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[ Subscribe Free ](https://www.youtube.com/@ElMexicanMorrison?sub%5Fconfirmation=1&ref=weekly-music-trends.ghost.io) 🔥 Hottest Right Now Multi-platform · Top 15 1 "BbY WOW" KAROL G, Judeline & rusowsky G200 #1 SP #1 Latin #1 SHZ #4 Latin / Electronic 42.3M weekly streams ↑62% 2 "Choosin' Texas" Ella Langley H100 #1 Country #1 SP #16 Country-Pop 21 wks #1 · All-time record 3 "SaWaDiKa" LISA YT #1 SHZ Rising K-Pop 174.5M views · Biggest debut 2026 4 "new trick" ROSÉ YT #2 SP Viral K-Pop / Pop 24M views · New Sept 19 5 "Dai Dai" Shakira & Burna Boy YT 6.89M/day SP #7 Afrobeats / Latin World Cup anthem · Still surging 6 "Dracula" Tame Impala & JENNIE H100 #5 AC Radio #1 Dance #1 Indie / Electronic 9th week AC Radio #1 7 "I Knew It, I Knew You" Taylor Swift H100 #2 SP #25 Pop ↑1 this week 8 "So Easy (To Fall In Love)" Olivia Dean H100 #9 Gbl 200 #7 Soul / Pop UK→US crossover · 2× Plat UK 9 "Joseph" Falling In Reverse ft. Corey Taylor & Serj Tankian YT 12.1M SP #51 Global Rock / Metal Rock event of the year 10 "Self Aware" Temper City SHZ #5 Global 10.5M vids Alt. #1 Alt-Rock 314M streams · Obama playlist 11 "AGUA" Maluma & Shakira YT 4.4M Latin Rising Latin / Tropical New Sept 18 12 "Janice STFU" Drake H100 #8 Hip-Hop Top 10 holder 13 "Drop Dead" Olivia Rodrigo H100 #13 SP #12 Pop / Alt Album era momentum 14 "Hustle" Rod Wave R&B/HH #13 BB200 #1 Album R&B / Hip-Hop From 95M-stream debut album 15 "Live My Life" HEARTSTEEL ft. Anderson .Paak & Baekhyun YT Surging Gaming Viral K-Pop / Hip-Hop Riot Games comeback · Sept 18 ⚡ Fastest Rising Steepest week-over-week movement ↑ New · YouTube · K-Pop "new trick" ROSÉ 24M views / 48 hrs Dropped Sept 19 — debuted #2 YouTube Global trending within hours. BLACKPINK solo era at full speed. ↑ New · Latin "AGUA" Maluma & Shakira 4.4M YT views · 2 days Shakira and Maluma reunion dropped Sept 18\. Early velocity signals strong Latin chart entry next week. ↑ New · Rock / Metal "Joseph" Falling In Reverse ft. C. Taylor & S. Tankian 12.1M YouTube views Rock's biggest collab of 2026\. Radke + Taylor (Slipknot) + Tankian (SOAD) = 1.8M Spotify debut streams. ↑ New · Gaming × K-Pop "Live My Life" HEARTSTEEL ft. Anderson .Paak & Baekhyun 3+ years since last drop Riot Games' virtual band returns. Gaming community + K-pop fandom driving huge social velocity post-Sept 18. ↑ Greatest Gainer · Hot 100 "Don't We" Morgan Wallen #19 Hot 100 this week Billboard's "greatest gainer" this week — country radio pushing Wallen's fall campaign into top 20. ↑ Sustained Climb · Global "BbY WOW" KAROL G, Judeline & rusowsky +62% global streams WoW #1 Global 200 for a second week while still accelerating — 26M → 42.3M peak. Rare sustained momentum. 🌶 Latin Spotlight Latin & Spanish-language in the global mix Global 200 #1 · Hot Latin #1 · Spotify Global #1 "BbY WOW" KAROL G, Judeline & rusowsky Judeline becomes the first female Spanish artist to reach Spotify Global #1\. rusowsky's Catalan production meets urbano — a genuinely new Latin sound ruling the world. YouTube #3 Daily · Spotify Global #7 "Dai Dai" Shakira & Burna Boy 2026 FIFA World Cup anthem fusing Afrobeats with Latin. Still earning millions of daily streams months after release — the rare sports collab that outlives the tournament. New Release · Sept 18, 2026 "AGUA" Maluma & Shakira Tropical-infused reunion, directed by Hannah Lux Davis. 4.4M YouTube views in 2 days. Shakira appearing on two separate viral tracks in the same week is an achievement unto itself. Spotify Global #30 · Grammy AOTY Artist "DtMF" Bad Bunny Still in the global Spotify top 30 months after peak. From the Grammy Album of the Year "Debí Tirar Más Fotos" — Bad Bunny's cultural dominance continues deep into fall. 🌍 Global Signals Regional breakouts by geography 🇪🇸 Spain / Europe Spain Breaks Through Judeline is the first female Spanish artist to reach Spotify Global #1\. rusowsky (Catalan) is now an international name. BbY WOW #1 on Promusicae and dominating Central Europe. 🌏 Southeast Asia / Thailand LISA Owns the Region SaWaDiKa (meaning "hello" in Thai) tops streaming across Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam. 70.8M first-day YouTube views — biggest 2026 record. K-pop's solo era has a new apex. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Olivia Dean's US Conquest "So Easy (To Fall In Love)" peaked #5 on the Hot 100 — the first British woman to place first two top-five hits simultaneously. UK soul-pop has a transatlantic moment. 🌍 Nigeria / West Africa Afrobeats Still Runs Shakira × Burna Boy's "Dai Dai" keeps 6–7M YouTube daily views past peak. Wizkid & Asake's "Turbulence" active on Shazam in Lagos and diaspora markets across Europe. 🇺🇸 Country / US South Texas Owns America Ella Langley's "Choosin' Texas" at 21 non-consecutive weeks at #1 — 2nd longest in US history. Also #1 in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and the UK simultaneously. 🇮🇱 Israel First Israeli Act on Hot 100 Temper City's "Self Aware" — first Israeli act ever to chart on the Billboard Hot 100\. Debut single. 27M monthly Spotify listeners. Broke on TikTok's SoundOn platform from Tel Aviv. 🎮 Gaming × Global HEARTSTEEL Is Back Riot Games' LoL virtual band returns after 3 years with "Live My Life" feat. Anderson .Paak & Baekhyun. Bridges gaming, K-pop, and hip-hop in one global release event. 🌐 Shazam Wildcard Eastern Europe + HUGEL A Russian-language track sits at #5 on Shazam Worldwide. HUGEL's "Movin' To The Sun" holds #1 globally — festival/nightlife velocity across continental Europe this weekend. 📈 Genre Surge Outsized moments this week Country-Pop The Ella Langley Country Takeover **Ella Langley holds three simultaneous top-10 spots on the Billboard Hot 100** — "Choosin' Texas" (#1), "Be Her" (#3), and "I Can't Love You Anymore" with Morgan Wallen (#4). Her 21-week Hot 100 dominance makes this the second-longest-running #1 in US chart history, behind only Mariah Carey's Christmas classic. First song by a female artist to simultaneously top the Hot 100, Hot Country Songs, and Country Airplay. Five countries, one queen. K-Pop Solo Era BLACKPINK's Solo Flood Week **LISA and ROSÉ drop within two weeks of each other** as the solo era hits maximum velocity. LISA's "SaWaDiKa" set the biggest YouTube debut record of 2026\. ROSÉ's "new trick" debuted #2 globally. JENNIE (via "Dracula") rules AC Radio in week 9\. Add HEARTSTEEL's Baekhyun — that's four K-pop or K-pop-adjacent tracks in the global top 15 simultaneously. K-pop's most omnipresent chart week of 2026. 👁 Emerging Artists Names to watch across all genres 01 Latin / Electronic · Spain Judeline First female Spanish artist to reach Spotify Global #1 via "BbY WOW." Roots in flamenco-influenced pop bridging Spanish identity and global electronic production in a way nobody saw coming. 02 Producer / Indie · Catalonia rusowsky Catalan producer-artist co-producing and featuring on "BbY WOW." Built a cult following in Spain before this international breakthrough. First Billboard entry — and it went to #1 globally. 03 Alternative Rock · Israel / LA Temper City Israeli-American trio who made history as the first Israeli act on the Billboard Hot 100\. Debut single. 10.5M TikTok videos, 314M total streams, #5 Shazam worldwide. An Obama-playlist endorsement sealed it. 04 Pop · Czech Republic ADÉLA Czech pop artist with two tracks simultaneously on the Spotify Global Daily chart — "Ain't In LA" (#2) and "Nicole Kidman" (#4). A non-English-language crossover without a major-label push. 05 Country · United States Stella Lefty Country newcomer with "Boston" sitting at #12 Hot 100 and listed as an upcoming #1 on Country Airplay. The next wave breaking in Ella Langley's wake — learn this name before radio makes it unavoidable. 📝 Genre Trend Report Editorial · What's moving across the full spectrum The week of September 21 is defined by two simultaneous supernova moments pulling in completely opposite directions — and the global chart is big enough for both. **Ella Langley's "Choosin' Texas" is now the second-longest-running #1 in Billboard Hot 100 history,** tying and surpassing records set in rap, pop, and country alike. Three of her songs hold top-10 Hot 100 positions simultaneously, and her crossover is landing on country radio, pop radio, and streaming at identical velocity. This is what chart dominance looks like when an artist has both the format and the moment. On the opposite end of the cultural planet, **K-pop's solo era is hitting its highest concentration yet.** LISA's "SaWaDiKa" set the biggest YouTube debut record of 2026 with 70.8M views in 24 hours. Two weeks later, ROSÉ drops "new trick" and debuted #2 globally within hours. JENNIE (via "Dracula" with Tame Impala) is still ruling Adult Contemporary radio in week nine. HEARTSTEEL's Baekhyun just dropped a new Riot Games collab. Four BLACKPINK-adjacent tracks in the global top 15 in a single week — while none of them are technically a BLACKPINK release. Latin music holds its structural core even while ceding the top pop position to country. **KAROL G, Judeline, and rusowsky's "BbY WOW" is #1 on the Billboard Global 200 for a second week,** still accelerating at +62% streaming growth. Shakira appears on two separate viral tracks ("Dai Dai" and "AGUA") within the same week. Rock gets its biggest collaborative moment in years from Falling In Reverse's "Joseph," and alt-rock's Temper City holds #5 on Shazam worldwide with a debut single. The playlist is genuinely without genre limits this week — and the data led us here. 🎧 Curator's Picks @ElMexicanMorrison personal selection ★ 01 "BbY WOW" KAROL G, Judeline & rusowsky Pure genre alchemy — flamenco DNA meeting urbano electronics, and somehow both sides won. The track proving Latin music doesn't need to pick a lane to rule the world. ★ 02 "SaWaDiKa" LISA 70.8M first-day views. K-pop spectacle at its most cinematic — the modern version of a stadium concert you watch on your phone, and it hits just as hard. ★ 03 "Joseph" Falling In Reverse ft. Corey Taylor & Serj Tankian Rock's most audacious supergroup moment of the year. Three genre-defining vocalists on one track — and it absolutely works. ★ 04 "Choosin' Texas" Ella Langley The song that rewrote the record books. Twenty-one weeks at #1\. Whatever your genre bias — you have to respect the number. ★ 05 "Self Aware" Temper City Alt-rock born on TikTok that earns every one of its 314 million streams. An Israeli-American debut with no prior credit — one of 2026's best music-discovery stories. ★ 06 "AGUA" Maluma & Shakira Just dropped and already showing velocity. When these two collaborate the Latin streaming world stops — and this tropical reunion delivers exactly what the season calls for. ★ 07 "Dracula" Tame Impala & JENNIE Nine weeks at #1 on AC radio. Psych-pop shaking hands with K-pop and neither side blinks. An unexpected classic defining a chapter of 2026. **Browse every weekly playlist on YouTube**All genres, all markets — new drop every Monday. [ Watch on YouTube ](https://www.youtube.com/@ElMexicanMorrison/playlists?ref=weekly-music-trends.ghost.io) @ElMexicanMorrison Weekly Music Trends · September 21, 2026 · Los Angeles, CA · Sources: Shazam Global, Billboard Hot 100 / Global 200 / Hot Latin Songs / Hot Country Songs, Spotify Global Daily, TikTok Trending Sounds & YouTube velocity data.