APAC
The Belair Lip Bombs – Australia
- Top song: Hey You
- “Hey You” peaked at #77 in Australia in July and spent 20 days on the Australian charts.
- “Another World” and “Back Of My Hand” both charted in AU at the end of 2025.
7co – Japan
- Top song: RENAI KOUISHOU
- “RENAI KOUISHOU” peaked at #112 in Japan in March.
CORTIS – Korea
- Top song: GO!
- Entered K-Pop genre charts at #4 in August. “GO!” peaked at #1 in South Korea in September and #4 in Malaysia in October. “GO!” spent 107 days on the South Korean charts from August through November and 91 days on the Malaysian charts from September through December.
KickFlip – Korea
- Top song: My First Love Song
- “My First Love Song” peaked at #48 in South Korea in September and spent more than 50 days on the national chart.
W.i.S.H. – India
- Top song: Bolo Bolo
no na – Indonesia
- Top song: shoot
- “shoot” peaked at #14 in Indonesia in May, #151 in South Korea in June, and #155 in Malaysia in May.
- The song spent over 100 days on the Indonesian charts.
Europe
UK
Alessi Rose
- Top song: First Original Thought
- “First Original Thought” peaked at #22 in United Kingdom in November and is still charting [ongoing].
Benjamin Steer
- Top song: No One Wants To Die Alone (Acoustic Version)
- “No One Wants To Die Alone (Acoustic Version)” peaked at #49 in Brazil in September.
Collect 200
- Top song: Collect 200
Jacob Alon
- Top song: Don’t Fall Asleep
- “Don’t Fall Asleep” peaked at #94 in United Kingdom in April.
JayaHadADream
- Top song: Twiggy
Jessy Blakemore
- Top song: Recognize (with Russ)
KTmelodies
- Top song: pack up ya bags
- “pack up ya bags” peaked at #80 in Ireland in May and #104 in Norway in May.
Nectar Woode
- Top song: How It’s Gotta Be
- “Only Happen” peaked at #22 in United Kingdom in June.
- “How It’s Gotta Be” peaked at #60 in the UK in January 2025.
Omar+
- Top song: Make Believe (w/ Luke Dean)
- “Make Believe” (w/ Luke Dean) reached No. 27 in the UK in October
- The track also hit No. 38 on Shazam’s global House chart.
Sekou
- Top song: Catching Bodies
- “Catching Bodies” peaked at #101 in United Kingdom in August, #107 in New Zealand in September.
- “Better Man” charted in the UK and Ireland back in 2023.
Storm Mollison
- Top song: Getting Ready for the Party (with KI/KI)
- “Getting Ready for the Party (with KI/KI)” charted in the UK and Belgium at the start of 2025.
Ireland
Cardinals
- Top song: Amphetamines
- “Amphetamines” peaked at #79 in Ireland in October and spent 17 days on the Irish charts.
Florence Road
- Top song: Goodnight
- “Caterpillar” peaked at #55 in Ireland in June, “Goodnight” peaked at #52 in Ireland in July and #117 in Australia in August.
- “Break the Girl” is currently charting in Ireland, reaching up to No. 26 [ongoing].
- “Storm Warnings” peaked at #88 in Ireland in November.
Odymel – Switzerland
- Top song: My Favourite Game
- “My Favourite Game” peaked at #24 in Belgium in November 2024.
- Collectively, the song has spent 9 month on the Belgium charts.
- “My Favourite Game” charted in a further 8 countries across Europe including Poland, Denmark and Ireland.
oskar med k – Norway
- Top song: Make Me Feel
- “Make Me Feel” achieved a global chart peak of #23 and spent 103 consecutive days on global charts.
- Entered House genre charts at #1.
- “Make Me Feel” charted in 46 different countries.
- The song peaked at #3 in Portugal in November, #7 in Ukraine, Brazil, Uruguay, and Venezuela, #8 in Switzerland and New Zealand, and #9 in Denmark in July.
- “i think i’m addicted” reached the global chart in December.
- “i think i’m addicted” has so far charted in 10 countries, including Canada, US, UK and Australia.
Saga Faye – Sweden
- Top song: Who are you?
- “Who are you?” peaked at #50 in Philippines in January 2025, #102 in Sweden in March, and #122 in United States in January 2025.
- “Who are you?” reached No. 81 on the global Alternative chart.
Marguerite – France
- Top song: “les filles, les meufs”
- “les filles, les meufs” peaked at #8 in Belgium in June, #21 in France in May, and #41 in Switzerland in July.
- “les filles, les meufs” reached No. 6 on the French Pop chart.
- The song spent 166 days on Belgian charts and 180 days on French charts.
- “la maison” also charted in both Belgium and France.
Miki – France
- Top song: particule
- “particule” peaked at #29 in France in November and #98 in Belgium in November.
- It reached No. 6 on the French Pop chart.
- The song has spent more than 80 days on the French chart, where it continues to sit in the top 200 [ongoing, currently No. 65 – 7 Jan].
LATAM
BASSYY – Puerto Rico
- Top song: FAYA (w/ Omar Courtz, Derek Santana)
- “FAYA” reached No. 20 in Spain in December.
- “DISIMULA” reached No. 21 in Spain in September, also charting in a further five countries across LATAM.
Clarent – Puerto Rico
- Top song: IA
- Entered Latin genre charts at #41 in August with “Scatpack”. “Scatpack” peaked at #1 in Venezuela in August, also charting in a further 7 countries across LATAM and Spain.
- “LOVE” peaked at #7 in Spain in December.
HOYER – Mexico
- Top song: TOUR
Jorsshh – Mexico
- Top song: ROSONES (with Fuerza Regida)
- “ROSONES” peaked at #1 in December in Mexico, also charting in the US and Colombia.
- The track spent 128 days on the Mexico chart.
- “ROSONES” reached No. 2 on Shazam’s global Regional Mexicano chart.
Kreamly – Chile
- Top song: QLOO* (W/ Cister)
“CHERRY” peaked at #25 in Chile in July. “QLOO*” is currently charting in Chile, Uruguay, Peru, and Italy [ongoing].
- QLOO* reached No. 1 in Peru in August. It also reached the top 10 in Venezuela, Chile, Argentina and Spain.
- Six Kreamly songs charted in Chile in 2025: CHERRY, ESPINAS, HONEY MOODS, MANIÁTICA, QLOO* and REBULEO.
Melanie Santiler – Cuba
- Top song: TODO SE SUPERA
Canada
Sophia Stel
- Top song: I’ll Take It
Zach McPhee
- Top song: Smoke
- “Smoke” peaked at #83 in Canada in June and spent 84 days on the Canadian charts.
US
Baalti
- Top song: Buttons
Bella Kay
Top song: The Sick
- “The Sick” peaked at #102 in Australia in July.
Belly Gang Kushington
Top song: Friend Do Remix (with YKNIECE)
- “Friend Do Remix (feat. YKNIECE)” peaked at #23 in United States in November. The song has spent more than 100 days on the US charts, and continues to sit in the top 200 [ongoing].
Culture Wars
- Top song: Typical Ways
Dariel Amant
- Top song: Romeo Y Julieta
DJ HABIBEATS
- Top song: El Youm El Helw Dah
- “Ala Meen” peaked at #141 in Egypt in August. “El Youm El Helw Dah” charted in Azerbaijan in October.
Die Spitz
Top song: Throw Yourself to the Sword
Eli
Top song: Girl of Your Dreams
- “Girl of Your Dreams” peaked at #24 in Denmark in December.
Grupo RYE
- Top song: Carnal
Haute & Freddy
Top song: Shy Girl
JayDon
- Top song: Lullaby
- “Lullaby” peaked at #6 in South Korea in May, #41 in United States in December, and #127 in Thailand in September. “I’ll Be Good” peaked at #182 in France in November and #197 in China in November.
- “Lullaby” spent more than 70 days on the US chart from October to date [January 7 2025].
Jaymin
Top song: Something Real
Kashus Culpepper
Top song: Sexbomb (from the Film “The Wrong Paris”)
Kocky Ka
- Top song: Dark Nights (remix) (with Meek Mill & Fridayy)
- “Dark Nights (remix)” achieved a global chart peak of #66 and spent 7 consecutive days on global charts.
- The track has charted in 12 countries including the US (#58).
- The song peaked at #4 in Ghana in May and #8 in Nigeria in May.
- It reached No. 6 on the global Hip-Hop/Rap chart.
Lelo
Top song: No contempt
Liim
Top song: Regista Gyal
Ovrkast.
Top song: Small Talk (with Samara Cyn)
Stunna Sandy
Top song: Make It Look Sexy
Tyler Nance
Top song: Keeps Me Sane
- “Keeps Me Sane” peaked at #95 in United States in July and #153 in Canada in August. It reached No. 24 on the global Country rankings.
Will Sass
Top song: Into The Blue
The Jack Wharff Band
Top song: No Way Out (Songs From and Inspired by the Paramount+ Original Series Landman (Volume II))
- Entered the US top 10 for the first time in December 2025 with “No Way Out (Songs From and Inspired by the Paramount+ Original Series Landman (Volume II))”.
- Their top track also entered charts in Canada, Australia, NZ and the UK, and broke into the worldwide top 200.
- “No Way Out ” reached No. 1 on the Shazam Country chart.
Tyler Ballgame
- Top song: I Believe In Love
- “Help Me Out” peaked at #188 in Belgium in June and #197 in United Kingdom in June.
ear
- Top song: Nerves
- “Nerves” peaked at #192 in Mexico in August.
untiljapan
Top song: Feel Like We Back
Africa
Ciza – South Africa
- Top song: Isaka (with Jazzworx & Thukuthela)
- “Isaka (6am)” achieved a global chart peak of #14 and spent over 200 consecutive days on global charts from April through December.
- Together, “Isaka (6am)” and the remix “”Isaka II (6am)” reached No. 1s in South Africa, Mozambique, Nigera and Ghana.
- Both versions of the track charted in a combined 15 countries so far, and continue to chart in Africa.
- “Isaka (6am)” has charted in South Africa for more than 8 months [still ongoing’.
- “Isaka II (6am)” reached No. 2 on the Shazam Afrobeats chart
Gonaboy – Ghana
- Top song: SAME TIMBS
- “SAME TIMBS” peaked at #2 in Ghana in October and has spent more than 100 days on the national chart there [still ongoing].
Kidd Carder – Nigeria
- Top song: Calculate
- “Calculate” achieved a global chart peak of #142 and spent 17 consecutive days on global charts. It reached No. 3 on the Shazam Afrobeats chart.
- The song peaked at #2 in Nigeria in July and #6 in Uganda in July.
- “Calculate” spent 151 days on the Nigeria chart from May through October.
LAGOS IN PARIS – West Africa
Top song: Mali Spirit
Ossi Grace – Nigeria
Top song: Love Like This
Rayona – Nigeria
Top song: Testimony
oSHAMO – Nigeria
- Top song: Why You Lying
- “Superfuji(GOBE)” peaked at #10 in Nigeria in June, while “Why You Lying” peaked at #12 in Nigeria in June.
- “Why You Lying” spent 65 days on the Nigerian charts.
- “Why You Lying” and “Superfuji(GOBE)” both reached the top 20 of Shazam’s Afrobeats chart in 2025.
Royazdad – Tanazania
- Top song: Call (with Fuego Africa)
“Call (feat. Fuego Africa)” peaked at #161 in Zambia in September.
MENA
Montiyago – Sudan
Top song: SUITS
Overview
2026 Artists:
- 20 genres
- 22 nationalities
Genres:
- Hip Hop/Rap
- Dance
- Alternative
- R&B/Soul
- Pop
- Afrobeats
- Afro-Beat
- Country
- Electronic
- Rock
- Regional Mexicano
- Latin
- Latin Urban
- K-Pop
- French Pop
- Afro-Pop
- Singer/Songwriter
- J-Pop
- Indian Pop
- Indie Pop
Countries:
- US
- UK
- Nigeria
- Mexico
- Australia
- India
- Puerto Rico
- South Korea
- France
- Canada
- Ireland
- Sweden
- Cuba
- Chile
- Sudan
- Ghana
- Norway
- Switzerland
- South Africa
- Tanzania
- Japan
- Indonesia