Chart Brief: Sentury’s ‘Forever’ Tops Billboard Adult R&B Airplay, Ari Lennox’s ‘Vacancy’ Hits 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 April 25, 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: Sentury – “Forever” (LW: 3)

THE BRIEF: Houston-based R&B group Sentury earns their second No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay chart with “Forever.” They achieved their first-chopper in July 2025 with “Only Human,” their reimagined rendition of Jeffrey Osborne’s 1990 classic.

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DEBUTS:

• No. 23: Ne-Yo – “Up Out & Gone”
• No. 27: Coco Jones – “Luvagirl”

Top 5 on Adult R&B Airplay

1. “Forever” – Sentury (LW: 3)
2. “Fly” – Tone Stith (LW: 7)
3. “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 2; Peak: 1)
4. “Man I Need” – Olivia Dean (LW: 1)
5. “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars (LW: 4; Peak: 2)

CHART NOTE: Ari Lennox’s “Vacancy” enters the top 10 this week at No. 9. The title track to her third album marks her fourth top 10 hit on this chart. Meanwhile, Raheem DeVaughn and Elmiene are both eyeing top 10 entries. DeVaughn’s “You (20th Anniversary Edition) is currently No. 12, while Elmiene’s “Reclusive” is No. 13.

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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” has tallied its 14th consecutive week on the R&B Streaming Songs chart. It’s only one week away from tying “That’s What I Like” as his longest-running hit on this chart, which dominated for 15 weeks in 2017.

DEBUTS:

• No. 5: Chris Brown – “Obvious”

Top 5 on R&B Streaming Songs

1. “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars (LW: 1)
2. “Yukon” – Justin Bieber (LW: 4; Peak: 1)
3. “Confident” – Justin Bieber feat. Chance The Rapper (Re-Entry)
4. “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 2; Peak: 1)
5. “Obvious” – Chris Brown (NEW)

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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: Swag – Justin Bieber (LW: 8)

Top 5 on R&B Albums

1. Swag – Justin Bieber (LW: 8)
2. The Romantic – Bruno Mars
3. SOS – SZA
4. Number Ones – Michael Jackson
5. Blonde – Frank Ocean

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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. 2: “Man I Need” – Olivia Dean (LW: 2; Peak: 2)
• No. 3: “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars (LW: 3; Peak: 1)
• No. 6: “So Easy (To Fall In Love)” – Olivia Dean (LW: 6; Peak: 6)
• No. 9: “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 10; Peak: 6)
• No. 12: “Risk It All” – Bruno Mars (LW: 14; Peak: 4)
• No. 14: “Where Is My Husband!” – Raye (LW: 12; Peak: 11)

CHART NOTE: Chris Brown’s “Obvious” debuts at No. 57, notching his 122nd entry on the Hot 100. 

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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: April 12 – April 18)

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

Top 10 at R&B Radio 

1. “Man I Need” – Olivia Dean (LW: 1)
2. “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 2)
3. “Fly” – Tone Stith (LW: 5)
4. “Forever” – Sentury (LW: 3)
5. “Pressha” – Jill Scott (LW: 4)
6. “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars (LW: 6)
7. “More Than A Friend” – Elijah Connor (LW: 7)
8. “It Depends” – Chris Brown feat. Bryson Tiller (LW: 8)
9. “Vacancy” – Ari Lennox (LW: 11)
10. “Bad” – Saint Harison (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: April 12 – April 18)

No. 1: “Mrs. Trendsetter” – Lil Baby (LW: 4)

Top 10 at Urban Radio 

1. “Mrs. Trendsetter” – Lil Baby (LW: 4)
2. “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 1)
3. “Let Em Know” – T.I. (LW: 2)
4. “It Depends” – Chris Brown feat. Bryson Tiller (LW: 3)
5. “Pop Dat Thang” – Da Baby (LW: 6)
6. “Boo” – H3adband (LW: 7)
7. “Burning Blue” – Mariah The Scientist (LW: 8)
8. “Friend Do” – Belly Gang Kushington (LW: 5)
9. “Ever Since You Left Me” – French Montana & Max B (LW: 11)
10. “What You Saying” – Lil Uzi Vert (LW: 9)

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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.