Olivia 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)
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Olivia 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. 3
Dean 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 tunes on any physical format and the to-selling cuts on vinyl, respectively.
Yungblud’s “Zombie” Blocks Olivia Dean From a No. 1
Both the Official Physical Singles and Official Vinyl Singles charts are topped by the same song at the moment. Yungblud’s “Zombie” launches in first place. “Boys Don’t Cry” by The Cure bolts to No. 2 on the lists as well. That marks a new peak on the vinyl-only rundown, while “Boys Don’t Cry” has previously conquered the Official Physical Singles register.
“Rein Me In” and “So Easy (To Fall In Love)” Both Hit No. 1
Dean has now pushed eight songs onto both sales charts, and amazingly, she has yet to see any track fail to enter the top 10. The same eight cuts have landed on both rankings, and her roundup includes a pair of No. 1s. Both “Rein Me In,” a collaboration with Sam Fender, and “So Easy (To Fall In Love)” have enjoyed short runs at the summit.
Here are all of Olivia Dean’s top 10s on both the Official Physical Singles and Official Vinyl Singles charts.
- “Baby Steps”
- “It Isn’t Perfect But It Might Be”
- “Man I Need”
- “Nice to Each Other”
- “Rein Me In” with Sam Fender
- “So Easy (To Fall in Love)”
- “With Love”
- “You’ve Got a Friend” with Jools Holland
Olivia Dean’s “You’ve Got A Friend” Nearly Reached No. 1
“Baby Steps” marks Dean’s third debut on both charts in 2026 alone. In February, “So Easy (To Fall In Love)” arrived and scored the singer her second leader. She barely missed out on yet another winner with “You’ve Got A Friend,” a collaboration with Jools Holland. Last month, that track peaked at No. 2.
“Baby Steps” Debuts on the Official Singles Chart
Thanks to its strong sales on vinyl, “Baby Steps” also manages to debut on an additional two rankings in the U.K. The track opens at No. 14 on the Official Singles Sales chart and at No. 31 on the main list of the most-consumed cuts of any genre throughout the U.K. Dean earns her milestone tenth appearance on the ranking of the bestselling songs and her twelfth on the most competitive singles tally, the Official Singles chart, where both sales and streams are vital to scoring a smash.
“Baby Steps” Also Climbs on the Streaming Ranking
Of the five charts where “Baby Steps” currently appears in the U.K., it only fails to debut on one, but that’s because it has already spent more than half the year rising and falling. “Baby Steps” jumps from No. 94 to No. 72 on the Official Streaming tally, which is built entirely on performance on platforms like Spotify and others. In the past, “Baby Steps” has barely managed to crack the top 40, as it peaked in fortieth place.