Each week, new releases from R&B/Hip Hop are selected to go head to head, with one weekly winner. The winners will then go up against future weekly winners later in the year at the end of each quarter and then again at the end of the year to determine the ultimate winner of 2026.

The results for last week are as follows;

01 Bruno Mars - I Just Might [13]

02 A$AP Rocky - Punk Rocky [07]

03 Ari Lennox - Twin Flame [04]

04 Jill Scott - Pressha [03]

04 The Kid Laroi (feat. Lithe) - RATHER BE [03]

06 Scorcher, Giggs & Sir Spyro - Ups [02]

07 Nafe Smallz & NorthSideBenji - STRUGGLE LOOK EASY [01]

07 Rvssian, MOLIY, Ayetian & Tyga - What I Like [01]

09 JayO & Jordan Adetunji - History [00]

09 LeoStayTrill - Blessing

Here is this weeks playlist / selection to vote for;

Hall Of Fame: 2026 Winners

Week 01: Joji - LOVE YOU LESS

Week 02: Bruno Mars - I Just Might

Voted for A$AP Rocky this week

Leigh-Ann for me, eventhough this is not as good as the previous two singles.

I voted for Leigh-Anne & Ella Mai this week but not a great week overall tbh

A$AP Rocky and Leigh-Anne for me this week.

1. Leigh-Anne, Valiant & Rvssian - Most Wanted

2. Souly & Fimiguerrero - Lonely

3. Wizkid & Asake - Jogodo

4. Elmiene - Reclusive

5. NSG, Mavo & King Promise - CASAMIZZY

6. TianaMajor9 & Keyon Harrold - energy!

7. Ella Mai - 100

8. A$AP Rocky - HELICOPTER

9. DESTIN CONRAD & Terrace Martin - NOTHING IS REAL

10. Labrinth - God Spoke

Just Leigh-Anne for me this week. The Rocky track sounds like a bad Travis Scott song.

Went for the Rocky track ('Don't Be Dumb' is overall a fantastic album, AOTY thus far, which isn't a hard feat really 😭), the DESTIN CONRAD track and the Elmiene single 🔥

My personal rankings for Week 3;

1. Leigh-Anne, Valiant & Rvssian – Most Wanted

2. Wizkid & Asake – Jogodo

3. NSG, Mavo & King Promise – CASAMIZZY

4. Ella Mai – 100

5. TianaMajor9 & Keyon Harrold – energy!

6. DESTIN CONRAD & Terrace Martin – NOTHING IS REAL

7. Elmiene – Reclusive

8. A$AP Rocky – HELICOPTER

9. Souly & Fimiguerrero – Lonely

10. Labrinth – God Spoke

1 A$AP Rocky

2 Wizkid

3 Leigh-Anne

4 Labrinth

5 DESTIN CONRAD

6 Ella Mai

7 Souly

8 Elmiene

9 Tiana Major9

10 NSG

Rocky easily my fave this week (banger), Asake is pretty consistently enjoyable for me and that Wizkid track is no exception, nothing particularly new but still sounding quite fresh to me. The Leigh-Anne track is a lite bop but a little on the generic side. The Labrinth song just sounds like I tuned into Songs of Praise for a minute - it's very nice sounding but not exactly one I'm rushing to come back to. Not much going on with the rest of these, mostly just listenable but forgettable R&B (lol at the Akon references in that Souly track though). Didn't know NSG were still going, disappointingly cheap sounding song here though.

Can someone else vote as we have a tie situation 😬

I'll do the new poll tonight/tomorrow

Went with Leigh-Anne this week!