OnRadioNow BBC ARCHIVE · SINCE 2006

Years / 2026

◦ THE YEAR IN MUSIC

2026

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283,383 plays logged across the four stations in 2026.

Radio 1 94,646 plays in 2026

TOP SONGS

1

Talk To You (feat. 54 Ultra) ANOTR

×330

2

Midnight Sun Zara Larsson

×323

3

I Just Might Bruno Mars

×306

4

Great Expectation Sienna Spiro

×266

5

Homewrecker sombr

×265

6

Stateside (feat. Zara Larsson) PinkPantheress

×263

7

My Body Isn't Ready sombr

×255

8

Think About Us Sonny Fodera, D.O.D & Poppy Baskcomb

×250

9

Opalite Taylor Swift

×249

10

Choosin' Texas Ella Langley

×244

TOP ARTISTS

01

917

02

863

03

821

04

768

05

634

06

609

07

524

08

521

Radio 2 66,417 plays in 2026

TOP SONGS

1

I Just Might Bruno Mars

×179

2

Fever Dream Alex Warren

×154

3

Choosin' Texas Ella Langley

×150

4

Opalite Taylor Swift

×112

5

Aperture Harry Styles

×111

6

WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! RAYE

×100

7

Homewrecker sombr

×100

8

Be Her Ella Langley

×93

9

Rein Me In (feat. Olivia Dean) Sam Fender

×92

10

Dai Dai Shakira & Burna Boy

×88

TOP ARTISTS

01

442

02

433

03

392

04

326

05

311

06

303

07

291

08

288

1Xtra 85,879 plays in 2026

TOP SONGS

1

Hold On (Bacardi Yardi) European 305, Lethal Bizzle & Terminal 4

×284

2

Raindance (feat. Tems) Dave

×281

3

Nights In The Sun (feat. Wizkid) Odeal

×269

4

×245

5

Talk To Me Nuh Shenseea, Vybz Kartel & Rvssian

×241

6

WYFL Skippa & DJ Mac

×231

7

Tai Chi Sasha Keable

×225

8

×221

9

×209

10

Like2 CallMeTheKidd

×204

TOP ARTISTS

01

692

02

648

03

609

04

598

05

553

06

524

07

513

08

508

6 Music 36,441 plays in 2026

TOP SONGS

1

Oh No Now My This is Lorelei

×70

2

After the Rain Overmono

×61

3

NOBLEHILL (feat. Jacob Alon) corto.alto

×53

4

It's Time Johnny Marr

×52

5

Sunshine Anaiis

×52

6

Who's That The War on Drugs

×52

7

Well Organised (feat. Lila Iké) Ezra Collective

×51

8

The Hardest Thing Julia Jacklin

×51

9

Cairo FM Alewya

×50

10

SIREN Tierra Whack

×49

TOP ARTISTS

01

161

02

160

03

134

04

Ezra Collective

130

05

127

06

126

07

126

08

125