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The Rotation chart · unedited

How it is calculated

Ranked by momentum: how fast a song is gaining ground across markets. Computed from the velocity ledger every morning and published exactly as computed. 25 of 50 shown.

  1. RankMoveTrack / Artist
  2. 01=LoserTame Impala
  3. 02=Self AwareTemper City
  4. 033Free Your MindProspa & Cloonee
  5. 049So Easy (To Fall In Love)Olivia Dean
  6. 0540AnimalKATSEYE
  7. 066The Fate of OpheliaTaylor Swift
  8. 074Jamaican (Bam Bam)HUGEL & SOLTO (FR)
  9. 08Newoh yeah?Steve Lacy
  10. 092Janice STFUDrake
  11. 107DraculaTame Impala
  12. 115Beautiful ThingsBenson Boone
  13. 124Dai DaiShakira & Burna Boy
  14. 133petalAriana Grande
  15. 145RaindanceDave & Tems
  16. 158Love Me NotRavyn Lenae
  17. 164Man I NeedOlivia Dean
  18. 175back to friendssombr
  19. 181stupid songOlivia Rodrigo
  20. 191Sign of the TimesHarry Styles
  21. 206Die With A SmileLady Gaga & Bruno Mars
  22. 21=Die On This HillSIENNA SPIRO
  23. 2222Misery.pupsies
  24. 232Ain't In LAADÉLA
  25. 2419Movin' To The SunHUGEL, Imael Angel & Ultra Naté
  26. 2521hate that i made you love meAriana Grande
EARLY ON

The second axis

Ranked by concentration, not breadth: what is breaking hard in a few markets before the world has noticed. The chart above rewards a song for spreading; this one rewards a song for not having spread yet.

  1. RankTrack / ArtistConcentration
  2. 01Ba Sango MalamuMoise Mbiye81.8Breaking incdfrglobal
  3. 02AyúdameLOS DOS DE TAMAULIPAS79.1Breaking inglobalgthnmxnisvus
  4. 03I CAN’T WAITKanye West & Lauryn Hill78.0Breaking insbusworld
  5. 04Too FaithfulMoses Bliss65.1Breaking infrgloballr
  6. 05Don't WeMorgan Wallen60.4Breaking incagloballyusworld
  7. 06DohaSeyi Vibez53.3Breaking inngus
  8. 07La maison que je voulaisNinho48.3Breaking incodzfr
  9. 08Broken Window SerenadeWhiskey Myers46.1Breaking inaucaielynzusworld
REVIVAL

The third axis

Ranked by movement weighted against the age of the recording. A new single climbing is what new singles do; a 1981 record reversing its trajectory is an event, and something caused it. The chart above has no notion of age and structurally cannot tell those apart.

  1. RankTrack / ArtistRevival
  2. 01Total Eclipse of the HeartBonnie Tyler146.5recorded 1983, 43 years ago and climbing again
  3. 02Eyes Without A FaceBilly Idol126.9recorded 1984, 42 years ago and climbing again
  4. 03Smells Like Teen SpiritNirvana123.6recorded 1999, 27 years ago and climbing again
  5. 04Bring Me to LifeEvanescence122.4recorded 2002, 24 years ago and climbing again
  6. 05Livin' On A PrayerBon Jovi122.2recorded 1986, 40 years ago and climbing again
  7. 06IrisThe Goo Goo Dolls118.5recorded 1998, 28 years ago and climbing again
  8. 07Sweet Child O' MineGuns N' Roses114.2recorded 1987, 39 years ago and climbing again
  9. 08ChildrenRobert Miles113.1recorded 1996, 30 years ago and climbing again
WONDER

The fourth axis

Ranked by how many markets are asking what a song is. Shazam is a chart of NOT KNOWING: every row is somebody who heard something and had to ask. It moves on the day of the event rather than two days later, which makes it the earliest signal here.

  1. RankTrack / ArtistWonder
  2. 01dont tell your dreams to everybody (feat. LOVIXX)LOVIXX STOSLIV79.3asked about in 61 markets, best rank #1
  3. 02To Love SomeoneBenson Boone70.2asked about in 28 markets, best rank #1
  4. 03Kansas CityThe New Basement Tapes69.8asked about in 27 markets, best rank #1
  5. 04Talking Bodiez22jay69.8asked about in 27 markets, best rank #2
  6. 05LOVE LOOKS PRETTY ON YOUNessa Barrett68.8asked about in 25 markets, best rank #4
  7. 06LampRaggi Luminosi62.2asked about in 12 markets, best rank #1
  8. 07Qué Pasó Con Você69 Rx61.5asked about in 11 markets, best rank #2
  9. 08Estoy Pa Ti (Brytivgo)Ander_Klein60.9asked about in 10 markets, best rank #1
UNDERTOW

The fifth axis

Heard everywhere, known nowhere. Songs already on streaming charts whose recognition has been outrunning their streaming for weeks: people keep hearing them in the world and asking what they are, and the burn has lasted too long to be a release-week campaign. Ranked by how long the burn has run and how hot the city charts are, never by how many markets.

  1. RankTrack / ArtistUndertow
  2. 01Sorry PapiTopic & Becky G51.5recognized at least 25 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  3. 02ONE TRACK MINDNaïka47.5recognized at least 25 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  4. 03When I’m HomeJames Blake, Travis Scott & Ludwig Göransson44.5recognized at least 25 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  5. 04VIVE LA MONNAIEGIMS & Mauvais Djo44.5recognized at least 25 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  6. 05Le Petit PêcheurManon Lisa44.5recognized at least 25 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  7. 06DeğilimMebrure44.5recognized at least 25 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  8. 07Viajando Por El MundoKAROL G & Manu Chao44.5recognized at least 25 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  9. 08LET ME BEThe Second Voice43.5recognized at least 25 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up

Method

The Rotation chart ranks how fast a song is gaining ground across markets, not how big it is. Every score decomposes into named signals; every entry carries published receipts.

Data: Spotify, Shazam, Apple Music, YouTube · Chart: Rotation

Sources

    What this chart cannot see
    • No TikTok measurement: the public sounds chart was removed in the TikTok One migration, and no vendor sells sound-level play counts because the platform does not publish them.
    • Geography is a Spotify-only signal. Every other source confirms that a song is moving, not where.
    • No Asian or African source contributed to this edition, so a song breaking first in Lagos, Seoul or Chengdu can be invisible here until it reaches a market we do capture.

    Published 2026-08-14 11:36 UTC

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