USA
Billboard Report (excerpt)
'Choosin' Texas' rules Billboard Hot 100 for 7th week
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
by Keith Caulfield & Gary Trust, Los Angeles

Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” tallies a seventh nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It became her first leader on the chart in mid-February. Concurrently, parent album

Dandelion sprouts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Langley becomes just the second woman to lead the Hot 100 and Billboard 200 simultaneously with country titles (defined as those that have hit Billboard’s Hot Country Songs or Top Country Albums charts). Taylor Swift first doubled up with “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” and Red (Taylor’s Version) on the Hot 100 and Billboard 200 for a week in November 2021. With Swift earning the honor via re-recorded material, Langley is the first woman to claim the mark with all-new music. Meanwhile, fellow Dandelion track “Be Her” bounds 8-4 for a new Hot 100 high, marking Langley’s second top five hit. She becomes the first woman artist that has primarily recorded country music to chart her initial two top five songs in the region simultaneously. “Choosin’ Texas,” on Sawgod / Columbia Records, with Triple Tigers working promotion to country radio, drew 30.7 million official streams (up 15% week over week) and 42.5

million radio airplay audience impressions (essentially even) and sold 10,000 (up 16%) in the United States April 10-16. The single continues for an eighth week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart; holds at No. 9 after reaching No. 8 on Radio Songs; and keeps at No. 2 after five weeks atop Digital Song Sales. Along with “Choosin’ Texas” and “Be Her,” Olivia Dean likewise has her first two top 10s in the tier: “Man I Need” ranks at its No. 2 best for a seventh nonconsecutive week and “So Easy (To Fall in Love)” holds at its No. 6 high. They’re joined by Huntr/x, whose Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami sing “Golden,” steady at No. 7 after eight weeks at No. 1 last August-October; PinkPantheress and Zara Larsson, with “Stateside,” which lifts 9-8 after hitting No. 6 and Kehlani, with “Folded,” up 10-9 also after reaching No. 6. Women have powered the Hot 100’s top 10 of late, with the last five weeks, dating to the March 28 chart, sporting seven songs each by women. That span includes two Taylor Swift No. 1s: “The Fate of Ophelia” and “Opalite.” Bruno Mars’ “I Just Might” holds at No. 3 after three weeks atop the Hot 100 in January to mid-March. It leads Radio Songs for a ninth week, with 81.5 million in audience (up 1%). Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” descends 4-5 on the Hot 100 after 10 weeks at No. 1 last June-August. Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, BTS’ “Swim” falls 5-10, three weeks after it led in its debut frame. It’s No. 1 for a fourth week on Digital Song Sales (11,000, down 52%). Ella Langley achieves her first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart as her sophomore studio set Dandelion debuts atop the list dated April 25. The effort launches with 169,000 equivalent album units earned in the United States in the week ending April 16, according to Luminate. That marks the largest week for a country album by a woman in two years, and the biggest week of 2026 for any woman. Of Dandelion’s 169,000 equivalent album units earned in the latest tracking week, SEA units comprise 128,000 (equaling 130.46 million on-demand official streams of the set’s tracks, Langley’s best streaming week; it debuts at No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums), album sales comprise 39,000 (her best sales week; it debuts at No. 1 on Top Album Sales) and TEA units comprise the remaining sum. Dandelion is Langley’s first top 10 on the Billboard 200, and her second chart entry, following her Hungover debut. That set arrived on the chart in August 2024 but didn’t hit the top 40 until this January and peaked at No. 20 a week ago (April 18 chart), in its 80th week on the list. Morgan Wallen's former No. 1 I’m the Problem holds at No. 2 on the latest Billboard 200, with 83,000 equivalent album units earned (up 4%). In turn, country albums are Nos. 1 and 2 for the second time in 2026, following the Jan. 24-dated list, when Zach Bryan’s With Heaven on Top debuted at No. 1 and I’m the Problem fell 1-2. Before that, it last happened on the Feb. 17, 2024-dated chart, when Toby Keith’s 35 Biggest Hits re-entered the chart at No. 1 following his death and Wallen’s One Thing at a Time fell to No. 2. Back on the latest Billboard 200, BTS’ ARIRANG slips 1-3 in its fourth week on the list, earning 78,000 equivalent album units (down 37%). The set spent it first three weeks atop the chart. Don Toliver’s chart-topping OCTANE is a non-mover at No. 4 (48,000, down 15%), Olivia Dean’s The Art of Loving is steady at No. 5 (nearly 48,000, down 5%), and Bad Bunny’s former leader DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS rises 7-6 (44,000, down 3%). Justin Bieber’s Swag zooms 55-7 following his headlining performance during the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. The set surges with 43,000 equivalent album units earned, a gain of 160% compared to the previous week. The increase was largely owed to streaming activity, as Swag’s songs generated 42,000 SEA units (up 158%), equaling 41.48 million on-demand official streams of the set’s songs — across both its Swag and deluxe Swag II reissue that contained additional songs. (All versions of the album are combined for tracking and charting.) Bieber headlined the second night of both weekends of the festival, taking the stage on April 11 and 18, which was also livestreamed on Coachella’s YouTube channel. Luke Combs’ The Way I Am falls 6-8 on the Billboard 200 with 42,000 equivalent album units earned (down 9%) and Wallen’s One Thing at a Time rises 9-8 with 40,000 units (up 5%). Sabrina Carpenter’s former No. 1 Man’s Best Friend jumps back into the top 10, climbing 18-10, following her headlining turn at Coachella. She reigned over the first night of both weekends, on April 10 and 17. Man’s Best Friend flies up the list with 40,000 equivalent album units earned, up 44%. Like SWAG, Man’s Best Friend mostly gained from streaming increases — it earned 34,000 SEA units (up 60%), equaling 34.39 million on-demand official streams of the album’s songs.

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United Kingdom
Music Week Report (excerpt)
'Rein Me In' rules an eighth week
Monday, April 20, 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

week to 55,822 units (12 vinyl singles, 750 digital downloads and 55,050 sales-equivalent streams), its lowest level for seven weeks. However, with its nearest challenger from last week – Iloveitiloveitiloveit by Bella Kay – sliding 2-8 (25,207 sales) after hitting ACR, Rein Me In’s lead over the No.2 song almost trebles from 20.48% to 60.37% – the biggest percentile gap between the top two for 41 weeks. That new runner-up is Dracula, which climbs from No.3 to secure a new peak for Tame Impala. Increasing consumption for the eighth week in a row to a best-yet 34,808 units – up 5.69% week-on-week – it is slightly flattered by its runners-up status, as the No.2 has had a higher tally in 94 of the last 100 weeks. It continues to be powered by the remix featuring Blackpink’s Jennie, and social media. Six weeks after debuting at No.3, Fever Dream returns to that peak for Alex Warren, improving its chart position for the fourth week in a row, although its consumption this

week – 29,096 units – is 34.59% below the tally with which it debuted, and lower than any of its six previous weeks in the chart, even the one when it was No.9. Sombr equals his highest chart-placing to date, as Homewrecker improves 6-4 (28,677 sales), surpassing the No.5 peak it scaled seven weeks ago, and drawing level with Undressed. Dominic Fike’s viral 2018 release Babydoll (7-5, 27,691 sales) and his current single White Keys (10-7, 26,361 sales) both reach new peaks again. Babydoll’s consumption falls week-on-week, ending 15 weeks of growth, but it becomes his second track to achieve consumption in excess of a million units (1,001,957). White Keys becomes his sixth silver (200,000 sales) single, ending the week on 218,807 units. The rest of the Top 10: Lush Life (4-6, 26,544 sales) by Zara Larsson, Man I Need (9-9, 24,193 sales) by Olivia Dean and American Girls (8-10, 23,576 sales) by Harry Styles. In the Top 10 for the 31st time in total (a tally bettered by only six songs in chart history), and 14th week in a row despite being on ACR, Man I Need’s unadjusted consumption (47,933 units) is finally below 50,000 units, ending its record-breaking run of 32 weeks above that figure. Overall singles consumption is up 1.26% week-on-week to 31,672,180 units, 1.65% above same week 2025 sales of 31,157,282 units. Paid-for sales are down 2.17% week-on-week at 245,059, 15.38% below same week 2025 sales of 289,614. Nine weeks after she last topped the album chart, Olivia Dean returns to pole position, with her second studio album, The Art Of Loving starting its fifth run at the summit, and securing its eighth week at No.1 thus far in a 29-week chart tenure during which it has never dropped out of the Top 5. Though laudable, the album’s 3-1 bounce is attended by a 9.60% dip in consumption week-on-week to 12,585 units (641 CDs, 1,282 vinyl albums, nine cassettes, 53 Yoto cards, 78 digital downloads and 10,522 sales-equivalent streams) – the lowest tally of its entire chart run, and the smallest for a No.1 album for 45 weeks. The chart’s current default deity, it was enabled by the fact that five acts with prior No.1 albums to their credit – Jack Savoretti, Enter Shikari, Alfie Boe, Bring Me The Horizon and Peter Andre – secured lower introductory berths with their new albums this week. In pursuit of his third No.1 album, Jack Savoretti made the biggest impression, with his ninth studio set, We Will Always Be The Way We Were – on which he wrote or co-wrote all 13 songs – topping all of the week’s sales flashes only to be overhauled at the death. Debuting at No.2 on consumption of 11,546 units, it is the fifth Top 10 and seventh Top 75 album for the 42-year-old Londoner, who took his first mis-step since achieving fame last time out, with 2024 album Miss Italia, sung primarily in Italian, screeching to a halt at No.43, following a brace of consecutive No.1 albums with Singing To Strangers (2019) and Europiana (2021). His fourth studio album – 2015 breakthrough set Written In Scars, which peaked at No.7 – remains his top title, with to-date consumption of 217,324 units. Surprisingly, despite selling over 700,000 albums, Savoretti has spent only one week in the Top 75 singles chart, reaching No.70 with Candlelight in 2019. That’s one more than Holly Humberstone, who nevertheless lands her second consecutive Top 5 album, and achieves her highest placing yet, with sophomore set Cruel World opening at No.4 (9,627 sales). It thus surpasses the No.5 peak of her 2023 debut, Paint My Bedroom Black, despite securing 55 fewer sales. Set to debut atop the US album chart this weekend with not-so-weedy first week consumption of around 160,000 units, country singer Ella Langley’s second album, Dandelion, also makes a good first impression here, opening at No.7 (8,447 sales). Home to her introductory Top 40 hit, Choosin’ Texas and new hit Be Her, Dandelion is the follow-up to Langley’s 2024 debut album, Hungover, which reached No.20 in America. It failed to chart here but has still performed well with the original album achieving UK consumption of 17,045 units, while the separately-counted deluxe edition, Still Hungover, is on 26,640 units. In the wake of BBC’s new three-part documentary Michael Jackson: An American Tragedy and ahead of the biopic Michael which is released in cinemas next week, The Essential Michael Jackson dips 7-9, but increases consumption 9.01% to 7,993 units. His multi-platinum 1987 No.1 album Bad, meanwhile, climbs 80-74 (2,310 sales), returning to the Top 75 after an absence of 571 weeks – nearly 11 years. The rest of the Top 10: This Music May Contain Hope (2-3, 10,795 sales) by Raye, Arirang (5-5, 8,701 sales) by BTS, Kiss All The Time: Disco, Occasionally (4-6, 8,587 sales) by Harry Styles, 50 Years: Don’t Stop (6-8, 8,121 sales) by Fleetwood Mac and Man’s Best Friend (9-10, 7,993 sales) by Sabrina Carpenter. Overall album sales are up 0.18% week-on-week to 2,496,408 units, 4.54% below same week 2025 sales of 2,615,260. Physical product accounts for 277,502 sales, 11.12% of the total.