Taylor Swift's four surprise tracks from The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore hit YouTube's US Daily Top Music Videos, while Aventura and Don Omar's Ella y Yo reaches 1 billion views.
- October 2, 2026
AceShowbiz - Taylor Swift made a surprise return on Friday, September 25, with a quartet of new tracks on the deluxe version of her 2025 album, The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore. All four songs entered YouTube's US Daily Top Music Videos chart on Saturday, September 26, led by "Cleveland!" at No. 4 and "Patient Zero" at No. 9. Swift also climbed to No. 17 on the US Top Artists chart.
In another major milestone, New York bachata group Aventura and Puerto Rican star Don Omar saw their 2004 collaboration "Ella y Yo" join the Billion Views Club this week. The official video is Aventura's first and Don Omar's third video as a lead, featured artist or collaborator to reach 1 billion views.
Colombian singer Manuel Turizo also landed another track in the Billion Views Club with his 2022 single "La Bachata." The nostalgic official video is Turizo's seventh as a lead, featured artist or collaborator to reach the 1 billion-view milestone.
Alabama singer-songwriter Ella Langley continued her run at the top of the US Top Songs chart for another week with her country track "Choosin' Texas." The unstoppable hit also re-entered the Global Top Songs chart at No. 55. Langley's disco-tinted single "Be Her" continued to generate views, rising to No. 36 in the US. Additionally, Langley inched up to No. 20 on the US Top Artists chart.
Colombian pop star Karol G's "BbY WOW," an intercontinental team-up with Spanish singers Judeline and rusowsky, maintained its place in the upper reaches of the charts. This week, it claimed No. 3 on US Top Songs and No. 4 on Global Top Songs. Across territories, the single from her recent album No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto garnered more than 38 million views during the charting period. Karol G also spent another week at No. 10 on the US Top Artists chart.
KATSEYE's August EP Wild made its mark on the charts for another week. The global pop group's playful track "Hootie Frutti" hit No. 4 on US Top Songs and No. 9 on Global Top Songs. An additional trio of tracks from the group appeared on both charts, including their all-star collab with Le Sserafim and ILLIT, "Iconic By Mistake," at No. 25 US and No. 31 Global, and the Ed Sheeran co-written track "Animal" at No. 7 US and No. 17 Global.
Rising pop star ADÉLA continued her climb this week as her recent singles from her candy-coated debut album PRIMA, "Nicole Kidman" and "Ain't in LA," continued to rise on US Top Songs, hitting No. 16 and No. 64, respectively. Both tracks also made their presence felt on Global Top Songs — "Nicole Kidman" debuted at No. 66, while "Ain't in LA" climbed to No. 69.
Atlanta rapper Belly Gang Kushington launched another high-profile collaboration this week, this time with Texas-born rapper BigXthaPlug. The pair's team-up "LITE" debuted at No. 72 on US Top Songs. Meanwhile, Belly Gang Kushington's recent single with 21 Savage, "WTF Goin," continued its meteoric rise, climbing to No. 9 on the same chart. In the charting period, the latter track generated over 2.7 million views in the US alone.
Las Vegas rock band Falling in Reverse called on System of a Down vocalist Serj Tankian and Slipknot singer Corey Taylor for the dramatic "Joseph," which rose this week to No. 10 on US Top Songs and No. 37 on Global Top Songs. The outrageous video, which features a smattering of CGI skeletons, notched over 13.5 million views in the charting period across territories.
Gospel legend Kirk Franklin teamed with Memphis rapper GloRilla for the choir-backed new single "This Time." A heartwarming From the Block performance of the track hit No. 2 on US Daily Top Music Videos on Saturday, September 26. Since its release, the live clip has already amassed over 1.4 million views.

Rising singer-songwriter Alyssa Grace's folk hit "bloodstream" floated up the charts yet again. On US Top Songs, the track rose to No. 17, garnering more than 2.1 million views in the country in the charting period. Amid a flurry of usage on shortform, the track also climbed to No. 12 on US Top Songs on Shorts.
Miley Cyrus has a hit on her hands with "Let's Get Married," a single from her just-released 10th studio album Bass Persuades. The intimate, black-and-white video for the track debuted this week at No. 5 on US Weekly Top Music Videos, amassing a total of over 9.5 million views since its release.
BLACKPINK star ROSÉ made her return to the charts with the lovesick pop-punk-influenced track "new trick." The high-energy single debuted at No. 10 on Global Top Songs and No. 39 on US Top Songs. Since its release, the colorful video has already garnered over 47 million views.
Country superstar Morgan Wallen made a return to the charts with "Last Thing You Need," which debuted at No. 29 on US Top Songs. The sensitive single is part of the first batch of singles from Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album, the first taste of the soundtrack to the video game, in advance of its November release. The song amassed over 1.7 million views in the US in the charting period.
Drake continued his 2026 hot streak with the atmospheric rap track "QUEBEC," which debuted this week at No. 8 on US Weekly Top Music Videos. The new track originally surfaced as part of his new short film "FOMO," which also included a new remix of his recent hit "Janice STFU" (the original version of which claims No. 18 on the same chart). The Canadian star's new video for his HABIBTI track "CLASSIC" also debuted at No. 57. Amid this flurry of views, Drake reclaimed No. 1 on US Top Artists.
Colombian stars Maluma and Shakira teamed on the shadowy new duet "AGUA," which debuted this week at No. 37 on US Top Songs and No. 51 on Global Top Songs. Meanwhile, Shakira and Burna Boy's World Cup anthem "Dai Dai" continued its summer dominance into the fall, claiming No. 1 on Global and No. 2 on US for another week.
Migos stars Quavo and Takeoff made a charts comeback as their 2022 single "Hotel Lobby" re-entered US Top Songs at No. 54. The resurgence of the track was originally sparked, in part, by a face-swap trend involving their COLORS performance of the track, which casts various celebrities in the roles of the Atlanta rappers.
Troye Sivan's cinematic new video for "Party," in which he stars as a medieval knight in the midst of battle, made a mark this week. The choreography-heavy video, which features voiceover from Lord of the Rings star Ian McKellen, debuted at No. 65 on US Weekly Top Music Videos.
Rising singer and rapper RhyRhy's melodic rap track "Summer Bummer (Lights On)" continued to dance its way up the charts. The shortform hit vaulted this week to No. 1 on US Top Songs on Shorts, thanks in part to a dance trend.