{"id":1093226,"date":"2026-07-16T17:21:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1093226\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T17:21:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:21:16","slug":"the-official-biggest-songs-of-2026-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1093226\/","title":{"rendered":"The Official biggest songs of 2026 so far"},"content":{"rendered":"

So Easy (To Fall In Love)<\/a>\u00a0serves as\u00a0Olivia\u2019s\u00a0third\u00a0hit\u00a0in the\u00a0upper echelons of the list\u00a0(6). Moreover,\u00a0Nice To Each Other<\/a>\u00a0(13),\u00a0The Hardest Part<\/a>\u00a0(36) and\u00a0A Couple Minutes<\/a>\u00a0(40)\u00a0also permeate the main\u00a0year-to-date\u00a0standings.<\/p>\n

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\n MORE: The Official biggest albums of 2026 so far<\/a><\/p>\n

British talent continues to hold strong, with\u00a0RAYE<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!<\/a>\u00a0in bronze medal position\u00a0as it claims the title of most-downloaded song of 2026 so far, while\u00a0Dave<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Tems<\/a>\u2019\u00a0Raindance<\/a>\u00a0is at\u00a0Number 4.<\/p>\n

The current biggest\u00a0new\u00a0release from the\u00a0year comes from\u00a0Bella Kay<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0iloveitiloveitiloveit<\/a>\u00a0(7). The\u00a0breakout\u00a0Floridian\u00a0star\u00a0blew up on social media\u00a0with\u00a0her brand of bedroom-written\u00a0pop hits;\u00a0iloveitiloveitiloveit\u00a0being the pick of the bunch. The track peaked at Number 2 on the Official Singles Chart,\u00a0with 90 million combined UK streams to its name in 2026 so far.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Your biggest K-pop track comes\u00a0courtesy of\u00a0HUNTR\/X<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0Golden<\/a>\u00a0(8). The\u00a0track,\u00a0taken from\u00a0hit Netflix\u00a0film\u00a0KPop\u00a0Demon Hunters,\u00a0became the longest-running\u00a0Number 1 single by an animated act last year,\u00a0boasting\u00a010\u00a0weeks at the top.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Swooping into the countdown is\u00a0Dracula<\/a>\u00a0by Australian outfit\u00a0Tame Impala<\/a>\u00a0(14). The track took on a whole new life after\u00a0BLACKPINK<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0JENNIE<\/a>\u00a0jumped on a remix, propelling it firmly into the glare of the mainstream.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rising to new heights is\u00a0the (seemingly\u00a0never-ending)\u00a0Midnight Sun<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0Zara Larsson<\/a>,\u00a0up\u00a018 spots from the last update\u00a0(19), as\u00a0Alex Warren<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0FEVER DREAM<\/a>\u00a0makes\u00a0its\u00a0maiden\u00a0appearance inside the Top 40\u00a0biggest\u00a0songs of the year (21).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Harry Styles<\/a>\u00a0has had the charts in\u00a0a\u00a0chokehold\u00a0over the past seven months,\u00a0and\u00a0both\u00a0of the superstar\u2019s\u00a02026\u00a0Number 1\u2019s in\u00a0Aperture<\/a>\u00a0(22) and\u00a0American Girls<\/a>\u00a0(23) greet the main standings.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

A plethora of legacy tracks\u00a0make\u00a0the cut\u00a0as their popularity transcends\u00a0online virality, kicking off with\u00a0Zara Larsson<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0Lush Life<\/a>\u00a0(10).\u00a0Dominic Fike<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0hit\u00a0Babydoll<\/a>\u00a0moves 14\u00a0(24), while\u00a0Milky<\/a>\u00a0and their 2002 bop\u00a0Just The Way You Are<\/a>\u00a0enjoys\u00a0its\u00a0unlikely renaissance (27).\u00a0And finally,\u00a0Michael Jackson<\/a>\u00a0moonwalks\u00a0his way into contention with\u00a0Billie Jean<\/a>\u00a0following the success of his\u00a0Michael\u00a0biopic\u00a0(29).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Choosin\u2019 success! Rounding off this latest update and is your biggest country release of the year so far:\u00a0Ella Langley<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0Choosin\u2019 Texas<\/a>\u00a0(32).<\/p>\n

The Official biggest songs of 2026 so far<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"So Easy (To Fall In Love)\u00a0serves as\u00a0Olivia\u2019s\u00a0third\u00a0hit\u00a0in the\u00a0upper echelons of the list\u00a0(6). Moreover,\u00a0Nice To Each Other\u00a0(13),\u00a0The Hardest Part\u00a0(36)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1093227,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3936],"tags":[77,12416,50141,269,115214,26925,16,15],"class_list":["post-1093226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-harry-styles","tag-lists","tag-music","tag-olivia-dean","tag-raye","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116930812663432689","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1093226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1093226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1093226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1093227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1093226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1093226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1093226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}