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 16: The Results

Total votes : 23

Demi Lovato - Low Rise Jeans 9

Olivia Rodrigo - drop dead 8

Jessie Ware - Superbloom 3

Slayyyter - BROKE BITCH FREE$TYLE 2

Au/Ra - KILLSWITCH 1

Ava Max - Out of Your Mind 0

Céline Dion - Dansons 0

Johnny Orlando - Charlotte 0

Kacey Musgraves - Middle of Nowhere 0

Kyle Alessandro - Halo 0

Lewis Capaldi - Stay Love 0

LØLØ - the dumbest girl in the world 0

Midnight Til Morning - Math 0

TOMORROW X TOGETHER - Stick With You 0

Well, Olivia Rodrigo fails to top the poll this week with drop dead, the lead single from her upcoming third album, topped by Demi Lovato with Low Rise Jeans, taken from the deluxe edition of her album It's Not That Deep. Not many more votes this week, with only Jessie Ware, Slayyyter and Au/Ra picking up any votes while everyone else stays on zero.

WEEK 17

Choose one song in the poll - your favourite - from this week's new releases listed below and feel free to post a rate of the songs in the thread.

Conan Gray - Door

Daniel Seavey - Time to Time (Annie)

Demi Lovato feat. Cobrah - Fantasy

Ella Langley & Morgan Wallen - I Can’t Love You Anymore

Isaac Dunbar - Princess

Kim Petras - Need For Speed

Madonna - I Feel So Free

Maisie Peters & Julia Michaels - Kingmaker

Niall Horan - Little More Time

Presley Regier - Why Am I Here

Ruel - Hate Myself

Shaboozey - Born to Die

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

Week 5: MEEK - Fabulous

Week 6: Myles Smith & Niall Horan - Drive Safe

Week 7: Meghan Trainor - Get In Girl

Week 8: Jessie Ware - Ride

Week 9: Slayyyter - OLD TECHNOLOGY

Week 10: Jennifer Lopez & David Guetta - Save Me Tonight

Week 11: Kacey Musgraves - Dry Spell

Week 12: Ruel - Don't Say That

Week 13: Slayyyter - BRITTANY MURPHY.

Week 14: METTE - COMING OF AGE

Week 15: Hilary Duff - Come Clean (Mine)

Week 16: Demi Lovato - Low Rise Jeans

Listen to Pop Track of the Week 2026: Week 17

Went with Jim - Madonna, Ella & Morgan and Presley Regier also considerations.

A bit of a meh selection this week but I voted for Niall, I think it's an improvement on his last single at least

Madge!

Ruel gets my vote

17 hours ago, DaTilt said:

Went with Jim - Madonna, Ella & Morgan and Presley Regier also considerations.

Guess you meant Kim

(I didn't have a song out this week)

11 hours ago, jimwatts said:

Ruel gets my vote

Guess you meant Kim

(I didn't have a song out this week)

This must have been autocorrection. ;)

Really enjoying Madonna and Demi’s offerings but keep going back to Need For Speed so Kim gets my vote!