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 →🔥 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
+24Olivia Rodrigo — “Expectations”
#98 → #74 Hot 100 · Biggest Hot 100 Jump This Week
+23Corey Kent — “Empty Words”
#66 → #43 Hot 100 · Fan-Demand Release / Country
+19Sienna Spiro — “Great Expectation”
#58 → #39 Hot 100 · Uk #1 Crossing Over
+17Olivia Rodrigo — “Honeybee”
#85 → #68 Hot 100 · Album Tracks Climbing
+6Taylor Swift — “The Fate of Ophelia”
#14 → #8 Global 200 · Encore Halo Effect · 52 Wks
+30Anuel AA — “Vuelve”
Up 30 places to #6 on YouTube's 24-hr chart · 2.94M Views In 24 Hrs
+30DND — “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
01KAROL 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.
02Drake & 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.
03Shakira & 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.
04Romeo Santos, Prince Royce & Dalvin La Melodia — “Menor”
Bachata royalty passing the torch to the next generation. Ten million views and climbing.
05LATIN 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.
06Sienna Spiro — “Great Expectation”
A UK #1 that the US is just starting to find. A big voice and a timeless hook.
07Tame 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.
Browse Playlists →
