Chart Brief: Bruno Mars Rules Billboard 200, Jill Scott Tops Adult R&B Airplay

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 14, 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: “Pressha” – Jill Scott  (LW: 2)

THE BRIEF: Jill Scott earns her fifth No. 1 on the Adult R&B Airplay chart with “Pressha.” The Vincent “VT” Nolan production, lifted from To Whom This May Concern, is Scott’s first chart-topper since 2012’s “Blessed.” 

DEBUTS

RE-ENTRIES

• No. 30: “Who Knows” – Daniel Caesar

Top 5 on Adult R&B Airplay

1. “Pressha” – Jill Scott (LW: 2)
2. “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 1)
3. “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars (LW: 5)
4. “Control” – Tank (LW: 3)
5. “Head Over Heels” – Jenevieve (LW: 6)

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” spends an eighth consecutive week atop the R&B Streaming Songs chart. The global superstar also takes over the top 5 spots, following the release of his album The Romantic. 

RE-ENTRIES

• No. 15: “Kiss It Better” – Rihanna

Top 5 on R&B Streaming Songs 

1. “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars (LW: 1)
2. “Cha Cha Cha” – Bruno Mars (NEW)
3. “God Was Showing Off” – Bruno Mars (NEW)
4. “Why You Wanna Fight?” – Bruno Mars (NEW)
5. “On My Soul” – Bruno Mars (NEW)

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 (NEW)

Top 5 on R&B Albums

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

RE-ENTRIES

• No. 25: Over It – Summer Walker (Peak: 1)

Billboard 200 

Tracks the week’s most popular albums based on sales and streaming data. (Note: Chart Brief focuses on R&B only.)

DEBUTS

• No. 1: The Romantic – Bruno Mars

THE BRIEF: Bruno Mars earns his first No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200 chart with The Romantic, his fourth studio album. It’s worth noting his sophomore album, Unorthodox Jukebox, reached No. 1 in 2013. However, it debuted at No. 2 on the chart dated Dec. 29, 2012. 

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. 1: “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars (LW: 5)
• No. 3: “Man I Need” – Olivia Dean (LW: 2)
• No. 4: “Risk It All – Bruno Mars (NEW)
• No. 12: “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 10, Peak: 6)
• No. 14: “Where Is My Husband” – Raye (LW: 14, Peak: 13)
• No. 25: “Cha Cha Cha” – Bruno Mars (NEW)
• No. 28: “God Was Showing Off” – Bruno Mars (NEW)

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 1 – March 7)

No. 1: “Pressha” – Jill Scott (LW: 1)

Top 10 at R&B Radio 

1. “Pressha” – Jill Scott (LW: 1)
2. “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 2)
3. “I Just Might – Bruno Mars (LW: 3)
4. “Head Over Heels” – Jenevieve (LW: 5)
5. “Control” – Tank (LW: 4)
6. “It Depends” – Chris Brown feat. Bryson Tiller (LW: 8)
7. “Touch On Me” – October London (LW: 7)
8. “Man I Need” – Olivia Dean (LW: 9)
9. “Love Me” – Shaun Milli (LW: 10)
10. “One Night” – Johnny Gill  (LW: 6)

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. Chart Brief focuses on R&B. (Dates: March 1 – March 7)

No. 1: “Let Em Know” – T.I. (LW: 1)

Top 10 at Urban Radio 

1. “Let Em Know” – T.I. (LW: 1)
2. “Friend Do” – Belly Gang Kushington (LW: 2)
3. “It Depends” – Chris Brown feat. Bryson Tiller (LW: 3)
4. “Folded” – Kehlani (LW: 4)
5. “Burning Blue” – Mariah The Scientist (LW: 8)
6. “ErrTime” – Cardi B (LW: 5)
7. “Wgft” – Gunna feat. Burna Boy (LW: 6)
8. “Watching Us” – Wale feat. Leon Thomas (LW: 10)
9. “Mutt” – Leon Thomas (LW: 7)
10. “Boo” – H3adband” (LW: 11)