Each week, 8 new releases are selected to go head to head, with one weekly winner which will then go up against future weekly winners later in the year at the end of each quarter of the year, and then again at the end of the year to determine the ultimate winner of 2026.

 

This week's results:

• 1991 x TW3LVE - Icarus 0

• deadmau5 x Stevie Appleton - Science 1

• DJ Seinfeld x ARY - Of Joy 2

• horsegiirL - only the best 3

• Kygo x Khalid x Gryffin - Save My Love 4

• Robin Schulz x Bandit - Flames 1

• Rossi. x Night Tapes - Home 1

• Tiësto x Brieanna Grace - Beautiful Places 4

We have ourselves a tie, listen to both songs below and choose your favourite to win Week 8.

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Each week, choose one song only that you feel is your favourite from the selection of releases that week. If you wish to post a rate of the selection of songs in the thread, please feel free to do so.

Here are this week's contenders;

Armin van Buuren x Richard Durand x Dicosis - Always You (A State of Trance 2026 ELEVATION Anthem)

Hannah Laing x Marlon Hoffstadt x Caroline Roxy - Stomp Your Feet

HoneyLuv x Muni Long - Don't Stop

John Summit x Julia Wolf - With Me

Namasenda - Miami Crest

Oliver Heldens - Run

Rose Gray - Lush Life

Sonny Fodera x Chrystal - My Loving

Results of this week's poll will be revealed in next week's thread. The poll will remain open until the following Friday.

 

2026 Dance Track of the Week Winners:

Week 1+2: DJ Seinfeld - Plush

Week 3: Danny L Harle x Julia Michaels - Raft In The Sea

Week 4: George Reid - True Desire

Week 5: MJ Cole x PinkPantheress - Still Sincere

Week 6: Calvin Harris x Kasabian - Release the Pressure

Week 7: Danny L Harle x Dua Lipa - Two Hearts

Week 8: TBA

link to 2025 winners

link to 2024 winners

link to 2023 winners

Kygo and Sonny for me, but the Namasenda tune is also good.

ASOT 2026 & Tiesto for me x

'Stomp Your Feet' is an absolute tune

No clear preference in the tiebreak, Kygo just about

Alan Walker cruelly being snubbed this week

I've had enough of entertaining his releasing every 2 weeks now we've got a slightly more busy release schedule

Stomp Your Feet!

And Tiësto

My personal rankings for Week 9;

1. Hannah Laing x Marlon Hoffstadt x Caroline Roxy – Stomp Your Feet

2. Sonny Fodera x Chrystal – My Loving

3. Namasenda – Miami Crest

4. HoneyLuv x Muni Long – Don't Stop

5. John Summit x Julia Wolf – With Me

6. Rose Gray – Lush Life

7. Armin van Buuren x Richard Durand x Dicosis – Always You [A State of Trance 2026 ELEVATION Anthem]

8. Oliver Heldens – Run

Week 8 Tiebreaker;

1. Tiësto x Brieanna Grace – Beautiful Places

2. Kygo x Khalid x Gryffin – Save My Love

1 Namasenda

2 Hannah Laing

3 John Summit

4 Sonny Fodera

5 HoneyLuv

6 Oliver Heldens

7 Armin Van Buuren

8 Rose Gray

Mostly decent week (although that 'Lush Life' cover is a bit weaksauce), the top 2 are the standout bangers x

Tiësto for the tiebreak I guess but they were both mid

we have a three way tie now AGH