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Billboard Global Excl US Top 20 Ranking (Spring 2026): Dominic Fike, Harry Styles, Bruno Mars, Zara Larsson

We are in the weird time for the chart. I can't say for certain why I'm feeling this way but I do. 2026 so far has been one of those years like 2011 or 1996 where a lot happened, but the chart seems to be stable and active. What made it weird is that to me 2020s pop music has been very up and down. The closest year I can say met this feeling was 2023 and even then the global music really carried that year while there was chaos in America for the second half of the year. After such a downturn of last year's pop music, 2026 felt like ten times more excited and interesting to talk about. And yet, there's this nagging feeling that it could turned to worst. I'm using the chart week of Harry Styles album impact and I can safely say that the chart is healthy again even if there's still lingering bad trend of 2020s that reared its ugly head. For example! 20. No Batidao - ZXKAI & slxughter The success of this song kinda baffled me still even though last year we had p...