Weekly Music Trends | September 21, 2026

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.