{"id":224662,"date":"2026-01-03T05:04:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T05:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/224662\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T05:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T05:04:12","slug":"raye-and-olivia-dean-top-first-music-charts-of-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/224662\/","title":{"rendered":"Raye and Olivia Dean top first music charts of 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Raye\u2019s hit single Where Is My Husband! has snagged the number one spot after 15 weeks on the UK singles chart (Ian West\/PA)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/b2416c8e-fcbe-4047-b9f2-71e97a9bd954.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Raye\u2019s hit single Where Is My Husband! has snagged the number one spot after 15 weeks on the UK singles chart (Ian West\/PA)<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Singers Raye and Olivia Dean have topped the first UK singles and albums charts of 2026 respectively, the Official Charts Company has confirmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Raye\u2019s hit single Where Is My Husband! has snagged the number one spot after 15 weeks in the UK singles chart while The Art Of Loving by Dean, 26, has topped the albums chart for the third time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">It is the second time 28-year-old Raye has entered the new year with a chart-topper, having been crowned the first number one single in 2023 with Escapism, featuring rapper 070 Shake.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Art Of Loving by Olivia Dean, 26, has topped the albums chart for the third time (Ben Birchall\/PA)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2.82918867.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">The Art Of Loving by Olivia Dean, 26, has topped the albums chart for the third time (Ben Birchall\/PA)<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Singer-songwriter Dean has kicked off 2026 dominating the singles chart, with So Easy To Love in fourth place and her collaboration with Sam Fender, Rein Me In, coming in fifth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The rest of the top five was made up of Taylor Swift\u2019s The Fate Of Ophelia (two) and Dave\/Tems\u2019 Raindance (three).<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Dean\u2019s The Art Of Loving also topped the official vinyl chart for the most physical records sold.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The Brit-certified gold record is the singer-songwriter\u2019s second studio album and helped her secure a Grammy nomination for best new artist.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"US popstar Sabrina Carpenter took the number two album spot with Man\u2019s Best Friend following its re-release (Doug Peters\/PA)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2.81526656.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">US popstar Sabrina Carpenter took the number two album spot with Man\u2019s Best Friend following its re-release (Doug Peters\/PA)<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Elsewhere in the albums chart, US pop star Sabrina Carpenter took the number two spot with Man\u2019s Best Friend, following the release of its bonus track version.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Singer Taylor Swift came in third place with her album The Life Of A Showgirl, which was recently 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