Tate McRae, dont le titre Housewife est en tete des classements cette semaine (Wikimedia Commons)
Ten tracks worth your time this week: a global smash taking over the charts, a strong week for French rap and pop, and an entry straight out of the video game world. The Spotify France and Global charts tell a mixed story this week, between a handful of songs that have held steady for weeks and fresher entries already shaking up the order, from a long-running virtual K-pop act to a French duo only now cracking the Top 10.
Housewife — Tate McRae
“Housewife” debuted atop the global Spotify chart the week it came out, on October 15. Filmed in the south of France, the video flips the classic housewife image on its head, and the single opened at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, her best chart debut yet. A live cut from the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, featuring Gigi Hadid on the runway, passed 720,000 views in three days.
BbY WOW — KAROL G, Judeline & rusowsky
Still sitting atop the Spotify Global chart weeks after release, the track pairs the Colombian star with two rising voices from the Spanish alternative scene, Judeline and rusowsky, pulled from her latest album “No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto.” The song also topped Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart, and Karol G gave it a surprise live debut at MetLife Stadium with both guests.
Nicole Kidman — ADÉLA
The pop track, taken from her debut album “PRIMA,” owes much of its traction to a video that recreates several of Nicole Kidman’s best-known film roles, from “Moulin Rouge!” to a cult AMC ad. Kidman herself shared the song and duetted with it on TikTok, a move that fed a wave of covers that also drew in Dua Lipa, Pedro Pascal and Kristen Wiig.
back to friends — sombr
Released in late 2024, the track keeps climbing the platforms, carried by a TikTok wave that hasn’t let up nearly two years after release. The New York artist, widely tipped as one of the year’s breakout names, recently performed it at the 2026 Brit Awards and on Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show, confirming a reach that now extends well past the US.
the cure — Olivia Rodrigo
The second single from “you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love,” her third album, comes with a video shot inside a hospital built entirely out of cardboard, where the singer finds herself trapped in a cycle she can’t control. The song was also singled out as one of the standout tracks of the moment by critics.
Fille à Papa — Vacra feat. La Rvfleuze
No. 1 on the Spotify France chart this week, the duo confirms a rise that’s been building for months and lands among the most-streamed features in French rap right now, ahead of established names like Tiakola and Aya Nakamura in the same chart.
Mélo Décalé — Tiakola
The rapper confirms his steady pull on the French charts with this new solo track, adding to an already long list of songs he’s placed in 2026. Tiakola is also among the headliners of the No Limit collective concert set for November 18 at Paris’s Accor Arena.
Sexy Nana — Aya Nakamura feat. La Rvfleuze
The latest round of the pairing between the two singers comes just weeks after Aya Nakamura announced two sold-out shows in Montreal. The track also confirms La Rvfleuze’s standing, already paired with Vacra elsewhere in this same chart, as one of the most in-demand features of the moment.
Habiba — Theodora
The rapper keeps placing tracks near the top of the French charts, confirming a particularly busy 2026 between guest verses for other artists and solo tracks like this one, carried by a hook that was picked up on social media almost instantly.
FIRESTARTER — K/DA, League of Legends, (G)I-DLE, Mimi Webb & Sophie Powers
The highest new entry of the week on the Spotify Global chart, this latest track from the virtual girl group born out of “League of Legends” again brings together voices from K-pop and Western pop, following in the footsteps of “POP/STARS,” the 2018 track that became a genre landmark. The group’s hybrid identity, split between video-game characters and the real performers behind them, keeps turning every new release into an event that reaches well past the gaming audience.
On the French side, Vacra, Tiakola and Theodora confirm rap’s strong showing in the streaming charts, while Aya Nakamura keeps racking up collaborations. Internationally, Tate McRae and KAROL G are splitting the top of the global chart, while K/DA’s arrival is a reminder that the line between music and gaming keeps blurring. Between a pop ballad built around a Hollywood icon and a video-game girl group topping the charts, this week’s list is a reminder of how wide the definition of a hit has become.
