USA
Billboard Report (excerpt)
A$AP Rocky sprints at number one
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
by Keith Caulfield & Gary Trust, Los Angeles

A$AP Rocky scores his third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, and first in more than a decade, as Don’t Be Dumb debuts atop the list dated Jan. 31. The set earned 123,000 equivalent

album units in the United States in the week ending Jan. 22, according to Luminate. He previously topped the list with At.Long.Last.A$AP (in June 2015) and Long.Live.A$AP (February 2013), both of which also debuted at No. 1. Of Don’t Be Dumb’s 123,000 equivalent album units earned in the latest tracking week, SEA units comprise 76,000 (equaling 78.02 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks, A$AP Rocky’s best streaming week ever — it debuts at No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 47,000 (it debuts at No. 3 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. Don’t Be Dumb’s release date of Jan. 16 was announced on Dec. 19. The long-awaited set was issued as a widely-available standard 15-track vinyl LP, as well as a 15-track CD and cassette sold exclusively via the artist’s webstore. The wide digital download and streaming editions carried two further tracks. In total, the album was issued across more than

a dozen vinyl variants (adding up to 40,000 sold — his best week ever on vinyl). Enhypen lands its sixth top 10 album, all posted consecutively, on the Billboard 200 as The Sin : Vanish materializes at No. 2. The act scored its first top 10 in 2022 with Manifesto: Day 1 (No. 6) and has seen each of its five subsequent releases debut in the top five. The new album earned 122,000 equivalent album units in its opening week, with 113,000 of that sum in traditional album sales (it debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales, marking the act’s fourth leader). SEA units contributed 9,000 (equaling 9.51 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks, the act’s best streaming week ever) and TEA units comprised a negligible sum. Bad Bunny’s former leader DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS jumps 12-3 following the release of a new Amazon-exclusive red-colored vinyl variant on Jan. 16. Last September, Amazon teamed with the artist to livestream the final concert of his Puerto Rico residency on Sept. 20 via Amazon Music, Prime Video and Twitch. In the week ending Jan. 22, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS earned 119,000 equivalent album units (up 270%). Of that sum, pure album sales numbered 85,000 (up 4,909%), essentially all in vinyl purchases. Bad Bunny will headline the Super Bowl LX halftime show on Feb. 8; two days before that, a new vinyl edition of the album will drop. This time, it will be a white-colored vinyl that will be available across all retailers. Morgan Wallen’s former No. 1 I’m the Problem dips 2-4 on the latest Billboard 200 (75,000 equivalent album units, down 9%), while Zach Bryan’s With Heaven On Top falls 1-5 in its second week (70,000, down 48%). YoungBoy Never Broke Again charts his 17th top 10 effort on the Billboard 200, as Slime Cry debuts at No. 6. The set earned 70,000 equivalent album units in its opening week, with 69,000 of that sum generated by SEA units (equaling 72.6 million on-demand official streams of the album; it debuts at No. 4 on Top Streaming Albums). Olivia Dean's The Art of Loving falls 3-7 on the latest Billboard 200 (56,000 equivalent album units earned, down 13%), Taylor Swift’s former leader The Life of a Showgirl slides 4-8 (53,000, down 15%) and the chart-topping Kpop Demon Hunters soundtrack descends 5-9 (47,000, down 16%). Closing out the top 10 is Madison Beer’s Locket, debuting at No. 10 with 43,000 equivalent album units earned. It’s the first top 10 — and top 40 — for the singer-songwriter, who notched three previous entries, going as high as No. 65 with Life Support in 2021. The new album was preceded by Beer’s first Hot 100 hit, “Bittersweet,” which debuted at No. 98 on the chart dated Jan. 10. On the most recently published Pop Airplay chart (dated Jan. 31), the track rebounds to its No. 23 best. Of the 43,000 first-week units for Locket (Beer’s best-ever week by units), album sales comprise 24,000 (her biggest sales week yet; it debuts at No. 4 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 18,000 (equaling 18.89 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks — her best streaming week ever; it debuts at No. 33 on Top Streaming Albums) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. Bruno Mars’ “I Just Might” adds a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song launched a week earlier as his 10th career leader, and his first to debut in the top spot. “I Just Might” introduces the superstar’s album The Romantic, due Feb. 27. “I Just Might” tops the Hot 100 with 17.1 million official streams and 40.8 million radio airplay audience impressions and 9,000 sold in the United States Jan. 16-22. The single slips a spot to No. 2 on Streaming Songs; jumps 12-9 on Radio Songs, becoming Mars’ 21st top 10; and posts a second week at No. 1 on Digital Song Sales. Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” adds a 27th week at No. 1 on the Radio Songs chart (63.4 million in audience), matching Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” for the longest rule, dating to the ranking’s start in December 1990. “Ordinary” is steady at No. 5 on the Hot 100 following 10 weeks at No. 1 beginning last June. It previously set the records for the most weeks spent atop the Adult Pop Airplay chart (30) and Pop Airplay (16). (Warm-weather reminder: It also wrapped at No. 1 on the 2025 Songs of the Summer chart.) Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” rises a spot to No. 1 on Streaming Songs (18 million streams). The singer-songwriter earns her first leader on the all-genre list. Olivia Dean’s “Man I Need” climbs two places to a new No. 2 Hot 100 best. Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” falls 2-3 on the Hot 100 after a career-best 10 weeks at No. 1 starting in October and Huntr/x’s “Golden” descends 3-4 following eight weeks at the summit beginning last August. Sombr’s “Back to Friends” returns to its Hot 100 high (8-7) and rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Kehlani’s “Folded” lifts 9-8 after hitting No. 7; Djo’s “End of Beginning” drops 7-9, off its No. 6 peak; and Swift’s “Opalite” holds at No. 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.