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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. 017oh yeah?Steve Lacy
  3. 021LoserTame Impala
  4. 0311RaindanceDave & Tems
  5. 0420Movin' To The SunHUGEL, Imael Angel & Ultra Naté
  6. 0515Die With A SmileLady Gaga & Bruno Mars
  7. 064Self AwareTemper City
  8. 072Janice STFUDrake
  9. 085Free Your MindProspa & Cloonee
  10. 098back to friendssombr
  11. 10=DraculaTame Impala
  12. 115Man I NeedOlivia Dean
  13. 126stupid songOlivia Rodrigo
  14. 136Jamaican (Bam Bam)HUGEL & SOLTO (FR)
  15. 141Love Me NotRavyn Lenae
  16. 152petalAriana Grande
  17. 166Misery.pupsies
  18. 1713So Easy (To Fall In Love)Olivia Dean
  19. 1811I Just MightBruno Mars
  20. 197Dai DaiShakira & Burna Boy
  21. 2014The Fate of OpheliaTaylor Swift
  22. 2122RMB (Ring My Bell)Aitch
  23. 2241BabydollDominic Fike
  24. 237Good GirlCloonee, Prospa & Tristan Henry
  25. 2416Spend DatYung Miami
  26. 256Sign of the TimesHarry Styles
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. 01AmenShaboozey106.2Breaking incaglobalus
  3. 02Last One To KnowGavin Adcock95.8Breaking incaglobalus
  4. 03Beautiful CrazyLuke Combs87.2Breaking inaucagbusworld
  5. 04AyúdameLOS DOS DE TAMAULIPAS83.6Breaking inglobalgthnmxnisvus
  6. 05Ba Sango MalamuMoise Mbiye81.5Breaking incdfrglobal
  7. 06We MoveMercy Chinwo68.9Breaking ingbglobalng
  8. 07Face Card (feat. Bryson Tiller)Skilla Baby & Chris Brown66.5Breaking intcusworld
  9. 08I CAN’T WAITKanye West & Lauryn Hill65.3Breaking insbusworld
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 Tyler146.0recorded 1983, 43 years ago and climbing again
  3. 02Smells Like Teen SpiritNirvana131.9recorded 1999, 27 years ago and climbing again
  4. 03Sweet Child O' MineGuns N' Roses130.4recorded 1987, 39 years ago and climbing again
  5. 04Bring Me to LifeEvanescence127.3recorded 2002, 24 years ago and climbing again
  6. 05Don't Stop Believin'Journey116.8recorded 1981, 45 years ago and climbing again
  7. 06Eyes Without A FaceBilly Idol114.5recorded 1984, 42 years ago and climbing again
  8. 07Livin' On A PrayerBon Jovi113.2recorded 1986, 40 years ago and climbing again
  9. 08IrisThe Goo Goo Dolls111.9recorded 1998, 28 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. 03Talking Bodiez22jay70.2asked about in 28 markets, best rank #2
  5. 04Kansas CityThe New Basement Tapes69.8asked about in 27 markets, best rank #1
  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. 08CircusBritney Spears61.1asked about in 11 markets, best rank #6
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 G53.0recognized at least 26 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  3. 02ONE TRACK MINDNaïka49.0recognized at least 26 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  4. 03When I’m HomeJames Blake, Travis Scott & Ludwig Göransson46.0recognized at least 26 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  5. 04VIVE LA MONNAIEGIMS & Mauvais Djo46.0recognized at least 26 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  6. 05Le Petit PêcheurManon Lisa46.0recognized at least 26 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  7. 06DeğilimMebrure46.0recognized at least 26 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  8. 07Viajando Por El MundoKAROL G & Manu Chao46.0recognized at least 26 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  9. 08LET ME BEThe Second Voice45.0recognized at least 26 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 2026-08-15 11:06 UTC

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