WARM’s H1’26 Dance Radio Insights report tracks 218 dance stations in 39 countries. David Guetta is the top artist, and the three majors now hold 57% of the Top 100, Billboard reports.
ANOTR’s “Talk to You,” featuring 54 Ultra, was dance radio’s most-played track in the first half of 2026. That is the headline finding of airplay tracker WARM’s H1’26 Dance Radio Insights report, according to Billboard. The figures in this story come from Billboard’s coverage of the report. BEZ has not reviewed the full report.
Inside the Dance Radio Insights report: the top tracks
WARM, short for World Airplay Radio Monitor, tracked 218 dedicated dance stations in 39 countries from January to June. The Dance Radio Insights report compares that period with the first half of 2025, Billboard says. The stations include BBC Radio 1, NTS, SiriusXM BPM, Diplo’s Revolution and Ibiza Global Radio, Billboard reports.
“Talk to You” logged 15,087 plays and spent 17 weeks at No. 1 on WARM’s weekly chart. The rest of the top three, per Billboard:
- No. 1: ANOTR feat. 54 Ultra, “Talk to You” (15,087 plays)
- No. 2: Sonny Fodera, D.O.D and Poppy Baskcomb, “Think About Us” (12,908)
- No. 3: HUGEL and SOLTO, “Jamaican (Bam Bam)” (11,791)
All three are collaborations between two or more acts.
Guetta leads, Calvin Harris climbs
David Guetta is the most-played artist again, with 41,292 plays from eight Top 100 tracks. That total is up 66.4% on the first half of 2025, when he also led, Billboard reports. Calvin Harris climbed from No. 58 in that period to No. 2. His 23,755 plays are up 391.5%.
The majors hold more of the chart
The report’s sharpest shift is about ownership. Universal, Sony and Warner now control 57% of Top 100 titles, up from 43% in the first half of 2025, according to Billboard. Sony is the No. 1 label by plays, ahead of Spinnin’ Records.
Dance pop dominates the sound. It accounts for 40 of the Top 100 tracks, Billboard reports. House follows with 17, tech house with 12 and Afro house with 10. The charting artists come from 26 countries.
What the numbers say
Dance radio rewards crossover records. Dance pop holds the largest share of the Top 100, and collaborations fill the top three. For the majors, a rise from 43% to 57% in a year is a large move. One reading is that the big labels are putting more weight behind dance records built for radio.
This dataset is not the same as Billboard’s own Dance Airplay chart, where Swedish House Mafia and Lykke Li reached No. 1. It is also separate from WARM’s “2026 so far” weekly-chart report. WARM offers the full Dance Radio Insights report for free on its site.
Sources: WARM, H1’26 Dance Radio Insights Report; Billboard, Xander Zellner, Oct 23, 2026
Image: WARM (warmmusic.net), via WARM
