Chart Brief: Ne-Yo Tops R&B Radio With ‘Up Out & Gone,’ Stokley Lands Top 10

Welcome to Chart Brief, Rated R&B’s weekly column tracking the latest movements across R&B charts. Each week, we’ll break down and analyze the R&B artists making waves on the Billboard, radio, and streaming charts. This edition covers the charts dated July 11, 2026.

Billboard Charts

Adult R&B Airplay

Tracks the week’s top Adult R&B hits via 24/7 airplay data from Mediabase and Luminate.

No. 1: “Up Out & Gone” – Ne-Yo (LW: 4)

THE BRIEF: Ne-Yo earns his third No. 1 hit on the Adult R&B Airplay chart with “Up Out & Gone.” His previous chart-toppers include “U 2 Love” with Jeremih (2020) and “Good Man” (2018), both of which spent three weeks atop the chart. 

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Debuts

Top 5 on Adult R&B Airplay

1. “Up Out & Gone” – Ne-Yo (LW: 4)
2. “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 3; Peak: 1)
3. “Let Me” – Victoria Monét (LW: 1)
4. “One Love” – Kem (LW: 2)
5. “Spin” – Kevin Ross (LW: 6)

CHART NOTE: Stokley’s “Need Love” rises from No. 12 to No. 9 this week, earning his sixth top 10 on the Adult R&B Airplay chart. Meanwhile, Tems’ “What You Need” is eyeing a top 10 appearance, jumping from No. 16 to No. 11.

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R&B Streaming Songs

Calculates the most-streamed R&B songs of the week across digital service providers.

No. 1: “Billie Jean” – Michael Jackson (LW: 1)

Debuts

Re-Entries

• No. 14: “Snooze” – SZA

Top 5 on R&B Streaming Songs

1. “Billie Jean” – Michael Jackson (LW: 1)
2. “Chicago” – Michael Jackson (LW: 2)
3. “Beat It” – Michael Jackson (LW: 3)
4. “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars – (LW: 5; Peak: 1)
5. “Human Nature” – Michael Jackson (LW: 4; Peak: 2)

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Hot R&B Songs

Tracks the week’s most popular R&B songs based on streaming activity, sales and radio airplay impressions.

No. 1: “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars (LW: 1)

Debuts

• No. 18: “Is It Cool?” – Steve Lacy feat. SZA
• No. 21: “Risk It All” – Kwn

Top 5 on Hot R&B Songs

1. “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars (LW: 1)
2. “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 2; Peak: 1)
3. “Billie Jean” – Michael Jackson (LW: 3)
4. “Beat It” – Michael Jackson (LW: 4)
5. “Chicago” – Michael Jackson (LW: 5)

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Top R&B Albums

Tracks the week’s most popular R&B albums based on sales and streaming activity.

No. 1: Thriller – Michael Jackson (LW: 1)

Re-Entries

• No. 18: Planet Her – Doja Cat
• No. 24: Off The Wall – Michael Jackson
• No. 25: I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston – Whitney Houston

Top 5 on R&B Albums

1. Thriller – Michael Jackson (LW: 1)
2. Number Ones – Michael Jackson (LW: 2; Peak: 2)
3. SOS – SZA (LW: 3; Peak: 1)
4. Habiti – Drake (LW: 5; Peak: 1)
5. Swag – Justin Bieber (LW: 6)

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Hot 100

Tracks the week’s most popular songs across all genres via streaming, radio airplay and sales activity. (Note: Chart Brief focuses on R&B only.)

Debuts

• No. 87: “Is It Cool?” – Steve Lacy feat. SZA

THE BRIEF: Steve Lacy earns his fifth entry on the Hot 100 with “Is It Cool?” featuring SZA. The song will appear on his upcoming album, Oh yeah? 

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Highest-Charting R&B Songs (Top 40)

• No. 5: “Man I Need” – Olivia Dean (LW: 8; Peak: 2)
• No. 10: “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars (LW: 12; Peak: 1)
• No. 12: “So Easy (To Fall In Love)” – Olivia Dean (LW: 11; Peak: 5)
• No. 14: “Risk It All” – Bruno Mars (LW: 15; Peak: 4)
• No. 32: “Chicago” – Michael Jackson (LW: 36; Peak: 26)

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Mediabase Radio Charts

R&B Radio

Tracks the week’s top R&B hits via 24/7 radio monitoring data from Mediabase, ranked by total weekly spins. (Dates: June 28 – July 4)

No. 1: “Up Out & Gone” – Ne-Yo (LW: 3)

Top 10 at R&B Radio

1. “Up Out & Gone” – Ne-Yo (LW: 3)
2. “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 2)
3. “Let Me” – Victoria Monet (LW: 1)
4. “Spin” – Kevin Ross (LW:6)
5. “Let Em Know” – T.I. (LW: 5)
6. “Energy” – Kayla Brianna (LW: 7)
7. “One Love” – Kem (LW: 4)
8. “Fallin’” – Chris Brown feat. Leon Thomas (LW: 8)
9. “Need Love” – Stokley (LW: 11)
10. “Man I Need” – Olivia Dean (LW: 9)

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Urban Radio

Tracks the week’s top hip-hop/R&B hits via 24/7 radio monitoring data from Mediabase, ranked by total weekly spins. (Dates: June 28 – July 4)

No. 1: “Spend Dat” – Yung Miami (LW: 2)

Top 10 at Urban Radio

1. “Spend Dat” – Yung Miami (LW: 2)
2. “What You Need” – Tems (LW: 1)
3. “Janice STFU” – Drake (LW: 3)
4. “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 4)
5. “Mr. Him” – T.I. (LW: 7)
6. “It Depends” – Chris Brown feat. Bryson Tiller (LW: 6)
7. “Better Than Yours” – Coi Leray (LW: 9)
8. “Motion Party” – Bossman Dlow (LW: 8)
9. “I Want You Back” – Johnny Venus (LW: 10)
10. “2 Hard 4 The Radio” – Drake (LW: 13)

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Chart rankings are sourced from Billboard‘s weekly tallies. Radio airplay metrics, including spin counts and audience impressions, are provided by Mediabase.