ADÉLA lands two Hot 100 hits as debut album PRIMA enters at No. 4
ADÉLA has turned her September debut album into an October double act on the American singles chart.
The 22-year-old pop singer from Bratislava, Slovakia holds two songs in the upper half of the Billboard Hot 100, the US singles chart, on the chart dated Oct. 3, 2026. “Nicole Kidman” sits at No. 11. “Ain’t in LA” sits at No. 27, according to details confirmed in a chart interview published on Oct. 6. Billboard
Her debut album, PRIMA, entered the Billboard 200, the US albums chart, at No. 4. “Nicole Kidman” was released as the fourth single from the album on the same day the album arrived. “Ain’t in LA” is the earlier single from the set.
That is a fast climb. “Ain’t in LA” was released as a single in July 2026 and became ADÉLA’s first-ever Hot 100 entry in August 2026. It then jumped from No. 57 to No. 30 in the week PRIMA debuted, before moving to its current high.
ADÉLA’s path to that week ran through television, independent singles and a major-label signing. She competed in 2023 on HYBE x Geffen’s Dream Academy, the YouTube competition series that formed the group KATSEYE. After her elimination she pursued a solo career.
She released the dance-pop singles “Homewrecked” and “Superscar” in 2024. She signed with Capitol Records in 2025. This spring she opened on tour for Demi Lovato. She made her festival debut at Lollapalooza in August 2026.
“Ain’t in LA” was recorded in Los Angeles. Its co-writers included Theron Thomas, Blake Slatkin, Dylan Brady and Billy Walsh. One of its lines, “Madonna on the wall next to Destiny’s Child,” was inspired by an old photograph of ADÉLA’s mother.
Thomas, who co-wrote Miley Cyrus’s 2013 single “We Can’t Stop,” also contributed the slowed vocal intro to “Ain’t in LA” as a callback to that song. The intro uses a chopped-and-screwed effect, a slowed-down vocal technique rooted in Houston hip-hop.
The momentum extends beyond the United States. ADÉLA landed two songs in the Top 5 of Billboard’s global charts for the same tracking week. On the Billboard Global 200, which counts streams and sales worldwide, “Nicole Kidman” surged from No. 11 to No. 3 while “Ain’t in LA” held at its No. 5 high. Billboard On Billboard Global Excl. U.S., which excludes American activity, “Ain’t in LA” moved from No. 6 to No. 4.
Streams tell the same story. ADÉLA accumulated more than half a billion global on-demand streams in 2026, according to Luminate, the data company that feeds Billboard’s charts.
What makes this stand out for listeners is the compression. Three years after a televised elimination, ADÉLA has a Top 5 album, two domestic hits and two global hits in the same chart cycle. No forecast needed. The numbers are already there.
