Olivia Dean Scores New Top 10 Smashes On Several Charts

BusinessHollywood & EntertainmentOlivia Dean Scores New Top 10 Smashes On Several ChartsByHugh McIntyre,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts.Follow AuthorMay 08, 2026, 09:30am EDTOlivia Dean's "Baby Steps," an album cut from The Art of Loving, debuts inside the top 10 on several U.K. charts based on the singer's popularity. PERTH, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 16: Olivia Dean performs at Laneway Festival 2025 on February 16, 2025 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Matt Jelonek/WireImage)WireImageOlivia Dean first became a musical star in the United Kingdom, her home country, with Messy. The singer’s debut album dropped in the summer of 2023, but it wasn’t until two years later, when she began promoting her then-upcoming sophomore set The Art Of Loving, that everything changed for the singer-songwriter. That project has produced her biggest smashes and turned her from a homegrown talent into a global hitmaker. Dean has become so successful that it seems anything she touches turns to gold on the charts. As multiple singles from The Art Of Loving – including “Man I Need” and “So Easy (To Fall In Love)” – continue to perform well across the Atlantic, the current owner of the Best New Artist Grammy scores new top 10 smashes on multiple tallies not with a proper single, but with a song she happened to release on physical formats. Dean is simply too popular to fail at the moment, and even the album cut “Baby Steps” nearly reaches No. 1 on a handful of rosters.Olivia Dean’s “Baby Steps” Debuts At No. 3Dean recently released the song “Baby Steps,” featured on The Art Of Loving, on vinyl. The seven-inch single is available in her online store, and her legion of followers have turned it into a fast smash in the U.K. This frame, “Baby Steps” opens at No. 3 on both the Official Physical Singles and Official Vinyl Singles charts, which rank the bestselling...