> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://weekly-music-trends.ghost.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Weekly Music Trends | October 12, 2026 - URL: https://weekly-music-trends.ghost.io/weekly-music-trends-october-12-2026-2/ - Published: 2026-10-13T04:28:11.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-13T04:28:11.000Z - Author: El Mexican Morrison # Weekly Music Trends Curated by @ElMexicanMorrison · Global Chart Intelligence Week of October 12, 2026 🔴 This week's headline Taylor Swift's “The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore” takes four of the Global 200's top five, and “Patient Zero” debuts at No. 1 on the Hot 100 — ending Ella Langley's record 24-week run at the top with “Choosin' Texas.” 🔔 New playlist every Monday ### Subscribe on YouTube Hit subscribe + the bell so you never miss the weekly drop. [Subscribe Free →](https://www.youtube.com/@ElMexicanMorrison?sub%5Fconfirmation=1&ref=weekly-music-trends.ghost.io) ## 🔥 Hottest Right Now Chart data: Billboard Hot 100 & Global 200 dated Oct 10, 2026\. Curated by trend signal, not ranking order. Taylor Swift **01**“Patient Zero” #1 Hot 100 (Hot Shot Debut) · #1 Global 200 · #1 UK · 34.5M US streams in debut week · 18.0M YouTube views Ella Langley **02**“Choosin' Texas” #2 Hot 100 after 24 weeks at #1 · 50 weeks on chart · #7 Global 200 KAROL G, Judeline & rusowsky **03**“BbY WOW” #3 Global 200 (peak #1) · #11 Hot 100 · YouTube trending in 17 countries · LOS MENOR3S dance trend 🎵 ADÉLA **04**“Nicole Kidman” #6 Global 200 · #12 Hot 100 · 32.5M global streams in one week · first UK Top 10 Shakira & Burna Boy **05**“Dai Dai” Official FIFA World Cup 2026 song · #1 most-viewed music video on YouTube (5.5M views in 24 hrs) · #14 Global 200 STELLA LEFTY **06**“Boston” #6 Hot 100 · peak #2 · 26 weeks · interpolates Noah Kahan's “Stick Season” Ariana Grande **07**“Hate That I Made You Love Me” #8 Hot 100 · debuted at #1 (her 10th) · 18 weeks · lead single from Petal Olivia Rodrigo **08**“Stupid Song” #9 Hot 100 ▲4 · #11 Global 200 (debuted at #1) · 16 weeks Tame Impala & JENNIE **09**“Dracula (with JENNIE)” #10 Hot 100 · 53 weeks on chart · peak #5 Bruno Mars **10**“Dance With Me” #2 on the US YouTube music chart (Oct 11) · 11.3M views on the official video · from The Romantic Romeo Santos, Prince Royce & Dalvin La Melodia **11**“Menor” #3 on the US YouTube music chart · 10.0M views · YouTube trending in 12 countries · from Better Late Than Never ADÉLA **12**“Ain't In LA” #9 Global 200 · #28 Hot 100 · made her the first Slovak artist on the Hot 100 · Nicole Kidman's TikTok debut used it 🎵 Sienna Spiro **13**“Great Expectation” ▲19 Hot 100 (#58→#39) · UK #1 · from the album Visitor (#2 UK) Corey Kent **14**“Empty Words” ▲23 Hot 100 (#66→#43) · release fast-tracked after the teaser passed 20M social views LATIN MAFIA & Fred again.. **15**“Te Estoy Correteando” #4 Bubbling Under Hot 100 · TikTok sound rising ×1.6 week over week 🎵 · from 9 months & 50 hours ## 📈 Fastest Rising **+24**Olivia Rodrigo — “Expectations” #98 → #74 Hot 100 · Biggest Hot 100 Jump This Week **+23**Corey Kent — “Empty Words” #66 → #43 Hot 100 · Fan-Demand Release / Country **+19**Sienna Spiro — “Great Expectation” #58 → #39 Hot 100 · Uk #1 Crossing Over **+17**Olivia Rodrigo — “Honeybee” #85 → #68 Hot 100 · Album Tracks Climbing **+6**Taylor Swift — “The Fate of Ophelia” #14 → #8 Global 200 · Encore Halo Effect · 52 Wks **+30**Anuel AA — “Vuelve” Up 30 places to #6 on YouTube's 24-hr chart · 2.94M Views In 24 Hrs **+30**DND — “Coming Back Again” Up 30 places on YouTube's 24-hr chart · ## 🔥 Catching Fire Hand-picked by @ElMexicanMorrison: early-momentum tracks spotted on YouTube before the charts catch up. Drake & Don Toliver “Solar Eclipse” 1,369,065 views in 1 day · 33.2M subs · Drake's rework of Ella Langley's “Choosin' Texas” with Don Toliver. · Hip Hop / Country Crossover ✅ Cleared: \~1M views in the first days Cartel De Santa “Tomala Cochino” 1M views in 1 day · 14.3M subs · From Cartel De Santa's Vol. 8 rollout. · Mexican Rap ✅ Cleared: \~1M views in the first days Anderson .Paak & Cordae “A Good Day” 3.7M views in 3 weeks · joint channel · Single out now via EMPIRE. · Hip Hop / R&B ✅ Cleared: 2M+ views within a couple of weeks Pamela. “Better Than Before” 2.1M views in 4 months · 13.7K subs · From the debut EP IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU HERE. · Indie ✅ Cleared: high view-to-subscriber ratio (\~150×) Akapellah & Maffio “Pedro Cash” 831K views in 12 days · joint channel · Produced by MAFFiO. · Latin Rap ⏳ Building: below the 1M / 2M marks so far Emi Blue “LOBA” 504K views in 4 days · 46K subs · Her first guaracha. · Guaracha ⏳ Building: under 1M, but views are \~11× her subscriber count Bunbury “Zamba para olvidar” 423K views in 13 days · 2.93M subs · From the soundtrack of the film Straycats: Symphony of the Dead. · Rock En Español / Zamba ⏳ Building: below the 1M / 2M marks so far Mathematics, Method Man, AZ & Wu-Tang Clan “God Body” 400K views in 5 days · 2.06M subs · Posse cut released on the Wu-Tang Clan channel. · Hip Hop ⏳ Building: below the 1M / 2M marks so far ## 🌎 Latin Spotlight KAROL G, Judeline & rusowsky “BbY WOW” #3 Global 200 (peak #1) · YouTube trending in 17 countries · The dance created by LOS MENOR3S spread worldwide, and Erling Haaland has done the moves. · Reggaeton / Dance-Pop Shakira & Burna Boy “Dai Dai” Official FIFA World Cup 2026 song · Premiered at the opening ceremony in Mexico City · Shakira's 25th Latin Airplay #1, Burna Boy's first Latin chart-topper · Still the most-viewed music video on YouTube day to day. · Afrobeats / Latin Pop Romeo Santos, Prince Royce & Dalvin La Melodia “Menor” 10.0M YouTube views · Trending in 12 countries · Two bachata kings bring in rising Dominican bachatero Dalvin La Melodia. · Bachata LATIN MAFIA & Fred again.. “Te Estoy Correteando” #4 Bubbling Under Hot 100 · TikTok sound rising ×1.6 · From their joint album 9 months & 50 hours — Mexico City's alt-Latin scene meets UK electronic. · Latin Electronic KAROL G & Bruno Mars “Still” #90 Hot 100 · 8 weeks · Karol G now has two Hot 100 entries in very different lanes. · Latin Pop / R&B Anuel AA “Vuelve” Up 30 places to #6 on YouTube's 24-hour chart with 2.94M views · One to watch for a Hot 100 entry. · Latin Trap ## 🗺️ Global Signals 🇸🇰 Slovakia / Global ADÉLA — “Nicole Kidman” + “Ain't In LA” Both songs sit in the Global 200 top 10 (#6 and #9) after holding #3 and #5 the week before. “Ain't In LA” made her the first Slovak artist ever on the Hot 100, and her debut album PRIMA opened at #4 on the Billboard 200. 🌍 Worldwide Shakira & Burna Boy — “Dai Dai” Months after the World Cup final, the official song is still the single most-viewed music video on YouTube in a 24-hour window (5.5M views). 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Sienna Spiro — “Great Expectation” · Taylor Swift — “Patient Zero” Spiro scored her first UK #1, and her album Visitor debuted at #2\. “Patient Zero” then took the UK #1, Swift's eighth there. Spiro is now crossing over in the US (+19 on the Hot 100). 🇲🇽 Mexico Cartel De Santa — “Tomala Cochino” · LATIN MAFIA & Fred again.. Cartel De Santa pulled 1M YouTube views in a single day, and Mexico City's LATIN MAFIA are knocking on the Hot 100 at #4 on Bubbling Under. 🇰🇷 South Korea ALLDAY PROJECT — “CRASH” Jumped 47 places to #2 on Soompi's K-pop chart. It's the biggest single-week leap in this week's K-pop data. 🌎 Latin America KAROL G — “BbY WOW” · Romeo Santos — “Menor” On YouTube's cross-country trending chart (Oct 5), BbY WOW was trending in 17 countries and Menor in 12. ## ⚡ Genre Surge: Country Country owns the middle of the Hot 100 this week. Ella Langley's “Choosin' Texas” finally gave up #1 after a record 24 weeks on top, and she still has five songs in the top 25: “Choosin' Texas” (#2), “Be Her” (#16), “I Can't Love You Anymore” with Morgan Wallen (#19), “Jaded” with Koe Wetzel (#24) and “Loving Life Again” (#25). The rest of the genre is moving too. Stella Lefty's “Boston” holds #6 in its 26th week. Morgan Wallen has “Been By Now” at #7 and “Last Thing You Need” at #13\. Corey Kent's “Empty Words” is one of the week's biggest climbers (+23), with Kenny Chesney (+7) and Luke Combs (+4) also rising. Hip hop is borrowing from country as well: Drake and Don Toliver's “Solar Eclipse,” a rework of “Choosin' Texas,” pulled 1.37M YouTube views on its first day. For DJs, country-pop transitions now work in almost any room. ## 🌱 Emerging Artists ADÉLA The 22-year-old Slovak singer has two songs in the Global 200 top 10\. “Ain't In LA” made her the first Slovak artist on the Hot 100, and her debut album PRIMA opened at #4 on the Billboard 200\. · Pop / Debut Album Sienna Spiro The London-born singer-songwriter (born 2005) left school at 16 to pursue music. “Great Expectation” gave her a UK #1, Visitor debuted at #2 in the UK, and she's now climbing the Hot 100\. · Pop / Soul Stella Lefty Chicago-born and LA-based, she blends indie folk, country and pop. “Boston” has spent 26 weeks on the Hot 100 and peaked at #2\. · Indie Folk / Country-Pop ALLDAY PROJECT The K-pop group jumped 47 places to #2 on Soompi's chart with “CRASH.” Watch for it on global charts next. · K-Pop Dolly Babe Her “Pink Blush (Remix)” with Megan Thee Stallion is a new entry at #58 on the Hot 100, her biggest chart moment so far. · R&B / Hip-Hop Pre-release check: none of this week's searches found a new single with a pre-save, pre-add, scheduled premiere or official announcement that confirmed its title, so no pre-release picks appear this week. ## 📊 Genre Trend Report This is a week of **album-driven chart takeovers**. Taylor Swift's The Encore placed four new songs in the Global 200's top five and the top five of the Hot 100, and “The Fate of Ophelia” climbed back to #8 globally in its 52nd week. Olivia Rodrigo is getting a similar lift from album tracks: “Expectations” (+24) and “Honeybee” (+17) are among the Hot 100's biggest gainers. **Latin music** is strong in several formats at once. Karol G's “BbY WOW” is #3 globally, “Dai Dai” still leads YouTube's daily views, and “Menor” has 10M views. LATIN MAFIA and Fred again.. sit just outside the Hot 100, and Anuel AA's “Vuelve” is the fastest-rising video on YouTube's daily chart. On the Catching Fire side, Cartel De Santa, Akapellah and Emi Blue show how quickly Spanish-language rap and guaracha are moving on YouTube. **Staying power** is the other theme. “Dracula (with JENNIE)” is in its 53rd Hot 100 week and still top 10, Alex Warren's “Ordinary” is in its 86th week on the Global 200, and “Choosin' Texas” is at 50 weeks. Breakout acts like ADÉLA, Sienna Spiro and Stella Lefty are getting there through months of steady growth rather than one-week spikes. ## 🎧 Curator's Picks — @ElMexicanMorrison **01**KAROL G, Judeline & rusowsky — “BbY WOW” *The dance crossed oceans. When a reggaeton record has a Norwegian striker copying the moves, it's bigger than a song. It's in every set I play right now.* **02**Drake & Don Toliver — “Solar Eclipse” 🔥 *Drake flipping the biggest country song of the year into a Don Toliver duet is the crossover moment of the fall. 1.37M views on day one.* **03**Shakira & Burna Boy — “Dai Dai” *The World Cup is over, but this song isn't going anywhere. Afrobeats meets Colombian pop, and it still opens up a dance floor.* **04**Romeo Santos, Prince Royce & Dalvin La Melodia — “Menor” *Bachata royalty passing the torch to the next generation. Ten million views and climbing.* **05**LATIN MAFIA & Fred again.. — “Te Estoy Correteando” *Mexico City's alt scene and UK electronic in one record. This kind of discovery is what the channel is built for.* **06**Sienna Spiro — “Great Expectation” *A UK #1 that the US is just starting to find. A big voice and a timeless hook.* **07**Tame Impala & JENNIE — “Dracula (with JENNIE)” *53 weeks on the Hot 100 and still in the top 10\. A psych-rock and K-pop pairing nobody saw coming, and it won't leave.* 🎧 This week's playlist is live ### Listen on YouTube All 23 tracks curated and ready to play. 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