Welcome to Pop Track of the Week 2026!

Each week, new releases from the worlds of pop and country are selected to go head to head, with one weekly winner. The winners will then go up against future weekly winners later in the year - at the end of each quarter and again at the end of the year - to determine the ultimate winner of 2026.

Week 1 results:

Sabrina Carpenter - Such a Funny Way 9

Agnes - WAKE UP 8

KATSEYE - Internet Girl 7

Nick Jonas - Gut Punch 2

EARTH TO EMILY - ROCKET 0

Harvey Brittain - can't say no 0

Total votes: 26

Week 2 results:

Robyn - Talk to Me 12

Sarah Kinsley - Lonely Touch 4

Connie Talbot - Original 2

Erin LeCount - I BELIEVE 2

Luke Combs - Sleepless in a Hotel Room 2

Maya J'an - cul-de-sac 2

Michael Aldag - Superstar 2

Jenny on Holiday - Quicksand Heart 0

Johnny Orlando - Emilia 0

Total votes: 26

The first week of 2026 sees quite the split among the top three but ultimately Sabrina Carpenter comes out on top with Such a Funny Way and becomes the first winner of the year. Agnes and KATSEYE were close behind though in second and third respectively. Meanwhile in week 2 the result is much more clear-cut with Robyn winning with almost 50% of the total votes!

Week 3:

Choose one song that is your favourite from the selection of new releases this week. Feel free to post a rate of the songs in the thread.

Here are this week's contenders:

Charlie Puth - Beat Yourself Up

ENHYPEN - Knife

googly eyes - Bruises on the Peach

Hilary Duff - Roommates

Lily Moore - Castles in the Sky

LØLØ - 007

Megan Moroney - Wish I Didn’t

Nessa Barrett - High on Heaven

Slayyyter - DANCE…

Sofia and the Antoinettes - Hi My Love

Sydney Rose feat. Tom Odell - Over

Tove Styrke - Prayer

Results of this week's poll will be revealed in next week's thread. The poll will remain open until 04:59 on Friday!

Pop Track of the Week 2026: Winners

Week 1: Sabrina Carpenter - Such a Funny Way

Week 2: Robyn - Talk to Me

Megan, Nessa and Slayyyter all good. Hilary a bit behind.

Hilary Duff - Roommates

Slayyyter

Agnes not quite managing it 💔

Will have to listen to some of the other tracks before I pick a winner for this week. Most of my favourites that I’ve heard so far aren’t quite big enough to be here or they’re not pop. Tove Stryke is the one to beat from what I’ve heard though 👀

Hilary Duff! (although I would've chosen Appleton )

9 minutes ago, JosephStyles said:

Hilary Duff! (although I would've chosen Appleton )

Great selection this week, particularly surprised to see Sofia and the Antoinettes here - I really like their song 'REVOLVER' from last year.

There were two songs that ran my vote very close - the best I've heard from both Slayyyter and Tove Styrke, with the former just about taking it!

1 Tove Styrke

2 Slayyyter

3 ENHYPEN

4 googly eyes

5 Sydney Rose

6 Nessa Barrett

7 Lily Moore

8 Sofia And The Antoinettes

9 Megan Moroney

10 Charlie Puth

11 LØLØ

12 Hilary Duff

Not sure I've ever cared for a Tove Styrke song before but found this one very captivating! Also one of Slayyyter's best songs here, another banger serving late 00s deadmau5. The ENHYPEN song is probably kind of basic but it slaps as well. googly eyes' song has some interesting ideas but I think the execution is a liiittle jarring. Sydney/Tom song v nice. Nessa, Lily and Sofia all fairly good, Megan and Charlie decent (certainly better than some of their other material), LØLØ's sadly quite mid, and sorry but why are we paying attention to Hilary Duff again? x

(also lol that the short edit of 'Prayer' on streaming services is tagged as 'edit for the impatient' x)

With time to sit on it, Slayyyter got my vote quite comfortably, just needed a few listens to really lodge itself in my affections. Hope it can edge out the more well known Hilary Duff, whose song is much inferior.

My personal rankings for Week 3;

1. Slayyyter – DANCE…

2. Charlie Puth – Beat Yourself Up

3. Sofia and the Antoinettes – Hi My Love

4. Tove Styrke – Prayer

5. Lily Moore – Castles In The Sky

6. Megan Moroney – Wish I Didn’t

7. Hilary Duff – Roommates

8. LØLØ – 007

9. Nessa Barrett – High On Heaven

10. googly eyes – Bruises on the Peach

11. ENHYPEN – Knife

12. Sydney Rose feat. Tom Odell – Over

Slayyyter has really crept up on me over the week so went for that 🩷