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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. 0210Jamaican (Bam Bam)HUGEL & SOLTO (FR)
  4. 032Self AwareTemper City
  5. 042LoserTame Impala
  6. 051Dai DaiShakira & Burna Boy
  7. 0618AnimalKATSEYE
  8. 074Janice STFUDrake
  9. 0821hate that i made you love meAriana Grande
  10. 092Die With A SmileLady Gaga & Bruno Mars
  11. 104Free Your MindProspa & Cloonee
  12. 112Movin' To The SunHUGEL, Imael Angel & Ultra Naté
  13. 124RaindanceDave & Tems
  14. 133DraculaTame Impala
  15. 147back to friendssombr
  16. 1515End of BeginningDjo
  17. 161Love Me NotRavyn Lenae
  18. 172DtMFBad Bunny
  19. 185Man I NeedOlivia Dean
  20. 191So Easy (To Fall In Love)Olivia Dean
  21. 20=The Fate of OpheliaTaylor Swift
  22. 215WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!RAYE
  23. 225Mr. Know It AllTeddy Swims
  24. 232I Just MightBruno Mars
  25. 241NUEVAYoLBad Bunny
  26. 2511stupid songOlivia Rodrigo
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. 01AyúdameLOS DOS DE TAMAULIPAS83.1Breaking inglobalgthnmxnisvus
  3. 02Teh HijauTulus82.7Breaking inglobalidmysgth
  4. 03Dandy HatsEl Rabbanito76.1Breaking inmxus
  5. 04My Own Worst EnemyLit70.3Breaking inaecatnusworld
  6. 05I Ain't Comin' BackMorgan Wallen68.5Breaking incagbglobalnoseusworld
  7. 06Broken Window SerenadeWhiskey Myers62.8Breaking inaucaielynzptusworld
  8. 07Phone, Keys, WalletLainey Wilson61.2Breaking incagbglobalnoseusworld
  9. 08FREESTYLEHermanos Espinoza56.4Breaking 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. 01I Need Your Love (feat. Ellie Goulding)Calvin Harris78.4recorded 2012, 14 years ago
  3. 02Talking BodyTove Lo69.8recorded 2014, 12 years ago
  4. 03This Is How We Do ItMontell Jordan61.8recorded 1995, 31 years ago and climbing again
  5. 04Don't Stop Believin'Journey132.1recorded 1981, 45 years ago and climbing again
  6. 05Careless WhisperGeorge Michael129.1recorded 1984, 42 years ago and climbing again
  7. 06Sweet Child O' MineGuns N' Roses128.3recorded 1987, 39 years ago and climbing again
  8. 07Smells Like Teen SpiritNirvana128.2recorded 1999, 27 years ago and climbing again
  9. 08Girls Just Want to Have FunCyndi Lauper125.0recorded 1983, 43 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. 07CircusBritney Spears61.8asked about in 12 markets, best rank #6
  9. 08Made MenOffset61.5asked about in 11 markets, best rank #2
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. 01LoverboyA-Wall21.0recognized 14 days: shazammed since 2026-08-03, streaming still catching up
  3. 02Sorry PapiTopic & Becky G56.0recognized at least 28 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  4. 03ONE TRACK MINDNaïka52.0recognized at least 28 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  5. 04Sebebi YarBLOK349.0recognized at least 28 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  6. 05VIVE LA MONNAIEGIMS & Mauvais Djo49.0recognized at least 28 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  7. 06Le Petit PêcheurManon Lisa49.0recognized at least 28 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  8. 07DeğilimMebrure49.0recognized at least 28 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  9. 08Viajando Por El MundoKAROL G & Manu Chao49.0recognized at least 28 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 2026-08-17 11:14 UTC

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