December 31, 2025Dec 31 Chloe Qisha and Rachel Chinoriri should be the next buzz artists for Capital’s STB and JBB in 2026 Edited December 31, 2025Dec 31 by Sami Hook Jama
December 31, 2025Dec 31 That’s getting pretty unlikely now with other streaming giants like Fleetwood Mac and Ed’s tour collection outdoing it every week.
January 1Jan 1 2026 predictions (26 of them!)Madonna’s Confessions esque album gives her a top 40 single and the album itself goes to #1 in the UK.Gaga has another big year. We get new music what’s tied as a complete edition to MAYHEM. She doesn’t win album of the year at Grammys but wins 4 awards on the night . We get another top ten single in the UK with as as of now unheard track.Gaga also gets a track what wasn’t a single from the past have a Bloody Mary moment thanks to a pop culture / viral Tik Tok.aHarry Styles has a massive year. Year end #1 album big lead single and even bigger follow up single.Beyonces album is critically successful. It’s doesn’t have a major long lasting hit but it goes to #1 on the albums chart.Ed Sheeran makes another bid for Christmas number one with a new original track.Lewis Capaldi gets another number one single and album but not to the success he had with his debut album.Ariana’s tour sees multiple albums re-enter the UK Top 40. We also get new music what’s not tied to eternal sunshine and another UK Top 5 single.Rihanna doesn’t release the album. But another song from her discography gets a Breakin Dishes moment.Taylor doesn’t release a new studio album but she does something to mark 20 years of her debut album which finally gets UK #1 status.Olivia Rodrigo experiments in sound with her third album. It still goes to #1 in the UK.No new music from Adele!Sam Fender wins album of the year at the BRITs.Amy Winehouses Back to Black returns to the UK Top 10 on the albums chart to mark the 20th anniversary.The Weeknd doesn’t release a new album but scores a major hit (with Lady Gaga!!) the highlights continues to chart highly each week in the UK.Christina Aguilera releases an English language album!K Pop Music continues to perform strongly!Sugababes finally release a studio album! It goes top 5 in the UK.Sienna Spiro gets the Brits critics choice award and a #1 album.Olivia Dean gets another number one single later in the year when she releases an extended / deluxe of the current album.Bruno Mars finally releases an album towards end of the year. Another massive solo single from him and a UK #1 album!Leigh Anne goes top 5 with her album but doesn’t get a hit from it. JADE scores another hit later in the year what’s a collaboration with another British artist. Katy Perry releases music what’s better than 143 but it still doesn’t do anything. No new album but at least one new single. Dua teases music throughout the later part of the year. No new album but lead single arrives later in the year and is a hit!RAYE gets a big album debut and another major hit!Extra prediction!! Greatest Hits albums continue to chart highly week on week on the albums chart what prompts the OCC to act and introduce a rule change what takes into account at some point into 2027. Edited January 1Jan 1 by Jordanlee1402 Extra predictions
January 1Jan 1 Justin Timberlake to do Eurovision in 2026 as the UK EntryGiggs will end up on Celebrity TraitorsBeyoncé will have some unexpected songwriting credits for her 3rd album including Chapelle Roan and YUNGBLUDHarry Styles will collab with the likes of Fred Again, Yaffra, Timothee Chalamet, Olivia Dean, Florence Welsh and André 3000Sienna Spiro will have a remix of Die on This Hill with Lil Uzi Vert which will go number oneMadison Beer will have several top 40 hits from her new album, one of which will spend at least 20 weeks in the top 10Jax Jones and DJ Khaled will both have new albums outAdele will have another viral song on TikTokRita Ora to release new album but flops hard in the charts and only has a song that lasts 1 week in the top 40 Jess Glynne to release an official Jet2 Remix of Hold My Hand with Zoë Lister and it goes number one in 32 countries Shawn Mendes to return with a chart-topping album called Mendes but will sound different from his previous projects Edited January 15Jan 15 by Sami Hook Jama
January 1Jan 1 Solo hits for JADE and Leigh-AnneAriMania when Eternal Sunshine Tour reaches the UKKPop lags and Western groups find success (Katseye, December 10 etc.)Big year for underground UK rap, a hit for Jim LegxacyBig year for legacy UK rappers, hits for Kano and Tinie TempahMassive Adele and Bruno Mars albums but no single as big as Easy On Me/Die With A SmileFrontloaded Harry Styles albumDrake returns to chart dominance, has hits with UK and female artistsBeyonce album struggles compared to last twoRAYE has one of the highest selling albums of the yearOlivia Dean goes #1 again with a collabLewis Capaldi bombs with his next projectOlivia Rodrigo with a sound change finds her campaign struggle at first but succeed in the endZara Larsson builds momentum to do an arena tourTaylor Swift does a short theatre/arena tour and releases a project that leads to rule changes
January 3Jan 3 Girls Aloud back in the studio and have a viral hit on TikTokDua Lipa will release her fourth album better than her lastLittle Mix to reuniteS Club do EurovisionThe Pussycat Dolls to reunite for the tour and new musicHarry Styles will make a better year to our lifeMy Chemical Romance finally putting out a new albumSpice Girls to reunite (as a five piece again)UK girl bands making a resurgenceBTS making a comeback with a new album this springZara Larsson will be everywhereBritney Spears to make her return to musicOfficial Charts having a makeover changes Edited January 3Jan 3 by Joshua m
January 3Jan 3 On 28/12/2025 at 20:10, Jade said:Zara Larsson's 'Midnight Sun' will belatedly chart for the first time thanks to newfound TikTok interest in herYay I swiftly get to tick off this one The xx to drop their fourth album next please
January 7Jan 7 On 01/01/2026 at 13:27, Jordanlee1402 said:2026 predictions (26 of them!)Madonna’s Confessions esque album gives her a top 40 single and the album itself goes to #1 in the UK.Gaga has another big year. We get new music what’s tied as a complete edition to MAYHEM. She doesn’t win album of the year at Grammys but wins 4 awards on the night . We get another top ten single in the UK with as as of now unheard track.Gaga also gets a track what wasn’t a single from the past have a Bloody Mary moment thanks to a pop culture / viral Tik Tok.aHarry Styles has a massive year. Year end #1 album big lead single and even bigger follow up single.Beyonces album is critically successful. It’s doesn’t have a major long lasting hit but it goes to #1 on the albums chart.Ed Sheeran makes another bid for Christmas number one with a new original track.Lewis Capaldi gets another number one single and album but not to the success he had with his debut album.Ariana’s tour sees multiple albums re-enter the UK Top 40. We also get new music what’s not tied to eternal sunshine and another UK Top 5 single.Rihanna doesn’t release the album. But another song from her discography gets a Breakin Dishes moment.Taylor doesn’t release a new studio album but she does something to mark 20 years of her debut album which finally gets UK #1 status.Olivia Rodrigo experiments in sound with her third album. It still goes to #1 in the UK.No new music from Adele!Sam Fender wins album of the year at the BRITs.Amy Winehouses Back to Black returns to the UK Top 10 on the albums chart to mark the 20th anniversary.The Weeknd doesn’t release a new album but scores a major hit (with Lady Gaga!!) the highlights continues to chart highly each week in the UK.Christina Aguilera releases an English language album!K Pop Music continues to perform strongly!Sugababes finally release a studio album! It goes top 5 in the UK.Sienna Spiro gets the Brits critics choice award and a #1 album.Olivia Dean gets another number one single later in the year when she releases an extended / deluxe of the current album.Bruno Mars finally releases an album towards end of the year. Another massive solo single from him and a UK #1 album!Leigh Anne goes top 5 with her album but doesn’t get a hit from it.JADE scores another hit later in the year what’s a collaboration with another British artist.Katy Perry releases music what’s better than 143 but it still doesn’t do anything. No new album but at least one new single.Dua teases music throughout the later part of the year. No new album but lead single arrives later in the year and is a hit!RAYE gets a big album debut and another major hit!Extra prediction!! Greatest Hits albums continue to chart highly week on week on the albums chart what prompts the OCC to act and introduce a rule change what takes into account at some point into 2027.Not quite the end of the year but Bruno’s confirmed his albums coming on February 27th! And a singles coming this Friday!
January 8Jan 8 Made this list on 29th December just copying it over, some already looking likely to be happening! I’ve added some comments in brackets for things we know about!Beyoncé act 3 is a rock album, with some impressive collabs, Ive heard rumours of Beyoncé & Tina turner!Olivia Rodrigo 3rd album, rockier sounding and red colour scheme, single 1 around March With album in late July, at least 1 no1 single, bigger than guts but not as big as sourNew album from Bruno mars, massive, he maintains his steak as being one of the best hitmakers (new album announced for march)New Harry Styles. No1 single for 6 weeks? Album is massive and probably best selling album of the yearToo 40 singles finally for Rachel Chinouriri & CmatCalvin Harris top 10 singleThere will be more ai music a la I run and it will cause some discourseWhatever is used in stranger things finale returns to the chart (looks like prince, Fleetwood and others all looking to come back, as well as djo!)The only songs from showgirl to be pushed are the 4 already charted, possibly videos for opalite or Elizabeth Taylor and possibly title track goes top 40 but no other songs do anythingTaylor Swift debut album 20th anniversary deluxe including re record version as she announced she had already recorded it and was waiting for the right time! Hopefully some from the beautiful eyes ep are included, I need I heart ? On streaming Sabrina goes on tour for mans best friend, tour ends this year and she takes a breakNew Adele? Praying for thisAudrey hobert & adela get top 40 singlesfolded by khelani is the first of many “classic r&b” style hits, the genre has a comeback this yearZach Bryan has a no1 album (probably happening next week as he’s dropping on Friday)Lady gaga mayhem tour in stadiums this summer, we have an oasis/ Coldplay style return to the charts for songs but it’s not mayhem songs, it’s some of her old hits like bad romance or poker faceLily Allen’s west end girl shows have many viral moments, I could see her bringing out someone different as Madeline each night like she did on snlRaye album in August, another no1 single and she does very well, I think husband has cemented her as one of the biggest British artists.Dave releases a stand alone single that goes to no1 to keep his streak of his no1 singles not being from albumsFall off of central Cee, he doesn’t trouble the top 40Every single song from the art of loving gets a top 100 placement, with at least 2-3 more top 40s. Deluxe in May provides another no1 for herZara Larsson revival, midnight sun deluxe causes her to have 3 top 40s simultaneously, lush life, midnight sun and new song!
January 15Jan 15 Harry Styles releases his most alternative music yet, but is just as big as the last eraPitbull will have a new song or feature chart in the Top 100JLS will release a new album this year ☃️
January 20Jan 20 On 01/01/2026 at 15:27, Jordanlee1402 said:2026 predictions (26 of them!)Madonna’s Confessions esque album gives her a top 40 single and the album itself goes to #1 in the UK.Gaga has another big year. We get new music what’s tied as a complete edition to MAYHEM. She doesn’t win album of the year at Grammys but wins 4 awards on the night . We get another top ten single in the UK with as as of now unheard track.Gaga also gets a track what wasn’t a single from the past have a Bloody Mary moment thanks to a pop culture / viral Tik Tok.aHarry Styles has a massive year. Year end #1 album big lead single and even bigger follow up single.Beyonces album is critically successful. It’s doesn’t have a major long lasting hit but it goes to #1 on the albums chart.Ed Sheeran makes another bid for Christmas number one with a new original track.Lewis Capaldi gets another number one single and album but not to the success he had with his debut album.Ariana’s tour sees multiple albums re-enter the UK Top 40. We also get new music what’s not tied to eternal sunshine and another UK Top 5 single.Rihanna doesn’t release the album. But another song from her discography gets a Breakin Dishes moment.Taylor doesn’t release a new studio album but she does something to mark 20 years of her debut album which finally gets UK #1 status.Olivia Rodrigo experiments in sound with her third album. It still goes to #1 in the UK.No new music from Adele!Sam Fender wins album of the year at the BRITs.Amy Winehouses Back to Black returns to the UK Top 10 on the albums chart to mark the 20th anniversary.The Weeknd doesn’t release a new album but scores a major hit (with Lady Gaga!!) the highlights continues to chart highly each week in the UK.Christina Aguilera releases an English language album!K Pop Music continues to perform strongly!Sugababes finally release a studio album! It goes top 5 in the UK.Sienna Spiro gets the Brits critics choice award and a #1 album.Olivia Dean gets another number one single later in the year when she releases an extended / deluxe of the current album.Bruno Mars finally releases an album towards end of the year. Another massive solo single from him and a UK #1 album!Leigh Anne goes top 5 with her album but doesn’t get a hit from it.JADE scores another hit later in the year what’s a collaboration with another British artist.Katy Perry releases music what’s better than 143 but it still doesn’t do anything. No new album but at least one new single.Dua teases music throughout the later part of the year. No new album but lead single arrives later in the year and is a hit!RAYE gets a big album debut and another major hit!Extra prediction!! Greatest Hits albums continue to chart highly week on week on the albums chart what prompts the OCC to act and introduce a rule change what takes into account at some point into 2027.No.12 seems likely, though I must admit, I'd be bummed 😔. Just release "35" already, it's been 5 years since, for Pete's sake. God, please make Adele hungry to release music this year 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾Raye's prediction seems reasonable and likely, quite happy with that.Harry definitely will have a ball musically this year, #1 single, and #1 album most definitely guaranteed.
Saturday at 00:343 days On 27/12/2025 at 15:00, Jessie Where said:Madonna comes back and surprises with a top 10 hit, and an album that's surprisingly fairly successful.Well well well
Saturday at 00:513 days On 27/12/2025 at 17:24, Jay79x said:• Adéla gets a massive year thanks to Demi’s tour (like Chappell from Olivia’s tour).i clocked it iktr.
Saturday at 00:553 days 19 minutes ago, Jessie Where said:Well well well I'm pretty sure I remember reading that and thinking unbloodylikely never been happier to be wrong!
Saturday at 01:093 days On 28/12/2025 at 19:09, DanielCarey said:My predictions:RAYE has a really big year, with at least one #1 single, and her album is even bigger than her first one.Harry Styles has a massive #1 lead single that stays at #1 for at least 5 weeks, and has another #1 in the year.Olivia Rodrigo's third album is more mature sounding, and has more than one #1 hit.Rein Me In achieves a new peak into 2026.One of the Little Mix girls has a big solo hit, but it doesn't peak at #1, but is still top 4.Beyoncé's third act doesn't do as well as her first two in the charts, but is her best received of the three by critics.Tate McRae has a song that becomes her highest-charting song to date.Ed Sheeran releases another studio album that does even worse.KATSEYE achieve their first top 20 hit, but it peaks in the #15 to #20 region.Chappell Roan scores her third #1 single, and her album also goes to #1.Olivia Dean is the most awarded person at the 2026 BRIT Awards.Bad Bunny gets his biggest solo hit in the UK to date because of the SuperBowl.An emerging female dance music singer becomes the newest hot singer in the dance music scene, and achieves multiple hits, including a top 5.Katy Perry gets her first top 40 single since "Daisies", but falls out of the chart fast.Sienna Spiro does well in the charts, and gets a top 3 debut album that sells well.Green is rightOrange is partly rightRed is wrongWhite is still TBA
Saturday at 09:013 days On 27/12/2025 at 15:40, gasman449 said:EsDeeKid gets a number one single, ideally with the 4 Raws remix if it gets released. His rise helps underground UK hip hop secure multiple top 40 entries across the yearFred Again finally gets a top 3 singleA rock song hits the top 5, whether that be something new or a posthumous tribute to a fallen legendA song completely made with AI vocals unfortunately goes top 10 and isn't banned from the charts at any point like I RunTaylor Swift releases yet another album which is the biggest seller of the year, Arctic Monkeys return on the same week and miss out on another number one album as a resultBruno Mars gets round to releasing his female duets album, it goes number one and spawns another top 10 hitA bassline song is the song of the summerBad Bunny gets his first solo top 10 hit after the Super BowlDavid Guetta or Kygo assaults our ears with a long-running top 40 hit that samples What's Up by 4 Non BlondesDrake releases Iceman and it becomes his most successful album since Scorpion because f**k meI'm way off the mark with most of these! EsDeeKid and the surrounding scene fell off hard, Bruno did get a top 10 but it wasn't a duets album and it didn't go number 1, there have been no big bassline hits this year so far, Iceman wasn't as big as CLB and I don't think Kygo/Guetta could achieve a top 40 hit now (Bebe Rexha's butchering of Faithless came close though...)
Saturday at 09:363 days 7 hours ago, No Sleeep said:I'm pretty sure I remember reading that and thinking unbloodylikely never been happier to be wrong!I don't think I even believed it myself to be fair (well, the "top 10 hit" part at least) It was more of a manifestation
Saturday at 09:393 days Nice job @Jessie Where !I could have made 100,000 predictions and never would have guessed Shakira, Madonna + Kylie, and Ultra Naté being in the top 10 simultaneously.
Saturday at 12:223 days On 29/12/2025 at 12:47, Sami Hook Jama said:The Big top 40 chart will become more weirder than last year with only 50% hits and Jazz/Swing becoming the top genre of 2026 like they did for Country in 2024And finally the following artists (and more) will perform at Capital’s Summertime Ball and Jingle Bell Ball with Barclaycard :Justin BieberOlivia RodrigoTaylor SwiftDoja CatRole ModelRAYEBenson BooneCalvin HarrisMaroon 5Little Mix (in full form)Sabrina CarpenterKaty PerryMadison BeerADÉLAAlessi RoseSienna SpiroJax JonesPitbullKeshaKygoDecember 10thKATSEYEKygoLizzoMadison BeerBad BunnyYUNGBLUDThe Kid LaroiTinie TempahAt Least 5 Unknown ArtistsBlueSombrSonny FoderaGeorge EzraZara LarssonShawn MendesMyles SmithOlivia DeanLouis TomlinsonSigalaEllie GouldingAddison RaeHarry StylesStormzyJonas BrothersCarly Rae JepsenCharlie PuthMeghan TrainorKhalidTylaSkye NewmanHUNTR/XDaveBOOTB : Dizzie Rascal and Olly MursSo far the Big Top 40 did get a little weirder with more AI, old throwbacks and a range of genres almost every time, but not quite jazz/swing (although I’d like to see Round One by Youngblood Brass Band and Household of Saud by Charles Toliver chart) and the Summertime Ball only gave us Calvin Harris, RAYE, December 10, Sienna Spiro, Myles Smith and MEEK - an unknown artist. Hopefully we’ll have KATSEYE, Adéla and Tinie Tempah for Jingle Bell Ball On 01/01/2026 at 13:54, Sami Hook Jama said:Justin Timberlake to do Eurovision in 2026 as the UK EntryGiggs will end up on Celebrity TraitorsBeyoncé will have some unexpected songwriting credits for her 3rd album including Chapelle Roan and YUNGBLUDHarry Styles will collab with the likes of Fred Again, Yaffra, Timothee Chalamet, Olivia Dean, Florence Welsh and André 3000Sienna Spiro will have a remix of Die on This Hill with Lil Uzi Vert which will go number oneMadison Beer will have several top 40 hits from her new album, one of which will spend at least 20 weeks in the top 10Jax Jones and DJ Khaled will both have new albums outAdele will have another viral song on TikTokRita Ora to release new album but flops hard in the charts and only has a song that lasts 1 week in the top 40Jess Glynne to release an official Jet2 Remix of Hold My Hand with Zoë Lister and it goes number one in 32 countriesShawn Mendes to return with a chart-topping album called Mendes but will sound different from his previous projectsThe other predictions are not true/yet to come true sadly although we have Leigh-Anne on Celebrity Traitors. Fred Again did play Harry’s song - Coming Up Roses live but we only got the Yaffra collab and Timothee actually collaborated with EzdeeKid instead. We never got that Sienna collab but she has met RAYE at Summertime Ball. DJ Khaled almost released that album (including tunes like Brother and One of Them) but that got postponed indefinitely for some reason. It’s a good thing Adéla’s Ain’t In LA is now viral and being playlisted on Kiss, Radio 1 and Capital from a former Dream Academy contestant Edited Saturday at 12:313 days by Sami Hook Jama
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