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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=oh yeah?Steve Lacy
  3. 02=LoserTame Impala
  4. 034Janice STFUDrake
  5. 0415Dai DaiShakira & Burna Boy
  6. 051Self AwareTemper City
  7. 062Free Your MindProspa & Cloonee
  8. 072back to friendssombr
  9. 085RaindanceDave & Tems
  10. 095Movin' To The SunHUGEL, Imael Angel & Ultra Naté
  11. 10=DraculaTame Impala
  12. 116Die With A SmileLady Gaga & Bruno Mars
  13. 121Jamaican (Bam Bam)HUGEL & SOLTO (FR)
  14. 132Man I NeedOlivia Dean
  15. 142stupid songOlivia Rodrigo
  16. 151Love Me NotRavyn Lenae
  17. 1628WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!RAYE
  18. 1717Beautiful ThingsBenson Boone
  19. 181So Easy (To Fall In Love)Olivia Dean
  20. 1916DtMFBad Bunny
  21. 20=The Fate of OpheliaTaylor Swift
  22. 213I Just MightBruno Mars
  23. 22—the cureOlivia Rodrigo
  24. 2324NUEVAYoLBad Bunny
  25. 2414AnimalKATSEYE
  26. 253BabydollDominic Fike
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. 01Get To Drinkin'Zach John King105.7Breaking incaglobalusworld
  3. 02Beautiful CrazyLuke Combs85.8Breaking inaucausworld
  4. 03AyúdameLOS DOS DE TAMAULIPAS85.4Breaking inglobalgthnmxnisvus
  5. 04We MoveMercy Chinwo80.7Breaking ingbglobalng
  6. 05Hate How You LookJosh Ross68.9Breaking incaglobalnoseusworld
  7. 06Too FaithfulMoses Bliss68.8Breaking infrgloballr
  8. 07The Great DivideNoah Kahan65.3Breaking inaucaieptus
  9. 08FREESTYLEHermanos Espinoza63.1Breaking ingthnmxnius
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. 01Smells Like Teen SpiritNirvana141.1recorded 1999, 27 years ago and climbing again
  3. 02Total Eclipse of the HeartBonnie Tyler134.8recorded 1983, 43 years ago and climbing again
  4. 03Don't Stop Believin'Journey132.8recorded 1981, 45 years ago and climbing again
  5. 04Livin' On A PrayerBon Jovi119.6recorded 1986, 40 years ago and climbing again
  6. 05Girls Just Want to Have FunCyndi Lauper119.5recorded 1983, 43 years ago and climbing again
  7. 06Sweet Child O' MineGuns N' Roses119.0recorded 1987, 39 years ago and climbing again
  8. 07Don't Stop 'Til You Get EnoughMichael Jackson117.2recorded 1979, 47 years ago and climbing again
  9. 08Eyes Without A FaceBilly Idol114.1recorded 1984, 42 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. 07Made MenOffset61.5asked 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 G54.5recognized at least 27 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  3. 02ONE TRACK MINDNaïka50.5recognized at least 27 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  4. 03When I’m HomeJames Blake, Travis Scott & Ludwig Göransson47.5recognized at least 27 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  5. 04VIVE LA MONNAIEGIMS & Mauvais Djo47.5recognized at least 27 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  6. 05Le Petit PêcheurManon Lisa47.5recognized at least 27 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  7. 06DeğilimMebrure47.5recognized at least 27 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  8. 07Viajando Por El MundoKAROL G & Manu Chao47.5recognized at least 27 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  9. 08LET ME BEThe Second Voice46.5recognized at least 27 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 2026-08-16 11:07 UTC

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