2 high last July and had last appeared in the top 10 in January. It totaled 15.8 million streams (up 49%), 18.3 million in radio audience (up 3%) and 3,000 sold (up 54%) April 17-23. Huntr/x’s “Golden” descends 7-9 on the Hot 100 after eight weeks at No. 1 last August-October. Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Kehlani’s “Folded” falls 9-10 after reaching No. 6.

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United Kingdom
Music Week Report (excerpt)
Olivia Rodrigo jumps straight ahead the tally
Monday, April 27, 2026
by Alan Jones, London
 
Reined in a little, Rein Me In by Sam Fender & Olivia Dean nevertheless continues its reign, topping the singles chart for the eighth time in nine weeks, and fifth week in a row. In the Top 40 for the 43rd consecutive week, it is beginning to decline in popularity, however – its consumption dips 7.75% week-on

Drop Dead is the introductory single from Olivia Rodrigo’s upcoming third album, You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love, and breezes to a No.1 debut, on first week consumption of 65,435 units - the highest tally for any single for 12 weeks. Dethroned Rein Me In (1-2, 56,276 sales), which had been No.1 for the last five weeks and eight of the last nine weeks for Sam Fender & Olivia Dean, nevertheless returns to SCR again after a modest increase in both overall and streaming consumption. With speeded-up, slowed-down, acoustic and instrumental variants as well as its original, Drop Dead’s consumption comprised 2,470 CDs, 1,902 7-inch singles, 232 cassettes, 3,121 digital downloads and 57,710 sales-equivalent streams. Rodrigo’s 16th hit, Drop Dead is her ninth Top 10 entry, fourth No.1, and second single to debut at the summit, following 2021 smash, Drivers License. Her other No.1s – Good 4 U and Vampire – both debuted at No.2 and climbed to

the summit. Rodrigo’s highest first week consumption (94,770 units) came from Drivers License, her highest in all from Good 4 U, which had second week consumption of 117,355 units. Rodrigo’s overall singles consumption of 23,608,224 units, includes top tallies of 2,962,007 from Good 4 U, 2,552,447 from Drivers License and 1,800,044 from Vampire. Thirteen of her songs have gone platinum, with a further six reaching gold and another eight silver. Rodrigo is the fifth artist to have four No.1s in the 2020s, ranking alongside Sabrina Carpenter but trailing Ed Sheeran (six), Taylor Swift and Lewis Capaldi (five apiece). Coachella is over but the Californian festival, streamed here on YouTube, continues to fuel the surge in consumption of tracks by participants, most demonstrably Justin Bieber. Bieber’s 2012 No.16 hit Beauty And A Beat – featuring Nicki Minja – returned at a new peak (No.11) last week, and now dashes to No.3 (41,495 sales), becoming Bieber’s 29th Top 10 hit, and Minaj’s 16th. Bieber’s 2025 No.1 Daisies, also continues its climb, moving 15-5 (34,774 sales), while his 2010 No.3 hit Baby (feat. Ludacris) re-enters at No.17 (18,959 sales). His 2009 No.9 collaboration with Sean Kingston, Eenie Meenie also returns (No.32, 12,664 sales) after escaping ACR. Five more songs by Bieber are ‘starred-out’ of the Top 75 on growing consumption. Bieber’s albums are also on the rise: 2025 No.4 album Swag climbs 37-17 (5,511 sales), 2015 No.2 album Purpose moves 26-20 (4,909 sales), 2010 debut My World 2.0 jumps 72-49 (2,973 sales), and 2009 EP My World progresses 79-56 (2,680 sales). The rest of the Top 10: Dracula (2-4, 37,089 sales) by Tame Impala, Fever Dream (3-6, 32,898 sales) by Alex Warren, Homewrecker (4-7, 31,038 sales) by Sombr, White Keys (7-8, 27,872 sales) by Dominic Fike, Lush Life (6-9, 27,108 sales) by Zara Larsson and – the only song in the Top 10 not to increase consumption week-on-week – Babydoll (5-10, 26,825 sales) by Dominic Fike. Overall singles consumption is up 3.34% week-on-week to 32,730,908 units, 11.31% above same week 2025 sales of 29,404,452 units. Boosted by RSD, paid-for sales are up 36.31% week-on-week at 334,035, 30.09% below same week 2025 sales of 256,781. After losing out to Cian Ducrot by just 149 units at the top of the chart with their last album three years ago, Welsh band Skindred finally land their first No.1 album with their ninth studio set, You Got This opening atop the list on consumption of 20,414 units (10,485 CDs, 5,743 vinyl albums, 2,872 USB sticks, 959 digital downloads and 355 sales-equivalent streams), boosted by a round of record store PAs, and social media rallying calls. Arriving at the summit 28 years since Skindred’s formation, 24 years after their album debut and 15 years since they first made the Top 75, You Got This racks up the highest weekly sale yet for the metal/reggae fusion trio, surpassing by 31.54% the 15,519 units that Smile shifted when it debuted at No.2 in 2023. Briefly ahead of Skindred – by nine sales on Wednesday’s sales flash – Jessie Ware put up a good fight in pursuit of her first No.1 with sixth album, Superbloom. She also hit the road, with in-store signings, and released a 24-hour online exclusive Full Bloom digital edition of the album – tagged at £5.99 with five bonus tracks, including her version of Barbra Streisand’s hit The Way We Were – in an effort to wrest the throne. She failed, but gloriously, with Superbloom debuting at No.2 on consumption of 18,582 units, a new high for her in both first week sales, and chart peak. It is her sixth straight Top 10 album – her entire studio output – following Devotion (2012, No.5), Tough Love (2014, No.9), Glasshouse (2017, No.7), What’s Your Pleasure? (2020, No.3) and That Feels Good (2023, No.3). As with Skindred, it’s the first charted set, not the one that got highest, that has the greatest consumption, with Devotion on 144,343 units. Her previous best weekly sale came from That Feels Good, which had a first week tally of 11,988 units. The only member of One Direction to officially leave the group and the first to release five solo albums, Zayn (Malik) has had a chequered solo album career. His 2016 opener, Mind Of Mine, reached No.1; 2018 follow-up Icarus Falls peaked at a lowly No.77; 2021’s Nobody Is Listening reached No.17; and 2024’s country-flavoured Room Under The Stairs reached No.3. New set Konnakol debuts at No.4, on consumption of 12,475 units – 18.33% below the 15,275 units achieved by Room Under The Stairs on debut. Panned by critics, as much for what it doesn’t include as what it does, the Michael Jackson biopic is nevertheless a big box office hit. Its success, and that of the BBC’s new three-part documentary Michael Jackson: An American Tragedy, impacts the album chart, with The Essential scooting 9-5 (9,437 sales) and 1987 chart-topper Bad climbing 74-52 (2,753 sales), while 1982 No.1, Thriller (85-65, 2,525 sales) joins them in the Top 75. The Essential is at its highest position for 871 weeks (more than 15 years), Bad for 616 weeks (nearly 12 years), and Thriller for 178 weeks (more than three years). Michael: Songs From The Motion Picture was released today (24 April). No.1 for the eighth time in total last week, The Art Of Loving retreats to No.3 for Olivia Dean, but has a modest spike in sales, increasing 2.58% to 12,910 units. The rest of the Top 10: This Music May Contain Hope (3-6, 8,745 sales) by Raye, 50 Years: Don’t Stop (8-7, 8,229 sales) by Fleetwood Mac, Man’s Best Friend (10-8, 7,629 sales) by Sabrina Carpenter and You’ll Be Alright, Kid (14-10, 7,362 sales) by Alex Warren. Overall album sales are up 8.98% week-on-week to 2,720,684 units, 12.10% below same week 2025 sales of 2,427,105. Physical product accounts for 430,951 sales, 15.84% of the total. Record Store Day helping boost vinyl 126.03% week-on-week to 275,179 units, 18.32% above the 232,574 units sold in the week following RSD in 2025, and 2.25% above the 269,134 2024 tally.