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AMA Sweep Helps Marlon Leap Back Into The Charts While Drake And Ella Langley Extend #1 Runs
Marlon Williams' Tūī-winning Te Whare Tīwekaweka storms back to #1 on the Aotearoa Top 20, Drake and Ella Langley hold at #1 on Top 40 Charts.
DRAKE LANDS THREE SPOTS IN ALBUMS TOP 10, INCLUDING #1. ELLA LANGLEY HOLDS AT #1 ON SINGLES CHART
Drake makes his point on the Top 40 Albums Chart this week, with not one but three new albums entering the Chart, including ICEMAN at #1. Ella Langley holds at #1 on the Top 40 Singles Chart this week, with her latest hit ‘Choosin’ Texas’.
Fat Freddy’s Drop announced as Aotearoa Charts Icon, to be celebrated at the 2026 Aotearoa Music Awards
The taonga acknowledges the group’s success in the Official Aotearoa Music Charts over the course of their career.
AMA Sweep Helps Marlon Leap Back Into The Charts While Drake And Ella Langley Extend #1 Runs
Fittingly, in the same week Marlon Williams scooped multiple tohu at the 2026 Aotearoa Music Awards – including Album and Single of the Year, and Best Solo Artist – for Te Whare Tīwekaweka, the groundbreaking album storms back to #1 on the Aotearoa Albums Top 20. The fully te reo Māori release also goes Gold this week, and returns to the Top 10 of the Top 40 – while four of Williams' earlier LPs feature in the Aotearoa Catalogue Albums Chart.
Drake retains the #1 Top 40 album for a second week, with ICEMAN – and Ella Langley's 'Choosin' Texas' spends a third week at #1.
