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Ten songs to take the pulse of the week: an American No. 1 changing hands after a historic run, an unstoppable French viral hit, Korean pop that keeps traveling, and an amapiano comeback riding a world tour that just kicked off. Between sure things and outsiders, here is what actually mattered this week, in France and well beyond its borders.
“Patient Zero” — Taylor Swift
The track dethrones “Choosin’ Texas” and gives Taylor Swift her 16th Hot 100 No. 1. Taken from The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore, the video pairs Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell around a medical metaphor for a toxic relationship. The song is also climbing French charts, riding the same wave as the three other tracks she dropped the same day.
“Choosin’ Texas” — Ella Langley
After twenty-four straight weeks at the top of the Hot 100, the song finally gives up its crown. An exceptional run for this country ballad, built around a mini-movie-style video starring actor Luke Grimes, which had already made Ella Langley one of the year’s most durable country breakouts.
“Boston” — Stella Lefty
Third place on the Hot 100 for the moment’s breakout artist, whose chorus borrows a melody from Noah Kahan’s “Stick Season,” credited accordingly after several similar accusations over other tracks on her album. The story of a song written on a Nashville writing trip that became, controversy aside, a symbol of a new folk-pop wave, and one that keeps generating headlines regardless of how it was actually written.
“Been By Now” — Morgan Wallen
The country star’s first solo track of 2026, debuted live at a sold-out Baltimore show as part of his Still The Problem tour. A breakup song caught between surface euphoria and underlying melancholy, produced once again with longtime collaborator Joey Moi.
“Dracula (JENNIE Remix)” — Tame Impala & JENNIE
The remix of the Deadbeat album track climbs back to No. 5 on the Hot 100, carried by the global pull of BLACKPINK’s JENNIE, who reworks the hook by swapping her own name in for Kevin Parker’s. A meeting of Australian psychedelia and Korean pop that keeps traveling more than a year after the original’s release.
“Fille à papa” — Vacra & La Rvfleuze
No. 1 on France’s SNEP Top Singles for a fourth straight week, with nearly 5.9 million streams in the past week alone. This viral duet between Vacra, back in the spotlight after revealing his identity at a Paris event, and La Rvfleuze keeps dominating listening in France despite a slight dip in volume.
“PARADIXE” — Feid, El Americano 4KT & Pirlo
The track overtook Karol G’s “BbY WOW” to top Spotify’s Colombia Top 50, confirming its pull on social media. Taken from the second disc of the El Green Print: La Saga series, it cements Feid’s status as one of reggaeton’s most consistent hitmakers, able to turn a feature into a national hit within weeks.
“SaWaDiKa” — LISA
The first preview of her new EP PRESS PLAY, out this Friday via LLOUD and RCA Records. Shot in Bangkok under director Bang Jae Yeob, the video has passed 200 million YouTube views, and the song, an open tribute to LISA’s Thai roots, remains one of the year’s best-performing solo tracks for the BLACKPINK member.
“Animal” — KATSEYE
The lead single off the EP Wild, from the international group formed by HYBE and Geffen Records, has passed 100 million YouTube views and keeps climbing on French radio alongside the biggest international hits of the moment, proof the group can break out well beyond classic K-pop circuits and listener expectations.
“That Girl” — Tyla
Built on a mix of amapiano and polished pop, this track off the album A*Pop is getting a fresh wave of attention this week as Tyla’s world tour kicks off, running through January. The South African singer revisits childhood musical memories here, continuing her broader push to spotlight African culture on a global stage.
This week is a good reminder that charts now operate on several scales at once. The same Hot 100 changes leaders after twenty-four weeks of status quo, while a French duo has held firm for a full month on its own home market without ever crossing the Atlantic. In between, songs travel from one country to another purely on social-media momentum, whether that means a year-old remix or a tour-era deep cut getting a second life thanks to a stage, not a release date.
What ties all ten together is timing more than genre: a historic streak ending, a comeback EP landing on release day, a touring schedule reviving a three-month-old single. None of it happened by accident, and all of it is worth another listen before next week resets the board entirely.
