Before I begin this week's chart, there is a major correction for the chart run of one of the permanent recurrents this week, Bittersweet by Rachel Croft. Embarrasingly, I only caught this after Yellow's video was posted, so apologies. 

I accidentally forgot to add +1 to the Weeks value of this song on its second week, meaning it spent 11 weeks on the chart and not 10, while also charting on its actual 10th week in spite of violating recurrency rules. I'll keep the run of this song as is, but to compensate for it I will correct the weeks values and permanently remove the the song from the charts in spite of the fact that it was supposed to chart for what would be a 12th week (it was also absent in my first look because of this).

Now that we got that out of the way... it's time to end 2026 with Sergej's personal playlist taking over my charts, the last week of the 2026 year-end panic, and surprise debuts and re-entries blocking Sawadika and Punk Rocky (but not Painting by Numbers) from returning. But, of course, the biggest story is K/DA absolutely flaming everyone else as the firestarter sitting atop the charts.

Normal Recurrency Markers:

- Below #30: >= 5 weeks or a Top 10 peak if younger

- Below #20: >= 7 weeks or a Top 5 peak if younger

- Below #15: >= 10 weeks AND a Top 10 peak, or >= 7 weeks with #1 peak

- Below #10: >= 10 weeks AND Top 5 peak

- Permanent Recurrence (below #5):

* >= 15 weeks with Top 10 peak

* >= 10 weeks with #1 peak

* >= 20 weeks for anything else

* anything else I want to deem recurrent (I'll specify what rule I'll use to flag the song in question)

Dropouts:

Now I've Got A Lot You Know by Sophia Stel 

The Seize by Jordan Rakei 

Champagne by Remi Wolf 

Careful by DOD 

Overboard by Madds Buckley 

Thriller by Michael Jackson 

Forgive by Jordan Rakei 

Temporary Recurrents:

Tawagan by Allmo$t (5 Under 30)  

dreaming of you, dreaming of me by jada (5 Under 30) 

Everything Everything by Jordan Rakei (Top 5 Peak)  

Bones and All by McKenna Grace (5 Under 30) 

Muli [Secret Verse] by Ace Banzuelo (Top 5 Peak)

Salt in the Wound by Neriah (7 Under 20) 

Tell Me I'm Beautiful by Andrea Bejar (5 Under 30)  

Sitting Pretty by Madds Buckley (7 Under 20)

Into the Deep (Seas Cry) by Hans Zimmer and Jade (5 Under 30) 

Permanent Recurrents:

Dramatic Girl by Baby Keem and Che Ecru (10 Under 10)  

Bittersweet by Rachel Croft (10 Under 5)

Dracula by Tame Impala and Jennie (10 Under 10)

## The Top 50  

50 Robot Killed the Working Man by Zach Bryan (Down 5, Peak 45, Weeks 2) 

49 Ao to Kirameki [My Dress-Up Darling S2 Opener] by Spira Spica (Down 14, Peak 35, Weeks 3) 

48 Twilight by Piki (New, Peak 48, Weeks 1)

47 Love Zombie by Victoria Justice (Down 12, Peak 39, Weeks 2) 

46 Trust (Live from Royal Albert Hall) by Jordan Rakei (Down 9, Peak 26, Weeks 3) 

45 Baddest by K/DA (New, Peak 45, Weeks 1)

44 Popstars by K/DA (New, Peak 44, Weeks 1)

43 Roses by CHVRCHES (New, Peak 43, Weeks 1)

42 Find Me by Tiffany Aris (New, Peak 42, Weeks 1)

41 Never Going Back by K/DA (Up 2, Peak 41, Weeks 2) 

40 Villain by K/DA (New, Peak 40, Weeks 1)

39 Overthinker by CHVRCHES (New, Peak 39, Weeks 1)

38 Melatonin by Tinashe (Re, Peak 34, Weeks 4)  

37 Girls by K/DA and DJ Sona (Up 5, Peak 37, Weeks 2) 

36 Plainsman by Zach Bryan and Turnpike Troubadours (Down 20, Peak 16, Weeks 2)

35 Tarantino by Lisa (New, Peak 35, Weeks 1)

34 Not Tonight by Neriah (Up 7, Peak 34, Weeks 2)

33 Thank You for the Music by ABBA (Down 2, Peak 31, Weeks 2)

32 How It's Done by HUNTR/X (Down 10, Peak 22, Weeks 3) 

31 Malibu by Florrie (New, Peak 31, Weeks 1)

30 Human to You by Madds Buckley (Down 3, Peak 8, Weeks 6) 

29 Cleveland by Taylor Swift (Up 7, Peak 29, Weeks 4)

28 Wish Upon You by Florence Road (New, Peak 28, Weeks 1)

27 Let's Groove Tonight by Earth Wind & Fire (Down 3, Peak 10, Weeks 5) 

26 Coded Ways by Madds Buckley (Up 1, Peak 26, Weeks 4)

25 Mon Amour by Annalisa (New, Peak 25, Weeks 1)

24 Elements by John Michael Howell and ZVC (Up 2, Peak 11, Weeks 6) 

23 False Alarm by The Weeknd (New, Peak 23, Weeks 1)

22 BA by Quavo and Future (Down 1, Peak 14, Weeks 5) 

21 Tell Me Tell Me by Piki (New, Peak 21, Weeks 1) 

20 Goodbye Glitter by Absolutely (Down 1, Peak 2, Weeks 8) 

19 Cages by Jordan Rakei (Down 8, Peak 6, Weeks 4) 

18 Rethink Some Things by Luke Combs (Re, Peak 9, Weeks 7)  

17 Look What You've Done by Zara Larsson (Down 10, Peak 3, Weeks 4) 

16 Punk Rocky by A$AP Rocky (Re, Peak 2, Weeks 7)

15 DDI RO RI by Meovv (Re, Peak 2, Weeks 9)  

14 Test My Luck by Purple Disco Machine and MEEK (Down 5, Peak 2, Weeks 6) 

13 Na Para Bang by Mariah Deborah (Down 5, Peak 2, Weeks 7) 

12 Stop the Wedding by Ashe (Up 3, Peak 12, Weeks 6)

11 Flowers by Jordan Rakei (Up 2, Peak 11, Weeks 4) 

10 Pink Clouding by Taylor Swift (Up 4, Peak 10, Weeks 6)

9 Okinawa Sky by Moron Police (Up 3, Peak 5, Weeks 10) 

8 Expectations by Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan (Down 1, Peak 1x1, Weeks 4)

7 Snakeskin Boots by Miranda Lambert and Ella Langley (Down 4, Peak 3, Weeks 5)

6 Too Cute to be Lonely by Holly Humberstone (Down 2, Peak 4, Weeks 5)

5 Painting by Numbers by Absolutely (Re, Peak 1x2, Weeks 9) 

4 More by K/DA (Up 30, Peak 4, Weeks 2) 

3 Kawaii Kaiwai [My Dress-Up Darling S2 Closer] by Piki (Down 2, Peak 1x1, Weeks 3)

2 Watch Me by K/DA (Up 23, Peak 2, Weeks 2) 

And our final #1 of 2026 (a well-deserved one)...

1 Firestarter by K/DA (Up 1, Peak 1X1, Weeks 3)

Next week: The first chart of the 2027 features several songs from various charts by the Music World community (as compiled by Yellow and featuring him, me, and 4 other members). It features as well K/DA continuing to dominate the charts with their new EP and some of their older songs, alongside a record-tying run from Moron Police and their song Okinawa Sky. My first Christmas charts for the year will also be live then, featuring Wham and Olivia Rodrigo fighting each other and the dual forces for Elton John and Ed Sheeran for the #1.

Hey Oliver! :)

Nice to see ‘Firestarter’ at #1, along with ‘Pink Clouding’ in the Top 10! I also like the debuts for ‘False Alarm’ & ‘Mon Amour’.

Good chart!

Hey Oliver!

Overthinker is great and much much better than roses for me. Chvrches are one of my favourite artists ever.

Stop the wedding up to a new peak 😀 amazing to see and long my this climbing continue.

Too cute to be lonely will hopefully continue to hold well in the coming weeks.

Fab stuff 🥳

Hi there!

Nice to see these songs on here, specifically from your gains, returns and debuts:
43 Roses by CHVRCHES (New, Peak 43, Weeks 1)

42 Find Me by Tiffany Aris (New, Peak 42, Weeks 1)

39 Overthinker by CHVRCHES (New, Peak 39, Weeks 1)

38 Melatonin by Tinashe (Re, Peak 34, Weeks 4)

35 Tarantino by Lisa (New, Peak 35, Weeks 1)

31 Malibu by Florrie (New, Peak 31, Weeks 1)

29 Cleveland by Taylor Swift (Up 7, Peak 29, Weeks 4)

28 Wish Upon You by Florence Road (New, Peak 28, Weeks 1)

25 Mon Amour by Annalisa (New, Peak 25, Weeks 1)

23 False Alarm by The Weeknd (New, Peak 23, Weeks 1)

12 Stop the Wedding by Ashe (Up 3, Peak 12, Weeks 6)

10 Pink Clouding by Taylor Swift (Up 4, Peak 10, Weeks 6)

Great chart!

Take care.