Chart Brief: Sentury’s ‘Forever’ Tops Billboard Adult R&B Airplay, Ari Lennox’s ‘Vacancy’ Hits Top 10
Houston-based group Sentury secures their second No. 1 on the Billboard Adult R&B Airplay chart, while Ari Lennox reaches a new milestone.
Welcome to Chart Brief, our weekly column tracking the latest movements across R&B charts. Each week, we 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
Houston-based R&B group Sentury earns their second No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay chart with “Forever.” They previously topped the chart in July 2025 with “Only Human,” their reimagined rendition of Jeffrey Osborne’s 1990 classic.
Notable Debuts:
- No. 23: Ne-Yo – “Up Out & Gone”
- No. 27: Coco Jones – “Luvagirl”
Top 5 on Adult R&B Airplay:
- “Forever” – Sentury
- “Fly” – Tone Stith
- “Folded” – Kehlani
- “Man I Need” – Olivia Dean
- “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars
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.
R&B Streaming Songs
Bruno Mars’ “I Just Might” has tallied its 14th consecutive week on the R&B Streaming Songs chart. It is currently one week away from tying “That’s What I Like” as his longest-running hit on this chart.
Notable Debuts:
- No. 5: Chris Brown – “Obvious”
Mediabase Radio Charts
R&B Radio
The R&B Radio chart continues to be dominated by Olivia Dean’s “Man I Need.”
Top 10 at R&B Radio:
- “Man I Need” – Olivia Dean
- “Folded” – Kehlani
- “Fly” – Tone Stith
- “Forever” – Sentury
- “Pressha” – Jill Scott
- “I Just Might” – Bruno Mars
- “More Than A Friend” – Elijah Connor
- “It Depends” – Chris Brown feat. Bryson Tiller
- “Vacancy” – Ari Lennox
- “Bad” – Saint Harison