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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. 011Jamaican (Bam Bam)HUGEL & SOLTO (FR)
  3. 022LoserTame Impala
  4. 032oh yeah?Steve Lacy
  5. 041Dai DaiShakira & Burna Boy
  6. 056Movin' To The SunHUGEL, Imael Angel & Ultra Naté
  7. 063Self AwareTemper City
  8. 071hate that i made you love meAriana Grande
  9. 082Free Your MindProspa & Cloonee
  10. 093RaindanceDave & Tems
  11. 109So Easy (To Fall In Love)Olivia Dean
  12. 1120OrdinaryAlex Warren
  13. 1213stupid songOlivia Rodrigo
  14. 132End of BeginningDjo
  15. 148AnimalKATSEYE
  16. 152DtMFBad Bunny
  17. 164The Fate of OpheliaTaylor Swift
  18. 1710Sign of the TimesHarry Styles
  19. 18=Man I NeedOlivia Dean
  20. 193Love Me NotRavyn Lenae
  21. 207DraculaTame Impala
  22. 217back to friendssombr
  23. 22=Mr. Know It AllTeddy Swims
  24. 232WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!RAYE
  25. 2417Janice STFUDrake
  26. 2516Die With A SmileLady Gaga & Bruno Mars
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. 01Teh HijauTulus91.2Breaking inglobalidmysgth
  3. 02AyúdameLOS DOS DE TAMAULIPAS88.3Breaking inglobalgthnmxnisvus
  4. 03Dandy HatsEl Rabbanito80.8Breaking inmxus
  5. 04Chevy SilveradoBailey Zimmerman64.6Breaking incagbglobalnoseusworld
  6. 05My Own Worst EnemyLit62.8Breaking inaecatnusworld
  7. 06Dancing Around MedleyNathaniel Bassey60.7Breaking ingbglobalng
  8. 07DestinyBlack Sherif55.5Breaking inbrghus
  9. 08Come On EileenDexys Midnight Runners52.3Breaking inaucadzgbilusworld
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. The record also has to have gone somewhere: one charting every day is holding, not returning.

  1. RankTrack / ArtistRevival
  2. 01I Need Your Love (feat. Ellie Goulding)Calvin Harris79.5recorded 2012, 14 years ago
  3. 02Close to MeThe Cure66.1recorded 2000, 26 years ago and climbing again
  4. 03By Your SideSade54.4recorded 2011, 15 years ago
  5. 04The SignAce of Base37.3recorded 2008, 18 years ago
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. 04dont tell your dreams to everybody aroundLOVIXX65.5asked about in 18 markets, best rank #4
  6. 05LampRaggi Luminosi62.2asked about in 12 markets, best rank #1
  7. 06Made MenOffset61.5asked about in 11 markets, best rank #2
  8. 07Estoy Pa Ti (Brytivgo)Ander_Klein60.9asked about in 10 markets, best rank #1
  9. 08ESKİ ÇOCUKB.F.C.60.7asked about in 10 markets, best rank #3
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. 01damnedMiguel43.0recognized at least 29 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  3. 02LoverboyA-Wall22.5recognized 15 days: shazammed since 2026-08-03, streaming still catching up
  4. 03Talk To You (feat. 54 Ultra)ANOTR83.5recognized at least 29 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  5. 04Sorry PapiTopic & Becky G57.5recognized at least 29 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  6. 05ONE TRACK MINDNaïka53.5recognized at least 29 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  7. 06Sebebi YarBLOK350.5recognized at least 29 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  8. 07VIVE LA MONNAIEGIMS & Mauvais Djo50.5recognized at least 29 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  9. 08Le Petit PêcheurManon Lisa50.5recognized at least 29 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 2026-08-18 11:14 UTC

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