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 4 results:

Harry Styles - Aperture 9

Holly Humberstone - To Love Somebody 6

Jessie Ware - I Could Get Used to This 6

Loreen - Feels Like Heaven 3

Ella Boh - iNSOMNiAC 1

Louis Tomlinson - Imposter 1

XG - HYPNOTIZE 1

Britton - PAPERCUT 0

girli - Slap on the Wrist 0

Kamal. - how the f*** does everybody else manage? 0

LEGZDINA - RIBBON 0

Naomi Scott - Losing You 0

Total votes: 27

Harry Styles takes the top spot this week with 9 votes. He returns with Aperture, the lead single from his upcoming fourth solo album Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. New releases from Holly Humberstone and Jessie Ware aren't too far behind him though in joint second place with 6 votes each.

Week 5:

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:

Boy In Space - Who’s Crying When I’m Leaving?

Cannons - Starlight

December 10 - Run My Way

Grace VanderWaal - Prettier

Lauren Spencer Smith - Natural Disaster

LUNA - Away With the Fairies

Margaret - let you talk about it

MARIS - Body is on Fire

MEEK - Fabulous

Melanie C - What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Sia - Fist Fighting a Sandstorm

Yaeger - Poseidon

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

Week 3: Slayyyter - DANCE...

Week 4: Harry Styles - Aperture

Hey @Calum would you accept this addition for this week at all?

Edit...

And... being cheeky I know, but there is a thread for this pop song too;

Given there’s no Rogue Traders I’ve gone with the Sia song, even if it’s 10 years old and from the US edition of This Is Acting.

Didn't even realise there was a new Sia song, haven't heard of that anywhere was just about to vote for Mel C but I'll have to give Sia a listen first!

Edited 22 hours ago22 hr by Mangø

It's Meek for me.

Won’t be making any changes to the poll, sorry to disappoint x

Melanie C's new Swedish produced bop wins this

Boy In Space making it in