Morgan Wallen’s ‘I’m the Problem,’ Ella Langley’s ‘Choosin’ Texas’ Lead Luminate’s 2026 Midyear Rankings
Categoria: Musica
I’m the Problem and ‘Choosin’ Texas’ were the United States’ most popular album and most-streamed audio song in the first half of the year.
Por Billboard | 15/07/2026
In the first half of the 2026 in the United States, Morgan Wallen ’s I’m the Problem was the most popular album, while Ella Langley ’s “Choosin’ Texas” was the most-streamed song (by on-demand audio streams), respectively, according to data tracking company Luminate. Read more about midyear metrics in the Midyear Report: Trends in Music, TV & Film – 2026 . Wallen, Once More: As it was for the first half of 2025 , Wallen’s I’m the Problem was again the most popular album in the U.S. for the first six months of 2026. During the tracking period of Jan. 2 through July 2, 2026, I’m the Problem earned 2.035 million equivalent album units. (See full top 10 ranking, below.) I’m the Problem debuted at No. 1 on the weekly Billboard 200 dated May 31, 2025, spent 13 nonconsecutive weeks atop the list, and has been lodged in its top 10 since its release. The most-streamed song by on-demand audio streams (inclusive of user-generated content [UGC] streams) was Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas,” with 570.9 million in the first six months of the year. Equivalent album units – for album titles and rankings cited below (but not industry volume numbers) – comprise traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 2,500 ad-supported on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album, or 1,000 paid/subscription on-demand official and audio streams generated by songs from an album. Equivalent album units cited for album titles in this story, and in the “Midyear Top 10 Albums in U.S.” ranking do not include user-generated content (UGC) streams. UGC streams are included in Luminate’s industry volume numbers and its midyear song streaming rankings. (UGC streams are not factored into any of Billboard ’s weekly charts.) For the sake of clarity, equivalent album units do not include listening to music on broadcast radio or digital radio broadcasts. All numbers cited in this story are rounded, and for the U.S. only. Programmed streams are not included in any of the data in this story. Luminate (formerly MRC Data, Nielsen Music and SoundScan) began tracking music consumption in 1991. Luminate’s sales, streaming and airplay data is used to compile Billboard ’s weekly charts. 2026’s Midyear Top 10 Albums in U.S. (by Equivalent Album Units) 1. Morgan Wallen, I’m the Problem (2.035 million) 2. Ella Langley, Dandelion (1.638 million) 3. Bad Bunny, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS (1.543 million) 4. BTS, ARIRANG (1.492 million)5. Noah Kahan, The Great Divide (1.349 million)6.Olivia Dean, The Art of Loving (1.309 million) 7. Drake, ICEMAN (1.300 million) 8. Don Toliver, Octane (1.212 million) 9. Taylor Swift, The Life of a Showgirl (992,000) 10. Morgan Wallen, One Thign at a Time (968,000) Source: Luminate, for the tracking period Jan. 2 through July 2, 2026. UGC (user-generated content) streams are not included in this ranking, but are included in Lum