Ella Langley and Olivia Dean have emerged as the biggest new stars of the year so far, each placing two songs in the top 10 of Luminate's Mid-Year 2026 songs chart, the data source used by Variety and Billboard. The report, which for the first time combines music with television and film data, also highlights a broader industry shift: global streaming is up sharply and Spanish-language music now accounts for roughly one in ten US streams, underscoring the growing commercial weight of Latin music and reflecting wider changes in listening habits.

Langley's "Choosin' Texas" tops the chart at No. 1, with nearly double the consumption of Dean's No. 2 hit "Man I Need," while Langley's "Be Her" (No. 4) and Dean's "So Easy (to Fall in Love)" (No. 10) round out their presence in the top 10. Globally, on-demand audio streams grew 9.8% year-on-year to 2.8 trillion in the first half of 2026, with non-US streams up 11.8%. Spanish-language listening reached 9.4% of US streams as English-language share fell to a record low of 87.1%, R&B/hip-hop remained the dominant US genre at roughly a quarter of streams, and US CD sales rose 16% to 16.3 million units, boosted by K-pop physical releases.