USA
Billboard Report (excerpt)
'Choosin' Texas' rules Billboard Hot 100 for 5th week
Tuesday, April 7, 2026
by Keith Caulfield & Gary Trust, Los Angeles

Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” rebounds a spot for a fifth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, dating to its first week atop the chart, when it became her first leader, in mid-February.

Boosting the song’s profile during the tracking week, its official video, which Langley co-directed, premiered April 1. In addition to Langley, the clip, filmed in Fort Worth, Texas, stars, among others, singer-songwriter Kaitlin Butts, Yellowstone actor and musician Luke Grimes (both of whom have appeared on Billboard’s charts), “Choosin’ Texas” co-writer and co-producer Miranda Lambert and actress Ava Phillippe. “Choosin’ Texas,” on Sawgod / Columbia Records, with Triple Tigers promoting it to country radio, drew 23.9 million official streams (up 1% week over week) and 43.2 million radio airplay audience impressions (essentially even) and sold 8,000 (up 28%) in the United States March 27-April 2. The single holds for a sixth week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart; rises 9-8 for a new best on Radio Songs; and keeps at No. 2 after five weeks atop Digital Song Sales.BTS’ “Swim” drops to No. 2 on the Hot 100 a week after it launched at No. 1. It leads Digital

Song Sales for a second week (67,000 downloads sold, down 29%). Olivia Dean’s first two Hot 100 top 10s again place in the tier as “Man I Need” holds at No. 3, after reaching No. 2, and “So Easy (To Fall in Love)” rises 7-6 for a new high. Bruno Mars’ “I Just Might” is steady at No. 4 after three weeks atop the Hot 100 in January to mid-March. It tops Radio Songs for a sixth week, with 81 million in audience (largely even). Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” repeats at No. 5 on the Hot 100 after 10 weeks at No. 1 last June-August. It adds a 44th week in the top five, passing The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” (2020-21) for the sole second-longest such run, after Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” (47 weeks, 2024-25). Huntr/x’s “Golden” slips 6-7 on the Hot 100 following eight weeks at No. 1 last August-October. PinkPantheress’ “Stateside,” with Zara Larsson, holds at No. 8 on the Hot 100, after hitting No. 6. Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” is stationary at No. 9 on the Hot 100, after it began her career-best 10 weeks atop the chart upon its debut in October and led through January. Capping the Hot 100’s top 10, Kehlani’s “Folded” stays in place at No. 10 after reaching No. 6. BTS’ Arirang rules the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated April 11) for a second week, earning 187,000 equivalent album units in the United States in the week ending April 2, according to Luminate. That’s down 71% compared the album’s opening week of 641,000, the biggest week of 2026 thus far. With a second week at No. 1, Arirang now has the most weeks atop the chart among BTS’ seven leaders — the other six each spent one week at No. 1. Of Arirang's 187,000 equivalent album units earned in the latest tracking week, album sales comprise 114,000 (down 79%; it’s No. 1 on Top Album Sales for a second week), SEA units comprise 65,000 (down 31%, equaling 68.49 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs; it falls 1-3 on Top Streaming Albums) and TEA units comprise 8,000 (down 49%). Ye scores his 14th top 10 album on the Billboard 200 — all of which have reached the top two — as Bully debuts at No. 2 with 152,000 equivalent album units earned in the tracking week ending Thursday, April 2. Of that sum, SEA units comprise 96,000 (equaling 98.43 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs; it debuts at No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 56,000 (it debuts at No. 3 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise the remainder. During Bully’s release week, Ye staged his first major U.S. concert in nearly five years, playing SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., on April 1. A second SoFi show took place on Friday (April 3), one day after Bully’s first chart tracking week closed. Melanie Martinez notches her fourth top 10-charting set on the Billboard 200 as Hades bows at No. 3 with 84,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 63,000 (it debuts at No. 2 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 21,000 (equaling 22.85 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs; it debuts at No. 28 on Top Streaming Albums) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. Martinez previously hit the top 10 on the Billboard 200 with Portals (No. 2 in 2023), K-12 (No. 3, 2019) and Cry Baby (No. 6, 2015). Morgan Wallen’s chart-topping I’m the Problem falls 3-4 on the Billboard 200 with 76,000 equivalent album units earned (down less than 1%). Yeat collects his seventh top 10-charted effort on the Billboard 200 as Adl arrives at No. 5 with 57,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, album sales comprise 26,000 (it debuts at No. 4 on Top Album Sales), SEA units comprise 31,000 (equaling 32.53 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs; it debuts at No. 12 on Top Streaming Albums) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. Luke Combs’ The Way I Am dips 2-6 in its second week on the Billboard 200 with 55,000 equivalent album units earned (down 45%), while Olivia Dean’s The Art of Loving shifts 6-7 (54,000 units, up 1%). The rest of the top 10 comprises former No. 1s, as Don Toliver’s OCTANE moves 5-8 (53,000 units, down 3%), Bad Bunny’s DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS drops 7-9 (50,000 units, down 7%) and Harry Styles’ Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. falls 4-10 (48,000 units, down 25%).

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United Kingdom
Music Week Report (excerpt)
'Rein Me In' rules a sixth week
Monday, April 6, 2026
by Alan Jones, London
 
No.1 for the 3rd week in a row, and 6th time in total, still some distance ahead of the chasing pack, Rein Me In nevertheless sees consumption falling 2.99% week-on-week to a five-week low of 60,713 units (758 digital downloads and 59,955 sales-equivalent streams) for Sam Fender & Olivia Dean. In a Top 10

where there are bounces for Iloveitiloveitiloveit (3-2, 51,998 sales) by Bella Kay, Fever Dream (7-6, 29,349 sales) by Alex Warren and Lush Life (10-7, 29,304 sales) by Zara Larsson, two tenacious releases from previous years finally ascend into the top tier. Six months after it debuted at No.42, Australian singer Tame Impala’s Dracula arrives in the Top 10. Still driven by the remix featuring Jennie from Blackpink, the track has climbed for seven weeks in a row. After becoming Tame Impala’s first Top 20 hit four weeks ago, it now becomes his first Top 10 entry, sprinting 12-3 (31,391 sales), albeit in significant arrears of the top two. Meanwhile, nearly seven years after his first Top 10 hit, 3 Nights, peaked at No.3, Dominic Fike returns to the top tier with Babydoll, which climbs 11-8 (28,986 sales). Both songs were originally included on Fike’s Demos EP, Don’t Forget About Me, recorded in 2017, and released in 2018, shortly after he was released from jail after

violating a house arrest sentence for battery. Both Babydoll and Fike’s latest single – White Keys, which reaches a new peak for the eighth week in a row, climbing 17-12 (24,322 sales) – are benefitting from being bundled together a few weeks ago for digital purchase with a combined price tag of £1.29 undercutting the £1.98 they would cost separately. Last week, Swim debuted at No.2 to become the highest charted hit thus far for reconvened South Korean boy band BTS. It now dips to No.5 (30,716 sales), despite the release of seven new mixes digitally and on video. A new acoustic lofi mix feat. Jung Kook, an alternative rock mix feat. Jin, a melodic techno mix feat. Suga, a chill hip-hop mix feat. RM, a slow jam R&B mix feat. Jimin, an electronic mix feat. V and an Afrobeat mix feat. J-Hope were all priced at 59p for digital download (£1.99 on video) but can’t save the track from suffering a 45.96% dip in consumption week-on-week. Rounding out the Top 10: American Girls (4-4, 30,754 sales) by Harry Styles, Homewrecker (8-9, 28,787 sales) by Sombr and Man I Need (9-10, 27,345 sales) by Olivia Dean. Overall singles consumption is down 0.51% week-on-week to 32,317,398 units, 3.63% above same week 2025 sales of 31,474,885 units. Paid-for sales are down 3.65% week-on-week at 278,940, 11.73% above same week 2025 sales of 249,665. In a hectic week of chart activity, which sees 14 debuts welcomed into the Top 75, and another album charting for the first time in 50 years, Raye’s second studio album, This Music May Contain Hope stands head and shoulders above them all. Comprising 17 songs and 73 minutes of music, the seasonally-themed and critically-acclaimed set – on which Raye wrote or co-wrote and co-produced every track – races to a No.1 debut on consumption of 46,976 units despite eschewing the fashion for offering multiple variants for each format. With just one CD (12,169 sales), two vinyl doublepack (16,532 sales) and one digital version (2,723 downloads, 15,552 sales-equivalent streams), it delivers her first No.1 album 13 weeks after its introductory track, Where Is My Husband!, became her second No.1 single. It arrives a little over three years after Raye’s first full-length album, My 21st Century Blues – which explored some dark and difficult subjects – debuted and peaked at No.2 on consumption of 15,516 units. My 21st Century Blues was runner-up to Shania Twain’s Queen Of Me, which also debuted that week, with consumption of 17,976 – but proving it’s not always about first impressions, My 21st Century Blues has gone on to achieve consumption of 264,995 units – almost exactly six times the 44,552 units that Queen Of Me has achieved to date. Last in the chart in 2024 when his critically-slated Ty Dolla Sign collaborations Vultures and Vultures II peaked at No.2 and No.7 respectively, controversial rapper Kanye West’s first solo album in four years, Bully, has had better press and debuts at No.3 (13,942 sales). His 10th Top 10 and 15th Top 75 album, it was released under his Ye handle. Although yet to land a Top 40 single, 30-year-old singer/songwriter Melanie Martinez from New York, has carved out a considerable fanbase, with fourth studio release, Hades, debuting at No.5 (13,726 sales). Unrelentingly bleak in its dystopian portrayal of society, it is Martinez’s third straight Top 10 album, following K-12 (No.8, 2019) and Portals (No.2, 2023). Both have gone gold, with the former achieving consumption of 216,225 units, the latter 123,492 units – but Martinez’s most popular album remains Cry Baby, which debuted and peaked at No.32 in 2015 and crosses the 500K mark this week, with to-date consumption of 500,479 units. Bedford rock quartet Don Broco staggered the release of their last album, Amazing Things, which was initially available only digitally when it debuted at No.91 in 2021, but shot to No.1 on its Top 75 debut 14 weeks later, after being released physically. Their strategy for follow-up, fifth album Nightmare Tripping, could barely be more different – it was simultaneously unleashed digitally and in 15 physical variants (three CD, 10 vinyl, two cassette) last Friday and becomes their fifth Top 40 entry and fourth straight Top 10 album, debuting at No.7 on consumption of 9,952 units. That is well below the 14,959 units Amazing Things sold the week it topped the chart. The band’s biggest-selling album remains their 2018 third release, Technology, with a to-date tally of 78,704 units. Arriving eight years after his introductory album, Geography, reached No.8, 30-year-old singer/songwriter Tom Misch, from London, debuts at No.9 (8,360 sales) with his second solo set, Full Circle. In the interim, Misch collaborated with drummer Yussef Dayes for the 2020 No.4 album, What Kinda Music, and posed as Supershy for uncharted 2023 set, Happy Music. Thirty years after her uncharted debut album, Robyn Is Here, and eight years after her last studio release Honey peaked at No.21, Swedish singer Robyn secures her highest ever placing, with Sexistential. Debuting at No.10 (7,909 sales), the compact release – nine songs in 29 minutes – is the first Top 10 album for the 46-year-old from Stockholm, and fifth chart album in all. Her eponymous fourth album – home to her only No.1 single With Every Heartbeat – was her previously highest-charting set, reaching No.11, and has greater consumption (276,453 units) than the rest of her canon combined. Only four of last week’s Top 10 albums hang on to that status this week. The Art Of Loving by Olivia Dean leads the survivors, climbing 3-2 (15,408 sales) to secure its 15th week as runner-up thus far. It fares even better in Ireland, where it wins out over Raye to secure its 13th week at No.1, compared to seven here. Also remaining in the Top 10 are Arirang (1-4, 13,781 sales) by BTS, Kiss All The Time: Disco, Occasionally (2-6, 12,427 sales) by Harry Styles and 50 Years: Don’t Stop (5-8, 8,633 sales) by Fleetwood Mac. Hitherto the best seller of 2026, Styles album slips to second place (238,776 units), behind The Art Of Loving (239,139 units). Overall album sales are up 4.57% week-on-week to 2,669,815 units, 0.46% above same week 2025 sales of 2,657,597. Physical product accounts for 375,885 sales, 14.08% of the total.