Rotation

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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=Jamaican (Bam Bam)HUGEL & SOLTO (FR)
  3. 021oh yeah?Steve Lacy
  4. 036RaindanceDave & Tems
  5. 04=Dai DaiShakira & Burna Boy
  6. 053LoserTame Impala
  7. 062Free Your MindProspa & Cloonee
  8. 071Self AwareTemper City
  9. 089Sign of the TimesHarry Styles
  10. 092hate that i made you love meAriana Grande
  11. 1015Die With A SmileLady Gaga & Bruno Mars
  12. 11=OrdinaryAlex Warren
  13. 1212Janice STFUDrake
  14. 138back to friendssombr
  15. 144Man I NeedOlivia Dean
  16. 1515BbY WOWKAROL G, Judeline & rusowsky
  17. 1620I Just MightBruno Mars
  18. 177So Easy (To Fall In Love)Olivia Dean
  19. 183DtMFBad Bunny
  20. 1914Movin' To The SunHUGEL, Imael Angel & Ultra Naté
  21. 2011Choosin' TexasElla Langley
  22. 217AnimalKATSEYE
  23. 2213the cureOlivia Rodrigo
  24. 23drop deadOlivia Rodrigo
  25. 2410Pink Blushdolly babe
  26. 255DraculaTame Impala
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. 01Take Me Back (Leave Me There)Cody Johnson36.0Breaking incaglobalusworld
  3. 02Teh HijauTulus91.6Breaking inglobalidmysgth
  4. 03AyúdameLOS DOS DE TAMAULIPAS88.9Breaking inglobalgthnmxnisvus
  5. 04Dandy HatsEl Rabbanito81.2Breaking inmxus
  6. 05Chevy SilveradoBailey Zimmerman75.5Breaking incagbglobalnoseusworld
  7. 06My Own Worst EnemyLit71.5Breaking inaecatnusworld
  8. 07MORNING DEW (DONK) REMIX [feat. JAŸ-Z]Beyoncé66.0Breaking innztmus
  9. 08Think As You DrunkRiley Green64.8Breaking incaglobalnoseusworld
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 Harris80.7recorded 2012, 14 years ago
  3. 02Close to MeThe Cure60.2recorded 2000, 26 years ago and climbing again
  4. 03By Your SideSade58.3recorded 2011, 15 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. 02Beni Al (Ta Ki Seni Görene Kadar) [Afro House Remix]Ankara Echoes74.3asked about in 40 markets, best rank #1
  4. 03dont tell your dreams to everybody aroundLOVIXX71.3asked about in 31 markets, best rank #2
  5. 04Slave to the RhythmMichael Jackson62.0asked about in 12 markets, best rank #3
  6. 05Made MenOffset61.5asked about in 11 markets, best rank #2
  7. 06ESKİ ÇOCUKB.F.C.60.7asked about in 10 markets, best rank #3
  8. 07Parte & Choke (Remix)Jombriel, Ryan Castro & Alex Krack60.3asked about in 10 markets, best rank #8
  9. 08ПьяныйКатрин Штоль60.2asked about in 9 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. 01damnedMiguel44.6recognized at least 30 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  3. 02LoverboyA-Wall24.0recognized 16 days: shazammed since 2026-08-03, streaming still catching up
  4. 03Talk To You (feat. 54 Ultra)ANOTR85.0recognized at least 30 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  5. 04MagneticThe Bausa68.0recognized at least 30 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  6. 05Sorry PapiTopic & Becky G58.0recognized at least 30 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  7. 06ONE TRACK MINDNaïka55.0recognized at least 30 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  8. 07Sebebi YarBLOK352.0recognized at least 30 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  9. 08VIVE LA MONNAIEGIMS & Mauvais Djo52.0recognized at least 30 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

  • applemusic
  • boomplay
  • deezer
  • flo
  • jiosaavn
  • kugou
  • netease
  • qq
  • shazam
  • spotify
  • tiktok
  • turntable
  • youtube
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.

Published 2026-08-19 11:14 UTC

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