Welcome to Chart Brief, Rated R&B’s weekly column tracking the latest movements across R&B charts. Every week, we’ll break down and analyze the R&B artists impacting the Billboard and Mediabase charts. This edition covers the charts dated Aug. 1, 2026. ...

The Internet has a new album on the way. During an interview on The New York Times’ Popcast podcast, members Syd, Steve Lacy and Matt Martians confirmed they have been working on a follow-up to 2018’s Hive Mind. “We’ve been ...