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 Joji - Last Of A Dying Breed [05]

02 Ari Lennox - High Key [04]

03 Cleo Sol - Nothing Is Impossible With You [02]

03 Fredo - Runnin [02]

05 Flo Milli - Flo Jackson [01]

05 Joyce Wrice - Break Me In [01]

05 M Huncho - Championship [01]

08 Pozer - Money And Power [00]

08 Spice - Soft Girl Era [00]

08 Wizkid & Asake - Turbulence! [00]

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

Week 03: Leigh-Anne, Valiant & Rvssian - Most Wanted

Week 04: Joji - Last Of A Dying Breed

Gone with Pia Mia this week!

I was surprised at how... not great Professor Green sounded on The Masked Singer, but then I heard this new song and he really is just that bad now

Labrinth. I liked Debbie's song 'Rain' from a couple of years ago, noting the title's theme here.

Bellah + Destin Conrad and AJ Tracey + Blade Brown & Carns Hill for me!

My personal rankings for Week 5;

1. Fredo, Burna Boy & Steel Banglez – Birthday

2. Pia Mia – Underneath

3. Don Toliver – Body

4. Tinchy Stryder & Kojo Funds – Pick Pick

5. Professor Green & Zdot – No Management

6. Labrinth – Debris

7. Sasha Keable – tell me what you want

8. AJ Tracey, Blade Brown & Carns Hill – Ibiza

9. Debbie – The Rain Isn't Over

10. Bellah & DESTIN CONRAD – Typical