Chart Brief: Olivia Dean’s ‘Man I Need’ Hits No. 1 at R&B Radio

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 March 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: “Man I Need” – Olivia Dean (LW: 5)

THE BRIEF: Pop-soul singer Olivia Dean earns her first chart-topper on Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay chart with her stirring ballad “Man I Need.” The song is lifted from the Grammy winner’s 2025 album, The Art of Loving.

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DEBUTS:

• No. 20: “Risk It All” – Bruno Mars

Top 5 on Adult R&B Airplay

1. “Man I Need” – Olivia Dean (LW: 5)
2. “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 3; Peak: 1)
3. “Control” – Tank (LW: 1)
4. “Love Me” – Shaun Milli (LW: 4)
5. “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars (LW: 2)

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R&B Streaming Songs

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

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

THE BRIEF: Bruno Mars’ “I Just Might” continues to dominate the R&B Streaming Songs chart for a 12th consecutive week. It’s his second-longest-running No. 1 on this chart behind “That’s What I Like,” which reigned for 15 weeks in 2017.

Debuts:

• No. 4: “Bully” – Ye & CeeLo Green
• No. 11: “White Lines” – Ye & Andre Troutman

Top 5 on R&B Streaming Songs

1. “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars (LW: 1)
2. “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 2; Peak: 1)
3. “Nights” – Frank Ocean (LW: 3; Peak 3)
4. “Bully” – Ye & CeeLo Green (NEW)
5. “Yukon” – Justin Bieber (LW: 4; Peak 1)

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Top R&B Albums

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

No. 1: The Romantic – Bruno Mars (LW: 1)

Top 5 on R&B Albums

1. The Romantic – Bruno Mars
2. SOS – SZA
3. Number Ones – Michael Jackson
4. Blonde – Frank Ocean
5. Ctrl – SZA

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Hot 100

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

Highest-Charting R&B Songs (Top 40)

• No. 3: “Man I Need” – Olivia Dean (LW: 3; Peak: 2)
• No. 4: “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars (LW: 4; Peak: 1)
• No. 6: “So Easy (To Fall In Love)” – Olivia Dean (LW: 7; Peak: 6)
• No. 10: “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 10; Peak: 6)
• No. 11: “Where Is My Husband!” – Raye (LW: 17; Peak: 11)
• No. 15: “Risk It All” – Bruno Mars (LW: 15; Peak: 4)
• No. 20: “Yukon” – Justin Bieber (LW: 23; Peak: 17)

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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: March 29 -April 4)

No. 1: “Man I Need” – Olivia Dean (LW: 5)

Top 10 at R&B Radio

1. “Man I Need” – Olivia Dean (LW: 5)
2. “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 2)
3. “Pressha” – Jill Scott (LW: 6)
4. “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars (LW: 1)
5. “Love Me” – Shaun Milli (LW: 4)
6. “Forever” – Sentury (LW: 8)
7. “Control” – Tank (LW: 3)
8. “Fly” – Tone Stith (LW: 11)
9. “It Depends” – Chris Brown feat. Bryson Tiller (LW: 7)
10. “More Than A Friend” – Elijah Connor (LW: 10)

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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: March 29 -April 4)

No. 1: “Let Em Know” – T.I. (LW: 1)

Top 10 at Urban Radio

1. “Let Em Know” – T.I. (LW: 1)
2. “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 3)
3. “Friend Do” – Belly Gang Kushington (LW: 2)
4. “It Depends” – Chris Brown feat. Bryson Tiller (LW: 4)
5. “Mrs. Trendsetter” – Lil Baby (LW: 10)
6. “Burning Blue” – Mariah The Scientist (LW: 6)
7. “Boo” – H3adband (LW: 9)
8. “Mutt” – Leon Thomas (LW: 7)
9. “Chanel” – Tyla (LW: 8)
10. “Pop Dat Thang” – Da Baby (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.