Today's Top Indie for the Week Ending January 26, 2026

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Number
1

Dracula
Tame Impala
From the album: Deadbeat
Peak
1 (for 11 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
2 Up by 3

White Keys
Dominic Fike
Peak
2
Weeks
8
Number
3 Down by 1

Au Pays du Cocaine
Geese
From the album: Getting Killed
Peak
2
Weeks
12
Number
4

who's your boyfriend
Royel Otis
From the album: hickey
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
5 Up by 1

Private
The Neighbourhood
From the album: (((((ultraSOUND)))))
Peak
5
Weeks
13
Number
6 Down by 3

White gloves ii
Khruangbin
From the album: The universe smiles upon you ii
Peak
3
Weeks
7
Number
7

Pussy Palace
Lily Allen
From the album: West End Girl
Peak
6
Weeks
11
Number
8

d£aler
Lola Young
From the album: I'm Only F**king Myself
Peak
8
Weeks
16
Number
9 Up by 13

Love Takes Miles
Cameron Winter
From the album: Heavy Metal
Peak
9
Weeks
14
Number
10 Down by 1

Slow Dance
Clairo
From the album: Charm
Peak
7
Weeks
16
Number
11

My Old Ways
Tame Impala
From the album: Deadbeat
Peak
11
Weeks
13
Number
12 Up by 17

tower of memories
ivri
From the album: the theory of you
Peak
12
Weeks
2
Number
13 Debut

Fool's Gold
Buffalo Traffic Jam
From the album: Take Me Home - EP
Peak
13
Weeks
1
Number
14 Down by 1

Dopamine
Robyn
From the album: Sexistential
Peak
13
Weeks
10
Number
15 Down by 3

HARD
FKA twigs
From the album: EUSEXUA Afterglow
Peak
12
Weeks
3
Number
16 Down by 2

Buckle
Florence + the Machine
From the album: Everybody Scream
Peak
13
Weeks
6
Number
17 Down by 1

Camouflage
Milky Chance
From the album: Trip Tape III
Peak
16
Weeks
4
Number
18 Up by 1

come on home
Royel Otis
From the album: hickey
Peak
18
Weeks
6
Number
19 Down by 4

Everything is romantic featuring caroline polachek
Charli xcx featuring Caroline Polachek
From the album: Brat and it's completely different but also still brat
Peak
15
Weeks
3
Number
20 Up by 1

Post Sex Clarity
Lola Young
From the album: I'm Only F**king Myself
Peak
18
Weeks
15
Number
21 Up by 2

Sideways
Balu Brigada
From the album: Portal
Peak
21
Weeks
12
Number
22 Up by 2

A Little Death
The Neighbourhood
From the album: Thank You (EP)
Peak
22
Weeks
3
Number
23 Up by 2

19-2000
Gorillaz featuring Miho Hatori & Tina Weymouth
From the album: Gorillaz
Peak
20
Weeks
8
Number
24 Down by 14

Parachute
Hayley Williams
From the album: Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party
Peak
3
Weeks
16
Number
25 Debut

Where's My Phone?
Mitski
From the album: Nothing's About to Happen to Me
Peak
25
Weeks
1
Number
26

Loser
Tame Impala
From the album: Deadbeat
Peak
5
Weeks
19
Number
27

Cobra
Geese
From the album: Getting Killed
Peak
13
Weeks
15
Number
28 Up by 2

Hula Girl
The Neighbourhood
From the album: (((((ultraSOUND)))))
Peak
22
Weeks
9
Number
29 Down by 1

Sympathy Magic
Florence + the Machine
From the album: Everybody Scream
Peak
13
Weeks
10
Number
30 Up by 2

Heathcliff
Snocaps
From the album: Snocaps
Peak
30
Weeks
3
Number
31 Up by 3

Count The Ways
The Last Dinner Party
From the album: From the Pyre
Peak
31
Weeks
11
Number
32 Up by 3

Townies
Wednesday
From the album: Bleeds
Peak
32
Weeks
8
Number
33 Down by 16

Good Ol' Days
Hayley Williams
From the album: Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party
Peak
14
Weeks
9
Number
34 Down by 14

The Field
Blood Orange featuring The Durutti Column, Tariq Al-Sabir, Caroline Polachek, & Daniel Caesar
Peak
20
Weeks
7
Number
35 Up by 2

Yamaha
Dijon
From the album: Baby
Peak
35
Weeks
7
Number
36 Up by 2

CPR
Wet Leg
From the album: moisturizer
Peak
34
Weeks
8
Number
37 Up by 2

Talk to You
Sam Fender & Elton John
From the album: People Watching
Peak
36
Weeks
5
Number
38 Debut

Writing's on the Wall
ROLE MODEL
From the album: Kansas Anymore
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Up by 1

drivers license
David Byrne
Peak
39
Weeks
2
Number
40 Debut

Orange County
Gorillaz featuring Bizarrap, Kara Jackson, & Anoushka Shankar
From the album: The Mountain
Peak
40
Weeks
1
Number
41 Down by 10

As Alive As You Need Me To Be
Nine Inch Nails
From the album: TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
42 Down by 24

The Happy Dictator
Gorillaz featuring Sparks
From the album: The Mountain
Peak
5
Weeks
19
Number
43 Down by 2

David
Lorde
From the album: Virgin
Peak
4
Weeks
21
Number
44 Down by 2

I CARE
Turnstile
From the album: NEVER ENOUGH
Peak
14
Weeks
21
Number
45 Down by 2

12 to 12
sombr
From the album: I Barely Know Her
Peak
7
Weeks
22
Number
46 Down by 2

Sienna
The Marías
From the album: Submarine
Peak
2
Weeks
22
Number
47 Down by 2

Everybody Scream
Florence + the Machine
From the album: Everybody Scream
Peak
2
Weeks
22
Number
48 Down by 2

Nobody New
The Marías
Peak
2
Weeks
23
Number
49 Down by 2

Mind Loaded
Blood Orange featuring Caroline Polachek, Lorde, & Mustafa
From the album: Essex Honey
Peak
12
Weeks
26
Number
50 Down by 2

Rein Me In
Sam Fender & Olivia Dean
From the album: People Watching
Peak
6
Weeks
27

Dropouts

Number
33 Dropout

The God of Lying
Gorillaz featuring IDLES
From the album: The Mountain
Peak
33
Weeks
6
Number
36 Dropout

say something
Royel Otis
From the album: hickey
Peak
14
Weeks
14
Number
49 Dropout

mangetout
Wet Leg
From the album: moisturizer
Peak
2
Weeks
27
Number
50 Dropout

Taxes
Geese
From the album: Getting Killed
Peak
14
Weeks
27

A chart by

Date

January 20, 2026

Songs

50

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1 1 Tame Impala – "Dracula" 1(×11) 17

5 2 Dominic Fike – "White Keys" 2 8

2 3 Geese – "Au Pays du Cocaine" 2 12

4 4 Royel Otis – "who's your boyfriend" 1(×2) 19

6 5 The Neighbourhood – "Private" 5 13

3 6 Khruangbin – "White gloves ii" 3 7

7 7 Lily Allen – "Pussy Palace" 6 11

8 8 Lola Young – "d£aler" 8 16

22 9 Cameron Winter – "Love Takes Miles" 9 14

9 10 Clairo – "Slow Dance" 7 16

11 11 Tame Impala – "My Old Ways" 11 13

29 12 ivri – "tower of memories" 12 2

NE 13 Buffalo Traffic Jam – "Fool's Gold" 13 1

13 14 Robyn – "Dopamine" 13 10

12 15 FKA twigs – "HARD" 12 3

14 16 Florence + the Machine – "Buckle" 13 6

16 17 Milky Chance – "Camouflage" 16 4

19 18 Royel Otis – "come on home" 18 6

15 19 Charli xcx ft. Caroline Polachek – "Everything is romantic caroline polachek" 15 3

21 20 Lola Young – "Post Sex Clarity" 18 15

23 21 Balu Brigada – "Sideways" 21 12

24 22 The Neighbourhood – "A Little Death" 22 3

25 23 Gorillaz ft. Miho Hatori & Tina Weymouth – "19-2000" 20 8

10 24 Hayley Williams – "Parachute" 3 16

NE 25 Mitski – "Where's My Phone?" 25 1

26 26 Tame Impala – "Loser" 5 19

27 27 Geese – "Cobra" 13 15

30 28 The Neighbourhood – "Hula Girl" 22 9

28 29 Florence + the Machine – "Sympathy Magic" 13 10

32 30 Snocaps – "Heathcliff" 30 3

34 31 The Last Dinner Party – "Count The Ways" 31 11

35 32 Wednesday – "Townies" 32 8

17 33 Hayley Williams – "Good Ol' Days" 14 9

20 34 Blood Orange ft. The Durutti Column, Tariq Al-Sabir, Caroline Polachek, & Daniel Caesar – "The Field" 20 7

37 35 Dijon – "Yamaha" 35 7

38 36 Wet Leg – "CPR" 34 8

39 37 Sam Fender & Elton John – "Talk to You" 36 5

NE 38 ROLE MODEL – "Writing's on the Wall" 38 1

40 39 David Byrne – "drivers license" 39 2

NE 40 Gorillaz ft. Bizarrap, Kara Jackson, & Anoushka Shankar – "Orange County" 40 1

31 41 Nine Inch Nails – "As Alive As You Need Me To Be" 1(×4) 18

18 42 Gorillaz ft. Sparks – "The Happy Dictator" 5 19

41 43 Lorde – "David" 4 21

42 44 Turnstile – "I CARE" 14 21

43 45 sombr – "12 to 12" 7 22

44 46 The Marías – "Sienna" 2 22

45 47 Florence + the Machine – "Everybody Scream" 2 22

46 48 The Marías – "Nobody New" 2 23

47 49 Blood Orange ft. Caroline Polachek, Lorde, & Mustafa – "Mind Loaded" 12 26

48 50 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean – "Rein Me In" 6 27

DROPOUTS:

33 -- Gorillaz ft. IDLES – "The God of Lying" 33 6

36 -- Royel Otis – "say something " 14 14

49 -- Wet Leg – "mangetout" 2 27

50 -- Geese – "Taxes" 14 27

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