USA
Billboard Report (excerpt)
'I Knew It, I Knew You' remains a second week at no.1
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
by Keith Caulfield & Gary Trust, Los Angeles

Taylor Swift's “I Knew It, I Knew You” lassos a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single from Toy Story 5, inspired by the film’s cowgirl star Jessie, launched a week

earlier as Swift’s 15th career leader. She has the third-most No. 1s in the chart’s history, after only The Beatles (20) and Mariah Carey (19). The movie and its official soundtrack arrived Friday (June 19). The film began with $160 million in domestic ticket sales, according to studio estimates (June 21), marking a new record for the franchise, which began in 1995, and the biggest opening weekend of 2026. “I Knew It, I Knew You,” on Pixar / Walt Disney / Republic Records, with country radio promotion by MCA Nashville, totaled 18.7 million official streams (down 31% week over week), 40.1 million radio airplay audience impressions (down 14%) and 183,000 sold in the U.S. June 12-18. The track falls from No. 1 to No. 7 on the Streaming Songs chart and 7-10 on Radio Songs (although it’s up 13-12 on Adult Pop Airplay and 20-16 as the Greatest Gainer on Pop Airplay). On Digital Song Sales, it drops from the top to No. 3, with nearly 176,000 of its overall

sales from physical copies (up 920%) and 7,500 from downloads (down 89%), as vinyl versions shipped to customers for the first time during the tracking week. Olivia Rodrigo charts four songs in the Hot 100’s top 10, all from her new album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, which blasts in atop the Billboard 200. The set debuts with 485,000 equivalent album units earned, marking Rodrigo’s biggest career week by that metric and the largest week of 2026 for an album by a soloist. She led the Billboard 200 for a week in 2023 with Guts and for five weeks in 2021 with Sour. “Stupid Song” starts at No. 3 on the Hot 100 with 28.4 million streams, 1.4 million in radio reach and 2,000 sold. It bows as Rodrigo’s fifth No. 1 on Streaming Songs. “Drop Dead,” which led the Hot 100 in its debut week in early May, rebounds 13-4, with 20.3 million streams (up 96%), 30.3 million in airplay audience (up 6%) and 9,000 sold (up 797%); “The Cure” climbs 17-6, three weeks after it debuted at its No. 5 high, led by 21.6 million streams (up 69%); and “Honeybee” buzzes in at No. 9 with 18.5 million first-week streams. Ella Langley tallies two songs in the Hot 100’s top 10: “Choosin’ Texas” holds at No. 2, following 10 weeks at No. 1 beginning in February, and “Be Her” dips 4-5 after reaching No. 2. Drake’s “Janice STFU” drops 3-7 after spending its first two weeks on the Hot 100 at No. 1 beginning late last month. Ariana Grande’s “Hate That I Made You Love Me” descends 5-8 two weeks after it debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100. It’s the chart’s top Airplay Gainer, up 24% to 19.9 million in audience. Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, Olivia Dean’s “Man I Need” backtracks 7-10 after reaching No. 2. Olivia Rodrigo achieves her third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as her third studio release, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, launches atop the list dated June 27. The set bows with 485,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States in the week ending June 18, according to Luminate — marking Rodrigo’s biggest week ever by units, and the largest week of 2026 for any album by a soloist. Of you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love’s 485,000 equivalent album units earned in the latest tracking week, album sales comprise 273,000 (Rodrigo’s best sales week and the largest sales week for a woman in 2026; it debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 211,000 (equaling 218.41 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks, the largest streaming week of 2026 by a woman; it debuts at No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums) and TEA units comprise 1,000. The album’s first-week sales were bolstered by its availability across more than 15 physical variants (including two signed editions). Of the album’s opening-week sales, vinyl purchases comprised 164,000 — Rodrigo’s biggest week on vinyl and the largest week of 2026 by a woman. Rodrigo will embark on The Unraveled Tour beginning on Sept. 25 in Hartford, Conn., and continuing through at least May 10, 2027, in London. Rodrigo’s new album is the only debut in the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200. Drake’s Iceman cedes the No. 1 slot after spending its first four weeks atop the Billboard 200, as the set dips 1-2 in its fifth week on the list (105,000 equivalent album units earned, down 21%). Four former No. 1s follow Iceman: Ella Langley’s Dandelion falls 2-3 (84,000, down 4%), Morgan Wallen’s I’m the Problem is down 3-4 (78,000, down 2%), Noah Kahan’s The Great Divide slips 4-5 (71,000, up 5%) and Michael Jackson’s Thriller is a non-mover at No. 6 (53,000, down 4%). Michael Jackson’s Number Ones rises a spot to No. 7 on the Billboard 200 (49,000 equivalent album units earned, down 4%), Morgan Wallen’s former leader One Thing at a Time climbs 9-8 (39,000, down 4%), Olivia Dean’s The Art of Loving is up a spot to No. 9 (35,000, down 1%) and BTS’ chart-topping Arirang ascends 11-10 (34,000, down less than 1%).

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'Dai Dai' by Colombian superstar Shakira and Nigerian singer Burna Boy
is the official song for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America.
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United Kingdom
Music Week Report (excerpt)
Olivia Rodrigo with three songs in the top five
Monday, June 22, 2026
by Alan Jones, London
 
On course to dip out of the top five for much of the week, I Knew It I Knew You (IKIIKY) recovers to spend a second week at the summit for Taylor Swift, boosted by the release of a second tranche of CD singles on Wednesday, which accounted for a hefty 36.18% of its overall consumption of 71,404 units,

the highest of any single in any week so far in 2026. Alongside 949 digital downloads and 27,963 sales-equivalent streams, it shifted 42,492 CDs across three editions, cruelly derailing what would have been Olivia Rodrigo’s fifth No.1 single, and second chart double. IKIIKY sold more copies on CD in the week than any single in any week since December 2014, when X Factor winner Ben Haenow’s coronation single, Something I Need sold 47,001 copies in the format on its first frame. With IKIIKY having sold 5,084 CDs last week, its overall sales in the format grow to 47,576 – also the highest since Haenow’s single’s overall tally of 92,040, and surpassing The Beatles’ chart-topper Now And Then (47,404 sales), as the top CD single of the 2020s. Heir apparent Stupid Song has to settle for a No.2 debut instead for Olivia Rodrigo, on consumption of 53,767 units. The third single from Rodrigo’s new album, You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love (YSPS…) –

which romps to an easy No.1 debut – Stupid Song arrives eight weeks after the first, Drop Dead, debuted at No.1 and three weeks after the second, The Cure, opened at No.2. The Cure rebounds 4-3 (43,473 sales) and Drop Dead ascends 13-5 (37,633 sales). Excluded from the chart under primary artist rules, the remaining 10 tracks on YSPS… are ‘starred-out’ between No.5 and No.18. Overall consumption of tracks by Rodrigo in the week totals 481,108 units, raising her all-time tally to 24,960,804. Her most popular track, Good 4 U – No.1 for five weeks in 2021 – achieved quintuple platinum last week, and has to-date consumption of 3,009,992 units, ahead of Drivers License (2,596,771) and Vampire (1,843,766 units). Although uncharted, Brutal and Happier are her 10th and 11th most-consumed tracks, with tallies of 799,392 and 797,519 units, respectively. Squeezed out of the top two for the first time in 18 weeks, Rein Me In dips 2-4 for Sam Fender & Olivia Dean. Perversely, it does so with a 0.75% increase in consumption to 42,432 units and, crucially, a 0.82% increase in streaming points, which means that, having previously been in danger of falling into ACR next week it is now back on SCR and will not have the value of its streams halved for at least four weeks. It has now completed 52 consecutive weeks – a full year – in the Top 40, just two fewer than the all-time record holder, Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran. It also registers its 35th (non-consecutive) week in the Top 10, moving up to joint fourth in that list. The rest of the Top 10: Hate That I Made You Love Me (3-6, 31,322 sales) by Ariana Grande, Billie Jean (5-7, 30,577 sales) and Beat It (8-8, 24,176 sales) by Michael Jackson, Dracula (7-9, 23,899 sales) by Tame Impala and Midnight Sun (9-10, 23,579 sales) by Zara Larsson. Overall singles consumption is down 0.05% week-on-week to 31,515,714 units, 0.10% above same week 2025 sales of 31,483,452 units. Paid-for sales are up 9.04% week-on-week at 303,298, 9.65% above same week 2025 sales of 276,618. Leadership of the album chart changes hands for the fifth week in a row, with the new resident at the summit being You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love, the third studio album – and third No.1 – by Olvia Rodrigo. Debuting at the summit, YSPS… consists entirely of songs written or co-written by the 23-year-old Californian, and racked up first week consumption of 102,814 units (27,194 CDs, 25,562 vinyl albums, 9,212 cassettes, 1,443 digital downloads and 39,403 sales-equivalent streams). That is the more than the rest of the Top 10 combined, and the second highest tally of the year - trailing only the 183,045 units posted by Harry Styles’ album Kiss All The Time: Disco, Occasionally 15 weeks ago. Furthermore, it is 70.58% above the 60,272 units that O-Rod’s second album, Guts, managed on debut at No.1 in 2023; and 101.83% above the 50,942 units her introductory album, Sour, achieved on its 2021 premiere, also at No.1. It is the 15th time an album has achieved a six-figure sale in the 338 weeks that have thus far elapsed in the 2020s. Occupying 13th place in that list, it joins five albums by Taylor Swift, two by Harry Styles, two by Coldplay and one apiece by Sam Fender, Arctic Monkeys, Adele and ABBA, with Adele’s 30 being the only album to exceed 100K twice in that period. The only other female solo artists to debut at No.1 with their first three studio albums are Susan Boyle (2009-2011), Adele (2008-2015) and Billie Eilish (2019-2024). Rodrigo also holds the curious distinction of being the only artist in chart history to have three charted studio albums, without any of them ever dipping out of the Top 75 – actually the Top 50. They will one day, of course, but Guts (31-25, 4,185 sales) is on its 145th consecutive week, without dropping below No.43, while Sour (32-28, 3,911 sales), is on week 265, with a low of No.45. The only Rodrigo album to depart the chart is 2025 concert release, Live From Glastonbury (A BBC Recording), which left the list the week after debuting at No.12 last December. Embrace extend their opening run of consecutive Top 10 studio albums to nine, with latest release Avalanche becoming their highest-charting set since 2018, as it debuts at No.5 (8,748 sales). The indie rock veterans from Yorkshire, who had three No.1 albums earlier in their career, have had an unchanged line-up since their 1990s inception, comprising 55-year-old singer Danny McNamara, his brother 53-year-old guitarist Richard McNamara; 60-year-old bassist Steve Firth, 58-year-old drummer Mike Heaton and 58-year-old keyboards player Mickey Dale, who served as a session player on their chart-topping debut album, The Good Will Out in 1998, before becoming a full member shortly afterwards. The McNamara brothers co-wrote every song on Avalanche, with Dale credited alongside them on Get Out Of My Own Way. Embrace’s second No.1 album 2004 release, Out Of Nothing, is their most-consumed title, with a to-date tally of 609,628 units. Its consumption dips for the fifth week in a row to 23,517 units, but The Essential is No.2 for Michael Jackson, also for the fifth straight week. Tonight (June 19) sees the fourth of Harry Styles’ sell-out 12-night residency at Wembley Stadium, triggering a return to the Top 10 for his latest album, Kiss All The Time: Disco, Occasionally (12-3, 10,989 sales), and strong rebounds for earlier sets, 2022’s Harry’s House (73-30, 3,569 sales) and 2019’s Fine Line (79-34, 3,391 sales) with a more modest return at No.196 (1,268 sales). for his eponymous 2017 debut. The rest of the Top 10: The Art Of Loving (4-4, 10,332 sales) by Olivia Dean, Iceman (3-6, 8,718 sales) by Drake, Thriller (6-7, 8,522 sales) by Michael Jackson, The Great Divide (7-8, 7,874 sales) by Noah Kahan, 50 Years: Don’t Stop (8-9, 7,496 sales) by Fleetwood Mac and The Highlights (13-10, 7,316 sales) by The Weeknd. Overall album sales are up 0.86% week-on-week to 2,529,328 units, 0.77% above same week 2025 sales of 2,509,996. Physical product accounts for 316,421 sales, 12.51% of the total.