Hero
Michael Kiwanuka
As of 2026-10-08, "Hero" by Michael Kiwanuka has charted in 39 markets across 3 platforms, peaking at #1 (US) on the Rotation chart.
- Markets
- 39
- First seen
- 2026-07-28
- Latest chart date
- 2026-10-08
- Peak
- #1 us
Started in 1 market, now in 39.
Why it's moving
- #4 on Shazam in 38 countriesOct 8
- #2 in Shazam's fastest risers in 16 countriessince Oct 6
- On Shazam in 35 countries, up from 20Oct 6–8
- Arrived in 39 new countries since Oct 4, including the UAE, Argentina, Australia
Score 66.3
In culture
Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.
- Written by Brian Burtonsource
- Written by Inflosource
- Written by Michael Kiwanukasource
Across markets · earliest pickup first
Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- Estoniaee · deezer#37#37—
- Guinea-Bissaugw · applemusic#24#24—
- United Statesus · shazam · 52 cities#1#1#1
- Canadaca · shazam · 6 cities#2#2#2
- Australiaau · shazam · 3 cities#5#5#5
- Argentinaar · shazam · 1 city#6#6#6
- Brazilbr · shazam · 2 cities#6#6#6
- Chilecl · shazam · 1 city#6#6#6
Worldwide feeds · not markets
A source's own worldwide chart. These are feeds, not places, so they are kept out of the market count above.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- World feedworld · shazam#5#5#5
City pickups
City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.
- us 52 cities · best #4 los angeles
- gb 13 cities · best #15 london
- ca 6 cities · best #8 vancouver
- au 3 cities · best #24 sydney
- mx 3 cities · best #22 mexico city
- se 3 cities · best #35 stockholm
- br 2 cities · best #21 rio de janeiro
- in 2 cities · best #48 bengaluru
- ar 1 city · best #27 buenos aires
- cl 1 city · best #36 santiago
- ie 1 city · best #28 dublin
- no 1 city · best #30 oslo
- pe 1 city · best #30 lima
- pl 1 city · best #32 warsaw
In edits this week
Lanterns. Of the 144 most-liked Lanterns edits we saw this week, 1 is on this record (Спокойная ночь leads with 10).
TikTok search, most liked · 49 of the 144 carry no song match, so the count is a floor.
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Editions
- 2026-10-08Chart-only edition#41
Identity
- ISRC
- GBUM71903002
- Slug
- michael-kiwanuka__hero
- Sources
- applemusic, deezer, shazam
The cross-platform join key, via Deezer.
Crude v0 identity: slug(artist)__slug(title).
Every source whose chart has ever carried this song.
What moved this week, and why.
The records that climbed, what broke in one place first, what came back. One email on Friday, assembled from the week's charts, with a pressing when there is one.
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