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Surprised to see so many of you loving Ain't In LA! Also good to see that Carly is still getting lots of love. In fact, Don't Leave Me On The Dance Floor was her 20th #1 on my charts, and she is only the fourth artist ever to get 20 chart toppers so far.

1. Michelle Branch & Maren Morris - Goodbye to You 2. ADELA - Ain't In LA 3. K. Flower - Must Be Love 4. Yuqi - Stay 5. Gabi Belle - City Girl 6. Carly Rae Jepsen - Don’t Leave Me on the Dance Floor 7. Sienna Spiro - Great Expectation 8. DARA - Bangaranga 9. Mackenzie Carpenter - Kinda Want Your Man 10. TaraElla - Nothing is Impossible Originally posted at https://taraella3.substack.com/p/taras-october-2026-playlistchart

Hi everyone, Thanks for the comments! Nice to see the love for Carly, Dara, Sienna and Katseye.

This story keeps popping up on my Substack feed, and I have no idea why. I think it's totally irrelevant, to be honest. A mask mandate in 2026 is somewhat surprising, but it's not newsworthy at all. I also think it's crazy to see masks as a culture war thing because I'm very, very Asian culturally when it comes to masks.

1. Carly Rae Jepsen - Don’t Leave Me on the Dance Floor 2. New Radicals, Michelle Branch – The Game of Love 3. TaraElla - Give Peace a Chance 4. Mackenzie Carpenter - Kinda Want Your Man 5. Gabi Belle - City Girl 6. Kelly Clarkson - Golden 7. Little Big Town, Kelsea Ballerini - Closing Time 8. DARA - Bangaranga 9. KATSEYE - Animal 10. Sienna Spiro - Great Expectation This month, it's full-on 2000s nostalgia as two chart veterans who started out in the 2000s, Carly Rae Jepsen and Michelle Branch, battle it out for the top spot, thus proving that 2026 is indeed the new 2006! Meanwhile, last year's Yearly Number One winner Mackenzie Carpenter also has a new entry. Originally posted at https://taraella3.substack.com/p/taras-september-2026-playlistchart

Thanks for the comments! Sergej and DaTilt, good to see Animal getting some love! JSG and Sergej, this Carly song is actually doing very well with me at the moment. So maybe it will climb even higher in the next chart. Late August also marked 19 years since Carly first charted on my charts, by the way.

This one is rising rapidly on my charts!

1. Gabi Belle - City Girl 2. KATSEYE - Animal 3. TaraElla - Wishful Thinking 4. Hailee Steinfeld - Flashlight (Sweet Life Mix) (2015) 5. Lee Ji-yu - The Time I Loved You 6. Carly Rae Jepsen - Don’t Leave Me on the Dance Floor 7. New Radicals, Michelle Branch – The Game of Love 8. Lucie Silvas - Don't Look Back (2005) 9. Sienna Spiro - Great Expectation 10. Charlie Puth ft. Meghan Trainor - Marvin Gaye (2015) Originally posted at https://taraella3.substack.com/p/taras-august-2026-playlistchart

DaTilt and Sergej, thanks for your comments! Happy to see "I Can't Love You Anymore" getting some love here despite not (yet?) getting to the top in Billboard. Also happy to see "Great Expectation" getting some love, so underrated. JSG, also thanks for your comments. I think Pop! actually had three official singles in 2004, namely Heaven and Earth (#1 on my charts), Can't Say Goodbye (#1 on my charts), and Serious (#3 on my charts). I think Xanadu was supposed to be their fourth, it was leaked in early 2005, but the release was cancelled because the band broke up. Anyway, there are videos on YouTube explaining their history.

1. Ella Langley & Morgan Wallen - I Can’t Love You Anymore 2. IShowSpeed - World Cup (Champions) 3. TaraElla - I Wanna Feel 4. Pop! - Don't Let It Go To Your Head 5. Sienna Spiro - Great Expectation 6. Katseye - Animal 7. Lee Ji-yu - The Time I Loved You 8. LISA, Anitta, Rema, FIFA Sound - Goals 9. Pop! - Xanadu (2005) 10. Lindsay Lohan - Confessions of a Broken Heart (2005) Originally posted at https://taraella3.substack.com/p/taras-july-2026-playlistchart

It's a great Eurovision month indeed 1. Dara - Bangaranga (Recent Release) 2. Stella Lefty - Boston (Recent Release) 3. Sarah Engels - Fire (Recent Release) 4. Olivia Marsh - One Touch (Recent Release) 5. GIRLSET - Little Miss (Recent Release) 6. Monroe - Regarde! (Recent Release) 7. Delta Goodrem - Eclipse (Recent Release) 8. Seether - Broken ft. Amy Lee (2004) 9. Olivia Rodrigo - drop dead (Recent Release) 10. Agnes - Right Here Right Now (2005) May is Eurovision month, and I'm very happy about this year's winner, Dara from Bulgaria. I think this song really deserves it! My other favorites this year are Sarah Engels (Germany), Delta Goodrem (Australia) and Monroe (France). Originally posted at https://taraella3.substack.com/p/taras-may-2026-playlistchart

Thanks Sergej and Cornishswiftie98. Choosin' Texas is actually not a new entry, but a re-entry. It first charted, and peaked at #3, back in November 2025.

Includes both new and Millennial-retro hits 1. GIRLSET - Little Miss (Recent Release) 2. Carly Rae Jepsen - Sour Candy (2009) 3. Hilary Duff - Come Clean (Mine) (Recent Release, re-recording of original from 2003) 4. Kacey Musgraves - Dry Spell (Recent Release) 5. Zander feat Alexis Hart - What's Up (2003) 6. Stella Lefty - Boston (Recent Release) 7. Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas (Recent Release) 8. Holly Humberstone - Beauty Pageant (Recent Release) 9. Meghan Trainor - Still Don't Care (Recent Release) 10. BINI - Step Back (Recent Release) Originally posted at https://taraella3.substack.com/p/taras-april-2026-playlistchart

Or is it an artifact of changing chart rules? I've been thinking about this a lot lately. I've even written a short article about it. Basically, country has always been big in America (and Canada and Australia), so the mystery should be why these countries weren't constantly having country hits in the top 10 in the past, rather than why country is doing so well now. What do you think? Also, besides country, what other genres do you think could be historically/currently undercounted by the charts?

Same here. But's it's been happening for a long time for me. I guess I just don't jump at every new sound like when I was 15, because I've sort of heard the mediocre stuff over and over again by this point. This means something has to really 'prove itself' for me to like it.