01-26-2026

KEXP Charts for the Week of Jan. 16 - Jan. 22

Add Date: Jan. 26

NOTE: KEXP's charts include albums that have not been released to the public yet, but have been made available to KEXP for airplay. 


Top 90:  

  1. Lucha Luna - BRILLA BRILLA (self-released)
  2. Ya Tseen - Stand On My Shoulders (Sub Pop)
  3. Dry Cleaning - Secret Love (4AD)
  4. Arlo Parks - Ambiguous Desire (Transgressive)
  5. Mitski - Nothing’s About to Happen to Me (Dead Oceans)
  6. Blackwater Holylight - Not Here Not Gone (Suicide Squeeze)
  7. Genesis Owusu - “DEATH CULT ZOMBIE” (OURNESS)
  8. Fcukers - Ö (Ninja Tune)
  9. Kim Gordon - PLAY ME (Matador)
  10. De La Soul - Cabin In The Sky (Mass Appeal)
  11. Just Mustard - WE WERE JUST HERE (Partisan)
  12. SAULT - Chapter 1 (Forever Living Originals)
  13. Chalk - Crystalpunk (ALTER Music)
  14. The Olympians - In Search of a Revival (Daptone)
  15. A$AP Rocky - Don’t Be Dumb (AWGE/RCA)
  16. Fred again.. - USB (Atlantic)
  17. Melody’s Echo Chamber - Unclouded (Domino)
  18. Austra - Chin Up Buttercup (Domino)
  19. Nas & DJ Premier - Light-Years (Mass Appeal)
  20. AJ Suede, Lord OLO & TELEVANGEL - Relinquished (Last Epoch Recordings)
  21. Courtney Barnett - Creature of Habit (Mom+Pop)
  22. Doechii & SZA - “girl, get up.” (Capitol/TDE)
  23. Gorillaz - The Mountain (KONG)
  24. Hemi Hemingway - Wings of Desire (PNKSLM)
  25. Tame Impala - Deadbeat (Columbia)
  26. Sudan Archives - THE BPM (Stones Throw)
  27. TWEN - Fate Euphoric (Twenterprises)
  28. Packaging - Packaging (Share It Music)
  29. Say She She - Cut & Rewind (drink sum wtr)
  30. Geese - Getting Killed (Partisan)
  31. Dark Chisme - “Desire My Soul” (self-released)
  32. Father John Misty - “The Old Law” (Sub Pop)
  33. Lime Garden - Maybe Not Tonight (So Young)
  34. Robyn - Sexistential (Young/Konichiwa Records)
  35. Sampa the Great - “Can’t Hold Us” (feat. Mwanjé) (Loma Vista)
  36. Tamer Nafar - “Rock it like a Palestinian” (feat. Rasha Nahas & Nasir AlBashir) (Levantine Music)
  37. José González - Against The Dying Of The Light (Mute/City Slang)
  38. Lala Lala - Heaven 2 (Sub Pop)
  39. Captain Planet - DIG (Bastard Jazz Recordings)
  40. Snocaps - Snocaps (ANTI-)
  41. Boy Deluxe - HYSTERIA EP (Industry Houseplant)
  42. Imarhan - Essam (City Slang)
  43. Sassy 009 - Dreamer+ (HEAVEN-SENT/[PIAS] Électronique)
  44. Tems - Love Is A Kingdom (RCA/Since ‘93)
  45. Juana Molina - DOGA (Sonamos)
  46. SPRINTS - All That Is Over (Sub Pop)
  47. Chinese American Bear - “No No Yeah Yeah (不不好啊好啊)” (Moshi Moshi)
  48. Obongjayar - Paradise Now & Forever (September Recordings)
  49. Snail Mail - Ricochet (Matador)
  50. Altin Gün - Garip (ATO/Glitterbeat)
  51. Brother Wallace - Electric Love (ATO)
  52. deary - Birding (Bella Union)
  53. Dina Ögon - Människobarn (Playground Music)
  54. Hannah Lew - Hannah Lew (Night School)
  55. Holy Fuck - Event Beat (Satellite Services)
  56. L’Éclair - Lagniappe Sessions (Innovative Leisure)
  57. Mandy, Indiana - URGH (Sacred Bones)
  58. Lucid Express - Instant Comfort (Kanine)
  59. Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore - Tragic Magic (InFiné)
  60. Parlor Greens - Emeralds (Colemine)
  61. NoSo - When Are You Leaving? (Partisan)
  62. Caitlin and Brent - Caitlin and Brent (RodeoCorp, Ltd.)
  63. Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter - Forever, I’ve Been Being Born (Southern Lord)
  64. Courtney Marie Andrews - Valentine (Loose Future/Thirty Tigers)
  65. Hercules & Love Affair - Someone Else EP (Stratasonic)
  66. Anna of the North - Girl In A Bottle (Play It Again Sam)
  67. Dove Ellis - Blizzard (Black Butter/AMF)
  68. MAVI - The Pilot (Loma Vista)
  69. Kelly Lee Owens - KELLY EP (dh2)
  70. Nightmares on Wax - Echo45 Sound System (Warp)
  71. Skinshape & The Horus All Stars - Skinshape x Horus (Lewis Recordings)
  72. Oxis - Oxis 8 (Boom Records LLC)
  73. Shaking Hand - Shaking Hand (Melodic)
  74. Euphoria Again & Dogwood Tales - Destination Heaven (Born Losers)
  75. Jimena Ángel - Aguacero (Partyfine)
  76. Jesse Welles - No Kings (self-released)
  77. Various Artists - Tapioca - Brasil Diverso (Poeira Music)
  78. Odonis Odonis - Odonis Odonis (Royal Mountain)
  79. Møtrik - EARTH (Jealous Butcher)
  80. Robert Glasper - Keys to the City Volume One (Loma Vista Recordings)
  81. Jay Som - Belong (Polyvinyl)
  82. Phantastic Ferniture - “Change My Mind” / “Dare To Fall In Love” (Makeout)
  83. Alewya - “Night Drive” (feat. Dagmawit Ameha) (Because London)
  84. Alexis Taylor - Paris in the Spring (Night Time Stories)
  85. Cate Le Bon - “Always The Same” (feat. St. Vincent) (Mexican Summer)
  86. Fazed on a Pony - swan (Meritorio)
  87. Grace Ives - Singles EP (True Panther/Capitol)
  88. Greentea Peng - “Prisoners Round” (AWAL Recordings Ltd)
  89. NOTHING - a short history of decay (Run For Cover)
  90. Sugar - “Long Live Love” (BMG)

Americana/Folk: 

  1. José González - Against The Dying Of The Light (Mute/City Slang)
  2. Snocaps - Snocaps (ANTI-)
  3. Caitlin and Brent - Caitlin and Brent (RodeoCorp, Ltd.)
  4. Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter - Forever, I’ve Been Being Born (Southern Lord)
  5. Courtney Marie Andrews - Valentine (Loose Future/Thirty Tigers)
  6. Dove Ellis - Blizzard (Black Butter/AMF)
  7. Euphoria Again & Dogwood Tales - Destination Heaven (Born Losers)
  8. Jesse Welles - No Kings (self-released)
  9. Julianna Riolino - Echo in the Dust Deluxe (Moonwhistle)
  10. Ora Cogan - Hard Hearted Woman (Sacred Bones)

Global: 

  1. Lucha Luna - BRILLA BRILLA (self-released)
  2. Tamer Nafar - “Rock it like a Palestinian” (feat. Rasha Nahas & Nasir AlBashir) (Levantine Music)
  3. Captain Planet - DIG (Bastard Jazz Recordings)
  4. Imarhan - Essam (City Slang)
  5. Tems - Love Is A Kingdom (RCA/Since ‘93)
  6. Juana Molina - DOGA (Sonamos)
  7. Altin Gün - Garip (ATO/Glitterbeat)
  8. Dina Ögon - Människobarn (Playground Music)
  9. Skinshape & The Horus All Stars - Skinshape x Horus (Lewis Recordings)
  10. Jimena Ángel - Aguacero (Partyfine)

Hip-Hop: 

  1. De La Soul - Cabin In The Sky (Mass Appeal)
  2. A$AP Rocky - Don’t Be Dumb (AWGE/RCA)
  3. Nas & DJ Premier - Light-Years (Mass Appeal)
  4. AJ Suede, Lord OLO & TELEVANGEL - Relinquished (Last Epoch Recordings)
  5. Doechii & SZA - “girl, get up.” (Capitol/TDE)
  6. Sudan Archives - THE BPM (Stones Throw)
  7. Sampa the Great - “Can’t Hold Us” (feat. Mwanjé) (Loma Vista)
  8. Tamer Nafar - “Rock it like a Palestinian” (feat. Rasha Nahas & Nasir AlBashir) (Levantine Music)
  9. MAVI - The Pilot (Loma Vista)
  10. Nightmares on Wax - Echo45 Sound System (Warp)

RPM/Electronic: 

  1. Lucha Luna - BRILLA BRILLA (self-released)
  2. Fcukers - Ö (Ninja Tune)
  3. Fred again.. - USB (Atlantic)
  4. Austra - Chin Up Buttercup (Domino)
  5. Sudan Archives - THE BPM (Stones Throw)
  6. Dark Chisme - “Desire My Soul” (self-released)
  7. Robyn - Sexistential (Young/Konichiwa Records)
  8. Captain Planet - DIG (Bastard Jazz Recordings)
  9. Boy Deluxe - HYSTERIA EP (Industry Houseplant)
  10. Sassy 009 - Dreamer+ (HEAVEN-SENT/[PIAS] Électronique)

R&B/Blues/Soul: 

  1. SAULT - Chapter 1 (Forever Living Originals)
  2. The Olympians - In Search of a Revival (Daptone)
  3. Doechii & SZA - “girl, get up.” (Capitol/TDE)
  4. Sudan Archives - THE BPM (Stones Throw)
  5. Say She She - Cut & Rewind (drink sum wtr)
  6. Imarhan - Essam (City Slang)
  7. Tems - Love Is A Kingdom (RCA/Since ‘93)
  8. Brother Wallace - Electric Love (ATO)
  9. L’Éclair - Lagniappe Sessions (Innovative Leisure)
  10. Parlor Greens - Emeralds (Colemine)

Jazz: 

  1. Parlor Greens - Emeralds (Colemine)
  2. Various Artists - Tapioca - Brasil Diverso (Poeira Music)
  3. Robert Glasper - Keys to the City Volume One (Loma Vista Recordings)
  4. Lance Ferguson - Rare Groove Spectrum, Vol. 3 (Tru Thoughts)
  5. Cookin’ On 3 Burners - Cookin’ The Books (Soul Messin’)
  6. GENA - The Pleasure Is Yours (Lex)
  7. Ben Marc - Who Cares Wins (Innovative Leisure)
  8. Temporary Blessings - Sumbisori (College Of Knowledge Records)
  9. Elujay - A Constant Charade (drink sum wtr)
  10. SML - How You Been (International Anthem)

Northwest: 

  1. Lucha Luna - BRILLA BRILLA (self-released)
  2. Blackwater Holylight - Not Here Not Gone (Suicide Squeeze)
  3. AJ Suede, Lord OLO & TELEVANGEL - Relinquished (Last Epoch Recordings)
  4. Packaging - Packaging (Share It Music)
  5. Dark Chisme - “Desire My Soul” (self-released)
  6. Boy Deluxe - HYSTERIA EP (Industry Houseplant)
  7. Chinese American Bear - “No No Yeah Yeah (不不好啊好啊)” (Moshi Moshi)
  8. Caitlin and Brent - Caitlin and Brent (RodeoCorp, Ltd.)
  9. Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter - Forever, I’ve Been Being Born (Southern Lord)
  10. Møtrik - EARTH (Jealous Butcher)

Adds: 

DJ Harrison - ElectroSoul (Stones Throw)
Fazed on a Pony - swan (Meritorio)
Katie Tupper - Greyhound (Arts & Crafts)
LISASINSON - Desde Cuándo Todo (Elefant)
Lucinda Williams - World’s Gone Wrong (Highway 20/Thirty Tigers)
Shintaro Sakamoto - Yoo-hoo (Zelone Records)
YARD - YARD II EP (self-released)
Flip Top Head - Trilateral Machine EP (Blitzcat Records)
jo passed - Away (Youth Riot)
Joe Glass - Snakewards (self-released)
Local Weatherman - Right One EP (Karol Records)
plash - i live alone (Porchlight)
PORTIA - NEED EP (self-released)
Samm Henshaw - It Could Be Worse (Dorm Seven / AWAL)
Skinshape & The Horus All Stars - Skinshape x Horus (Lewis Recordings)
Whodamanny - Onda Biloba (Periodica)
YĪN YĪN - Yatta! (Glitterbeat)