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. 023LoserTame Impala
  4. 031Dai DaiShakira & Burna Boy
  5. 041RaindanceDave & Tems
  6. 054hate that i made you love meAriana Grande
  7. 061Self AwareTemper City
  8. 07stupid songOlivia Rodrigo
  9. 086oh yeah?Steve Lacy
  10. 0917Beautiful ThingsBenson Boone
  11. 109Movin' To The SunHUGEL, Imael Angel & Ultra Naté
  12. 116So Easy (To Fall In Love)Olivia Dean
  13. 121OrdinaryAlex Warren
  14. 13=back to friendssombr
  15. 14FREAKED OUTFat Papi & prodshushy
  16. 1516The Fate of OpheliaTaylor Swift
  17. 162DtMFBad Bunny
  18. 172BbY WOWKAROL G, Judeline & rusowsky
  19. 189Love Me NotRavyn Lenae
  20. 196DraculaTame Impala
  21. 206Man I NeedOlivia Dean
  22. 2111Die With A SmileLady Gaga & Bruno Mars
  23. 221AnimalKATSEYE
  24. 2325WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!RAYE
  25. 2418Free Your MindProspa & Cloonee
  26. 2513Janice STFUDrake
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. 01Think As You DrunkRiley Green69.3Breaking incaglobalnoseusworld
  3. 02RIKINeton Vega65.9Breaking inglobalgthnmxnisvusveworld
  4. 03how to luvOmah Lay63.8Breaking inkeus
  5. 04Carry OnKenny Chesney60.9Breaking incaglobalnoseus
  6. 05Chevy SilveradoBailey Zimmerman59.8Breaking incagbglobalnoseusworld
  7. 06DestinyBlack Sherif58.7Breaking inbrghus
  8. 07JadedKoe Wetzel & Ella Langley54.0Breaking incagbglobalisnousworld
  9. 08Chicken FriedZac Brown Band51.5Breaking inaucausworld
  10. 09Don't WeMorgan Wallen50.4Breaking incaglobalnoseusworld
  11. 10Ta Pedindo TomaMC Leozinho Zs, MC Murilo MT, Mc DR, DJ Jhow Beats, MC RN DO CAPÃO & MC Pelourinho48.8Breaking inbrptworld
  12. 11Come On EileenDexys Midnight Runners48.2Breaking inaucadzgbilusworld
  13. 12PawaMbosso48.1Breaking infrketzus
  14. 13Nalguita y TetaNeton Vega44.9Breaking inboglobalgthnmxnisvusworld
  15. 14Ó DáraNathaniel Bassey44.0Breaking ingbglobalngtd
  16. 15Eurostar (Feat. Central Cee)Ninho43.4Breaking incofrsn
  17. 16MO' MONEY MO' HATERSSummer Cem & Shirin David42.0Breaking inatchdeluworld
  18. 17Polvo RositaLenin Ramírez41.0Breaking incocrgthnmxnisvus
  19. 18DohaSeyi Vibez38.2Breaking inngus
  20. 19Como Me Encula Esa DamaLa Santa Grifa38.0Breaking inmxsv
  21. 20Can DostumEmir Can İğrek36.9Breaking inaztr
  22. 21Dandy HatsEl Rabbanito36.6Breaking inmxus
  23. 22We MoveMercy Chinwo35.1Breaking ingbglobalngtr
  24. 23Ba Sango MalamuMoise Mbiye34.4Breaking incdcofrglobal
  25. 24CondenadosGrupo Feroz33.6Breaking inmxus
  26. 25AyúdameLOS DOS DE TAMAULIPAS33.5Breaking inglobalgthnmxnisvus
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 Harris71.0recorded 2012, 14 years ago
  3. 02By Your SideSade58.2recorded 2011, 15 years ago
  4. 03DeceptaconLe Tigre54.1recorded 1999, 27 years ago and climbing again
  5. 04Don't Be so Shy (Filatov & Karas Remix)Imany47.9recorded 2015, 11 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 aroundLOVIXX73.7asked about in 38 markets, best rank #2
  5. 04Slave to the RhythmMichael Jackson65.7asked about in 18 markets, best rank #1
  6. 05Talking Body!Odyssi64.1asked about in 16 markets, best rank #7
  7. 06She Used to Be MineSunny Sandler62.2asked about in 12 markets, best rank #1
  8. 07Made MenOffset61.5asked about in 11 markets, best rank #2
  9. 08Scarborough FairJulia Jacklin & My Brilliant Career - Cast61.4asked about in 11 markets, best rank #3
  10. 09Ты летиBUINAGOLOVUSHKA60.8asked about in 10 markets, best rank #2
  11. 10ESKİ ÇOCUKB.F.C.60.7asked about in 10 markets, best rank #3
  12. 11ПьяныйКатрин Штоль60.2asked about in 9 markets, best rank #1
  13. 12INTRO APOCALIPTOKendo Kaponi & Jay Wheeler60.0asked about in 9 markets, best rank #3
  14. 13Она ммMarcel59.7asked about in 9 markets, best rank #6
  15. 14Rman9.9 (Ma seule Peur)Lvbel 9959.5asked about in 8 markets, best rank #1
  16. 15Say WhatWHO1SJR59.5asked about in 8 markets, best rank #1
  17. 16Opal Sky LanternsCharles Knight59.2asked about in 8 markets, best rank #4
  18. 17ValerieSteve Winwood58.9asked about in 8 markets, best rank #7
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. 01damnedMiguel46.0recognized at least 31 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  3. 02LoverboyA-Wall25.5recognized 17 days: shazammed since 2026-08-03, streaming still catching up
  4. 03Talk To You (feat. 54 Ultra)ANOTR86.5recognized at least 31 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  5. 04ONE TRACK MINDNaïka56.5recognized at least 31 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  6. 05Sebebi YarBLOK353.5recognized at least 31 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  7. 06VIVE LA MONNAIEGIMS & Mauvais Djo53.5recognized at least 31 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  8. 07Çok Güzel GülüyorsunBLOK3 & Poizi53.5recognized at least 31 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  9. 08DeğilimMebrure53.5recognized at least 31 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  10. 09Viajando Por El MundoKAROL G & Manu Chao53.5recognized at least 31 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  11. 10Canto d’amore (con Marco Mengoni)Angelina Mango53.5recognized at least 31 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  12. 11Le Petit PêcheurManon Lisa52.5recognized at least 31 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  13. 12LET ME BEThe Second Voice51.5recognized at least 31 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  14. 13When I’m HomeJames Blake, Travis Scott & Ludwig Göransson51.5recognized at least 31 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  15. 14Baba (feat. Zlatan)Hotkid51.5recognized at least 31 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  16. 15Kingdom of FearCameron Whitcomb51.5recognized at least 31 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  17. 16SicarioTimal51.5recognized at least 31 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  18. 17Gut Genug (mit Blumengarten & Shirin David)KITSCHKRIEG, Blumengarten & Shirin David50.5recognized at least 31 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  19. 18ЛампочкиARTIK & ASTI50.5recognized at least 31 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  20. 19DardosRomeo Santos & Prince Royce50.5recognized at least 31 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  21. 20ChairmanPremium Emf50.5recognized at least 31 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  22. 21baby my typeTAKETAKE49.5recognized at least 31 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  23. 22X Gon' Give It To YaDMX49.5recognized at least 31 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  24. 23I Know Who I BeDavido, JAZZWRLD & GL_Ceejay48.5recognized at least 31 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  25. 24Todo Lo FueLenin Ramírez48.5recognized at least 31 days: shazammed since 2026-07-20, streaming still catching up
  26. 25Loco LocoGordo & Reinier Zonneveld48.5recognized at least 31 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 2026-08-20 11:14 UTC

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